<div>Dear GWAMIT Members, </div>
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<div>Please RSVP for the Women's Welcome Lunch, on Friday, September 9th - details below! </div>
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<div>Enjoy the week!</div>
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<div><br><strong>========<br>IN BRIEF<br>========</strong> </div>
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<div><strong>GWAMIT:</strong> <br>1. Come to the Women's Welcome Lunch (Fri, Sept 9, 12-1:30p)</div>
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<div><strong>MIT:</strong> <br>2. [MITWGS] Reg Day Film Screening: The Perfect Vagina (Tues, Sept 6, 7-9p) </div>
<div><br><strong>Outside MIT:</strong><br>3. [WEST] Innovative Trends in Life Sciences and Technology (Tues, Sept 20, 6:30-9:30p)<br>4. [Harvard] Boston Women in Chemistry Symposium (Sat, Sept, 24; registration now open)</div>
<div>5. [IGNITE]: Life Science Technologies at the Convergence of Science and Engineering (Tues, Sept 27, 5:30-9p)</div>
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<div>To see more events beyond this week's digest visit <a href="http://bit.ly/gwamitevents">http://bit.ly/gwamitevents</a> and <a href="http://bit.ly/gwamitcollaborators">http://bit.ly/gwamitcollaborators</a></div>
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<div><strong>1. Come to the Women's Welcome Lunch (Fri, Sept 9, 12-1:30p)</strong><br><strong>When:</strong> Friday, September 9; 12pm - 1:30pm<br><strong>Where:</strong> Morss Hall, Walker Memorial<br><strong>RSVP:</strong> <a href="http://bit.ly/mR3cV6">http://bit.ly/mR3cV6</a><br>
<strong>Contact:</strong> <a href="mailto:gwamit-orientation@mit.edu">gwamit-orientation@mit.edu</a></div>
<div>Graduate Women at MIT (GWAMIT) is hosting its annual Graduate Orientation Women's Welcome Lunch during GSC Orientation, on Fri. Sept 9, 12noon-1:30pm at Walker Morss Hall (map). Please join use for a delicious FREE lunch. Come to learn about the resources for graduate women, and make new friends! There will be lots of fun and prizes will be raffled!</div>
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<div><strong>2. [MITWGS] Reg Day Film Screening: The Perfect Vagina (Tues, Sept 6, 7-9p)</strong> <br><strong>When:</strong> Tuesday - September 6, 7pm<br><strong>Where:</strong> Bldg [ 6-120 ]</div>
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<div>The MIT Program in Women's & Gender Studies and Student Activities present a REG DAY film screening of The Perfect Vagina. In an age where boob jobs, liposuction, tummy tucks and botox are now commonplace it would seem that women have found a new part of the body to worry about ... their vaginas. Through our author's personal journey this documentary will explore this fascinating secret world and question what or who is fueling women's desire to have perfect vaginas.</div>
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<div>Discussion with Professor A. Walsh, MIT Sexpert K. McCarthy and Writer/Esthetician M. LaMarca to follow.</div>
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<div>Free and open to the public. Light dinner provided. </div>
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<div>This film contains graphic material. Viewer discretion is advised. </div>
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<div><br><strong>3. [WEST] Innovative Trends in Life Sciences and Technology (Tues, Sept 20, 6:30-9:30p)</strong><br><strong>When:</strong> Tuesday, September, 20; 6:30p-9:30p<br><strong>Where:</strong> Deloitte, 200 Berkley St., Boston, MA<br>
<strong>To Register</strong> <a href="https://gw.memberclicks.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&catid=19%3Adefault&id=202%3Aevent-2011-09-20-innovative-trends-in-life-sciences-and-technology&Itemid=1">https://gw.memberclicks.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&catid=19%3Adefault&id=202%3Aevent-2011-09-20-innovative-trends-in-life-sciences-and-technology&Itemid=1</a></div>
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<div>Please join us for WEST's very exciting fall event. Continuing our theme of Innovation, Passion and Perseverance WEST is presenting: Innovative Trends in Life Sciences and Technology with speakers: Susan Windham Bannister, CEO of Massachusetts Life Science Center and Irene Grief, IBM Fellow</div>
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<div>Cost of the workshop: $60 for members and $95 for non-members. Food will be provided</div>
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<div>WEST thanks our generous sponsors for their support of this event Deloitte Small Hyperion Medium</div>
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<div><strong>4. [Harvard] Boston Women in Chemistry Symposium (Sat, Sept, 24; registration now open)</strong><br><strong>When:</strong> Saturday, September 24<br><strong>Where:</strong> Harvard University<br><strong>Register:</strong> <a href="http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~hwic">http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~hwic</a></div>
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<div>Harvard Women in Chemistry is excited to announce the first annual Boston Women in Chemistry Symposium (Boston WInCS) to be held at Harvard University on Saturday, September 24, 2011. The symposium will showcase the excellent work of female graduate students and post-docs from the greater Boston area and provide an opportunity for students to meet and mingle with students from other departments. Throughout the day students are invited to participate in poster sessions and give 20-minute talks about their research. The symposium will also feature presentations by Prof. Xiowei Zhuang, Ph.D. from Harvard and Jennifer Feeley, Ph.D. from ExxonMobil. Lunch will be provided and we invite you to mingle with your new acquaintances and colleagues at a wine and cheese reception following the last event of the day. Awards for the best talk and poster will be presented at the reception.</div>
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<div>All interested parties including faculty and students are encouraged to attend the event, but presentations of talks and posters will be limited to female students and post-docs.</div>
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<div>***Registration is currently open!*** Please visit the event website to register: <a href="http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~hwic">http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~hwic</a></div>
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<div>Registration for the first 100 participants is free of charge. Talk and poster abstracts may be submitted with your registration. After the first 100 participants, registration will include a $10 registration fee to help offset the cost of food. Registration closes on September 6, 2011 and speakers will be selected and notified by September 10, 2011. </div>
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<div>Please email <a href="mailto:HarvardWIC@gmail.com">HarvardWIC@gmail.com</a> with any questions about the event or the registration process.</div>
<div>Acknowledgments Harvard Integrated Life Sciences Program Department of Chemistry and Chemical; Biology ExxonMobil</div>
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<div><strong>5. [IGNITE]: Life Science Technologies at the Convergence of Science and Engineering (Tues, Sept 27, 5:30-9p)</strong><br><strong>When:</strong> Tuesday, September 27, 2011, 5:30 - 9:00 pm<br><strong>Where:</strong> 100 Technology Square, Cambridge, MA 02140<br>
<strong>Registration:</strong> Early Bird Registration - $45.00 through September 5, 2011 <a href="http://www.bvsweb.com/php/register.php?ShNbr=2182&src=exhibitor.php">http://www.bvsweb.com/php/register.php?ShNbr=2182&src=exhibitor.php</a></div>
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<div>Keynote Speaker: Dr. Susan Windham-Bannister, President and CEO, Massachusetts Life Sciences Center</div>
<div><br>The Life Science Innovation & Technology Forum (IGNITE) is an ongoing presentation and networking series that highlights cutting edge life science centered innovation and technologies. IGNITE’s mission is to provide a spotlight where young companies and entrepreneurs can present their technologies to a multidisciplinary and diverse audience. Further, we seek to create an environment that fosters productive, high-impact, networking opportunities for presenters and attendees.</div>
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<div>Please join us for an exciting evening of cutting edge science and technology as well as a multidisciplinary networking forum. Open networking and discussion with the speakers will be ongoing throughout the evening. Food and refreshments will be provided and a cash bar will be available.</div>
<div>IGNITE is brought to you by Biotech Vendor Services, Inc. and Munevar & Associates, Inc., with space kindly provided by Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.</div>
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