[GWAMIT] Announcements 3/19/12

GWAMIT gwamit at mit.edu
Mon Mar 19 10:17:35 EDT 2012 

Dear GWAMIT Members,


Thanks to all the attendees of the GWAMIT Spring 2012 Empowerment
Conference!  For photos and more information on the events, please check
out the GWAMIT Facebook Page <https://www.facebook.com/gwamit>.


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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*MIT:**
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1. MIT Presidential Search Open Forums (Mar. 19, 20, and 22; times vary)
2. GECD "What do you value?" Workshop (Mar. 20, 2-3pm)
3. Public Service Center Summer Fellowship Proposal Workshops (Mar. 20-22;
times vary)
4. MIT Museum Visualizing Science Series: "All in Your Head" (Tues. Mar.
20, 6-7:30pm)
5. Bon Appétit Management Company Talk on Sustainable Food and Business
(Wed. Mar. 21, 11:30am-12:30pm)
6. Cheney Room Movie Night: *Saving Face* (Wed. Mar. 21, 6:30pm)
7. 5th CSAIL IAP Women Networking Event (Tues. Apr. 10, 5-7pm; RSVP by Mar.
30)
8. Study on Service Utilization for Survivors of Sexual Violence,
Relationship Abuse, Stalking, or Harassment

*Outside MIT:*
9. Futures in Life Sciences Program Commercialization 1 (Marketing, Product
Management, Business Development) (Tues. Mar. 20, 5:30-8pm)
10. [AWIS-MA Chapter] Speed Networking with Diane Darling (Wed. Mar. 21,
5:30-8pm)
11. [Harvard] 5th Annual Latina Empowerment and Development Conferences
(Sat. March 24, 11a-6p)
12. [Harvard] Light at the End of the Tunnel: Job Opportunities After a
Postdoc (Mon. Mar. 26, 2-4pm)
13. [Harvard] Radcliffe Institute "Meet-the-Investigator" Lunch (Tues. Apr.
3, 12:30-1:30pm)
14. [Harvard] Self-Assembly Science Week Call for Volunteers (Apr. 12-14)*
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To see more events beyond this week's digest visit
http://bit.ly/gwamitevents and http://bit.ly/gwamitinterest

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FULL ANNOUNCEMENTS
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***********MIT***********

*1. MIT Presidential Search Open Forums (Mar. 19, 20, and 22; times vary)*
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 President Susan Hockfield recently announced her resignation, and MIT is
currently involved in the process to find and select its 17th president.
 Students are encouraged to be part of this process; this exercise is not
only an opportunity to identify the traits desired in* *the next president
of MIT, but also an opportunity for students to identify key issues
affecting students in the coming decade as well as communicate, identify,
and affirm the values and priorities of MIT going into the future.  Planned
open forums to receive student feedback have been scheduled as follows:

*March 19, 12pm, 5-134*
*March 20, 12pm, 3-442*
*March 20, 5:30pm, E51-376*
*March 22, 7:30pm, W20 Lobdell Dining Hall*
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Each forum will be 90 minutes long, and students unable to attend are
encouraged to provide feedback online at
http://scripts.mit.edu/~ua/pressearch/.
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*2. GECD "What do you value?" Workshop (Mar. 20, 2-3pm)*
*When:* Tuesday, March 20, 2-3pm
*Where: *4-145
*Register:* On CareerBridge at https://www.myinterfase.com/mit/student/

Unsure about your career or major? Learn about yourself through identifying
career values to help you choose the path that is right for you. This is a
small group and hands-on workshop with an interactive activity designed to
help you determine what values are important to you in the workplace.
Register required  on CareerBridge (click on Workshops Career Fairs and
Events). Limited to 15 participants.
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*3. Public Service Center Summer Fellowship Proposal Workshops (Mar. 20-22;
times vary)*
*When: *Mar. 20 (2:15-3:15 or 3:45-4:45), Mar. 21 (2:15-3:15 or 3:45-4:45),
Mar. 22 (2:15-3:15 or 3:45-4:45)
*Where:* 1-242 (Mar. 20), 4-253 (Mar. 21), 4-146 (Mar. 22)
*Signup: *http://www.doodle.com/e75e44pr8apwnpiw

PSC Summer Fellowship Proposals are due this Friday, March 23 - come and
receive advice on how to make a proposal for a paid summer fellowship shine
before applications are due.  The Fellowships and Internships programs both
support MIT students working on capacity-building service projects.
Students work with community-focused organizations such as non-profits,
schools, and social enterprises.

Find more information about both programs at
http://mit.edu/mitpsc/whatwedo/internshipsandfellowships/
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*4. MIT Museum Visualizing Science Series: "All in Your Head" (Tues. Mar.
20, 6-7:30pm)*
*When:* Tuesday, March 20, 6-7:30pm
*Where: *MIT Museum, 265 Massachusetts Ave.

How do humans recognize and remember images? Can these processes be
artificially created? Join MIT professors Aude
Oliva<http://mitmuseum.pmailus.com/pmailweb/ct?d=U4YEIwAKAAEAAAE9AAX3Pg>
, James Di Carlo<http://mitmuseum.pmailus.com/pmailweb/ct?d=U4YEIwAKAAEAAAGcAAX3Pg>,
andAntonio Torralba<http://mitmuseum.pmailus.com/pmailweb/ct?d=U4YEIwAKAAEAAAIAAAX3Pg>
in
a dynamic conversation about the intersection of vision and cognition in
humans and machines.
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*5. **Bon Appétit Management Company Talk on Sustainable Food and Business
(Wed. Mar. 21, 11:30am-12:30pm)*
*When:* Wednesday, March 21, 11:30am-12:30pm
*Where:* Maseeh Dining Hall, Flowers PDR

Maisie Greenawalt, the Bon Appétit National VP of Strategy, will be joining
us for a luncheon to discuss how Bon Appétit has used, and is using, its
purchasing power to create a more sustainable food system. Bon Appétit has
been rolling out sustainability
initiatives<http://bamco.com/sustainable-food-service> since
1999, when we created our local food sourcing program, Farm to Fork. Since
then, we have gone on to address everything from farmworker rights and
climate change, to humane treatment of animals and sustainable fishing
practices. Maisie has been a key player in the creation of these
initiatives, and is largely responsible for Bon Appétit’s success as a
company.


*6. Cheney Room Movie Night: **Saving Face** (Wed. Mar. 21, 6:30pm)
**When:* Wednesday, March 21, 6:30pm
*Where: *The Cheney Room, 3-310

 In Manhattan, the brilliant Chinese-American lesbian surgeon Wil is
surprised by the arrival of her forty-eight year old widow mother to her
apartment. Ma was banished from Flushing, Queens, when her father
discovered that she was pregnant. The presence of Ma affects the personal
life of Wil, who is in love with the daughter of her boss at the hospital,
the dancer Vivian Shing. Once her grandfather has promised that her mother
would only return to Flushing remarried or proving that it was an
immaculate conception, Wil tries to find a Chinese bachelor to marry Ma.



*7. 5th CSAIL IAP Women Networking Event (Tues. Apr. 10, 5-7pm; RSVP by
Mar. 30)*

*When:* Tuesday, April 10, 5-7pm

*Where: *Microsoft Research New England, 1 Memorial Drive, Cambridge

*RSVP: *To arunaj at csail.mit.edu by March 30


Spend time with other women students, colleagues and women from industry.
Women students, colleagues and our industry affiliates are invited to enjoy
an evening of networking, including an industry Q&A round table featuring
successful local women.  Discussions will include their individual
journeys, the challenges they have faced, the challenges and opportunities
for women in computer science and information technology, and lessons
learned.  Panelists include:

Jennifer Chayes, Distinguished Scientist and Managing Director of Microsoft
Research New England
Andrea Knight, Senior Compiler Engineer, MediaTek
Shilpa Lawande, VP Software Engineering, Vertica, an HP Company
Lisa Schlosser, Vice President and CTO, Content Marketplace, Thompson
Reuters
Xiaojing Li, Research Engineer, Akamai



*8. Study on Service Utilization for Survivors of Sexual Violence,
Relationship Abuse, Stalking, or Harassment
Contact: *Kelley Adams at adam at med.mit.edu or (617) 253-1318


This study will examine the service utilization pathways survivors of
sexual violence, relationship abuse, stalking or harassment take following
an incident at the institution. Specifically, I'm interviewing survivors
about what services they have used on and off campus, their experiences
with those services, recommendations for improvement, and on what it's like
to be a survivor of violence or abuse at MIT. The information obtained
through the study will be used to improve services at MIT, and measures
have been built into the study design to ensure participants'
confidentiality.



One of the eligibility criteria is a connection to MIT, but this is
defined loosely: employees, students, post-docs, researchers, spouses of
any of the above, etc. all fall into this category.
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***********Outside MIT***********

*9. Futures in Life Sciences Program Commercialization 1 (Marketing,
Product Management, Business Development) (Tues. Mar. 20, 5:30-8pm)*
*When:* Tuesday, March 20, 5:30-8pm
*Where:* Genzyme, 500 Kendall Street, Cambridge
*Register:* http://fils32012.eventbrite.com/

*Propel Careers*, *MassBio*, and the *MassBioEd* have joined together to
organize a series of networking and panel events focused on raising
awareness of career paths that exist in life sciences for individuals with
advanced degrees. This *Futures in Life Science* program will bring
together experts across a wide range of disciplines and functional areas
within the life science industry, who will detail their roles and will
provide a rich context for the audience to gain a clear understanding of
the skills, aptitudes, competencies, and personalities that thrive in their
particular functions.

Attendance for this program is open to current graduate students, post
doctoral fellows, and medical residents who are interested in careers in
the life sciences industry.  Space is limited to 100 individuals.

The event will focus on the Marketing, Product Management, and Business
Development areas of the life sciences sector.

Food and refreshments will be provided at each event, and all events will
have ample time included to meet and network with the panelists and other
attendees.
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*10. [AWIS-MA Chapter] Speed Networking with Diane Darling (Wed. Mar. 21,
5:30-8pm)*
*When:* Wednesday, March 21, 5:30-8pm
*Where:* Amgen Kendall Square, 1 Kendall Sq, Cambridge
*Register:* http://www.acteva.com//ttghits.cfm?EVA_ID=23807
*Fee:* $25 for students

Please join the Massachusetts Association for Women in Science (AWIS)
chapter for an evening of Speed Networking led by Diane Darling, a dynamic
speaker and the author of the book “The Networking Survival Guide.” Dinner
will be provided and a free copy of Diane’s book will be given to the first
50 registrants. Remember to bring your business cards! This event is open
to everyone. This will be a fun, informative, and interactive event. This
event was a huge success last time with nearly 100 people in attendance. We
have arranged for a larger and more accessible venue. The discounted
registration fee is available only for AWIS members and students
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*11. [Harvard] 5th Annual Latina Empowerment and Development Conferences
(Sat. Mar. 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



*12. [Harvard] Light at the End of the Tunnel: Job Opportunities After a
Postdoc (Mon. Mar. 26, 2-4pm)*

*When:* Monday, March 26, 2-4pm

*Where:* Yenching Auditorium, Yenching Library, 2 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge

*Registration:* https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Jobs_After_Postdoc


Adam Stein, the CEO of a newly formed nanotechnology company in Pasadena,
CA, is coming to share his perspectives on careers for postdocs and grad
students outside of the academic world. The aim of this program is to
provide an understanding of industrial science and careers in industry as a
whole.  Don’t miss this opportunity to better equip yourself with the
knowledge of the many options for your future career!



*13. [Harvard] Radcliffe Institute "Meet-the-Investigator" Lunch (Tues.
Apr. 3, 12:30-1:30pm)*

*When:* Tuesday, April 3, 12:30-1:30pm

*Where:* Conference Room 112, Radcliffe Gym, Harvard

*RSVP:* ventures at radcliffe.edu


The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study will host our first
“Meet-the-Investigator” lunch of the semester on *Tuesday, April 3, 2012, *and
we would be delighted if you could attend.  These lunches provide a special
opportunity for undergraduate, graduate, and post-doctoral students to
engage dual-career faculty couples in open, informal discussions about
their research and work–life balance.

The upcoming event will feature faculty from Harvard’s School of
Engineering and Applied Sciences:  *Evelyn L.
Hu*<http://www.seas.harvard.edu/directory/ehu>
, Gordon McKay Professor of Applied Physics and of Electrical Engineering
and Area Dean for Electrical Engineering, and *David R.
Clarke*<http://www.seas.harvard.edu/faculty-research/people/new-appointments/david-clarke>,
Gordon
McKay Professor of Materials.

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*14. [Harvard] Self-Assembly Science Week Call for Volunteers (Apr. 12-14)*

*Contact:* tfeldman at fas.harvard.edu

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The theme of the inaugural Harvard Science Week is Self-Assembly, and the
planning team is currently in search of coordinators and volunteers to help
plan specific events for this initiative.  For more information, contact
Ted Feldman at the address listed above.


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