[GWAMIT] Announcements - Week of 6/3/13

Mon Jun 3 09:30:19 EDT 2013

Dear GWAMIT Members,

Happy June! The GWAMIT Leadership Conference Planning Committee is now
recruiting – see details below. If you have any events or announcements to
share with the GWAMIT membership, please email us at gwamit-sec at mit.edu.

*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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GWAMIT:*
1. Join the GWAMIT Leadership Conference Planning Committee (Recruiting now)

*MIT:
*2. Should the MIT Energy Club Launch a Women in Energy Community?
3. AMITA Annual Meeting (Sun. June 9, 11:30am-1:30pm)
4. Not Networking 101—Building Relationships for Success (Mon. June 10,
3-4:30pm)

*Outside MIT:
*5. [HGWISE] Longwood Coffee Hour with Dr. Stirling Churchman (Tues. June
4, 4-5pm)
6. Wonder Women of Boston Networking Event (Thurs. June 13, 6-8pm)
7. [MASS-AWIS] Resume Round Table Workshop (Wed. June 19, 6:30-9pm)
8. Women in Science and Engineering Computer Science Bootcamp (June 24-25,
Register now)
9. Volunteer with Science Club for Girls (July 9-12, Apply now)

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

1. Join the GWAMIT Leadership Conference Planning Committee (Recruiting now)
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**Contact:* gwamit-leadership at mit.edu

GWAMIT is actively recruiting energetic, motivated graduate women to join
the planning committee for the leadership conference to be held this fall.

-Positions available: event co-leads, logistic co-chairs, and advertising
co-chairs.
-Perks: opportunities to connect with top-notch speakers, develop
leadership and event planning skills, and work with like-minded, awesome
graduate women across all departments at MIT.
-The conference websites from past years can be found at
https://sites.google.com/site/gwamitweb/leadership-conference along with
more information about the types of events and speakers that were featured
each year.

Take ownership of this fall's conference theme and events by joining the
team early!

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*2. Should the MIT Energy Club Launch a Women in Energy Community?
Respond to survey:* http://bit.ly/WomenInEnergy

The MIT Energy Club is always looking for opportunities to support the
interests of members. With that in mind, they are exploring the creation of
a Women in Energy Community. This Community would focus on promoting career
and leadership development through speaking events and networking
opportunities that highlight women leaders across this sector.

However, they want to know what's important to women at MIT. If you would
be interested in joining, leading or contributing to the Women in Energy
Community, please let them know by completing the survey linked above.

*3. AMITA Annual Meeting (Sun. June 9, 11:30am-1:30pm)
When:* Sunday, June 9, 11:30am-1:30pm
*Where:* 10-105 (Bush Room)
*Register:* http://bit.ly/AMITAAnnualMtg

Please join us for a light brunch and networking at 11:30am followed by the
AMITA annual meeting and an insightful presentation on tax policy by
Professor Andrea Louise Campbell.

The fiscal future of the United States – the choices we make about taxing
and spending – constitute one of the central issues of our time. And yet
the fraught politics of taxation produces more heat than light. Political
scientist Andrea Campbell shares her research on two aspects of the tax
debate.

First, the nature of American taxes in comparative perspective: how much
does the government raise in tax revenues compared to peer nations, and
from whom? As in many other arenas of public activity, the United States
does things differently than other countries, with profound consequences
for political conflict. Second, the attitudinal underpinnings of today’s
tax debates: how do common patterns of cognition and information shape
Americans’ opinions on taxes? And how have these characteristics influenced
the politics of taxation? Together, these two perspectives help explain the
sources and contours of American debates on taxation.

*4. Not Networking 101 — Building Relationships for Success (Mon. June 10,
3-4:30pm)
When:* Monday, June 10, 3-4:30pm
*Where:* 46-3002 (Singleton Auditorium)
*Register:* http://bit.ly/NotNetworking101

Networking has gotten a really bad name these days. I take your card, you
take my card, and then we don’t call each other. This workshop is designed
to reintroduce you to how strong professional relationships can be
necessary for most people to succeed in their careers. It will provide
practical tools for meeting people and for nurturing new and established
connections

Dr. Joanne Kamens received her PhD in Genetics from Harvard Medical School
and then spent 15 years at BASF/Abbott, where she led discovery research
projects on small molecule and antibody approaches to inflammatory
diseases, ultimately serving as Group Leader in Molecular Biology. In 2011,
Dr. Kamens became the Executive Director of Addgene, a mission driven,
non-profit dedicated to helping scientists around the world collaborate.
Dr. Kamens founded the current Boston chapter of AWIS. In 2013, she was
elected as a fellow to the Massachusetts Academy of Science for service to
science and the community.

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*5. [HGWISE] Longwood Coffee Hour with Dr. Stirling Churchman (Tues. June
4, 4-5pm)
When:* Tuesday, June 4, 4-5pm
*Where:* TMEC 447, Longwood Campus
*RSVP:* http://bit.ly/StirlingChurchman

Please join us for a coffee hour with Dr. Stirling Churchman, Assistant
Professor in the Department of Genetics at Harvard Medical School. Dr.
Churchman received her Bachelors in Physics at Cornell, and pursued
graduate studies in physics at Stanford with James Spudich, receiving her
PhD in 2008. She then did a postdoc with Jonathan Weissman, where she
developed NET-seq technology to visualize transcription at nucleotide
resolution. In 2011, she started her lab here at Harvard. At the coffee
hour, Dr. Churchman will talk about her academic trajectory and
experiences, and anything else you want to ask.

RSVP appreciated, but not required. Coffee and pastries will be served.
Sponsored by HGWISE, BGSO, and GSC.

*6. Wonder Women of Boston Networking Event (Thurs. June 13, 6-8pm)
When:* Thursday, June 13, 6-8pm
*Where:* The Living Room, 101 Atlantic Avenue, Boston
*Register:* http://wwbos0613biannual-es2.eventbrite.com/

Wonder Women of Boston is an opportunity for ambitious, accomplished women
of all ages to mix and mingle. Whether you work in the corporate or
non-profit world, are a community leader, entrepreneur, job-seeker,
student, or someone simply looking for inspiration, you're bound to make a
few great new connections. We encourage you to think of three or five
exceptional women you know and send invitations their way. Come find new
friends, catch up with old friends, make new professional connections, and
enter to win a raffle item or two.

A portion of the proceeds from this event benefits Project Have Hope.
Project Have Hope is a Boston-based non-profit organization that seeks to
empower women in the Acholi Quarter of Uganda by providing education to
both the women and their children and assisting the women to establish
business opportunities to promote economic stability and sustainability.

*7. [MASS-AWIS] Resume Round Table Workshop (Wed. June 19, 6:30-9pm)
When:* Wednesday, June 19, 6:30-9pm
*Where:* Monadnock Room, Broad Institute, 7 Cambridge Center, Cambridge
*Register:* http://goo.gl/LbosL

Get ready for the job market – bring your resume or CV and get
resume-writing
tips from professionals involved in hiring decisions in industry, academia,
consulting, tech transfer, and more. Experts will be in attendance to
critique your resume. $10 for AWIS members and Broad affiliates, $25
General Admission.

*8. Women in Science and Engineering Computer Science Bootcamp (June 24-25,
Register now)
When:* Monday, June 24 – Tuesday, June 25
*Where:* Microsoft Research, 1 Cambridge Center, Cambridge
*Register:* http://software-carpentry.org/bootcamps/2013-06-wise.html

Our goal is to help scientists and engineers become more productive by
teaching them basic computing skills like program design, version control,
testing, and task automation. In this two-day boot camp, short tutorials
will alternate with hands-on practical exercises. Participants will be
encouraged both to help one another, and to apply what they have learned to
their own research problems during and between sessions. There will be
online follow up sessions for 6 to 8 weeks extending the material from the
boot camp.

This boot camp is open to female graduate students, post-docs, faculty
members, staff scientists, or their equivalent in science, engineering,
medicine, or a related field in academia, industry, or the public and
non-profit sectors. Participants should have some prior experience with
basic programming.

*9. Volunteer with Science Club for Girls (July 9-12, Apply now)
When:* Tuesday, July 9 – Friday, July 12
*Where:* Lasell College, Newton, MA
*Apply:* http://bit.ly/ScienceClubVolunteer
*Contact:* volunteer at scienceclubforgirls.org

We have a great opportunity for you to give back and volunteer this summer
with Science Club for Girls. This July we will be holding Summer Science
Week at Lasell College from July 9th - July 12th. Summer Science Week is an
opportunity for girls all over the greater Boston area to participate in
free STEM programming.

During the day, they work with volunteers who teach STEM curricula, and
during the afternoon, the girls go on field trips related to what they've
been learning. We are hoping you can volunteers as a Science Teacher in the
morning or a Field Trip Chaperone in the afternoon for Summer Science Week.
You can volunteer for multiple positions on multiple days, or just one
position for one day during the week. If you are interested in volunteering
for Summer Science Week, you can complete the application online. Want to
know more? Email me back at volunteer at scienceclubforgirls.org with "Summer
Science Week" in the subject line.

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