[GWAMIT] Announcements (10/17/11)

[GWAMIT]

Dear GWAMIT Members,

RSVP is open for the GWAMIT Fall Leadership conference. Details below and
available at leadership.gwamit.org

Enjoy the week!

*The GWAMIT Board
*Send your ideas to: gwamit-exec at mit.edu
Send your announcements to: gwamit-sec at mit.edu
Visit us: http://gwamit.org

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IN BRIEF
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*GWAMIT:
*1. GWAMIT Fall Leadership Conference (Nov 7-10)

*MIT:*
2. [WiSDM] MIT Women in SDM Breakfast with Engineering Leaders (Mon, Oct 24,
6:45-7:45a - RSVP by Oct 17)
3. D. W. Weeks Lecture - What's it like do to Math in Business? (Mon, Oct
17, 11-12a)
4. Lemelson-MIT and Terrafugia - from the prize to a flying car (Oct 19,
4-5:30p)
5. Telling your story Workshop (Fri, Oct 21, 9a-2p)
6. MIT WGS Chicks Make Flicks film screening: No Way Out But One (Thurs, Oct
27, 7-9p)
7. Participate in a research study on the career development and
socialization of engineering Ph.D. students

*Outside MIT:
*8. HGWISE Using Your Voice Workshop (Wed, Nov 2, 2-4p)
9. L'Oreal USA Fellowships for Women in Science (Oct 18)

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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*********GWAMIT********

1. GWAMIT Fall Leadership Conference (Nov 7-10)*
*When:* November 7-10, 2011
*Where:* MIT campus
*More info: *leadership.gwamit.org
*RSVP:* http://bit.ly/gwamitrsvp
*Contact:* gwamit-leadership at mit.edu
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Event Details: *
*Opening Keynote - "Unlock Your Leadership Potential"
*Christine Furstoss will offer her insight about leadership potential and
how to unlock it. Reception to follow with refreshments.
*When*: Monday, November 7th, 5-6 pm (with reception to follow)
*Where*: MIT, 32-155

*How to Give a Scientific Talk **RSVP Required**
*Learn how to create a comprehensive presentation and give a professional
level talk.
*When*: Monday, November 7th, 10-11 am (breakfast served at 9:30 am)
*Where*: MIT, 68-181

*Entrepreneurship Panel
*Do you want to start your own business or lab? Learn what it takes to make
it happen! Reception to follow with refreshments.
*When*: Tuesday, November 8th, 4:30-6 pm (with reception to follow)
*Where*: Whitehead Institute, Ground Floor Auditorium

*Time and Stress Management Workshop ** RSVP Required**
*Explore strategies for stress resilience and time management. Hands-on
self-assessments followed by helpful instruction.
*When*: Wednesday, November 9th, 10-11:30 am (breakfast served at 9:30)
*Where*: MIT,  32D-463

*Networking Workshop ** RSVP Required**
*Gain skills in networking such as creating a good first impression,
promoting your ideas effectively and more.
*When*: Wednesday, November 9th, 5-6 pm (with reception to follow)
*Where*: MIT, Workshop in 32D-463 , Reception in R&D Dining Area (RSVP not
required to attend the reception)

*Networking Reception
*Practice your networking skills in this reception with invited industry and
academic professionals.
*When*: Wednesday, November 9th, 6-7 pm
*Where*: MIT, Reception in R&D Dining Area

*Closing Keynote Address: "From Unlocked to Unleashed: Leadership in Your
Life"
*You know the "keys to success", so now what? Lila Ibrahim will provide
insight into practical strategies to integrate leadership into your daily
life
*When*: Thursday, November 10th, 10-11 am (breakfast served at 9 am)
*Where*: Whitehead Institute, Ground Floor Auditorium

For More Information: leadership.gwamit.org and RSVP at:
http://bit.ly/gwamitrsvp <http://bit.ly/rpWixy>

Events Sponsored by: GWAMIT, GSC, ODGE GSLG, MIT Division of Student Life,
MIT School of Science, MIT School of Engineering, Lemelson-MIT, and GE.


***********MIT**********
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*2. [WiSDM] **MIT Women in SDM Breakfast with Engineering Leaders (Mon, Oct
24, 6:45-7:45a - RSVP by Oct 17)*
*When: *Monday, October 24, 2011 6:45 am - 7:45 am
*Where:* MIT Faculty Club, Bldg. E52 — 6th Floor
*RSVP*: required by October 17th
*Info:*
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dDZDWlRRUk1yTkJwZ081V2lLZVhaOGc6MA

The Women in System Design and Management's (WiSDM) Breakfast with
Engineering Leaders will highlight the role of women in engineering
leadership.

Professor Deborah Nightingale will share her experience as a high-profile
woman in both academia and industry, and address some of the challenges that
women face today. There will be opportunities to learn about the field of
system design and management from the female perspective and engage in
discussion with experienced mid-career engineering leaders from MIT’s SDM
program.

Women interested in pursuing careers at the intersection of engineering and
management are encouraged to attend this event, as are SDM fellows, alumni,
and conference participants. This event is sponsored by Women in SDM
(WiSDM), a student-led organization within MIT’s System Design and
Management Program. It will be moderated by SDM fellows Melissa Rosen and
Tina Srivastava.
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3. D. W. Weeks Lecture - What's it like do to Math in Business? (Mon, Oct
17, 11-12a)
When:* Monday October 17, 11am
*Where:* 4-149
*Speaker:* Cathy O'Neil (Intent Media)

*Abstract:* Cathy O'Neil has worked as an academic in math (M.I.T. Moore
Instructor 1999, assistant professor Barnard College 2005), as a quant at a
hedge fund (2007), as a researcher at a financial risk software company
(2009), and more recently (2011) as a data scientist at a New York internet
marketing startup. She wants young mathematicians to know what's out there
so they can their compare options and can prepare themselves for a 'real
world' job if it turns out to be a good fit. She will also explain how
modeling is used outside of academics, for good and for evil, and how
mathematicians should educate themselves about how mathematics is used by
some people to authenticate otherwise questionable practices.

Pizza following the talk in 2-290.


*4. Lemelson-MIT and Terrafugia - from the prize to a flying car (Oct 19,
4-5:30p)
When: *Wednesday, October 19, 4:00p-5:30p
*Where*: Outside the MIT Student Center
*RSVP:*
http://lemelson-mit-terrafugia.eventbrite.com/?ref=enivtefor&utm_source=eb_email&utm_media=email&utm_compaign=invitefor&utm_term=readmore&invite=MTMyNjE5Mi9zaGFubm9uMUBtaXQuZWR1LzA=

Check out what the media has called "the first practical flying car" and
have some hot cider and donuts with the team that's making it happen!

Carl Dietrich was the winner of the 2006 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize.  He
used the prize money to help create Terrafugia,
Inc<http://www.terrafugia.com/>-- the company that is bringing the
first practical flying car to the
general aviation market.  Join us outside the MIT Student Center at 4pm on
October 19th to learn more about how MIT and the Lemelson-MIT Student Prize
can catalyze amazing innovations like Terrafugia's Transition -- and how you
can do it too!

This will be one of the first public appearances of this new prototype
vehicle.

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5. Telling your story Workshop (Fri, Oct 21, 9a-2p)*
*When*: Friday October 21, 9am-2pm
*Where*: MIT Walker Memorial Hall
*More info and Sign up:*http://www.complex-life.org/TYS
*Contact: *Phoebe Cohen at pcohen at mit.edu

Always wanted to do more outreach but haven't known how? Already doing
outreach work but feel you aren't being as effective as you would like to
be? Then join us for the Telling Your Story workshop.

The Telling Your Story program aims to form collaborations between research
scientists and K-12 teachers. The program brings together scientists and
K-12 educators in a workshop that lets each group learn about, and from, the
other. Scientists are taught effective communication skills appropriate for
K-12 audiences, and work with teachers to develop ideas and formats for
classroom visits. The workshop helps to create personal connections that
foster lasting relationships. This is a great opportunity to learn skills
and make connections that will provide you with valuable 'broader impacts'
experience.

The program is open to scientists at all levels, from graduate students to
faculty to lab technicians. TYS is facilitated by Dr. Phoebe Cohen,
Education
and Outreach Lead for the MIT NASA Astrobiology Team, and Wendy
Derjue-Holzer, Director of Education at the Harvard Museum of Natural
History. The project is
funded by the Paleontological Society and the Cambridge Science Festival.
To learn more about the program and to sign up for the October 21st
workshop, please visit http://www.complex-life.org/TYS or email Phoebe Cohen
at pcohen at mit.edu


*6. MIT WGS Chicks Make Flicks film screening: No Way Out But One (Thurs,
Oct 27, 7-9p)
When:* Thursday - October 27th, 2011, 7PM
*Where:*  6 - 120

In 1994 Holly Collins became an international fugitive when she grabbed her
three children and went on the run. It all happened because a family court
had ignored Holly’s charges, the children’s pleas, Holly’s broken nose,
Zackary’s fractured skull, and other medical evidence of domestic violence
and had given full custody of Zackary and Jennifer to Holly's ex-husband.
Holly came to believe she and the children had No Way Out But One.

No Way Out But One tells the story of one woman and her family that is
emblematic of a larger heartbreaking national scandal. In Child and Family
Court systems across the country, those who abuse their children are often
awarded custody of them by the very courts charged with protecting them. It
is estimated that 58,000 children a year are ordered into unsupervised
contact with physically or sexually abusive parents following divorce in the
United States.

Q&A with director to follow. Free & open to the public


*7. Participate in a research study on the career development and
socialization of engineering Ph.D. students*

We invite you to participate in a research study on the career development
and socialization of engineering Ph.D. students.  In particular, we would
like to speak with Ph.D. students who are at least in their third year of
doctoral study at MIT. Participation entails a brief survey and a one-on-one
interview that will take approximately 1 to 1.5 hours and will explore your
experiences and perceptions as a doctoral student, with specific emphasis on
your career development and the ways in which social networks with a variety
of individuals have contributed to your career development. The project’s
findings will inform the development and strengthening of career services
for graduate students and contribute to the literature on career development
in doctoral education.

As a token of our appreciation, you will be provided with a $25 gift card
for your participation.

If you would like to be interviewed, the information you share will be kept
confidential and your name and other personally identifying information will
not be associated with your comments or perceptions. Also, please be assured
that participation in this study is completely voluntary and your decision
to participate or not participate will have no effect on your relationship
with MIT.  If you would like to participate in this research study, please
send an email to STEMcareer at mit.edu to schedule an appointment in October or
November.

This study has been reviewed by MIT COUHES and has received support from
MIT’s Office of the Dean of Graduate Education.

Thank you for your consideration, Carrie Sampson Moore, Deborah Liverman,
and Katalin Szelenyi - Researchers from MIT and UMass Boston


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8. HGWISE Using Your Voice Workshop (Wed, Nov 2, 2-4p)*
*When: *Wed, Nov 2, 2 – 4 pm
*Where:* Harvard, Dudley House Common Room
*Presented by: *Nancy Houfek, Head of Voice and Speech, American Repertory
Theater/Institute for Advanced Theater Training
*The workshop is limited to 30 participants so register soon*:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dHoxaDgweTM1bWFTS1lKczh6WVB6TUE6MQ

Whether speaking in public, leading a group, or managing a meeting, we often
focus on the content of our subject matter and leave the quality of our
speaking to chance. We might often wonder, “Why didn’t they get it? Why am I
not being heard? Am I doing everything I can to get this across?” This
workshop will give you some specific vocal skills that actors practice to
help you be more effective as a public speaker. The physical confidence that
comes with breathing fully, the vocal presence that is a result of resonance
and volume, the clear speech that arises from active articulation, and the
flexible expression that emerges when we put all the parts together are easy
to learn. Just as actors develop their voices to be heard and understood on
the stage, so can we in order to improve our ability to convey complex and
important concepts to our listeners in both our professional and our daily
lives.


*9. L'Oreal USA Fellowships for Women in Science (Oct 18)*
*info: *http://www.lorealusa.com/forwomeninscience.
*Contact* vniz at us.loreal.com

On October 18, the L'Oréal USA Fellowships For Women In Science program call
for applications for the 2012 Fellowship Program will commence.  The program
is entering its ninth year and since its launch in 2003, L'Oréal USA's
Fellowship program has recognized and rewarded 40 extraordinarily talented
young women scientists engaged in breakthrough research projects at leading
universities and research institutions across the country.

The L'Oréal USA Fellowships For Women In Science awards five post-doctoral
women scientists with grants of up to $60,000. Applicants are welcome from a
variety of fields, including the life and physical/material sciences,
technology (including computer science), engineering and mathematics.

More information on the Fellowships can be found on our website,
http://www.lorealusa.com/forwomeninscience.   Should you have any questions
or require more information, please e-mail me at vniz at us.loreal.com

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