[gwaMIT] gwaMIT Newsletter: April 4, 2022

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gwaMIT Newsletter
April 4th, 2022

Announcing the 2022 gwaMIT Leadership Conference!
We’re very excited to announce our 2022 Leadership Conference, which will be held April 11th to 15th, and is open to all members of the MIT community. Check out the event descriptions below and the website<https://gwamit20212022.wixsite.com/leadershipconference> for more details!


  *   Storytelling Workshop with Kirsty Bennett:

When: Monday, April 11th, 2022 12 – 1:30PM

Where: W20-307 Mezzanine

Details: How do you talk in a way that makes people want to listen? Good storytelling is a skill you can learn, and in this workshop, you'll learn the fundamentals of spoken word storytelling, including how to develop a story arc, structure your ideas and frame your experiences. These skills are transferable, so we'll also talk about how to use these techniques to talk about your work and research in an engaging way. Lunch will be provided!

Kirsty Bennett is the founder of MITell, a storytelling program for MIT <https://diversity.mit.edu/events/2019/mitell-storytelling> and the Manager of the MIT Women’s League<https://wl.mit.edu/>. Previously, she spent seven years as a Producer and Director for the Peabody Award-winning The Moth<https://themoth.org/>, designing and running The Moth College Program and teaching storytelling workshops for literary festivals, corporations, schools, and colleges. She leads storytelling workshops for multiple departments at MIT, taught at the 2019 NAFA Conference, and is the regular host for MIT’s FAIL!, a twice-yearly storytelling event. In 2018, she curated and directed Synaptic Stories at the MIT Museum, as part of the Beautiful Brain exhibit. She thinks you have a story to tell.
Register here<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc1AOeU7_H2Vw5PAYDFdXWt67Tq2OpaqCdo5BZ4a5gasCs7rQ/viewform>!



  *   gwaMIT Alumni Panel

When: Wednesday, April 13th, 2022 5:30 – 6:30PM

Where: Zoom<https://mit.zoom.us/j/98731006220>
Details: Meet and chat with MIT alumni to learn more about their career paths and professional development tips. Grubhub credit will be provided to attendees!

Register here<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc6-dGkTIRqz5DvegV9Soc2qsKfpiiNb4b_eqQxlFNnzpwCPA/viewform>!


  *   Keynote – Fireside Chat with Chancellor Nobles

When: Thursday, April 14th, 2022 12 – 1PM

Where: W20-307 Mezzanine
Details: Chat with Chancellor Nobles to learn more about her experience and challenges along her career path. Lunch will be provided!

Melissa Nobles is MIT’s chancellor and a professor of political science who has been an MIT faculty member since 1995. From 2015-2021, she served as the Kenan Sahin Dean of the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences and, from 2013-2015, as head of MIT’s Department of Political Science. Chancellor Nobles oversees “all things students,” and is responsible for undergraduate and graduate education and residential life and plays a leading role in strategic planning, faculty appointments, resource development, and campus planning activities. Her international, comparative research focuses on restorative justice in light of ethnic and racial conflicts.

Register here<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc2YPdZI6BrA0hbW3BBBOPQu6nZx0x0ejp3_2C_fLyN5aw2kw/viewform>!


  *   “Hacking the Archive: Feminism, Archival Histories, and the Future of AI”

When: Thursday, April 14th, 2022 6 – 7PM

Where: W20-307 Mezzanine
Details: In order to generate new and inclusive narratives for the 21st century, we need to rethink the archival structures where data is stored. Using W21’s data-feminist mission as a starting point, this panel talk—featuring Erin Genia and Thera Webb—will challenge the never-evolving nature of the archive and its fixed, discriminating taxonomy. Together, we will discuss: Who or what is presently un-archivable? How can we imagine cultural archives as living, legible, and accessible? What role can artificial intelligence play in restructuring archives to open new worlds?

Erin Genia, Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate (she/her) is a multidisciplinary artist, educator and community organizer specializing in Indigenous arts and culture. Genia’s work in these areas is focused on amplifying the powerful presence of Indigenous peoples on the occupied lands of America in the arts, sciences and public realm to invoke an evolution of thought and practice that is aligned with the cycles of the natural world and the potential of humanity. Genia’s artistic practice merges Dakota cultural imperatives, pure expression, and exploration of materiality with the conceptual. Erin is fluent in multiple modes of expression: sculpture, fiber, sound, performance, digital media, painting, printmaking, jewelry and ceramics. Her work has received attention from diverse audiences, and has been exhibited nationally and internationally, at the Urbano Project in Boston, the Venice Biennale, Ars Electronica, the Museum of Northwest Art and the International Space Station. Erin has an M.S. in Art, Culture and Technology from MIT, an M.P.A. in Tribal Governance from the Evergreen State College and studied at Institute of American Indian Arts. She was awarded the 2021 Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Grant from Mass Cultural Council, the 2019 MIT Solve Indigenous Communities Fellowship and the AAF/ Seebacher Prize for Fine Arts in 2018. Erin’s public art commissions include the Minnesota Historical Society, the City of Saint Paul and the City of Seattle Office of Arts and Culture. Erin served as an artist-in-residence for the City of Boston<https://www.boston.gov/departments/arts-and-culture/erin-genia> and worked with the New England Foundation for the Arts Public Art Team on the project, Centering Justice: Indigenous Artists’ Perspectives on Public Art.
Thera Webb (she/her) is the Women at MIT Project Archivist in MIT’s Department of Distinctive Collections where she focuses on increasing the visibility of and access to the history of women in STEM. She previously worked as the Archivist for the Art, Culture and Technology program in MIT’s School of Architecture and Planning, caring for visual materials related to the Center for Advanced Visual Studies. She has also worked in the Harvard College Observatory’s Astronomical Plates collection, the Boston Public Library’s Prints and Photographs department, and the Harvard Law School’s Art and Visual Materials department. Thera holds an MLIS in Archives and Cultural Heritage from Simmons University, an MFA in Poetry from UNC Greensboro, and a BA in Gender Studies from the New School.

Register here<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdFeqSj333OeKdTO7MgUo0_nHzqPcZ2FaHTruojj3fAuNjg-Q/viewform>!


  *   Fundamentals of Communication Workshop

When: Friday, April 15th, 2022 12 – 1:30PM

Where: W20-307 Mezzanine

Details: This interactive workshop, using curriculum developed by RELATE (learntorelate.org), will cover fundamental communication skills for talking to any audience about technical topics. We will discuss how to develop an understanding of your audience, choose appropriate language, and craft a central message. As part of this workshop, participants will put these principles into practice to create and deliver an effective elevator pitch.​ Lunch will be provided!

Dr. Deanna Montgomery is the manager of the EECS Communication Lab, which provides writing, speaking, and visual design support to MIT’s largest department. Deanna holds a B.S. in chemistry from Houghton College and a Ph.D. in medicinal chemistry from the University of Michigan. In addition to her scientific background, she has experience in communicating with a variety of audiences about technical topics and teaching researchers about technical communication. Deanna firmly believes that communication skills can always improve, and she particularly enjoys helping others work towards implementing better communication techniques and strategies through training and practice.

Register here<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdPhW9dLseCBAw7KspsiX7OhV_-MyUEGKqgpx3dpHjVNMlJTA/viewform>!

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 Chair, Membership Chair, Publicity Chair, Outreach Chair, and Events Co-Chair positions. The application form is available here<https://forms.gle/D5rUT277SfCmxrxA7>. There is a link to the official descriptions in the application form.



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

Madeleine Albright, the first woman<https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/23/us/madeleine-albright-dead.html> to serve as the US Secretary of State, died earlier this month.

This year’s NCAA women’s basketball tournament<https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/28/sports/ncaabasketball/womens-march-madness-endorsements.html> is the first to feature 68 teams—the same number as the men’s tournament—and to use the March Madness branding.

Molly Tuttle<https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/28/arts/music/molly-tuttle-crooked-tree.html> might be the first woman to win the International Bluegrass Music Association’s guitar player of the year award—2 years in a row—but she’s just as much a singer as a player

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s famous “dissent” collar<https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/30/arts/design/ruth-bader-ginsburg-dissent-collar-smithsonian.html> will be donated to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History.


Events & Opportunities

  1.  Attend a public speaking workshop hosted by Graduate Womxn in Biology (April 4th)
  2.  Sign up for the Global Semiconductor Alliance Women’s Leadership Initiative Networking and Recruiting Event (April 6th)
  3.  Attend an event hosted by MIT Career Advising and Professional Development on overcoming perfectionism (April 7th)
  4.  Attend the 2022 MIT Biotech Group Career Fair (April 8th)
  5.  Apply for summer internships with MIT Dive into Healthcare Innovation and Venture Exploration Program (internships starting June 6th)
  6.  Job opportunity at Magrathea (apply now!)
  7.  Attend the Society of Health Policy Young Professionals’ SDOH Summit
  8.  Sign up for the Spring 2022 workshop series for the Graduate Certificate in Technical Leadership
  9.  Become a gwaMIT Department Rep!



  1.  Attend a public speaking workshop hosted by Graduate Womxn in Biology
When: April 4th, 2022 3 – 4PM EST
Where: 68-181
Details: Graduate Womxn in Biology presents the Glass Shards Professional Development Series: A Public Speaking Workshop, featuring Diana Chien from the MIT Communication Lab.
Interested in improving your public speaking skills? Come learn more about giving science presentations, networking, elevator pitches, presenting to non-scientists, and more! Coffee and pastries from Flour Bakery will be provided for attendees!


  1.  Sign up for the Global Semiconductor Alliance Women’s Leadership Initiative Networking and Recruiting Event
When: April 6th, 2022 1 – 3PM EST
Where: MIT Lobby 13
Details: In collaboration with MIT.nano, the Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA) Women’s Leadership Initiative (WLI) is offering a networking and recruitment event at MIT. The session is aimed at MIT undergraduate and graduate women in engineering. Come meet women in leadership positions within GSA member companies including AMD, AWS, GlobalFoundries, Infineon, Intel, Micron, and Siemens EDA. Refreshments will be served. Read more and register: https://designthesolution.org/design-the-solution-at-mit/


  1.  Attend an event hosted by MIT Career Adivising and Professional Development on overcoming perfectionism
When: April 7th, 2022 3 – 4PM EST
Where: virtual
Details: Do some spring cleaning for your mind! Morra Aarons-Mele, award-winning podcast host, entrepreneur, and author, will be joining MIT’s Career Advising and Professional Development (CAPD) virtually on Thursday, April 7 at 3:00PM ET with a special presentation for MIT graduate students and postdocs: “The Anxious Achiever: Overcome Perfectionism and Channel Your Inner Drive<https://app.joinhandshake.com/login>”
About the Speaker:
Morra Aarons-Mele<https://www.womenandwork.org/?lor=3&utm_source=mass_mailer&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=uni_targeted_emails> is a (mostly) happy, successful person. She also identifies as an extremely anxious overachiever. To normalize anxiety and help others manage theirs, Aarons-Mele launched and hosts The Anxious Achiever podcast for HBR Presents, which was a 2020 Webby Awards Honoree and is a top 10 management podcast. She's passionate about helping people rethink the relationship between their mental health and their leadership. She is the author of Hiding in the Bathroom: How to Get Out There When You’d Rather Stay Home<http://amazon.com/author/morra?lor=4&utm_source=mass_mailer&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=uni_targeted_emails>.
In addition to her work on anxiety, Aarons-Mele founded and then sold the award-winning social impact agency Women Online<http://www.wearewomenonline.com/?lor=5&utm_source=mass_mailer&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=uni_targeted_emails> and its database of women influencers, The Mission List<http://www.themissionlist.com/?lor=6&utm_source=mass_mailer&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=uni_targeted_emails>. Morra was named 2020 Entrepreneur of the Year at the Iris Awards, created to recognize excellence in digital parenting media. Before starting her own business, Morra worked in digital marketing and politics, helping Hillary Clinton log on for her first online chat and founding the digital public affairs team at Edelman, where she worked with Fortune 50 clients.
Questions? Please contact Alexis Boyer<mailto:%20aboyer at mit.edu>.


  1.  Attend the 2022 MIT Biotech Group Career Fair
When: April 8th, 2022
Where: virtual
Details: Are you a Graduate or Undergraduate Student, Post-Doc, MBA, or Medical Student looking to connect with recruiters in the biotechnology space? We invite you to join us for the 2022 MIT Biotech Group Career Fair event on Friday, April 8th, 2022! This 1-day, all-virtual career fair provides a platform for hundreds of students from MIT and beyond to connect with companies across the biotech community.
Last year, we hosted over 70 companies and 700 attendees in the largest biotech-focused career fair at MIT. During the fair, company reps will meet attendees at virtual booths on the online conferencing platform Remo. Throughout the day, our gold sponsor companies will facilitate presentations on a variety of educational and career-related topics in the biotech sector.
Receive access to the Fair and all information necessary to prepare by registering today<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2022-mit-biotech-group-virtual-career-fair-registration-274465883847>. Use this form<https://mitbiotechgroup.typeform.com/to/qzaSHDUA> to upload your resume for the Resume Book that will be made available to the companies in attendance. Visit our website<https://www.mbgcareerfair2022.org/> to learn more about the schedule for the day and see the list of companies who attended last year.
The MBG Career Fair is free and open to all current MIT Students, Trainees, Affiliates, & Alumni as well as all members of the broader biotech community.
Reach out to us at mbgcareerfair at mit.edu<mailto:mbgcareerfair at mit.edu> for any inquiries. Our Fair is organized in collaboration with the MIT Departments of Biology, Biological Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Brain & Cognitive Sciences, Computational & Systems Biology, and the Institute for Medical Engineering & Science at MIT along with the Harvard-MIT department of Health Sciences & Technology.​


  1.  Apply for summer internships with MIT Dive into Healthcare Innovation and Venture Exploration Program
MIT Dive into Healthcare Innovation and Venture Exploration Program (DHIVE) [pronounced “dive”]
A Deep Dive into Healthcare Entrepreneurship
8-week Summer Internship Program June 6 – July 29, 2022
Applications are open now and will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Apply now!<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScf0g2xfbf70xXkyp7DQx2TgHyH1yeOlaBuGAjvSA1tUvA_zw/viewform>
MIT Sandbox is launching another exciting program focused on healthcare entrepreneurship! MIT DHIVE Summer 2022<https://sandbox.mit.edu/dhive>  invites undergraduate and graduate students who are interested in healthcare entrepreneurship to apply for an 8-week (6/6-7/29) sponsored internship program:
- Learn more about the needs and challenges of urgent health issues from the experts in the field
- Engage in ideation and team formation activities
- Transform ideas into viable solutions

DHIVE summer 2022 healthcare tracks:

  *   Down Syndrome and Similar Disabilities<https://sandbox.mit.edu/dhive-down-syndrome> enhance the lives of people with Down Syndrome and different intellectual abilities or challenges; offered in partnership with the MIT Deshpande Center
  *   Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)<https://sandbox.mit.edu/dhive-ibd> - empower patients and transform the approach to the maintenance of chronic diseases; offered in partnership with the MIT Center for Microbiome Informatics and Therapeutics
  *   Long Covid and Lyme Disease<https://sandbox.mit.edu/dhive-long-covid-lyme> – develop novel methods and technologies to address the range of issues caused by chronic infectious diseases
  *   Catalyst Health-Tech Innovation<https://sandbox.mit.edu/dhive-catalyst> – collaborate with Catalyst innovation teams to advance entrepreneurial health-tech projects, and engage with a diverse, international network of health care and technology leaders; a partnership with the MIT linQ Catalyst program.

Program highlights:

  *   8-week program June 6 - July 29
  *   Participation options:
     *   Paid Internship:
        *   Degree-seeking MIT graduate and undergraduate students from any department who can commit at least 20 hours/week.
        *   MIT graduate students on RAship who can devote 10 hours per week.
     *   Unpaid Internship:
        *   Anyone interested in biomedical innovation who is able to devote at least 10 hours per week.
        *   We welcome post-docs, non-MIT students, and non-students
  *   Educational talks focused on the challenges and unmet needs related to the DHIVE track
  *   Entrepreneurship-focused workshops and mentorship
  *   Opportunity to continue in MIT Sandbox<https://sandbox.mit.edu/> in the Fall.

Apply now!<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScf0g2xfbf70xXkyp7DQx2TgHyH1yeOlaBuGAjvSA1tUvA_zw/viewform>
Want to learn more?

  *   Visit DHIVE website<https://sandbox.mit.edu/dhive>
  *   Register for Info Session on Apr 1, 12 pm<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/290594404687>
  *   Email dhive-ops at mit.edu<mailto:dhive-ops at mit.edu> with your questions


  1.  Job Opportunity at Magrathea
The start-up Magrathea, which is focused on the production of structural metals that can be effectively decarbonized through electrification and novel process technologies, is hiring<https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/1022442950/?fbclid=IwAR1MmP5VR4rZgnsv5Z__doAI6Fz1uoW8BXjzzL-A62hOmvi0bOSyj1LmQhU>! They are looking for someone to fill a technical role in Ann Arbor, MI. In particular, someone with experience designing, constructing, and/or operating lab and pilot scale processes and/or who is familiar with inorganic chemistry, gas-phase chemistry, catalysis, salt chemistry, metallurgy, alloy technology, or other structural metals would be ideal.


  1.  Attend the Society of Health Policy Young Professionals’ SDOH Summit
Join the Society of Health Policy Young Professionals (SHPYP<http://dchealthpolicy.org/>) throughout the month of March 2022 as part of our “SDOH Summit: Evidence into Action.” Our “SDOH Summit” includes six events over the course of March, featuring virtual policy panels on key topics, a community service event, and an in-person networking event. The panels will explore how to catalyze knowledge and evidence on social determinants of health (SDOH) into action and policy. There will be no cost for event attendance and all sessions will be open to the public, members, and non-members alike.
Our Keynote Speaker is former HHS Secretary Donna Shalala, and our other events feature great speakers, such as Sarah Lichtman Spector, the CMS Director of Medicaid Eligibility Policy, Orriel Richardson of Morgan Health, and Dr. Rebekah Rollston from the Cambridge Health Alliance! You can learn more about all of our summit events and register here<http://dchealthpolicy.org/events/#!event-list>.
SHPYP (pronounced SHIP-YIP) is a 501(c)3 non-profit, non-partisan, volunteer-led organization dedicated to providing networking and professional development opportunities for young professionals in health policy. SHPYP boasts over 300 members who range in experience level, policy focus, and industry type. Despite the diversity of our career paths, a passion for health policy is something we all have in common. Any questions please email communications at dchealthpolicy.org<mailto:communications at dchealthpolicy.org>.


  1.  Sign up for the Spring 2022 workshop series for the Graduate Certificate in Technical Leadership
Workshop 4 – Thursday April 14, 5:00-7:00 p.m., Room 32-144
Project Management Methodologies Part I
By Jin Wu, Lecturer, Graduate Program in Engineering Leadership
In this two-part series of workshops, we will look at an overview of different project management practices that are used in the industry. This includes Waterfall, Agile (overall), Scrum, LEAN, Six Sigma, and Spiral. This is a good crash course for students that have little or no exposure to project management methodologies. It can also be a good overview for students that are already familiar with one or more methodologies and are curious about the other methodologies.
Workshop 1 will focus on Waterfall vs. Agile (overall), and Scrum. Sessions are independent and you do not need to attend both.
Register<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc2Hz4TkjHriF_HFWAZksWcH8pwpEHSG2KW9uuiIjIrumpLIw/viewform> now to attend!

Workshop 5 - Thursday May 5, 5:00-7:00 p.m., Room 32-144
Project Management Methodologies Part II
By Jin Wu, Lecturer, Graduate Program in Engineering Leadership
In this two-part series of workshops, we will look at an overview of different project management practices that are used in the industry. This includes Waterfall, Agile (overall), Scrum, LEAN, Six Sigma, and Spiral. This is a good crash course for students that have little or no exposure to project management methodologies. It can also be a good overview for students that are already familiar with one or more methodologies and are curious about the other methodologies.
Workshop 2 will focus on LEAN, Six Sigma, and Spiral. Sessions are independent and you do not need to attend both.

Workshop 6 - Thursday May 5, 2022, 5:00-7:00 p.m., Room 32-144 and/or zoom
Taking charge of new roles after graduation
By David Niño and recent graduates of our program, including Funmilola Asa, Dhanush Durai Mariappan, Alison Olechowski, and Jeg Sithamparathas
Are you prepared to hit-the-ground running after graduation? Learning how to “take charge” of new roles is an important leadership capability and this final workshop will help you build this skill. It is intended for graduating students but all are welcome.  We will be joined by four alumni of our program who will share experiences transitioning to their roles and also address your questions. These include:

  *   Funmilola Asa, Leading Performance/Digital Advisor, Chevron
  *    Dhanush Durai Mariappan, Senior Engineer at GE Research
  *   Alison Olechowski, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Dean’s Spark Professor, University of Toronto
  *    Jeg Sithamparathas, Lead Product Manager, Workspace Search, Google


  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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