[GWAMIT] Announcements -- Week of 9/29/2014

[GWAMIT]

Dear GW at MIT Members,

I hope that your week end went well! Just a reminder that October 1st is the deadline to apply to externship programs. If you are interested in exploring new fields and having an insight into an industry don't miss this opportunity! 

Find all the information about other upcoming events below.

If you have any events or announcements to share with the GW at MIT membership, please email us at gwamit-sec at mit.edu.

The GWAMIT Board

Send your ideas to: gwamit-exec at mit.edu
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GW at MIT:
1. GWAMIT Fall Leadership conference: save the date! (October 27-31)

MIT:
2. Join the Association for Women in Science for Free – engineers and social scientists are welcome, too!
3. Clubes de Ciencia (Science Clubs) (January 2015)
4. Get involved with the brand new MIT Waste Alliance! (September 30th)
5. [MIT Spouses and Partners] Join the Fall 2014 Career Connect (September 30 10:00 - 11:30am)
6. Work-Life Center Seminar Series 
7. Don't miss externship opportunities (Deadline: Wednesday, October 1st, 12:00pm)
8. What are your questions about gender equity at MIT? (October 1st, 12:00 -1:30pm)
9. Symposium: Challenging Technical Privilege: How Race and Gender Matter (October 3rd, 12-2:00pm)
10. Second Meeting of the MIT Graduate Women's Non-Book Club Book Club (N-BC-BC)!
Feminism: An Antiquated Ideology or a Crucial Framework?
11. Cleantech Entrepreneurs Panel  (Oct. 8, 7-8pm)

Outside MIT:
12. Boston Women in Chemistry Symposium (Saturday, October 4th)
13. Boston Women in Public Finance: Careers Opportunities in Public Finance (October 7, 5:30-8pm)

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********** GW at MIT **********

1. GWAMIT Fall Leadership conference: save the date!
When: October 27-31

The GWAMIT Fall Leadership conference will take place October 27-31, 2014. We hope to see you there! If you are interested in helping to plan the conference, please contact Emily Mackevicius (elm at mit.edu) or Mallory Sheth (mmbounds at mit.edu). 

Thanks for checking in!


********** MIT **********

2. Join the Association for Women in Science for Free – engineers and social scientists are welcome, too!
 
The Association for Women in Science is not only for scientists – it’s for anyone who uses science, technology, engineering or math, which includes social scientists, engineers, and pretty much everyone at MIT.  AWIS does a lot of excellent work in gender equity, and is especially helpful in providing advice and information to students, postdocs and young faculty.  Benefits include free webinars, helpful newsletters, area events, and a large network of women in STEM fields.  MIT students automatically get free membership.  The first 20 MIT postdocs who sign up at $65 will get their membership fee for the first year reimbursed by the MIT Institute Community and Equity Officer – simply email a receipt to iceo at mit.edu.

For more information, see https://awis.site-ym.com/?InstitutePartners#MIT (free student membership) and  http://awis.site-ym.com/?WhatWeDo.
 

3. Clubes de Ciencia (Science Clubs)
When: January 2015
Where: Guanajuato, Oaxaca, or Ensenada, Mexico
Application Deadline: September 30
Info: http://quieroaprender.masporfavor.com/participar/usa-instructors/

We are looking for motivated grad students/postdocs to share their knowledge in Mexico! Teach anything STEM-related during one week in January. Knowledge of Spanish is not required to participate as an instructor. Selected applicants receive round trip flight, accommodation, and stipend for meals. Applications due Sept. 30!

4. Get involved with the brand new MIT Waste Alliance!
When: Tuesday, September 30th
Apply: bit.ly/MITWA-apply 
Contact: trashiscash at mit.edu

Do you have a secret interest in waste? Well, we do too!

MIT Waste Alliance promotes waste-sector research, innovation, and entrepreneurship at MIT. Much work on waste management has been carried out at MIT in different departments. MIT Waste Alliance provides a common forum where such interdisciplinary community of students, researchers, entrepreneurs, industrial practitioners, and policy-makers can come together and discuss waste-related issues and innovations.

We are recruiting for leadership positions! You can apply to become one of the founding members of this community at bit.ly/MITWA-apply by September 30.

Questions? Please contact trashiscash at mit.edu

5. [MIT Spouses and Partners] Join the Fall 2014 Career Connect
When: September 30 10:00 - 11:30am
Where: Student Center W20-307, 10:0
link: http://bit.ly/1DlJyxQ

We've still got a few spots left in the Fall 2014 Career Connect mini-conference tomorrow (September 30). The morning talk will be by MIT Sloan Professor Ofer Sharone on "Job Searching in the USA", followed by a networking lunch. In the afternoon, there will be a workshop called "American Cultural Norms in the Workplace". It's going to be a great start to the Career Connect series, so please register now for a spot!

6. Work-Life Center Seminar Series 
Sign up: link

Take part to these interesting seminars offered by the work life center at MIT:
1. Work Smarter, Not Harder, to Reduce Stress and Get the Results You Want
Presented by Debra Levy, M.Ed., CMC; Lecturer, Positive Psychology Theory and Applications on September 30th

2. Mindfulness: Using the Science and Practice of Awareness to Improve Your Well-Being and Performance
Presented by Tara Healey, M.Ed.; Program Director, Mindfulness-Based Learning, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care on November 19th

If you want to work smarter, improve your well-being and take out some of the stress, sign up now for these lunchtimes seminars!

Remember, the Work-Life Center is always here to help. You can reach us by phone at 617.253.1592 or worklife at mit.edu. And of course, you're always welcome to drop by to talk.  We are located in Building E19-611. Visit us anytime Monday - Friday, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

7. Don't miss externship opportunities 
Deadline: Wednesday, October 1, 12:00pm
Info:  here
Register: here

Information about the Externship Program, including the full listing descriptions and application, can be found at: http://alum.mit.edu/students/externships.  Students will need an Infinite Connection account with the MIT Alumni Association to view and apply for opportunities. Students can register for free at http://alum.mit.edu/login. Wednesday, October 1 at noon is the deadline for applications.

8. What are your questions about gender equity at MIT?
When: Wednesday, October 1st, 12:00 -1:30pm
Where: Bush Room 10-105

Take part to the discussion on gender equity at MIT. 
Lunch will be served

Speakers: 
Sarah Rankin - Title IX Investigator
Kate McCarthy -Director & Advocate, Violence Prevention & Response
Leah Flynn Gallant - Assistant Dean/ Director for Student Leadership & Engagement, DSL
Emily Neill - Women’s and Gender Studies Program Manager

9. Symposium: Challenging Technical Privilege: How Race and Gender Matter
Where: W20-307 (Mezzanine Lounge), to be followed by a networking reception from 2-3:00 pm, Mezzanine Balcony
When: Friday October 3, 12-2:00 pm
Contact: Emily Neill, erneill at mit.edu
Register: here (preferred deadline September 27th)

Silent Technical Privilege occurs when those who "look the part," or conform to society's stereotype of what a tech-savvy, number-crunching programmer or engineer looks like, receive the benefit of the doubt or implicit endorsement in technical settings. The flipside of Silent Technical Privilege is Stereotype Threat, and other hidden obstacles that those who do not fit the profile often experience in pursuing science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education or technical careers. Women, particularly women of color, have been largely marginalized and underrepresented in STEM. This interactive symposium will ask how Technical Privilege, Stereotype Threat and other forms of Implicit Bias contribute to this underrepresentation. We aim to highlight, elaborate, and develop strategies to address these issues. Join the conversation at #techprivMIT.

Speakers:
- Jane Stout, Director, Center for Evaluating the Research Pipeline (CERP), Computing Research Association
- Gabriela A. Gonzalez, Senior STEM Strategist, Intel Corporate Affairs
- Jean Yang, PhD student, MIT EECS/CSAIL
- Tami Forrester, MIT Course 6, Class of 2015
- Donna Milgram, Executive Director, National Institute for Women in Trades, Technology and Science (IWITTS)

Facilitated by: Prof. Edmund Bertschinger, Prof. of Physics and Institute Community and Equity Officer, MIT

The goal of this event is for students, faculty, staff and others in our community to understand the impact of Implicit Bias, and to collectively strategize with nationally-recognized experts and industry representatives on the necessary steps to overcome it. We hope attendees will walk away with practical strategies for combating Technical Privilege and Stereotype Threat and building a truly inclusive and meritocratic tech community. 

Free and open to the public.

Registration is suggested by Sept 29th due to limited space and can be completed here. 

Co-sponsored by MIT Women’s and Gender Studies (WGS), the Institute Community and Equity Office (ICEO), the Office of Minority Education (OME), the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), and the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL).

10. Second Meeting of the MIT Graduate Women's Non-Book Club Book Club (N-BC-BC)!
Feminism: An Antiquated Ideology or a Crucial Framework?
When: October, 7th, 6pm
Where: Cheney Room 
Link: here

Do you enjoy book clubs, but find that you are too busy to commit to reading a whole book every month? Interested in discussing and sharing experiences on a variety of issues in a comfortable environment limited to your fellow female graduate students? The MIT Graduate Community Fellows for Women's Programs are starting a brand new non-book club book club (N-BC-BC). Like a book club, N-BC-BCs will feature an evening of discussion, but instead of reading an entire book, our discussions will be motivated by two short articles posted the week before. Our second meeting will be 10/7 at 6 pm in the Cheney Room and will feature a discussion about ''Feminism: an antiquated ideology or crucial framework?", mediated by Kelley Adams from VPR. The events in our series are completely independent of one another, so don't feel like you've missed anything if you didn't attend the first one! Dinner will be provided! To RSVP and get a link to the articles: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1204rPLA4BNHSuyN_KiSS0NxLMMCuzRB3f4SB0v81iJg/viewform

11. Cleantech Entrepreneurs Panel
When: Wed, Oct. 8, 7-8pm
Where: MIT E40-160
RSVP: http://bit.ly/1lowAcH

Four entrepreneurs with varying backgrounds will discuss their paths to entrepreneurship, their experiences starting companies, and their advice for those thinking about pursuing entrepreneurship. Panelists include:
- Melinda Sims founded Loci Controls and has a PhD and SM from MIT in Mechanical Engineering with a minor in Entrepreneurship.
- Sarah Haig founded Silverside Detectors and has an MPP from the Harvard Kennedy School and a BA in Comparative Area Studies from Duke University.
- Eliza Becton founded Refresh Water and holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Yale University and a Master of Industrial Design from the Rhode Island School of Design.
- Emily Reichert is the CEO of Greentown Labs and has a PhD in Physical Chemistry and an MBA from MIT.
Dinner will be served. RSVP at: http://bit.ly/1lowAcH

Best,

Alex
858-232-1302


**********Outside MIT**********

12. Boston Women in Chemistry Symposium
When: Saturday, October 4th 
Where: Harvard Chemistry Department, Pfizer Lecture Hall, 12 Oxford St., Cambridge MA 02138
Info: http://projects.iq.harvard.edu/bostonwincs
Contact: HarvardWIC at gmail.com

Boston WInCS is an annual symposium celebrating the achievements of women in the chemical sciences. The event features keynote seminars from leading women in academia and industry, as well as student talks and posters. Registration is free for the first 100 registrants! Registration includes lunch, snacks, and a wine & cheese reception.

We will be welcoming the following distinguished guest speakers:
- Prof. Vy Dong of UC Irvine; Research Area: Organometallic Chemistry
- Prof. Connie Cepko of Harvard Medical School; Research Area: Genetics
- Dr. Emma Parmee of Merck & Co.: Head of Exploratory Chemistry at Merck. Seminar title: "New Therapies for the Treatment of Type II Diabetes"

Questions? Contact Harvard WIC - HarvardWIC at gmail.com

13. Boston Women in Public Finance: Careers Opportunities in Public Finance

When: Tuesday, October 7, 5:30-8pm

Where: Simmons School of Management, 300 The Fenway, Boston

RSVP: www.bostonwpf.com/calendar.html



This event is targeted towards graduate students, and will provide them with an opportunity to understand the various facets of the public finance sector and possible career opportunities.  The panel discussion will consist of a cross-section of female professionals working in this area who will speak out their career paths and their current positions, and the networking reception to follow will provide an opportunity to meet the rest of our membership.


Those interested in attending are asked to RSVP at our website at www.bostonwpf.com/calendar.html.  


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