[GWAMIT] Announcements 9/12/11
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Mon Sep 12 10:53:36 EDT 2011
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IN BRIEF
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*GWAMIT:*
1. Seeking panelists for discussion on transition from college to grad
school or industry (Wed, Oct 5, 7p)
*MIT: *
2. Science Policy Initiative Orientation Event: Reaching Beyond The Ivory
Tower (Mon, Sept 12, 1-3p)
3. Volunteer for the MIT Career Fair (Sept 6 - Sept 23) *
*4.[WGS] Conversations with Nancy Folbre (Fri, Sept 16, 4-6p)
5. t=0 Entrepreneurship Conference Registration is open (Fri-Sun, Sept.
16-18)
6. [MIT Panhellenic Association] Women's Career Forum 2011 (Sun, Sept 18)
7. Making Peace with Food and Body Image (Fall, Fridays 3:30-5p)
*Outside MIT:*
8. Futures in Life Sciences Panel Discussion and Networking Event (Tues,
Sept 20, 5:30-8p)
9. [WEST] Innovative Trends in Life Sciences and Technology (Tues, Sept 20,
6:30-9:30p)
10. Strike While the Iron is Hot - How to Provide Timely, Constructive
Feedback to your Employees (Thurs, Sept 22, 6-9p)
11. [Harvard] Boston Women in Chemistry Symposium (Sat, Sept, 24;
registration now open)
12. [IGNITE]: Life Science Technologies at the Convergence of Science and
Engineering (Tues, Sept 27, 5:30-9p)
13. Volunteer for Science Club for Girls! (Deadline, Sept 24)
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. Seeking panelists for discussion on transition from college to grad
school or industry (Wed, Oct 5, 7p)
**What:* Panelists needed to discuss transition from college to grad school
and/or industry
*When:* Wednesday, Oct 5 at 7pm for ~1 hour
*Where:* MIT campus, room TBA
*Why:* Share your advice and experience with MIT upperclassmen and help
GWAMIT reach out to undergraduates at MIT!
Want to help undergraduates navigate the transition to grad school? Join
our panel!
This fall, SWE is hosting a panel of graduate women from GWAMIT to talk
about their transition from college to graduate school and/or industry.
This is a great opportunity to give advice and answer questions from
current students to help them with their next big step in their education.
The event will take place at MIT on October 5 at 7pm, with dinner included.
If you are interesting in being a panelist, please email me at
eflorine at mit.edu for more information.
***********MIT**********
**2. Science Policy Initiative Orientation Event: Reaching Beyond The
Ivory Tower (Mon, Sept 12, 1-3p)
When:* September 12th, 1pm-3pm, Reception at 2PM
*Where:* Chipman Room, 6-104
*Contact:* Johanna Wolfson <johannaw at mit.edu>
- Come learn how you can have an impact outside the lab
- MIT's Vice President for Research Claude Canizares, Technology & Policy
Program Director Dava Newman, and Dean of Engineering Ian Waitz will speak
about their own involvement as scientists in policy issues.
- Student groups will describe exciting opportunities for you to engage in
policy.
- Enjoy refreshments after the brief talks while meeting other students
interested in the societal impact of science.
- SPI is a student group involved in outreach and advocacy efforts related
to science policy.
- Visit our website http://web.mit.edu/spi/ for more information.
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3. Volunteer for the MIT Career Fair (Sept 6 - Sept 23) *
*When: * Sept 6 - Sept 23,
*Details:* http://career-fair.mit.edu/students/volunteer.php
***Contact:* Francisco Alonso, cf-sponsorship at mit.edu
- The 2011 MIT Career Fair Board of Directors invites you to get involved
in this annual recruiting event and ramp up your job-hunting efforts
- Run logistics of this prime event and get closer to companies
representatives
- Assist companies to setup their information sessions and get to know them
on a more personal level
- Work with the Board of Directors to prepare materials for our sponsors
- Get a chance to run this major event next year
* 4.[WGS] Conversations with Nancy Folbre (Fri, Sept 16, 4-6p)*
*When: *Friday, September 16, 2011, 4-6pm
*Where*: 14E-304
>From MIT WGS: Conversation with Nancy Folbre (Econ, U.Mass Amherst)
*5. t=0 Entrepreneurship Conference Registration is open (Fri-Sun, Sept.
16-18)*
*When:* Friday September 16 - Sunday September 18
*Where:* MIT campus
*Info: *http://t0.mit.edu/
*Registration:* Free for MIT students http://t0.mit.edu/registration/
Come celebrate MIT’s innovative spirit at t=0, our campus’s first festival
of entrepreneurship (September 16-18th @ Johnson Athletic Center). Meet some
of the world’s finest minds, from *Mitch Kapor* (founder of Lotus
Development Corporation) to *Brad Feld* (co-founder of TechStars), or form a
team and start your very own business. At t=0, there’s something for
everyone:
· *Interactive Sessions – *Learn the ins and outs of starting a
business from the best and brightest in industries like Clean Tech,
Software/Web, and Life Sciences.
· *Workshops - *Get hands-on experience at our workshops-- The
Tinkerer's Guide to Motion Control (Developing Apps using Kinect and 3D),
the Scratch Workshop, a SCIPY Session, and the Arduino Board Build, to name
a few.
· *Hackathon - *Want to turn some of your craziest ideas into
reality? Join an interdisciplinary team and rapidly prototype new ideas in
48-hours. It’s your turn to change the world!
· *MIT Start-up Demo Day* – Check out the newest companies launching
out of MIT as they show you the fantastic new products they’ve created.
· *Music & Art: *Entrepreneurs won’t be the only ones creating—live
music and art will also be featured.
…and much, much, more. Get your tickets now at http://t0.mit.edu—MIT
students get in *FREE*, and can invite one non-MIT friend to this exclusive
event. Just send them this private link: http://t0referral.eventbrite.com for
access to a special $20 ticket.
And be sure to check out our videos on facebook: *
http://tinyurl.com/3seh5f7* <http://tinyurl.com/3seh5f7> . *Questions?
Contact us at t0-info at mit.edu*
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6. [MIT Panhellenic Association] Women's Career Forum 2011 (Sun, Sept 18) *
*When:* Sunday, September 18th, **
*More details (and RSVP information): *
http://alumweb.mit.edu/upload/AM/WCF_EventSchedule_43431.pdf or here
https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/user/Register.dyn?eventID=57421&groupID=194
11:00 - 11:45 Career Skills Development Sessions
Discover the professional skills that will allow you to be successful in
your job search and the workplace.
Behavioral Interviewing
Presentation Skills
Searching for Internships & Jobs
11:45 - 12:45 Career Path Panels
Join MIT alumnae who are experts in their fields to learn their career
journey and the skills they developed along the way.
Life Sciences/Medicine
Engineering Finance/Consulting
Selecting a Career Path
12:45 - 1:45 Career Lunch with Keynote Address by Susan Murcott
Meet MIT alumnae for lunch and receive answers for your career-specific
questions about work-life balance, combating MIT stereotypes, and
professional skills.
RSVP Required: http://tinyurl.com/6d3aprt
1:45 - 2:45 Speed Networking with Dessert
Listen to a short presentation about how to network, practice your
networking skills with MIT alumnae, and enjoy wonderful desserts.
RSVP Required: http://tinyurl.com/6d3aprt
This event is sponsored by LEF. Special thanks to the MIT Alumni
Association, the Career Development Center, and the FSILG Office
*7. Making Peace with Food and Body Image (Fall, Fridays 3:30-5p)
When: *Fridays 3:30-5 pm
*Where:* MIT Medical
Making Peace with Food and Body Image Fall 2011 Group for MIT women. 10
sessions led by Zan Barry and Audra Bartz
This group helps foster a healthy relationship with food, exercise and body
image. It's useful for those who are struggling with an unhealthy
relationship with food or weight, or thinking about food or weight so much
that it distracts from their studies and interferes with social events. The
group provides education, support, and practical strategies to manage food
and body stress.
Want to find out if the group is right for you? Contact Zan at
bars at med.mit.edu
***********Outside MIT***********
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8. Futures in Life Sciences Panel Discussion and Networking Event (Tues,
Sept 20, 5:30-8p)
When: *Tue, Sep 20, 5.30 – 8 pm
*Where: *MassBio Offices, OneCambridge Center,Cambridge, MA 02142
*Register:* http://futuresinlifesciences5.eventbrite.com/
FUTURES IN LIFE SCIENCES PANEL DISCUSSION AND NETWORKING EVENT - BIO
INFORMATICS, SYSTEMS BIOLOGY, AND MODELING
Propel Careers, MassBio,and the MassBioEdhave joined together to organize a
series of networking and panel eventsfocused on raising awareness of career
paths that exist in life sciences forindividuals with advanced degrees. This
Futuresin Life Science program will bring together experts across awide
range of disciplines and functional areas within the life scienceindustry,
who will detail their roles and will provide a rich context for theaudience
to gain a clear understanding of the skills, aptitudes, competencies,and
personalities that thrive in their particular functions.
Attendance for this program is open tocurrent graduate students, post
doctoral fellows, and medical residentswho are interested in careers in the
life sciences industry. Space islimited to 100 individuals.
The event will focus on the various careeroptions within the Bioinformatics,
Systems Biology, and Modeling areas of thelife sciences sector.
Meeting Agenda:
5:30pm-6:00pm – Registration and Open Networking
6:00pm-6:10pm – Introductions, Overview, and Recognition of Sponsors
6:10pm-7:30pm – Panel Discussion
7:30pm-8:00pm – Open Networking
click hereto register!
*9. [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
*10. Strike While the Iron is Hot - How to Provide Timely, Constructive
Feedback to your Employees (Thurs, Sept 22, 6-9p)
**When: *Thursday, September 22, 6-9pm
*Where: *Ground Floor Conference Room, One Main St, Cambridge, MA
*Speaker:* Jessica Sedan, Talent Management Specialist
*Register:* http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=223069
We've all been there: you know you have to provide feedback to an employee,
and you just don't know how to open the conversation. The ability to provide
constructive feedback to employees is a key skill of a successful manager.
This interactive workshop will help you understand what constructive
feedback is (and what it is not!) and will teach you how to provide
constructive and effective feedback to your employees, yielding stronger
relationships, higher morale, and increased productivity.
This will be a “Bring a Friend Event”. AWIS members can bring a non-member
to the event, and the friend can pay the “member” registration fee. Both the
AWIS member and the friend need to register at the same time.
*11. [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
*12. [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://www.bvsweb.com/php/register.php?ShNbr=2182&src=exhibitor.php
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Susan Windham-Bannister, President and CEO,
Massachusetts Life Sciences Center
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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13. Volunteer for Science Club for Girls! (Deadline, Sept 24) *
*Info: *http://www.scienceclubforgirls.org/
Are you a female studying or working in science, technology, engineering or
math? Do you enjoy working with children and shaping minds? Do you want to
make a difference in the lives of young girls? Then volunteer with Science
Club for Girls!
Science Club for Girls is a unique 10 week afterschool based program that
was recently received the 2011 New England Innovation Award from SBANE.
We work with girls in grades K to 7, exposing them to the wonders of
science in a fun, hands-on way. Led by female volunteers, our girls have
the chance to be positively influenced by women who are already in science
or studying to have a career in science,technology, engineering, or math.
Your presence allows these girls to see that they too can become strong
women who can pursue these careers. We are seeking bright, energetic
women (and a few men!) to serve as Science Club Mentors who will help show
young girls that science, technology, math and engineering can be fun! We
provide all training, curriculum, materials and even snacks, so that you and
your clubs can be successful. You can volunteer for as little as 2 hours
per week and we have multiple locations.
We serve in 4 Cambridge public schools (all T accessible), and have clubs
in Boston (T accessible), Newton, and Lawrence as well. Our clubs begin in
thefirst week of October and end the second week of December. Mandatory
Volunteer Training is held on September 24th so please be sure to apply
before then.
Thank you for taking the time to learn a little bit more about how you can
make a difference. To apply or get more information, check out us out
online and complete our volunteer application.
If you know of anyone else that might be interested in serving with us,
please pass this information along! And if you have any further questions,
you can contact me at any time.
Thank you, Allison Smith, Volunteer Program Manager
asmith at scienceclubforgirls.org
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