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========<br><br><span><span><span><span><span class="il">GWAMIT</span></span></span></span></span>: </b></span><br><span style="background:white">1. </span> GWAMIT-Harvard-BU Grad Women Social at Harpoon Brewery *RSVP Required* (Fri. Feb. 17, 5:30-7p)<br>
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<b><span><span><span></span></span></span>MIT:</b></span><br>2. GECD: Policy Analysis and Research Careers (Wed. Feb. 1, 3-4:30p)<br>3. SWIM screening of Miss Representation (Tue. Feb. 7, 7p)<br>4. Registration is open for Annual SWIM Conference, Innovating Through Adversity (Feb. 10)<br>
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5. MIT WGS presents a REG DAY film screening of "The Purity Myth" (Mon. Feb 6, 6-8p)<span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br>
</span></span><span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"></span></span><span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">6. MC^2 Multicultural Conference 2012: Standing out and Fitting In: Navigating MIT's Cultural Landscape (Feb. 24 & 25, 5pm)<br>
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<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b>Outside MIT:<br></b>7. GWIS Science on Screen "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure (Mon. Jan 20, 7p)<br></span></div><span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"></span></span>8. WEST Alternative Careers Program (Tue, Jan 31, 6-9p)<br>
9. [HGWISE] Cambridge Coffee Hour with Dr. Alicia Soderberg (Wed. Feb. 9, 4-5p)<br>10. Northeastern ADVANCE Program Future Faculty Workshop (Fri. Mar 2; Apply by Feb. 15)<br>11. Volunteer with Science Club for Girls (Accepting Spring Applications)<br>
12. Join the upcoming Global Marathon for engineering women (March 5-10) <br><br><div><span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
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<br></b></span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b>**********<span><span><span><span><span class="il">GWAMIT</span></span></span></span></span>**********</b></span><br><br><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background:white">1. </span> GWAMIT-Harvard-BU Grad Women Social at Harpoon Brewery *RSVP Required* (Fri. Feb. 17, 5:30-7p)</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>When</b>: Friday, Feb. 17th 5:30-7pm (bus pickup ~4:45pm)<br>
<b>Where</b>: Harpoon Brewery, Boston; Bus transportation provided (more info below)<br>
<b>Contact</b>: Kay (cell: <a href="tel:352.398.9318" value="+13523989318">352.398.9318</a>)<br>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>RSVP</b>: <a href="http://bit.ly/gradharpoon" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/gradharpoon</a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br>
Is snowy weather disappointing? Is the semester off to a busy start
already? Do you need a well-deserved break with friends, food,and
drinks? Come out and catch up with old friends, meet new faces from other
schools, and help build our network of graduate women in Boston!<br>
<br>BUS TRANSPORTATION will be provided from BU, MIT, and Harvard to and from Harpoon. RSVP IS REQUIRED as space is limited. RSVP link on sidebar of GWAMIT homepage at <a href="http://gwamit.org/" target="_blank">http://gwamit.org</a><br>
<br>Bus will leave around 4:45pm from 77 Massachusetts Ave crosswalk (student center side)</p><p class="MsoNormal">
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</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b>**********MIT**********</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"></span><b>2. GECD: Policy Analysis and Research Careers (Wed. Feb. 1, 3-4:30p)</b> <br>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>When:</b> Wed. Februrary 1, 3-4:30pm</p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>When:</b> 4-237<br></p></div><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
</span><b>Sign up</b>: <b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#4f81bd"></span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#4f81bd"><a href="http://www.myinterfase.com/mit/student" target="_blank">www.myinterfase.com/mit/student</a> </span><br>
<b><br><br>3. SWIM screening of Miss Representation (Tue. Feb. 7, 7p)</b><br><div><b>Date:</b> February 7, 2012</div><div><b>Time: </b>Doors open at 6:30 PM and screening begins at 7:00 PM</div>
<div><b>Location: </b>Wong Auditorium (E51) </div><div><br></div><div>Come see <i>Miss Representation</i> at Wong Auditorium on February 7<br>Miss the first showing of <i>Miss Representation</i> at MIT or want to see it again? </div>
<div><br></div><div>Come see Jennifer Siebel Newsom's award-winning film, <i>Miss Representation</i>,
before you meet Jennifer herself at the MIT Sloan Women in Management
Conference on Friday, February 10, 2012. Mingle with members of the MIT
Sloan and greater Boston community in this free screening. Refreshments
will be provided! <br></div><br><br><b>4 Registration is open for Annual SWIM Conference, Innovating Through Adversity (Feb. 10, 2012)<br>
</b><p class="MsoNormal">When: Feb 10, 2012</p><p class="MsoNormal">Where: MIT Media Lab (E14)<br></p><p class="MsoNormal">Register at: <a href="http://www.sloanwomeninmanagement.com/conference/" target="_blank">http://www.sloanwomeninmanagement.com/conference/</a><br>
</p><p>*First 100 people to register will receive an exclusive invitation to
the screening of the film MISS REPRESENTATION on Feb 7, 2012 and a
special opportunity to meet the writer and director! Hurry! Don’t miss
this opportunity!</p><p style="text-align:justify">The
theme of the 2012 MIT Sloan Women in Management Conference is
“innovating through adversity.” In addition to celebrating the successes
of women, the conference will pose hard-hitting questions about the
systemic gender inequalities that still exist in business today. Whose
problem is this to fix? Are these inequalities are own fault? Our
speakers will explore concrete ways in which women can overcome these
inequalities. It’s time to turn a critical eye on ourselves to figure
out what we, as women, can do on a macro level to eliminate the gender
gap in business and leadership.</p>We
look forward to seeing you on February 10, 2012 as we tackle
controversial topics through candid conversation in an intimate setting
conducive to genuine networking.<br><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"></span><br><br>
<b>5. MIT WGS presents a REG DAY film screening of "The Purity Myth" (Mon. Feb 6, 6-8p)</b><br><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b>When: </b>Monday, February 6 at 6:00pm<b><br>Where: </b>6-120<b><br>
<br></b></span>In this video adaptation of her bestselling book, pioneering feminist
blogger Jessica Valenti trains her sights on "the virginity movement" --
an unholy alliance of evangelical Christians, right-wing politicians,
and conservative policy intellectuals who have been exploiting
irrational fears about women's sexuality to roll back women's rights.
>From dad-and-daughter "purity balls," taxpayer-funded abstinence-only
curricula, and political attacks on Planned Parenthood, to recent
attempts by legislators to de-fund women's reproductive health care and
narrow the legal definition of rape, Valenti identifies a single,
unifying assumption: the myth that the worth of a woman depends on what
she does -- or does not do -- sexually. In the end, Valenti argues that
the health and well-being of women are too important to be left to
ideologues bent on vilifying feminism and undermining women's autonomy.<div><br>Event is free. Light dinner served. <br><br>Q&A
lead by WGS Professor A. Walsh, MIT sexpert K. McCarthy and Violence,
Prevention and Response (VPR) representative D. De Four to follow.<br>
<br>COSPONSORED BY: The Student Activities Office, MIT sexpert, and VPR. <br></div><b><span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"></span></span></b><b><span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"></span></span></b><br>
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<b>6. MC^2 Multicultural Conference 2012: Standing out and Fitting In: Navigating MIT's Cultural Landscape (Feb. 24 & 25, 5pm)<br>When:</b> Friday and Saturday, February 24 and 25, 5pm<br><b>Where</b>: MIT Endicott House<br>
<b>More info</b>: </span></span><a href="http://studentlife.mit.edu/sao/programs/mcsquared" target="_blank">http://studentlife.mit.edu/sao/programs/mcsquared</a><br><br>This
year's theme: "Standing Out & Fitting In: Navigating MIT's Cultural
Landscape". The event is free and open to all MIT students. This year,
MC^2 will be 2 days long (Friday-Saturday) with students spending the
night at the luxurious MIT Endicott House.<br>
<br>The mission of the Multicultural Conference (MC2) is to bring
students together across race, ethnicity, gender, religion, nationality,
socioeconomic status, ability, sexual orientation, and other aspects of
cultural identity. The conference offers a provocative day of
workshops, speakers, community building, action, and reflection centered
on issues of culture, identity, and social justice at MIT and beyond.<br>
<br>During the conference we will facilitate an honest, open, and
interactive dialogue about the cultural climate at MIT, learn from
people's experiences, and develop plans to cultivate a campus
environment that promotes equality, not simply tolerance. As MIT's
mission statement clearly promotes a diverse campus community, it is
crucial students to discuss the role of diversity and inclusion in
education and campus life.<br>
<br>For more information, see: <a href="http://studentlife.mit.edu/sao/programs/mcsquared" target="_blank">http://studentlife.mit.edu/sao/programs/mcsquared</a><br><br>
<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b>**********Outside MIT**********</b></span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"></span><b><br><span></span></b><b><span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"></span></span></b><b><br>
</b><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b>7. GWIS Science on Screen "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure (Mon. Jan 20, 7p)<br>When: </b>Monday, January 30, 7pm<br><b>Where</b>: </span>Coolidge Corner Theater, 290 Harvard Street, Brookline MA 02446<br>
<b>Meeting:</b>:GWIS will meet in the lobby a few minutes before 7.<br><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b>Details</b>: </span><a href="http://www.coolidge.org/programs/science-on-screen" target="_blank">http://www.coolidge.org/programs/science-on-screen</a><br>
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With only a few days left before their high school graduation, two most
excellent dudes, Bill S. Preston, Esq. (Keanu Reeves) and Ted "Theodore"
Logan (Alex Winter), are on the verge of flunking history.<br>
Unless they can ace their final history report, Ted's dad will pack him
off to a military academy in Alaska, meaning their band, The Wyld
Stallyns, will come to a heinous end. Luckily for these wanna-be rock
stars, a guardian angel from the future, Rufus (George Carlin), comes to
them with a bodacious solution: a time-traversing phone booth in which
they travel back to the past and round up personages of historical
significance who can help them stage a most triumphant oral report.
Whoaa!<br>
"Billy, you are dealing with the oddities of time travel with the
greatest of ease." - Bill S. Preston, Esq. to Billy the Kid, rescued
from a bar fight<br>
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Join us before the film as Edward Farhi, a most excellent professor of
physics at MIT and director of its Center for Theoretical Physics,
unravels the oddities of time travel and weighs in on the question: Is
travel through time physically possible? Dr. Farhi has studied the
complexities of building a time machine, though not of the phone-booth
variety.<br>
Edward Farhi was trained as a theoretical particle physicist but has
also worked on astrophysics, general relativity, and the foundations of
quantum mechanics. His current interest is the theory of quantum
computation. He was on the staff at the Stanford Linear Accelerator
Center and at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland before coming to MIT, where he
joined the faculty in 1982. He has won three teaching awards at MIT and
has presented his research at many of the world's leading physics
research centers.<br>
1hr 30mins // directed by:Stephen Herek // featuring:Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter, George Carlin<br>
<br><br><b>8. WEST Alternative Careers Program (Tue, Jan 31, 6-9p)</b><br><b>When: </b>Tue, Jan 31, 6 - 9 pm<b><br>Where:</b> Microsoft NERD Center, 1 Memorial Dr, Cambridge, MA 04142<br><br>Join 10 career mentors representing 10 different careers. Come and explore these different career options.<br>
Cost: Members $25, Non-Members $55<br>To Register: <a href="http://www.westorg.org/2012-01-31-alternative-careers-for-scientists-engineers-and-technologists" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">http://www.westorg.org/2012-01-31-alternative-careers-for-scientists-engineers-and-technologists</a><br>
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<b>8. [HGWISE] Cambridge Coffee Hour with Dr. Alicia Soderberg (Wed. Feb. 9, 4-5p)<br>When:</b> Wed, Feb 9 4-5pm<br><b>Where:</b> Northwest Building Room 243<br>
<b>Please RSVP</b> to <a href="mailto:rbeinart@fas.harvard.edu">rbeinart@fas.harvard.edu</a><br><b></b><br>
Please join us for a Coffee Hour with Dr. Alicia Soderberg, Assistant Professor of Astronomy. Come hear about Dr. Soderberg’s journey from studying water pollution on Cape Cod, to Maine where she attended Bates College, to England where she received a Master’s degree from University of Cambridge, then back to the U.S. for postdoc positions and then her current position here at Harvard. Dr. Soderberg has received a number of awards, including the Dorothy Killam Prize (McGill University International Award) designed "to recognize women of influence in the science and humanities". Her current work at Harvard focuses on supernovae. Dr. Soderberg will be talking about her life and doing general Q&A. <br>
<br><b><br>10. Northeastern ADVANCE Program Future Faculty Workshop (Fri. Mar 2; Apply by Feb. 15)</b><br><b>When:</b> Friday, March 2<br><b>Apply: </b>Applications due February 15 <a href="http://fs6.formsite.com/NUadvanceIT/form78/index.html" target="_blank">http://fs6.formsite.com/NUadvanceIT/form78/index.html</a><br>
<b>More info:</b> <a href="http://www.northeastern.edu/advance/ffw/" target="_blank">http://www.northeastern.edu/advance/ffw/</a><br><br>The
Northeastern University ADVANCE Program and its team for advancing
women in interdisciplinary and international networks, is pleased to
announce a Boston-wide Future Faculty Workshop on Friday, March 2,
2012. This workshop is specifically designed for graduating PhDs and
postdoctoral scholars interested in faculty positions in science,
engineering, or mathematics. <br>
<br>In this NSF ADVANCE* sponsored workshop, participants will spend one
day learning about the academic job search process from interviewing to
negotiating. Funds from the Northeastern ADVANCE grant will be used to
support participants’ meals and on-campus parking. <br>
<br>We are asking that you forward this email to your faculty and
department chairs and encourage all interested postdoctoral scholars and
PhD students to apply. For additional information please see the flier
below or view our webpage: <a href="http://www.northeastern.edu/advance/ffw/" target="_blank">http://www.northeastern.edu/advance/ffw/</a><br>
<br>Interested people can apply by clicking the following link: <a href="http://fs6.formsite.com/NUadvanceIT/form78/index.html" target="_blank">http://fs6.formsite.com/NUadvanceIT/form78/index.html</a> Deadline for all applications is midnight on February 15, 2012.<br>
<b></b><br><b><br>11. Volunteer with Science Club for Girls (Accepting Spring Applications)</b><br><b>Apply here</b>:<font color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif"><a href="http://survey.constantcontact.com/survey/a07e58bjodlgul9jxhq/a01ikgxgx7dq0/greeting" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">http://survey.constantcontact.com/survey/a07e58bjodlgul9jxhq/a01ikgxgx7dq0/greeting</a><br>
</font> <br>Science Club for Girls just concluded another successful
semester at our clubs in Boston, Cambridge, Fitchburg, Lawrence and
Newton! With the help from over 80 volunteers we have been able to serve
over 400 girls in these communities with STEM related after school
programming.<br>
<br>We are gearing up for National Mentoring Month which is this January
and is also the start of our Spring 2012 Semester. The Spring Volunteer
Application is now open and we invite you to apply to volunteer with
SCFG at our sites in Boston, Cambridge, Fitchburg, Lawrence and Newton.
With your help and expertise we can provide the best programming for the
girls to experience. You can access the Spring Volunteer Application
here.<font color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif"><a href="http://survey.constantcontact.com/survey/a07e58bjodlgul9jxhq/a01ikgxgx7dq0/greeting" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">http://survey.constantcontact.com/survey/a07e58bjodlgul9jxhq/a01ikgxgx7dq0/greeting</a></font>
<br><b><br><br>12. Join the upcoming Global Marathon for engineering women (March 5-10) </b><br><b>When</b>: March 5-10<br>
<b>Register at</b> <a href="http://www.inxpo.com/events/GlobalMarathon/Registration/">http://www.inxpo.com/events/GlobalMarathon/Registration/</a><br><br>Who: More than a dozen Region Leaders, IBM, DuPont, C3E, the American Society of Civil Engineers and CH2M Hill will facilitate the daily sessions and programs.<br>
<br>Join the upcoming Global Marathon starting on March 5. This free, virtual conference is our chance to connect and talk with women interested in making a difference through engineering.<br><br>Originating from a different part of the world each day, this free, virtual conference is the only event of its kind connecting women in engineering and technology worldwide across a diverse range of disciplines, experience levels, ages, interests, backgrounds, cultures, industries and employers.<br>
<br>Each day features a live, hour-long webcast discussing seminal issues such as clean water, clean energy, food, and entrepreneurship. Prominent panelists from all parts of the world will offer a picture of what tomorrow can look like (dreams), projects and plans on how to achieve a better tomorrow (ideas), and concrete steps participants can take today (actions).<br>
<br>Please consider forwarding this email to others that you think might be interested in attending this year's Global Marathon.<br><br><br>
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