<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Dear GWAMIT Members,<br><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; ">We are excited to debut with our kick-off this week! Our schedule is below:</span><br><br>[Mon - 4/26]<br><b>Keynote, "The Evolution of Bias" (5:30-6:30, 46-3002)</b><br>Freada Kapor Klein, an expert on workplace diversity relations, will describe implicit and explicit gender-related bias in academic environments. Reception to follow.<br><br>[Tues - 4/27]<br><b>Workshop, "Negotiating Difficult Situations"* (1:30-3, 66-168)</b><br>Toni Robinson, MIT Ombudsperson, will lead exercises demonstrating how to handle situations including negotiating credit, dealing with harassment, and negotiating attention from supervisors. Dessert provided. (RSVP requested.)<br><br>[Wed - 4/28]<br><b>Panel, "Collaboration in Invention" (6:30-8, 56-154)</b><br>Women in research and industry discuss the role of collaboration in their inventions. Reception to follow.<br><br>[Thurs - 4/29]<br><b>Panel, "Life Choices: Work and Everything Else" (6:30-8, 4-237)</b><br>Women in research and industry discuss the choices they have made regarding work/life division, marriage, and children. Heavy hors d'oeuvres provided.<br><br>[Fri - 4/30]<br><b>Graduate Women Mixer* (5-6:30, 6-321)</b><br>Come network with fellow graduate women! Sloan's Lakshmi Balachandra will lead an introductory exercise on improvisational leadership. Drinks and heavy hors d'oeuvres provided. (RSVP requested.)<br><br>* RSVP requested (<a href="https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/public/Register.dyn?eventID=43284&groupID=194">https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/public/Register.dyn?eventID=43284&groupID=194</a>).<br><br><b>There is more information on our website:</b><br><a href="http://gsc.mit.edu/gwamit/events/spring2010.html">http://gsc.mit.edu/gwamit/events/spring2010.html</a><br><br><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; ">We hope to see you there! </span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><br></span></font><b>The GWAMIT Board</b><br><a href="http://gsc.mit.edu/gwamit">gsc.mit.edu/gwamit</a><div><a href="http://gsc.mit.edu/gwamit"></a></div></div></body></html>