<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><!--StartFragment--><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">Dear Graduate Women,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">Enjoy the Week!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">The GWAMIT Board<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">Visit us at: <a href="http://gsc.mit.edu/gwamit">http://gsc.mit.edu/gwamit</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">Send your ideas to: <a href="mailto:gwamit-exec@mit.edu">gwamit-exec@mit.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">Send your announcements
to: <a href="mailto:gwamit-sec@mit.edu">gwamit-sec@mit.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</div><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">========<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">IN BRIEF<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">========<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">Notices:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">1. </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial">2010 Mother Board Writing Prize<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">2. Register for the MIT
Spring Career Fair<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">Events:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">3. Party with a Purpose - End Violence Against
Women<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">4. Using Social Media for Your Job Search Webinar<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">5. </span><span style="font-family:Helvetica">Film
Screening of “Naturally Obsessed: the making of a scientist”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">6. </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial">Lessons Learned: Women's Career Decisions In Review<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">=====================<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">FULL ANNOUNCEMENTS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">=====================<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">1</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial">. 2010 Mother Board Writing Prize<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">This prize is an annual award honoring
graduate student research and writing in the field of Women’s and Gender
Studies. This writing prize is dedicated to the ‘Mother Board’, the
seven feminist intellectuals who together conceptualized and brought the
Graduate Consortium in Women’s Studies into existence in 1988. </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:
16.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">One student will be recognized each
year with an award for unpublished written work that exemplifies the three
tenets central to the GCWS mission: interdisciplinary inquiry; innovative
thinking; and epistemologically self-conscious investigation. <b>Students
who are eligible are those currently matriculated in a Masters or Doctorate
program at one of the nine GCWS member institutions and who have been or
are currently enrolled in a GCWS seminar.</b> Papers need not have been
written for a GCWS course. Submissions will be reviewed by a 2-person selection
committee of GCWS affiliated faculty. The award of the writing prize will be
announced towards the end of the Spring semester. </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">SUBMISSION
REQUIREMENTS: </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;font-family:
Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">- Three hard copies of the submission (<i>maximum
30 single-sided, double-spaced pages)</i></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:
16.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">- </span></i><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New Roman"">Completed Mother Board Writing Prize submission form (<i>attached)</i></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">- Curriculum vita <i>(with current
address)</i></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">- </span></i><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New Roman"">Confirmation of past or current enrollment in a GCWS course <i>(Print
copy of a grade transcript, email or letter of confirmation signed by the GCWS
Program Coordinator)</i></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;
font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Submission packets should be postmarked <b>April
15, 2010, </b>and mailed to: </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:
16.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Andi Sutton</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">GCWS Program Coordinator</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Graduate Consortium in Women's Studies</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">16-287, MIT</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">77 Massachusetts Avenue</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Cambridge, MA 02139</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">For more details, contact Andi Sutton
at <a href="mailto:arsutton@mit.edu"><span style="color:#0017F8">arsutton@mit.edu</span></a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New Roman"">2. MIT Spring Career Fair<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:15.0pt;
font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Mark your calendars!</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:
15.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:15.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial">When:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Tuesday,
May 4, 2010, 11am-4pm</span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:15.0pt;
font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial">Where:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:
Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Walker
Memorial: Morss Hall</span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:15.0pt;
font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:
15.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">View attending employers here: <a href="https://www.myinterfase.com/mit/event_view.aspx?token=TS9bgRXFVxJmAkzaJBTkMQ%3d%3d"><span style="color:#0017F8">https://www.myinterfase.com/mit/event_view.aspx?token=TS9bgRXFVxJmAkzaJBTkMQ%3d%3d</span></a></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:15.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:
Calibri"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#2A497B"> </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:
15.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Register on <a href="https://www.myinterfase.com/mit/student/home.aspx"><span style="color:#0017F8">CareerBridge</span></a> before<b> April 23</b></span><b><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial">rd</span></sup></b><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:
Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> </span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:
13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-weight:
bold">to be included in the Employer Resume Book</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:
13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:15.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:
Calibri"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial">3. Party with a Purpose - End Violence Against Women<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:
Verdana">When:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;font-family:
Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana"> Tuesday, March 30, 7 – 9 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:
Verdana">Where:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;font-family:
Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana"> Ashdown House's Hulsizer Room<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial">Open to:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:
Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> MIT Community Members and Friends<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana">Come join us for a big networking event
("Party with a Purpose")! Everyone in the Boston/Cambridge area
interested in joining the cause and working with various women's organizations
is welcome. We're planning to have representatives from women's shelters and the
Boston Area Rape Crisis Center present. Omega Phi Beta, a Boston-area
organization, is also running a book drive and will be accepting book donations
for victims of domestic violence. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana">Email <a href="mailto:end_violence@mit.edu">end_violence@mit.edu</a> for more information.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Refreshments provided. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Co-Sponsored by: The End Violence Against Women
Program and the Office of the Dean of Graduate Education (ODGE)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial">4. Using Social Media for Your Job Search Webinar<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial">When:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> Wednesday, March 31, 3 – 4 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial">Where:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:
Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> Online seminar – advanced registration
required at <a href="https://mitweb.webex.com/mitweb/onstage/g.php?d=644337795&t=a">https://mitweb.webex.com/mitweb/onstage/g.php?d=644337795&t=a</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Did you know that 83% of employers use the internet
to find information about potential employees? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Are you on Facebook, but not on Linkedin? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Discover how to create your own personal brand
using social media instead of just aimlessly applying for jobs. In this
workshop we will focus on the do's and don'ts when using Linkedin and tips to
build valuable connections. In addition, you will leave this workshop with the
knowledge of how to diagnose, manage and monitor your web presence while
developing connections with people who can make your professional goals a
reality. Learn how to establish a strong web presence that will impress
employers, colleagues and industry leaders.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">5. Film Screening of “Naturally Obsessed: the
making of a scientist”<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">When:</span></b><span style="font-family:Helvetica">
Wednesday, March 31, 3:15 – 4:15 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">Where:</span></b><span style="font-family:Helvetica">
32-123<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">Naturally Obsessed: the
making of a scientist: a one-hour documentary film from PARNASSUSWORKS:
Produced and Directed by Richard Rifkind and Carole Rifkind<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">A true story about the
struggle to become a scientist and the satisfactions of discovery.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">Watch a one-minute
prelude to the film: <b><u style="text-underline:#0017F8"><span style="color:#0017F8"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7zIRl0quLw">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7zIRl0quLw</a></span></u></b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">(January 16, 2009) “Most
films show working scientists as lonely isolates, pathetic nerds, dangerous
nuts, or pompous gurus. Viewers of Naturally Obsessed experience the world of
research as it really is – a lively community of intensely curious, friendly
and hardworking individuals engaged in the fascinating process of scientific
discovery,” says scientist turned filmmaker, Sloan Kettering Institute Chairman
Emeritus, Richard Rifkind. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">Mixing humor with
heartbreak, NATURALLY OBSESSED: THE MAKING OF A SCIENTIST tells an intensely
dramatic story about a trio of irrepressible student scientists who are guided
through the emotional ups and downs of a PhD training program by a tough but
genial mentor. The film was shot for over three years in the Molecular Biology
laboratory of Dr. Lawrence Shapiro at Columbia University Medical Center in New
York City.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">For more information
contact Marilyn Wilson <a href="mailto:mcwilson@mit.edu">mcwilson@mit.edu</a> or Colin Smith <a href="mailto:cd_smith@mit.edu">cd_smith@mit.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">6. </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Lessons Learned: Women's Career Decisions In Review<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial">When:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> Wednesday, March 31, 6 – 8:30 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial">Where:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:
Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> Microsoft New England Research &
Development Center, 1 Memorial Drive, Cambridge MA<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">This event is FREE & Open to the public!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">In celebration of Women's History Month, join Girls
in Tech, MITX and the Microsoft New England Research and Development Center in
a panel discussion where inspirational women in the marketing and technology
fields will reflect on obstacles they've confronted early on in their careers
and how they've learned from and overcome them to become successful business
leaders.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Speakers to-date:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Kiki Mills - President, MITX (Moderator) <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Gail Goodman - CEO, Constant Contact<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Diane Hessan - President and CEO, Communispace<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Kathleen Kennedy - Chief Strategy Officer,
Technology Review <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Nataly Kogan - Senior Program Manager, Microsoft<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Agenda:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">6:00-6:30pm<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>Registration and light hor d'ouvres <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">6:30-8:00pm<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>Panel Discussion <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">8:00-8:30pm<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>Final Networking<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">For more information:
<a href="http://www.mitx.org/events/2166.cfm">http://www.mitx.org/events/2166.cfm</a></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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