[gwaMIT] gwaMIT Newsletter: May 17, 2021

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gwaMIT Newsletter
May 17th, 2021


Did you know? Womxn-related news from around the world

Three MIT professors published an editorial<https://science.sciencemag.org/content/372/6542/545?rss=1> in Science discussing the results of a Boston Biotech Working Group study, which concluded there is a disparity between the proportion of female MIT faculty vs. male MIT faculty who translate their research into companies.

San Francisco made the home of the first same-sex couple<https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/07/us/lesbian-couple-marriage-landmark.html> to be legally married in California a historical landmark.

Maya Angelou and Sally Ride will be honored<https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/09/us/quarters-maya-angelou-sally-ride.html> on quarters issued by the U.S. Mint.

Elizabeth Gómez Alcorta, Vilma Ibarra, and Mercedes D’Alessandro are three feminists<https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/11/world/feminists-argentina-government.html> changing Argentina from inside the federal government.

Chandro Tomar, who died on April 30th,  competed in shooting competitions<https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/11/world/chandro-tomar-dead.html> well into her 80s and inspired thousands of people, especially women and girls, through her passion for the sport.


Events & Opportunities

  1.  Join NE GWiSE for a conversation on researching for climate justice (May 19th)
  2.  Participate in the 2021 ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit Student Program (May 24th – 27th)
  3.  Building Inclusive Communities: Year End Series Gathering (May 25th)
  4.  Apply to join New England Graduate Women in Science and Engineering! (apply by May 31st!)
  5.  Apply for the New England Future Faculty Workshop (apply by June 1st!)
  6.  Upcoming BCG Events and Opportunities (apply now!)
  7.  Mentorship Opportunity with HGWISE and the Harvard Biotech Club (apply now!)
  8.  Spring Programs at the MIT Museum
  9.  Engineering Positions Open at Ouster (apply now!)
  10. CS jobs in MIT Digital Humanities Lab for Graduate / MEng Students (apply today!)
  11. AI Teaching and Curriculum Internship at Inspirit AI: Summer 2021 (sign up now!)
  12. Become a gwaMIT Department Rep!


  1.  Join NE GWiSE for a conversation on researching for climate justice
When: May 19th, 2021 5PM EST
Details: Join NE GWiSE for an important conversation that will bring together climate justice advocates, researchers, policy-makers, and solution-seekers to discuss the challenges and opportunities of taking equity-informed approaches to climate research, solutions, and policy development. RSVP here<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/researching-for-climate-justice-registration-151729275347?aff=ebdssbonlinesearch&keep_tld=1>!


  1.  Participate in the 2021 ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit Student Program

When: May 24th – 27th, 2021

Details: The ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit, hosted by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy, convenes leaders from academia, business, and government to discuss cutting-edge energy technologies, facilitate relationships to move technologies to market, and showcase innovations that will advance solutions to current and future energy challenges. The strategic combination of leaders makes the Summit the perfect forum for developing energy solutions to enable America to out-innovate its global competitors.

The Student Program is free of charge to all graduate students – to register please visit arpae-summit.com/Students<http://www.arpae-summit.com/Students>. This program provides graduate-level students access to student-focused speakers, panel discussions, and networking opportunities, and students will be able to observe in the main Summit programming when not attending student programming.


  1.  Building Inclusive Communities: Year End Series Gathering
When: May 25th, 2021 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Where: Zoom, link will be emailed to those who register
Contact: mbird at mit.edu<mailto:mbird at mit.edu>
URL: https://tinyurl.com/gwise-gathering

  *   Join New England GWiSE for the final event of our Building Inclusive Communities virtual series. It'll be discussion-based with a focus on the importance of community and belonging in grad school.
  *   You'll connect with other students interested and invested in creating inclusive spaces in STEM and learn and share tips and strategies towards fostering a sense of belonging for every graduate student.
  *   Event activities:
     *   Identity: writing your own intellectual autobiography
     *   Community, advocacy, policy, belonging: small-group, topic-based discussions
     *   Ice breaker trivia social
  *   This event is free and open to anyone to attend!
  *   Attendees will be entered into a raffle to win one of four $25 visa gift cards.
  *   Attending previous events in the series is not required but feel free to check them out or review them here<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCz3yZywOolTwWGHMOatRmog>


  1.  Apply to join New England Graduate Women in Science and Engineering!
When: Now! Deadline is May 31st at 11:59pm ET
Contact: mbird at mit.edu<mailto:mbird at mit.edu>
URL: http://tinyurl.com/NEGWISE2021

  *   Apply to join NE GWiSE, a non-profit organization and an alliance between groups of graduate women in STEM from universities across New England.
  *   Through advocacy, diversity, outreach efforts, and networking opportunities, as well as collective actions and supporting developing GWiSE groups, we are working to advance policies and programs to promote equality and improve the experience of graduate women and gender minorities.
  *   You don't need to have any previous experience with us to apply - just a passion for improving the graduate experience in STEM!
  *   Women from underrepresented backgrounds in STEM and gender minorities are especially encouraged to apply.
  *   Check out our website at http://www.negwise.org


  1.  Apply for the New England Future Faculty Workshop
The New England Future Faculty Workshop, hosted by Northeastern University, will be held virtually on Wednesday, July 28th and Thursday, July 29th, 2021. The NE-FFW is designed specifically for postdoctoral fellows and advanced graduate students in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), Health Sciences, Social Sciences, and the Humanities, who are interested in an academic career.

Northeastern University is committed to cultivating talent and promoting the full inclusion of excellence. This workshop is designed to serve those who are members of groups whose representation in faculty positions is smaller than their representation in the U.S. population. This includes women, racial and ethnic minorities, persons with disabilities, first-generation students, and members of the LGBTQ+ community.

The NE-FFW is focused on the academic job search. The format of the two-day workshop includes faculty-led interactive discussions and peer-to-peer interactions.  Workshop topics include:  Finding Your Institutional Fit, Perfecting Your Interview Skills, Making Your CV Stand Out, Crafting Research, Teaching and Diversity Statements, Negotiating the Job Offer, and more.

To participate in the NE-FFW, there are several steps interested people need to take:

  1.  Submit the application packet by June 1st, 2021
  2.  Accepted applicants will be notified by mid-June
  3.  Confirm their participation by paying a $50 registration fee due in late June


  1.  Upcoming BCG Events and Opportunities

Full-Time Consulting Roles – Start by June 2021

We are currently seeking candidates for our full-time consulting roles that can start full-time between March 2021 and June 2021. We are reviewing applications on a rolling basis and encourage you to apply as soon as possible. Learn more and apply here<https://www.bcg.com/en-us/careers/students/adc-application-process>.


  1.  Mentorship Opportunity with HGWISE and the Harvard Biotech Club (apply now!)
Interested in mentoring undergraduate womxn at Smith College?
HGWISE and the Harvard Biotech Club are collaborating to start a new mentorship program where PhD students will be mentors to undergraduates at Smith College. This is a short survey to gauge your interest level in participating in this future program.
Here is the link to the survey and a summary of the vision and inspiration for this program<https://forms.gle/G3dusxsJSwPYNZoX6>
Getting a STEM degree college is challenging, and it can often feel like the next steps after college are ambiguous, especially when undergraduate colleges lack graduate programs. Smith is one of the largest women’s colleges in the United States, with students from 48 states and 68 countries. Unfortunately, Smith does not have STEM doctoral programs on campus and thus students lack access to learning about life as a PhD student researcher.
Thankfully, there are programs at Smith that do foster a sense of community in STEM. The AEMES (Achieving Excellence in Mathematics Engineering and Sciences) Program was built to support the success of women from historically underrepresented backgrounds in STEM-related education. In addition to peer-mentorship, this program provides funding to support paid research experiences so that fellows can perform research as their work-study job to build competitive applications for graduate school.
We are starting a chapter of mentorship within HGWISE and the Harvard Biotech Club where PhD graduate students will be mentees to Smith AEMES fellows. We are surveying your interest (as a current PhD student or member of the private sector) in being a mentor in this future program. The exact nature of your virtual mentorship meetings would be scaled to your specific needs, mentors can host a mentorship meeting ranging from monthly or bi-monthly depending on personal capacity given your other responsibilities.
In addition to the Harvard <> Smith mentorship program, will invite AEMES fellows to the virtual events hosted by Harvard graduate student organizations. These events will help undergraduates understand what the life of a STEM PhD student looks like, professional options available after getting a PhD, and attend panels from leaders across many different STEM related fields.

For more information of which organizations, see below:

Harvard x AEMES Collaboration is grounded in the partnership with the following Harvard Graduate Student organizations:
(1) Harvard Graduate Women in Science and Engineering (HGWISE),
(2) Harvard Medical School's Therapeutics Graduate Program (TGP),
(3) The Harvard Biotech Club (HBC),


  1.  Spring Programs at the MIT Museum

Movie Nights <https://mit.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=8f096ffcb76b3882760cf1589&id=3281996314&e=959266bc83>
Our monthly series, Movie Nights, combines great flicks with lively conversation all from the comfort of your own home.
Virtual Idea Hub<https://mit.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=8f096ffcb76b3882760cf1589&id=5ee383910a&e=959266bc83>
Looking for some creative hands-on learning experiences you can do from your kitchen table? Our weekly series brings making and tinkering fun from our Idea Hub makerspace straight to your home. Build, create, tinker, and engineer in activities designed for families with children in grades 4 and up.
Cambridge Science Festival<https://mit.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=8f096ffcb76b3882760cf1589&id=611816fab4&e=959266bc83>
Get ready for a month-long celebration during this year’s Cambridge Science Festival. Create your own 30-day challenge to connect with science, join with community members, partners, and others in cool STEAM activities, and share stories of science and why it matters through art, video, podcasts, and more. And don’t forget our annual Curiosity Challenge, providing an opportunity for kids ages 5-14 to wonder, imagine, and share what they are curious about.


  1.  Engineering Positions Open at Ouster
At Ouster<https://ouster.com/>, we build sensors and tools for engineers, roboticists, and researchers so they can make the world safer and more efficient. We've transformed LIDAR from an analog device with thousands of components to an elegant digital device powered by one chip-scale laser array and one CMOS sensor. The result is a full range of high-resolution LIDAR sensors that deliver superior imaging at a dramatically lower price. Our advanced sensor hardware and vision algorithms are used in autonomous cars, drones and many other applications. If you’re motivated by solving big problems, we’re hiring key roles across the company and need your help!
We are looking for a Systems Engineer, Data (software) Engineer, Firmware Analytics Engineer, and a FPGA Hardware Engineer.  Check out the job listings and descriptions in the following link: https://ouster.com/careers/


  1.  CS jobs in MIT Digital Humanities Lab for Graduate / MEng Students
Grad Assistant in Digital Humanities @ MIT: The Graduate Assistant will work directly with the program's Technical Director to mentor the DH lab’s UROPs and assist them in implementing the work of the lab. They will also help lab staff to support the new Affiliated Faculty-UROP Program by holding office hours to consult on digital humanities projects happening across the School. Learn More: www.tinyurl.com/mitdhgrad<http://www.tinyurl.com/mitdhgrad>
Visiting Research Associate in Digital Humanities @ MIT: Seeking early-career software developer to work directly with the DH lab’s Technical Director to support our faculty and student research programs. Work collaboratively on project design and management, assist in the training and supervision of the lab’s undergraduate research cohort, and contribute directly to the codebase of lab projects. This position is ideally suited for a candidate with strong technical skills who seeks to apply them to humanistic inquiry. Learn More: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/18025


  1.  AI Teaching and Curriculum Internship at Inspirit AI: Summer 2021

At Inspirit<https://www.inspiritai.com/> AI<https://www.inspiritai.com/>, we’ve taught the fundamentals of artificial intelligence to 1200+ curious high-school students worldwide. Through the AI Scholars Live<https://www.inspiritai.com/liveonline> Online<https://www.inspiritai.com/liveonline> program, students learn about the technical and social challenges of AI, build machine learning models in Python, and complete projects<https://www.inspiritai.com/project> applying AI to social good, from assessing bias in the social justice system to identifying the origins of COVID-19. We’re excited for our biggest program yet in Summer 2021!

We’re seeking students or recent alumni with AI/ML experience to join our instructional team this summer. As a teaching and curriculum intern, you’ll:
Teach AI to high-school students worldwide, mentoring small groups.
Help develop and improve our curriculum<https://www.inspiritai.com/liveonline>: for example, creating new machine learning projects or presentations about your research.
Build your skills in AI, teaching, and curriculum development.
Join the Inspirit team<https://www.inspiritai.com/team> of passionate instructors from Stanford, MIT, and more.
Receive training on teaching our curriculum and competitive compensation based on your background and experience.
Work remotely, 15-40 hours per week.

We’re looking for:
AI experience: At least one AI/ML course (like Stanford CS229/CS230 or MIT 6.036) and some AI experience in research or industry, or equivalent.
Teaching skills: experience teaching or tutoring. Bonus: experience working with teenagers, teaching CS, creating curriculum, and/or teaching remotely.
Availability on weekends May 8 - Aug. 15 or weekdays June 7 - Aug. 13 (with some flexibility). Multiple time<https://www.inspiritai.com/liveonline> slots<https://www.inspiritai.com/liveonline> are available.
Enthusiasm for mentoring high school students across the globe and joining the Inspirit community!

If interested, please fill out this<https://forms.gle/vSCNKYq9ZxAworXZ8> brief form<https://forms.gle/vSCNKYq9ZxAworXZ8>, and feel free to email adeesh at stanford.edu<mailto:adeesh at stanford.edu>  and daniela.inspiritai at gmail.com<mailto:daniela.inspiritai at gmail.com> with any questions. Looking forward to hearing from you!


  1.  Become a gwaMIT department rep!
gwaMIT is accepting applications for the position of department representatives! As a gwaMIT department rep, you'll build connections across MIT and help in the personal & professional development of graduate womxn. It is also a powerful means to bring about department-level change and strive towards a more equitable and inclusive MIT. The position lasts for one year, with an option for renewal. Read more about the role and responsibilities here<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BepM4QWy2tUO7ju1dkIOt69lb9wJb_DIs9Us_ljVqUA/edit>. Fill out the short application form here<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfxO1KrUGe7rS_tvZsAW8jOOMFNBnv5BdAi4ssn1svoKUqV9w/viewform>. Womxn who are members of underrepresented and minoritized groups are encouraged to apply. The departments with openings are: Sloan, ChemE, Arch, PolSci, HASTS, Humanities, Writing, NSE, CCWCE, CMS, CSB, MAS, CRE, CCE, CTL, EECS. If the position is currently filled, but you are still interested in being involved with gwaMIT, email us to let us know! We have multiple avenues for engagement in gwaMIT's activities and initiatives.

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