<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><!--StartFragment--><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt">Dear
GWAMIT Members,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt">Enjoy
the Week!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt">The GWAMIT Board<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt">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-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt">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-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt">Send
your announcements to: <a href="mailto:gwamit-sec@mit.edu">gwamit-sec@mit.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt">========<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt">IN
BRIEF<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt">========<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt">Notices:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt">1. Graduate
Consortium in Women’s Studies Organizing Committees<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt">2. </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Apply
to attend Workshop on Communicating Science & Engineering with Chris Mooney<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">3. GECDC Final Walk-In Hours For Spring Semester –
May 12th</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt">This Week’s Events:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">4. [Mon 5/10] Panel: Women in Careers in Energy (5:30 – 7, 6-120)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">5. [Mon 5/10] Women in Mathematics Lecture Series:
Marina Meila (5:30 – 6:30, 2-139)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt">6.
[Tue 5/11] </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica">LEGS - Communicate to Motivate (12 – 1:30,
W20-407)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica">7. [Tue 5/11] </span><span style="font-size:
10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Femmes on
Feminism:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Contemporary Practice in
the 21st Century (6 -7:30)</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">8. [Wed 5/12] Putting Your Degree to Work: Career
Strategies for PhDs and Postdocs (3:30 – 5, 26-100)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">9. [Wed 5/12] West Panel: "Obtaining Money:
Pitching VSC, Angels and Bosses" (6 – 9 pm, Waltham)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">10. [Wed 5/12] Women in Biotech Series: R&D and
Marketing: Friends or Foes? (6:30 – 9, 10-105)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt">11. [Thur
5/13] </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Celebration of Graduate Women: Women's Networking
Event (5 – 8 pm, Lobby 10)</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt">=====================<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt">FULL
ANNOUNCEMENTS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt">=====================<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt">1. Graduate Consortium in
Women’s Studies Organizing Committees<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">We are currently seeking a group of
engaged graduate students to organize a <b>graduate student conference</b> on
a topic related to Women's and Gender Studies. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">6-10 students from a variety of
disciplines and from all GCWS member institutions will have the opportunity to
collaboratively develop an academic conference to feature graduate student work
in Women's and Gender Studies. Pending availability and interest,
we will have a preliminary meeting the first week of June and continue the
planning and implementation in late August/September to bring the conference to
fruition in Spring 2011.</span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">The conference is a student-generated,
collaborative initiative. The organizing committee, with the advice and
assistance of the GCWS Coordinator, will: </span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">- Set the conference theme;</span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">- Draft the conference abstract and
call for papers;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">- Develop the conference schedule,
including selecting keynote speakers, setting events, and planning panels and
workshops;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">- Review paper submissions;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">- Enjoy a sense of community created
among peers from different institutions and disciplines, making personal and
professional contacts while creating an engaging public event to showcase stellar
student work!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">If you are interested in finding out
more about the conference organizing experience, or would like to participate,
please contact </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
12.0pt"><a href="mailto:arsutton@mit.edu"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#0017F8">arsutton@mit.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""> by <b>Friday,
May 21st, at 5 PM. </b></span></span></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">For those interested in joining the
committee, send the following: </span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Name:</span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Email:</span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Phone:</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Department
and Discipline: </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Degree
program:</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Research
interests (2 sentences):</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Will you be
in Boston between now and September 1st and available to meet? (Yes or No
and specify availability): </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Do you have
past event organizing experience? What kind?</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Information about past conferences can
be found at the </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
12.0pt"><a href="http://web.mit.edu/gcws/events/index.html"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
color:#0017F8">GCWS web site</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">. </span></span></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;
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="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt">2. </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Apply to attend Workshop on Communicating
Science & Engineering with Chris Mooney</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p>These days, amid ongoing media controversies over
climate change, the teaching of evolution, the safety of vaccines, and many
other scientific topics, researchers are increasingly asking themselves
questions like these: Should I be doing more to communicate about my work to
the public? And if so, how should I go about preparing for media encounters—and
what should I be ready to say? This workshop will help. The workshop will be
held May 24, 2010-9am-1pm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Lunch
will be provided.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Location TBA.</o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p>Due to the heavy interest in this workshop, we will
be accepting participants on an application basis. Please email your name,
institution, year, program, and a brief paragraph explaining why your
interested in this workshop to <a href="mailto:mooneyworkshop@gmail.com">mooneyworkshop@gmail.com</a>. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal">Applications are due May 14.</b> We will notify all applicants of their
status no later than May 17.</o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">3.
</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">GECDC Final Walk-In Hours
For Spring Semester <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p>GECDC walk-ins will conclude for the Spring 2010
semester on Wednesday May 12th 2-4pm.</o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">People in need of document critiques are encouraged
to schedule appointments using our online scheduling system, Clickbook which is
available within Careerbridge.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Other
appointments can be scheduled by calling our front desk at 617-253-4733.</span></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">Thanks and have a great summer!</span></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">4.
MIT Energy Club and New England Women In Energy & Environment (NEWIEE)
Co-Hosted Panel: Women in Careers in Energy<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">When:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">
Monday, May 10, 5:30 – 7 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Where:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">
6-120<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Contact:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt"><a href="mailto:energyclub@mit.edu"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">energyclub@mit.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p>Join the MIT Energy Club and NEWIEE for a lively
panel discussion where women who have built careers in the energy industry will
offer varying perspectives. The panel discussion will be followed by a Q&A
period and networking.</o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p>Panelists:</o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">- Jacqueline Ashmore, Ph.D., Consul, Head of
Science and Innovation / British Consulate-General Boston <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">- Marybeth Campbell, Workforce Development Program
Director / Massachusetts Clean Energy Center <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">- Emily A. Neill, Vice President of Sales /
Constellation NewEnergy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">5.
Women in Mathematics Lecture Series: Marina Meila<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">When:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">
Monday, May 10, 5:30 – 6:30 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Where:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">
2-139<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p>Marina Meila (University of Washington)</o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p>Title: Statistics and Computing with Permutations</o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p>Pizza following the talk.</o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p>For an abstract, please visit:
<a href="http://math.mit.edu/conferences/wim">http://math.mit.edu/conferences/wim</a></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p>This is a series of generally accessible talks
(starting from advanced undergraduates) by female research visitors to MIT's
Mathematics Department.</o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">
<br style="mso-special-character:line-break">
<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">6.
</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica">Leadership Evolution
for Graduate Students - Communicate to Motivate<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica">When:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica">
Tuesday, May 11, 12-1:30pm<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica">Where:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica">
W20-407<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica">Contact:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica">
Paul Spangle at </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt"><a href="mailto:pspangle@mit.edu"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;
color:#2650AA">pspangle@mit.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica">.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica">Register:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt"><a href="http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dGxERFg0Z3NwWmJyRlF0dENZSUJ5Z0E6MQ"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica">http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dGxERFg0Z3NwWmJyRlF0dENZSUJ5Z0E6MQ</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica"><o:p>This session will provide valuable skills that
you can use to motivate the members of your organization. We will discuss
intentional approaches to constructing group buy-in and cohesiveness, drawing
on positive and negative examples of group experiences from this past year.
We will talk about preparing for meetings, roles individuals play within
a group, and the art of asking questions to generate inclusive processes. </o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica">7.
</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Femmes on Feminism:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Contemporary Practice in the 21st
Century<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">When:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">
Tuesday, May 11, 6 – 7:30 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Where:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">
Location will be e-mailed to RSVPs<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">RSVP:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt"><a href="mailto:rya_cb@mit.edu"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial">rya_cb@mit.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p>A panel discussion of the role and relevance of
feminism in contemporary artistic, academic, and spatial practice.</o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p>Panelists: Amanda Moore (ACT), Sarah Nusser (DUSP),
and Jess Wheelock (ACT)</o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Moderated by: Ute Meta Bauer<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p>For MIT graduation students only.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Dinner will be provided.</o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">8.
Putting Your Degree to Work: Practical Career Strategies for PhDs and Postdocs<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica">When:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica">
Wednesday, May 12, 3:30 – 5 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica">Where:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica">
26-100<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica">Contact:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica">
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial"><a href="mailto:mcwilson@mit.edu">mcwilson@mit.edu</a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Featuring:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">
Peter Fiske, PhD, Scientist, entrepreneur, author, lecturer<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p>Many career avenues are open to young scientists
and engineers. What are those options?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>How do you pursue them?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>How
do you transition from grad school or postdoctoral work to that next bold step
in your career?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Among the topics
Dr. Fiske will discuss:</o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">- Employment trends and opportunities for PhDs</span></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">- Effective career planning and job hunting<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">- Your sought-after skills and experience<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">- Presenting yourself well: CV, resume and cover
letter<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">Peter Fiske is President and CEO of PAX Mixer, Inc.
He is a nationally-recognized lecturer on the subject of leadership and career
development for young scientists and engineers, and the author of Put Your
Science to Work: The Take-Charge Career Guide for Scientists. Prior to PAX
Mixer, Fiske was co-founder and VP for Business Development and Sales at RAPT
Industries, and led a research team at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
He also served a one year term as Special Assistant to the Secretary of Defense
for Special Projects.</span></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p>Fiske holds a Ph.D. in Geological and Environmental
Sciences from Stanford University and an MBA from U.C. Berkeley.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>In addition to two books, Fiske is
author of numerous technical articles, and writes the on-line column Opportunities
for the AAAS.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>He co-writes the
blog Engineering Scientists.</o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">Open to: MIT PhDs & Postdocs and others
interested in the topic (undergraduates, faculty and administrators welcome)</span></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">Sponsored by the MIT Career Development Center
(GECDC) and the MIT Postdoc Advisory Council.</span></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica">9.
</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">West Panel:
"Obtaining Money: Pitching VSC, Angels and Bosses"<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">When:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">
Wednesday, May 12, 6 – 9 pm <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Where:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">
1000 Winter Street, Suite 4000, North Entrance, Waltham MA<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Host:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">
WEST/Women Entrepreneurs in Science and Technology<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Pre-Registration:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt"><a href="http://www.WESTorg.org"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">www.WESTorg.org</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">
(until 9pm Tues. May 10th): $30 WEST Member; $40Non-Member. $10 more at the
door. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p>Light dinner and refreshments included. Everyone is
welcome to attend!</o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p>VCs, angel investors, and company executives are
frequently asked for funds. While you pitch, they listen. How can you ensure
they get your intended message? Come meet our distinguished panel - an angel
investor, a VC, a corporate decision maker and an entrepreneur - as they relate
their first hand experience and share their tips for successfully obtaining the
resources you need. Discussion topics will include examples of how to deliver
with passion that is personal but not self focused, and how to prepare a
professional response to inevitable criticisms.</o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p>Panelists Include:</o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">1) Jean Hammond, Angel Investor and serial
entrepreneur<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">2) Rudina Seseri, Principal at Fairhaven Capital<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">3) Wendy Frey Caswell, CEO of ZINK Imaging<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">4) Mari Anne Snow(Moderator), CEO and co-founder of
SophiaThink<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">10.
Women in Biotech Series: R&D and Marketing: Friends or Foes?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">When:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">
Wednesday, May 12, 6:30 – 9 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Where:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">
MIT Bush Room, room 10-105<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Register:
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt"><a href="https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/register-login.vm?eventID=43062&groupID=18"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/register-login.vm?eventID=43062&groupID=18</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">
(Members $15; Guests: $20; MIT Students $10)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p>Light Dinner will be served</o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p>On the one hand, you have research and development,
the analytical and fact-driven part of a business.<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>On the other hand you have marketing, driven by emotions,
colors and all that "mushy" stuff.<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>Or is that really the case?<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>How does marketing link back to R&D and why is it so important?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Dr. Kristina Isakovich '91 PhD, will
discuss the crucial role that marketing plays in business, even technically
oriented businesses such as biotech or medical devices, and how in the most
successful businesses, R&D and marketing work synergistically to create the
best and most useful products.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>She
will show us how marketing is indeed data driven, and the best R&D is
grounded in a deep, gut-level understanding of what the customer is trying to
do. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Dr. Isakovich will also
describe how the same sort of problem solving and strategic thinking skills
that make a good scientist can also make a good "Chief Marketing Officer</o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p>Dr. Kristina Isakovich, PhD<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>is the Senior Vice President &
Chief Marketing<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Officer for
Philips Healthcare.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Her previous
positions were VP of Marketing at Fisher Scientific, VP of Corporate Strategy
at Thermo Electron, and Senior Engagement Manager at McKinsey and Company.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>She received her BS from Yale in 1984,
and her PhD from MIT in 1991.</o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica">11.
</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Celebration of Graduate
Women: Women's Networking Event<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">When:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">
Thursday, May 13, 5 – 8 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Where:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">
Lobby 10<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">More
Info:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
12.0pt"><a href="http://web.mit.edu/odge/community/women/celebratewomen.html"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">http://web.mit.edu/odge/community/women/celebratewomen.html</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p>An informal networking event with MIT graduate
women and faculty. Concurrent with the visual display, an opportunity for MIT
graduate women to meet and speak with each other as well as faculty and staff.</o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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