[gwaMIT] gwaMIT Newsletter: September 20, 2021

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gwaMIT Newsletter
September 20th, 2021

Become a member of the gwaMIT Executive Board!
Want to get involved with gwaMIT, build your network, and collaborate with an incredible community of womxn graduate students? Apply to be part of the 2021-2022 gwaMIT Executive Board! We are currently focused on recruiting for the Conference and Outreach Chair positions. The application form is available here<https://forms.gle/D5rUT277SfCmxrxA7>. There is a link to the official descriptions in the application form.

Be a part of the gwaMIT Mentoring Program!
With the start of the semester, the gwaMIT Mentoring Program has opened applications for womxn graduate students to be matched with a mentor. In the program, you will be matched with a mentoring group of up to three graduate students and a mentor from industry or academia. Most of our mentors are womxn and MIT alumni, and mentoring groups talk about everything from picking a lab and finding a job to imposter syndrome and mental health!
Graduate womxn mentees are encouraged to meet with their mentoring group every month and we host several events throughout the semester to foster a community between womxn in the Boston region and beyond. This year we will host both larger group virtual events and hold smaller in-person events.
If you are interested in participating as a mentee this school year, please fill out the survey<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSftxeROyvsre4fUl-hbCWA9nRn3r1nb0MesHApIYp_VZAOPWw/viewform> by Friday, October 1st.
Please email gwamitmentoring at gmail.com<mailto:gwamitmentoring at gmail.com> if you have any questions or want more information.
Mentees will be able to enter preferences for mentors based on mentor profiles that will be distributed soon. Mentees will be given priority in selecting a mentor in the order you fill out the survey linked above, so please don’t wait!



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

Learn about Ingrid Daubechies’<https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/14/magazine/ingrid-daubechies.html> pioneering work in signal processing that helped make our electronic world possible and paved the way for women in the field.

Aly Raisman, Simone Biles, McKayla Maroney, and Maggie Nichols testified before the Senate on the sexual abuse investigation involving the former USA gymnastics<https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/15/sports/olympics/fbi-hearing-larry-nassar-biles-maroney.html> team doctor Larry Nassar and received an apology from the FBI for how the case was handled.

Two women of color are competing to become Boston’s next mayor<https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/16/us/boston-mayoral-race-city-history-black-residents/index.html>, a position held by white men for the past 200 years.


Events & Opportunities

  1.  Register for the MIT Alumni Entrepreneurship Panel (September 30th)
  2.  Register to attend Odyssey Career Day (October 6th)
  3.  Attend Simon-Kucher & Partners Fall Recruiting Events
  4.  Join the MITxHarvard Women in AI Group!
  5.  Attend OC&C Strategy Consultants Fall Recruiting Events
  6.  Sign up for the Graduate Program in Engineering Leadership’s fall courses
  7.  Graduate Trader Program at Maven Securities (apply now!)
  8.  Opportunity to receive precise birth control recommendations through adyn
  9.  Job opportunities with MIT’s Career Exploration Leadership team (apply now!)
  10. Biomedical Engineer positions open at GelMEDIX (apply today!)
  11. Become a mentor with Big Sister Boston (apply now!)
  12. Upcoming BCG Events and Opportunities (apply now!)
  13. Become a gwaMIT Department Rep!


  1.  Register for the MIT Alumni Entrepreneurship Panel
When: September 30th, 2021, 4-5:30pm
Where: MIT E38 iHQ Floor 7
Details: MIT's Innovation & Entrepreneurship (I&E) Community is vast and thriving. Thousands of students have participated in programs offered by dozens of organizations across campus. This is your chance to hear from alumni who’ve gone through some of those programs.
Hosted by MIT Sandbox Innovation Fund Program, Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship, and MIT Innovation Initiative with support and participation of MIT’s I&E Community.
Register today<https://mitii.news/MeetEntrepreneurs>!


  1.  Register to attend Odyssey’s Career Day
Odyssey Career Day is a virtual career fair for underrepresented students, featuring top employers in Finance, Tech, and Consulting, as well as Social Impact and Startups!
The sooner you register, the more exposure you will have to employers, so be sure to sign-up at this link<https://join-odyssey-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/Redirect?ukey=1hkKBZ6I39Zq4qxVyuqS-JnrlozqJnnzLLmFNaOQK4NY-0&key=YAMMID-27514341&link=https://join-odyssey.com/career-day-students/> and mention Graduate Womxn at MIT in the “How did you hear” field! (URL: https://join-odyssey.com/career-day-students/ )


  1.  Attend Simon-Kucher & Partners Fall Recruiting Events

Simon-Kucher & Partners is a global consulting firm that specializes in helping clients grow their top line revenue. Specifically, a lot of work focuses on developing global business strategies across a broad range of therapeutic areas and life science clients, including the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies, emerging biotechs, and health technology companies.

Simon-Kucher will be hosting several events for graduate students over the next couple months, and they would encourage anyone interested in a consulting career to attend:

  *   Recurring weekly in September: Virtual Simon-Kucher & Partners PhD Chats for Northeast Schools (Sign up for time slots here:https://forms.gle/Ym15BvJ4U1hZNezY7)
  *   September 27th: Journey from PhD to Partner at Simon-Kucher & Partners
  *   October 5th: Working for HealthTech Unicorns
  *   October 13th: Women in consulting
  *   October 19th: Glimpse into our life sciences practice and projects

You can find up-to-date information about these and additional events, as well as RSVP links directly on their website: https://www.simon-kucher.com/en/recruiting-events.


  1.  Join the MITxHarvard Women in AI Group!
Are you interested in Artificial Intelligence? Curious about neural networks, reinforcement learning, or neuro-symbolic approaches? If you don’t know what any of those are, but want to learn, think, and discuss not only the technical side of machine learning and AI, but the ethics of AI and applications to biomedicine, cognitive science, environmental sciences, and more, then we’d love to have you join the MITxHarvard Women in AI Group!
Undergrads, grad students, postdocs, and affiliates of either MIT or Harvard (or both!) are welcome! We are inclusive to all genders, including non-binary folks. If you are interested, fill out this short form<https://forms.gle/3zeN6zMGHQN1YLbJ7> to be added to our mailing list and Slack.


  1.  Attend OC&C Strategy Consultants Fall Recruiting Events
OC&C Strategy Consultants is a boutique international strategy consulting firm with offices in Boston and New York. They are holding several fall recruiting events, some of which are geared toward MIT students! More details below:

  *   MIT Consulting Career Fair: September 24th, 1:00-6:00PM
  *   Diversity Coffee Chats: September 28th, 11:00AM-1:00PM
  *   Intern Coffee Chats: October 13th, 12:45PM-2:15PM
If you would like to learn more about OC&C Strategy Consultants as a firm, check out their website<https://www.occstrategy.com/usa/>, or reach out to Erik Hadife (erik.hadife at occstrategy.com<mailto:erik.hadife at occstrategy.com>), an Associate Consultant at OC&C and MIT Master of Finance graduate.


  1.  Sign up for the Graduate Program in Engineering Leadership’s fall courses
The Graduate Program in Engineering Leadership is offering a Graduate Certificate in Technical Leadership. A summary of the A summary of the interim certificate requirements<https://gelp.mit.edu/grad-students/graduate-certificate-technical-leadership-interim-requirements> is linked and attached.

Leadership education develops skills applicable across career paths, from leading research labs to leading project teams in engineering. Enroll in one or both of our Graduate Courses for Fall 2021, which qualify towards our Certificate in Technical Leadership. This certificate is designed to provide important skills that MIT graduate students can draw from to "make a positive difference" in their chosen careers. Grounded in research but experimental and engaging in delivery, these highly valued classes will provide enduring benefits for our graduate students – and future coworkers. *PhD candidates can also explore the option of using these classes to satisfy the requirements for your doctoral minor.

GradEL Courses for Fall 2021 (**Open to all grad students!):

6.928J Leading Creative Teams<https://gelp.mit.edu/grad-creative-teams> (Same subject as 15.674 [J], 16.990 [J])
It takes a team to deliver impactful technical achievements and this class equips students with foundational skills for leading problem-solving teams and one’s own professional development.
M/W, 2:30-4pm • Units: G3-0-6 • 37-212
Instructor: David Nino (dnino at mit.edu<mailto:dnino at mit.edu>); Jin Wu (jinwu at mit.edu<mailto:jinwu at mit.edu>)

6.927 <https://gelp.mit.edu/gel-grad-negotiation> Negotiation & Influence Skills for Technical Leaders<https://gelp.mit.edu/gel-grad-negotiation>
Expand your natural tendencies and learn experientially both the theory and practice of interpersonal negotiation, influence and overcoming difficult relationship situations.
T, 1-3pm • Units: G2-0-4 • 66-144
Instructor: David Nino (dnino at mit.edu<mailto:dnino at mit.edu>); Jin Wu (jinwu at mit.edu<mailto:jinwu at mit.edu>)

***For more information, visit our website. <https://gelp.mit.edu/grad>
*If you are interested in earning our certificate, please email Lisa Stagnone (lstag at mit.edu<mailto:lstag at mit.edu>) and David Niño (dnino at mit.edu<mailto:dnino at mit.edu>)


  1.  Graduate Trader Program at Maven Securities
As a Trader graduate at Maven Securities, you will complete an intensive 12-month training program run by our most talented traders, including theory training, education sessions, mock trading, project work and programming courses. We will teach you the skills to trade with the latest available tools. You will rotate through a number of desks before you find your ideal team, and we aim to give you responsibility for the profit and loss of your book as soon as you are ready.
We are looking for final year applicants from any quantitative background with a competitive nature and a strong understanding of probability and statistics to join our Graduate Trader Program.
Apply here: https://grnh.se/54d360c31us


  1.  Opportunity to receive precise birth control recommendations through adyn
About adyn:
adyn<https://www.adyn.com/?utm_source=network_outreach&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=gwamit_laurel> is a precision medicine company whose flagship product is the first test designed to prevent birth control side effects. There are almost 200 types of birth control and most women have tried 4+ methods, largely due to experiencing side effects. adyn sends you a test kit to analyze your hormone levels and genetic risk factors for specific side effects before making precise recommendations for your body.
Early Access offer:
Laurel Marcus, a 2020 Sloan graduate and current employee at adyn has contacted gwaMIT to let us know about adyn’s Early Access offer, which includes free shipping and the chance to earn more rewards, including an entire test for free. gwaMIT members can sign up using Laurel’s referral link<https://adynhealth.typeform.com/to/NW1A9R9s?utm_source=network_outreach&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=gwamit_laurel#mwr=laurel-c41b>. Laurel is also happy to chat further about adyn, experiences with birth control, and early-stage startups, so feel free to reach out to her! (lmarcus at alumn.mit.edu<mailto:lmarcus at alumn.mit.edu>)


  1.  Job opportunities with MIT’s Career Exploration Leadership team
MIT’s Career Exploration Leadership team, which is part of Career Advising & Professional Development (CAPD), has 4 job openings for paid roles. The hours are flexible and the work is remote at least until the fall. These positions are great for anyone still looking for a summer/fall position or who wants to add to what they are already doing. These roles are also good for anyone looking to use and build their leadership, collaboration, project management, and communication skills. For more information about the job’s roles and responsibilities as well as compensation, see this document<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zWq4CghEdv1UVrIrbAraI2SuulNahF8aORXyw3goroo/edit?usp=sharing>. The application link can be accessed here<https://app.joinhandshake.com/jobs/4847869>.


  1.  Biomedical Engineer positions open at GelMEDIX
About the job:
GelMEDIX is looking to recruit a Biomedical Engineer/Bioengineer to join the R&D team and support the development of novel ocular products for both civilian and military applications. For information about the job’s roles and responsibilities as well as desired qualifications, see this document.<https://docs.google.com/document/d/15k5p3y6NiK3FXEd4bUEhH_nmAfL0lNGBySFH7k3NWJM/edit?usp=sharing>
About GelMEDIX:
GelMEDIX is an exciting, stealth-stage biomedical startup developing novel hydrogels to address major unmet needs in ophthalmology and other fields to improve treatment outcomes and patient compliance. GelMEDIX’s core technologies were born out of a multi-year collaboration between Dr. Reza Dana (Mass Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School) and Dr. Nasim Annabi (UCLA), who co-founded the company in early 2020. The company has seed funding from leading investors as well as funding from the military for treating ocular injuries on the battlefield.


  1.  Become a mentor with Big Sister Boston!
Big Sister Boston is committed to igniting girls’ passion and power to succeed through positive mentoring relationships. Their ultimate goal is to create a community in which every girl has the guidance and support she needs to become a confident and caring adult. If you would like to become a mentor (a Big Sister), check out the application here<https://www.bigsister.org/volunteer/become-a-big-sister/>. More information about Big Sister Boston and the organization’s different mentoring programs can be found here<https://www.bigsister.org/who-we-are/about-us/>.


  1.  Upcoming BCG Events and Opportunities

Full-Time Consulting Roles

Start in 2021: BCG is reviewing applications on a rolling basis. Click here<https://talent.bcg.com/en_US/apply/FolderDetail/Full-time-Application/10013666> to apply today!

Start in 2023: Join BCG for a 10-week paid internship for summer 2022. Available to MD/JD candidates only. BCG encourages applications to be submitted between October and November 2021. Click here<https://talent.bcg.com/en_US/apply/FolderDetail/Internship-Application/10013667> to apply today.

Virtual Events

Click here<https://www.bcg.com/en-us/careers/students/adc-virtual-events> to view all of BCG’s upcoming virtual events for advanced degree candidates across North America.


  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: Architecture, EECS, ChemE, PolSci, HASTS, Humanities, NSE, CTL, CCWCE, CMS, CSB, MAS, CRE. 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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