[GWAMIT] Announcements 2/27/12
GWAMIT
gwamit at mit.edu
Mon Feb 27 11:25:33 EST 2012
Dear GWAMIT Members,
Spring Empowerment Conference registration opens March 1 - mark your
calendars!
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. Save the date for the GWAMIT 2012 Spring Empowerment Conference (March
12-16; RSVP opens March 1)
2. Volunteers needed for the GWAMIT Spring Empowerment Conference
*MIT:*
3. GECD Dress To Impress Workshop - What to Wear During Interviews (Wed.
Feb. 29, 2:45-3:45p)
4. MIT WGS commemorates Black Herstory Month: "The role religion plays in
discrimination" (Wed. Feb. 29, 6-7:30p)
5. CSAIL Dertouzos Lecturer Series Presents Andrea Wong (Thurs. March 1,
4-5p)
6. MIT WGS Women Take the Reel Opening Night: Orgasm Inc (Thurs. March 1,
7p)
7. [Mass-AWIS] Nuclear Energy: Past, Present, and Future (Thurs, March 1,
6-9p)
8. Help strengthen advising and career services for Ph.D. students
(Volunteer to be interviewed in Feb. or March)
*Outside MIT:*
9. [Harvard] HGWISE Academia in Teaching-Focused Universities Career Panel
(Fri. Mar. 2, 1:30p)
10. [Harvard] HGWISE Science Writing Career Chat (Thurs. Mar. 8, 3:30-5p)
11. [Harvard] 5th Annual Latina Empowerment and Development Conferences
(Sat. March 24, 11a-6p)
To see more events beyond this week's digest visit
http://bit.ly/gwamitevents and http://bit.ly/gwamitcollaborators
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*1. Save the Date for the GWAMIT 2012 Spring Empowerment Conference (March
12-16, RSVP opens March 1) *
*When:* March 12 - 16
*Where*: MIT Campus
*RSVP:* Opens March 1
GWAMIT presents the 2012 Spring Empowerment Conference! March 12th – 16th
2012. RSVP opens March 1st.
Tentative list of events:
-Keynote: Latoya Peterson, Racialicious.com
-Designing for Women: Susan Fabry, Senior Design Strategist at Continuum
-Digital Productivity: Paul English, CTO and co-founder of kayak.com
-Effective Communication and Negotiation: Barbara Tannenbaum, Brown
University
-Working in male-dominated fields: Pamela Benkert, Phillips; Kate Randall,
Tesla; Dr. Leah Buechley, MIT Media Lab
We look forward to seeing you there!
GWAMIT Spring Empowerment Conference Committee 2012
*2. Volunteers needed for the GWAMIT Spring Empowerment Conference*
*Contact*: Manasi Vartak, mvartak at mit.edu or Luyao Li, luyao at mit.edu
The empowerment conference committee is seeking:
-Advertising/publicity co-chair: Responsible for designing posters and
website for conference, managing publicity emails.
-Volunteers: Help with setup/clean up on day of events, help with chalk art
in Stata, put up posters etc.
The empowerment conference is a great opportunity to get involved with
GWAMIT and meet fellow graduate women.
To get involved, please reply to mvartak at mit.edu or luyao at mit.edu.
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*3. GECD Dress To Impress Workshop - What to Wear During Interviews **(Wed.
Feb. 29, 2:45-3:45p)*
*When: *Wednesday, February 29, 2:45-3:45pm
*Where: *3-333
*Register:* https://www.myinterfase.com/mit/student/home.aspx
Have you ever found yourself worried about what to wear during an
interview? Landing a job requires strategy and knowing what is
appropriate to wear to an interview - or a company hosted dinner depends on
the industry and the company culture. This seminar will provide attendees
with advice on building your own professional wardrobe and selecting the
ideal clothing for various professional situations.
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*4. MIT WGS commemorates Black Herstory Month: "The role religion plays in
discrimination" **(Wed. Feb. 29, 6-7:30p)*
*When: *Wednesday, February 29, 6-7:30pm
*Where:* W20 - 201[W20 West Lounge]
*RSVP*: Please rsvp to heidy at mit.edu by 2/24/12.
MIT Program in Women’s and Gender Studies commemorates Black Herstory
Month: "The role religion plays in discrimination: the intersectionality of
piety, pulpits, parishioners, and pastors" w/ Rev. Irene Monroe
This talk examines the role religion plays in discrimination against
lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people. Because homophobia is
both a hatred of the “other ” and it’s usually acted upon ‘in the name of
religion,” the talk will also highlight how religious intolerance and
fundamentalism not only shatters the goal of American democracy, but also
aids in perpetuating other forms of oppression such as racism, sexism,
classism and anti-Semitism.
Rev. Irene Monroe lives in Cambridge, is a Huffington Post blogger, and a
syndicated religion columnist. A native of Brooklyn, Rev. Irene Monroe is a
graduate from Wellesley College and Union Theological Seminary at Columbia
University, and served as a pastor at an African-American church before
coming to Harvard Divinity School for her doctorate as a Ford Fellow. As a
syndicated queer religion columnist, her columns appear in 43 cities across
the country and in the U.K. She writes a weekly column in the home LGBTQ
newspaper BayWindows.
Cosponsored by: Student Activities/ Office of Multicultural Programs and
LBGT at MIT Dinner provided.
*5. CSAIL Dertouzos Lecturer Series Presents Andrea Wong, President,
International Production, Sony Pictures Television & President,
International, Sony Pictures Entertainment (Thurs. Mar. 1, 4-5p)*
*When: *Thursday, March 1, 4-5pm (Refreshments at 3:45pm)
*Where:* 32-123/Kirsch Auditorium
*More info:*
http://www.csail.mit.edu/events/eventcalendar/calendar.php?show=series&id=181
Not sure what do with your degree after graduation? MIT alumna Andrea Wong
will present a CSAIL Dertouzos Distinguished Lecture and discussion on the
importance of fulfilling your passion through your professional pursuits,
relaying her experience as an EECS graduate who made her way up the
entertainment industry ladder to become President and CEO of Lifetime
Networks and new head of Sony’s International Business. Learn about the
challenges of working in the entertainment industry, how Wong’s experience
at MIT helped prepare her for success, and how MIT students today can have
a big impact in the entertainment field. Wong will also discuss her views
on how the entertainment industry needs to adapt to an increasingly digital
world. After describing her own professional experiences, Wong will open up
the floor to discussion, and hold an in-depth question and answer session
with attendees.
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*6. MIT WGS Women Take the Reel Opening Night: Orgasm Inc (Thurs. March 1,
7p)*
*When:* Thursday, March 1, 7pm
*Where*: 6-120
*More info*: http://mit.edu/wgs/filmfest2012/index.html
ORGASM INC. - the strange science of female pleasure Director: Liz Canner
In the shocking and hilarious documentary ORGASM INC., filmmaker Liz Canner
takes a job editing erotic videos for a drug trial for a pharmaceutical
company. Her employer is developing what they hope will be the first Viagra
drug for women that wins FDA approval to treat a new disease: Female Sexual
Dysfunction (FSD). Liz gains permission to film the company for her own
documentary. Initially, she plans to create a movie about science and
pleasure but she soon begins to suspect that her employer, along with a
cadre of other medical companies, might be trying to take advantage of
women (and potentially endanger their health) in pursuit of billion dollar
profits. ORGASM INC. is a powerful look inside the medical industry and the
marketing campaigns that are literally and figuratively reshaping our
everyday lives around health, illness, desire — and that ultimate moment:
orgasm. Upbeat, engaging, enlightening, and provocative, ORGASM INC. will
change the way you think about sex.
80 minutes. Discussion with film director Liz Canner to follow. Cosponsored
by: MIT Technology and Culture Forum, MIT Medical, Comparative Media
Studies/Doclab, and Student Activities Office.
*7. [Mass-AWIS] Nuclear Energy: Past, Present, and Future (Thurs, March 1,
6-9p)*
*When*: Thursday, March 1, 2012, 6:00-9:00pm
*Where*: MIT Building 46 Room 3002 Singleton Auditorium, 43 Vassar Street,
Cambridge 02139
*Register*: https://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaID=227974
*Cost*: Free for MIT and Tufts students and post docs (register
withmit.edu/tufts.edu email address)
$5 for other students and post docs and AWIS members, $10 for all other
attendees
The Massachusetts AWIS chapter, Tufts Energy Forum, and MIT Energy Club are
pleased to co-host an expert panel of speakers on the past, present and
future of nuclear energy.
PANELISTS:
-Lin-wen Hu, PhD, PE, Associate Director, Research Development and
Utilization, MIT Nuclear Reactor Laboratory, MIT
-Richard K. Lester, PhD, Japan Steel Industry Professor, Head of the
Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering, Co-Chair, Industrial
Performance Center MIT
-Mujid S. Kazimi, PhD, TEPCO Professor of Nuclear Engineering, Professor of
Mechanical Engineering, Director Center for Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems
(CANES) MIT
MODERATOR:
-Mari Anne Snow, Adjunct at Bentley University; CEO and co-founder at
SophiaThink Consulting, LLC
*8. Help strengthen advising and career services for Ph.D. students
(Volunteer to be interviewed in Feb. or March)*
*When:* Interviews are being scheduled in February and March
*Where:* On campus
*Contact:* STEMcareer at mit.edu to book a time that fits your schedule
· **Are you PhD student in engineering at MIT?
· **Have you completed your second year?
· **Provide your perspective on the role of advisors and mentors
· **Interviews last 1 to 1.5 hours
· **Gift card of $25 to all participants
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*9. [Harvard] HGWISE Academia in Teaching-Focused Universities Career Panel
(Fri. Mar. 2, 1:30p)*
*When:* Friday, March 2, 1:30pm
*Where:* Dudley House Common Room, Harvard University
*RSVP: *scui at seas.harvard.edu
HGWISE is excited to invite you to a career panel on Academia
in Teaching-Focused Universities. Many of us as graduate students associate
careers in academia with large research institutions. Come to this panel
with distinguished professors from a variety of science and engineering
fields to learn about what it’s like to teach and do research at a liberal
arts college or state school.
Panelists will discuss their career experiences and answer questions from
attendees.
The panelists will be:
- Dr. Lynn Stein, Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, Olin
College
- Dr. Katherine Aidala, Assistant Professor of Physics, Mount Holyoke
College
- Dr. Mala Radhakrishnan, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Wellesley
College
- Dr. Amanda Simons, Assistant Professor of Biology, Framingham State
University
Co-sponsored by Harvard Graduate School Council (GSC) and Harvard Graduate
School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS).
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*10. [Harvard] HGWISE Science Writing Career Chat (Thurs. Mar. 8, 3:30-5p)*
*When: *Thursday, March 8, 3:30-5:00pm
*Where: *Dudley House Common Room, Harvard University
Curious about science writing? Join HGWISE for an informative career panel.
We will have Cornelia Dean, science editor at the NYTimes and book author,
Heidi Ledford, journalist for Nature and Scientific American, Meredith
LeMasurier, editor at Neuron, and Wendy Chao, Harvard alum and former
editor at JOVE (Journal of Visual Experiments). Come hear what they have to
say about their career paths and bring questions of your own. The career
panel will be followed by a networking social where the panelists will
be available for further questions and conversation.
Sponsored by GSAS, HILS and the GSC.
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*11. [Harvard] 5th Annual Latina Empowerment and Development Conferences
(Sat. March 24, 11a-6p)*
*When: *Saturday, March 24, 11a-6p
*Where:* Double Tree Hotel Cambridge, MA
*Register: *http://www.wix.com/latinasunidas/lead#!register
*More info: *http://www.wix.com/latinasunidas/lead#<http://www.wix.com/latinasunidas/lead>
LEAD is an all-day event that exposes individuals in the community at large
to the achievements of Latinas in the world today. Every year we have a
prominent Latina as our keynote speaker who shares her experience, wisdom
and advice with those present. The Conference aims to encourage the
professional endeavors of Latinas everywhere. Latina undergraduate and
graduate students will connect with successful Latina role models who
radiate positive ideals and represent the larger Latino community. Our
speakers will address the social, political, and economic issues that
Latinas face today and motivate them toward excellence in their future
careers. Your students will have the opportunity to participate in
pre-professional workshops to improve skills such as resume building,
interviewing and networking.
The LEAD conference will be taking place in the Double Tree Hotel
Cambridge, MA on Saturday March 24, 2012* from 11:30 AM-6:00 PM.
The theme for this year's conference is "Strengthening our Communities in
the Face of Adversity."
Please Register for the LEAD conference at:
http://www.wix.com/latinasunidas/lead#!register
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