[GWAMIT] Announcements (8/22/11)

[GWAMIT]

Dear GWAMIT Members,

What MIT resources have you found extremely helpful and beneficial?  We'd
like to highlight useful offices, items, and services for incoming women
students, much like our blog post on the Cheney Room. See previous posts
here http://gwamit.blogspot.com/search/label/resources.  Please send
suggestions to jeanyang at csail.mit.edu

Enjoy the week!

*The GWAMIT Board*
Send your ideas to: gwamit-exec at mit.edu
 Send your announcements to: gwamit-sec at mit.edu
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IN BRIEF
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*GWAMIT: *
1. Come to the Women's Welcome Lunch (Fri, Sept 9, 12-1:30p)
 2. Help Lead the MIT Feminist Campaign!

*MIT: *
3. [MITWGS] Reg Day Film Screening: The Perfect Vagina (Tues, Sept 6, 7-9p)

*Outside MIT:*
4. [Mass-AWIS] Hands-on Resume Workshop (Thurs, Aug 25, 6-9p)
5. [HGWISE] Invitation to a Fireside Chat with McKinsey Women's Network
(Fri, Aug 26, 3-5p)
6. [WEST] Innovative Trends in Life Sciences and Technology (Tues, Sept 20,
6:30-9:30p)
7. [Harvard] Boston Women in Chemistry Symposium (Sat, Sept, 24;
registration now open)
8. [IGNITE]: Life Science Technologies at the Convergence of Science and
Engineering (Tues, Sept 27, 5:30-9p)
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To see more events beyond this week's digest visit
http://bit.ly/gwamitevents and http://bit.ly/gwamitcollaborators*
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FULL ANNOUNCEMENTS
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1. Come to the Women's Welcome Lunch (Fri, Sept 9, 12-1:30p)
When: *Friday, September 9; 12pm - 1:30pm
*Where: * Morss Hall, Walker Memorial <http://whereis.mit.edu/?go=50>
*RSVP: *http://bit.ly/mR3cV6
*Contact: *gwamit-orientation at mit.edu

Graduate Women at MIT (GWAMIT) is hosting its annual *Graduate Orientation
Women's Welcome* <http://welcome.gwamit.org/>* Lunch during GSC Orientation*,
 on Fri. Sept 9, 12noon-1:30pm at Walker Morss Hall
(map<http://whereis.mit.edu/?go=50>).
Please join use for a delicious FREE lunch. Come to learn about the
resources for graduate women, and make new friends! There will be lots of
fun and prizes will be raffled!
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**2. Help Lead the MIT Feminist Campaign! *
*Contact*: Mitali at mitalit at mit.edu

GWAMIT and Women's & Gender Studies are teaming up to organize a creative
feminist event series for 2011-12. We're envisioning a "this is what a
feminist looks like" campaign with a unique MIT twist, engaging our culture
of creativity and hosting brilliant speakers with smart and sassy ideas.
Contact Mitali at mitalit at mit.edu if you've got ideas and want to get
involved on this team!


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*3. [MITWGS] Reg Day Film Screening: The Perfect Vagina (Tues, Sept 6, 7-9p)
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*When: *Tuesday - September 6, 7pm
*Where:* Bldg [ 6-120 ]

The MIT Program in Women's & Gender Studies and Student Activities present a
REG DAY film screening of The Perfect Vagina. In an age where boob jobs,
liposuction, tummy tucks and botox are now commonplace it would seem that
women have found a new part of the body to worry about ... their vaginas.
Through our author's personal journey this documentary will explore this
fascinating secret world and question what or who is fueling women's desire
to have perfect vaginas.

Discussion with Professor A. Walsh, MIT Sexpert K. McCarthy and
Writer/Esthetician M. LaMarca to follow.

Free and open to the public. Light dinner provided.

*This film contains graphic material. Viewer discretion is advised. *
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**********Outside MIT***********


*4. [Mass-AWIS] Hands-on Resume Workshop (Thurs, Aug 25, 6-9p)
When*: Thursday, August 25, 2011, 6:00 – 9:00 PM
*Where:* MGH Simches Building, Room 3110, 185 Cambridge Street, Boston, MA
02114
*Register*: Space is limited!
http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=222038
*Cost: *$10 – AWIS Members & students; $25 – Non-members

~ A light dinner will be served ~
Lauren Celano – founder and CEO at Propel Careers – will give a short
presentation about how to write a good resume. Then we will break up into
small groups and experienced recruiters will review the resume of each
participant.

Please bring copies of your resume/ CV!

This workshop will help make your CV/resume suitable for your next position
or for a change to industry. If you are looking to stay within the academic
track, you also can get help with your academic CV. If you are as yet
undecided about your career path, come and get advice on both options.

Please register as soon as possible as space is limited!
http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=222038

This event is open to all but the discounted registration fee is only
available for AWIS members and students. Become an AWIS member at
www.awis.org - be sure to select the Massachusetts Chapter. Parking for this
event is available at the Whole Foods lot as well as paid garages in the
area. MBTA Red Line Charles/MGH Stop and Green Line Gov't Center Stop are
both within walking distance.


*5. [HGWISE] Invitation to a Fireside Chat with McKinsey Women's Network
(Fri, Aug 26, 3-5p)
When: * Friday, August 26th, 3:00PM – 5:00 PM (includes a casual reception)*
Where:* TMEC 250
*Who:* All women MDs, PhDs, and post-docs are invited and encouraged to
attend, whether you are pursuing an academic, industry, or consulting career
*Attire:* Casual - come as you are!
*To RSVP:*  http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Firesidechats

Harvard Graduate Women in Science and Engineering (HGWISE) invites the women
of Harvard to join us for a fireside chat, co-hosted with the McKinsey
Women's
Network. We welcome the opportunity to learn more about you and invite you
to hear about the unique experience of women in consulting. You'll have a
chance to ask questions on the transition into the real world, choices
around work / life balance and how to be effective leaders.

We look forward to meeting you!

To learn more about HGWISE, please visit: http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/hgwise/
<http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/hgwise/%20>
To learn more about McKinsey Women, please visit:www.mckinsey.com/welcome/women


*6. [WEST] Innovative Trends in Life Sciences and Technology (Tues, Sept 20,
6:30-9:30p)
When:* Tuesday, September, 20; 6:30p-9:30p
*Where:* Deloitte, 200 Berkley St., Boston, MA
*To Register*
https://gw.memberclicks.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&catid=19%3Adefault&id=202%3Aevent-2011-09-20-innovative-trends-in-life-sciences-and-technology&Itemid=1


Please join us for WEST's very exciting fall event. Continuing our theme of
Innovation, Passion and Perseverance WEST is presenting: Innovative Trends
in Life Sciences and Technology with speakers: Susan Windham Bannister, CEO
of Massachusetts Life Science Center and Irene Grief, IBM Fellow

Cost of the workshop: $60 for members and $95 for non-members.  Food will be
provided

WEST thanks our generous sponsors for their support of this event Deloitte
Small Hyperion Medium*


7. [Harvard] Boston Women in Chemistry Symposium (Sat, Sept, 24;
registration now open)
When: Saturday, September 24
Where: Harvard University
Register:  http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~hwic

Harvard Women in Chemistry is excited to announce the first annual Boston
Women in Chemistry Symposium (Boston WInCS) to be held at Harvard University
on Saturday, September 24, 2011.  The symposium will showcase the excellent
work of female graduate students and post-docs from the greater Boston area
and provide an opportunity for students to meet and mingle with students
from other departments.  Throughout the day students are invited to
participate in poster sessions and give 20-minute talks about their
research.  The symposium will also feature presentations by Prof. Xiowei
Zhuang, Ph.D. from Harvard and Jennifer Feeley, Ph.D. from ExxonMobil.
 Lunch will be provided and we invite you to mingle with your new
acquaintances and colleagues at a wine and cheese reception following the
last event of the day.  Awards for the best talk and poster will be
presented at the reception.

All interested parties including faculty and students are encouraged to
attend the event, but presentations of talks and posters will be limited to
female students and post-docs.

 ***Registration is currently open!*** Please visit the event website to
register:  http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~hwic

Registration for the first 100 participants is free of charge.  Talk and
poster abstracts may be submitted with your registration. After the first
100 participants, registration will include a $10 registration fee to help
offset the cost of food.  Registration closes on September 6, 2011 and
speakers will be selected and notified by September 10, 2011.

Please email HarvardWIC at gmail.com with any questions about the event
or the registration
process.

Acknowledgments Harvard Integrated Life Sciences Program Department of
Chemistry and Chemical; Biology ExxonMobil*
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*8. [IGNITE]: Life Science Technologies at the Convergence of Science and
Engineering (Tues, Sept 27, 5:30-9p)*
*When:* Tuesday, September 27, 2011, 5:30 - 9:00 pm
*Where: *100 Technology Square, Cambridge, MA 02140
Registration: *Early Bird Registration - $45.00 through September 5, 2011
<http://goog_1298468696/>
http://www.bvsweb.com/php/register.php?ShNbr=2182&src=exhibitor.php
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Keynote Speaker: Dr. Susan Windham-Bannister, President and CEO,
Massachusetts Life Sciences Center
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The Life Science Innovation & Technology Forum (IGNITE) is an ongoing
presentation and networking series that highlights cutting edge life science
centered innovation and technologies. IGNITE’s mission is to provide a
spotlight where young companies and entrepreneurs can present their
technologies to a multidisciplinary and diverse audience. Further, we seek
to create an environment that fosters productive, high-impact, networking
opportunities for presenters and attendees.

Please join us for an exciting evening of cutting edge science and
technology as well as a multidisciplinary networking forum. Open networking
and discussion with the speakers will be ongoing throughout the evening.
Food and refreshments will be provided and a cash bar will be available.

IGNITE is brought to you by Biotech Vendor Services, Inc. and Munevar &
Associates, Inc., with space kindly provided by Alexandria Real Estate
Equities, Inc.


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