<span style>Dear <span class="il">GWAMIT</span> Members,</span><p class="MsoNormal" style><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style>Save the date for the Spring Empowerment Conference, March 12-16!</p><p class="MsoNormal" style><br>
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style><span style="background-image:initial">Enjoy the week!<br></span></p><span style></span><br style><div style><b>The <span class="il">GWAMIT</span> Board<br></b>Send your ideas to: <a href="mailto:gwamit-exec@mit.edu" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,0,204)"><span class="il">gwamit</span>-exec@mit.edu</a><br>
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<br><b>========<br>IN BRIEF<br>========<br><br><span class="il">GWAMIT</span>: </b></div><div style><span style="background-image:initial">1. Save the date for the GWAMIT 2012 Spring Empowerment Conference (March 12-16; RSVP opens March 1) </span><br>
2. Volunteers needed for the GWAMIT Spring Empowerment Conference</div><div style><br><b>MIT:</b></div><div style>3. Cheney Room Movie Night: Persepolis (Wed, Feb 22, 6:30p)</div><div style>4. ODGE Lunch for Graduate Women hosted by Akamai (Wed. Feb. 22, 12:30-1:30p, RSVP by Feb. 20) </div>
<div style>5. MIT WGS commemorates Black Herstory Month: "The role religion plays in discrimination" (Wed. Feb. 29, 6-7:30p)</div><div style>6. MIT WGS Women Take the Reel Opening NIght: Orgasm Inc (Thurs. March 1, 7p)</div>
<div style>7. [Mass-AWIS] Nuclear Energy: Past, Present, and Future (Thurs, March 1, 6-9p)</div><div style>8. Help strengthen advising and career services for Ph.D. students (Volunteer to be interviewed in Feb. or March)</div>
<div style><br><div><b>Outside MIT:</b></div></div><div style>9. Boston University GWISE Career Fair & Networking Reception (Thurs, Feb 23, 4-7p)</div><div style>10. [Harvard] 5th Annual Latina Empowerment and Development Conferences (Sat. March 24, 11a-6p)</div>
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</b><br><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><b style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:small">1. Save the Date for the GWAMIT 2012 Spring Empowerment Conference (March 12-16, RSVP opens March 1) </b><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:small">
<b>When:</b> March 12 - 16</p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif"><b>Where</b>: MIT Campus<br><b>RSVP:</b> Opens March 1</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif"><br>
</font><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:small">GWAMIT presents the 2012 Spring Empowerment Conference! March 12th – 16th 2012. RSVP opens March 1st.</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:small">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:small"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:small">Tentative list of events:</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:small">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:small">-Keynote: Latoya Peterson, Racialicious.com</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:small"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:small">-Designing for Women: Susan Fabry, Senior Design Strategist at Continuum</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:small">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:small">-Digital Productivity: Paul English, CTO and co-founder of </span><a href="http://kayak.com/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial;font-size:small">kayak.com</a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:small"> </span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:small">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:small">-Effective Communication and Negotiation: Barbara Tannenbaum, Brown University</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:small"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:small">-Working in male-dominated fields: Pamela Benkert, Phillips; Kate Randall, Tesla; Dr. Leah Buechley, MIT Media Lab</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:small">
<br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:small"></p><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:small">We look forward to seeing you there!</div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:small">
GWAMIT Spring Empowerment Conference Committee 2012<br><br><br><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><b>2. Volunteers needed for the GWAMIT Spring Empowerment Conference</b></span>
</div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:small"><b>Contact</b>: Manasi Vartak, <a href="mailto:mvartak@mit.edu" target="_blank">mvartak@mit.edu</a> or Luyao Li, <a href="mailto:luyao@mit.edu" target="_blank">luyao@mit.edu</a> </div>
<div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:small"><br>The empowerment conference committee is seeking: <br>-Advertising/publicity co-chair: Responsible for designing posters and website for conference, managing publicity emails.<br>
-Volunteers: Help with setup/clean up on day of events, help with chalk art in Stata, put up posters etc.<br><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:small">The empowerment conference is a great opportunity to get involved with GWAMIT and meet fellow graduate women. <br>
<br>To get involved, please reply to <a href="mailto:mvartak@mit.edu" target="_blank">mvartak@mit.edu</a> or <a href="mailto:luyao@mit.edu" target="_blank">luyao@mit.edu</a>. </div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
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<span style="font-weight:800"><br></span></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><b>3. Cheney Room Movie Night: Persepolis (Wed, Feb 22, 6:30p)</b></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<b>When: Wednesday, February 2, 6:30pm</b></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><b>Where: Cheney Room, 3-310</b></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<b><br></b></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">This semester, Women@MIT is hosting movie nights in the Cheney Room! The theme is "six movies that pass the Bechdel test." If you are unfamiliar with the Bechdel test, essentially, there are three criteria that films must meet:<br>
1. are there 2 or more women?<br>2. do these women talk to each other?<br>3. do they talk about something other than men?<br><br>All six of the films chosen for this semester pass this test. The first one, Persepolis, will be on Wednesday, February 22 at 6:30pm in the Cheney Room. Bring a friend (or two) and come enjoy some snacks and a movie!</div>
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<b>4. ODGE Lunch for Graduate Women hosted by Akamai (Wed. Feb. 22, 12:30-1:30p, RSVP by Feb. 20) </b></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><b>When: </b>Wednesday, February 22, 12:30-1:30pm</div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><b>Where: </b>6-321 Moore Room<b> </b></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:small"><b>RSVP</b> by February 20th at <a href="http://signup.mit.edu/lunchAkamai">http://signup.mit.edu/lunchAkamai</a> (MIT certificates required.)</span>
</div><div><font color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif">Join us for an informal lunch for female MIT graduate students. Women representatives from Akamai will be here to discuss their career paths, the transition from academia to industry, and their experiences as women in science and engineering. </font></div>
<div><font color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif">Space is limited - please RSVP by February 20th at <a href="http://signup.mit.edu/lunchAkamai">http://signup.mit.edu/lunchAkamai</a> (MIT certificates required.) Sponsored by the Office of the Dean for Graduate Education. </font></div>
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<b>5. MIT WGS commemorates Black Herstory Month: "The role religion plays in discrimination" (Wed. Feb. 29, 6-7:30p)</b></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div><b>When: </b>Wednesday - February 29, 6 - 7:30PM</div>
<div><b>Where:</b> W20 - 201[W20 West Lounge] <br><b>RSVP</b>: Please rsvp to <a href="mailto:heidy@mit.edu" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">heidy@mit.edu</a> by 2/24/12.</div><div><br></div><div>MIT Program in Women’s and Gender Studies commemorates Black Herstory Month: "The role religion plays in discrimination: the intersectionality of piety, pulpits, parishioners, and pastors" w/ Rev. Irene Monroe </div>
<div><br></div><div>This talk examines the role religion plays in discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people. Because homophobia is both a hatred of the “other ” and it’s usually acted upon ‘in the name of religion,” the talk will also highlight how religious intolerance and fundamentalism not only shatters the goal of American democracy, but also aids in perpetuating other forms of oppression such as racism, sexism, classism and anti-Semitism.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Rev. Irene Monroe lives in Cambridge, is a Huffington Post blogger, and a syndicated religion columnist. A native of Brooklyn, Rev. Irene Monroe is a graduate from Wellesley College and Union Theological Seminary at Columbia University, and served as a pastor at an African-American church before coming to Harvard Divinity School for her doctorate as a Ford Fellow. As a syndicated queer religion columnist, her columns appear in 43 cities across the country and in the U.K. She writes a weekly column in the home LGBTQ newspaper BayWindows. </div>
<div><br></div><div>Cosponsored by: Student Activities/ Office of Multicultural Programs and LBGT@MIT Dinner provided. </div></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><b>6. MIT WGS Women Take the Reel Opening NIght: Orgasm Inc (Thurs. March 1, 7p)</b></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<b>When:</b> Thursday, March 1, 7pm</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><b>Where</b>: 6-120</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><b>More info</b>: <a href="http://mit.edu/wgs/filmfest2012/index.html" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">http://mit.edu/wgs/filmfest2012/index.html</a></div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div>ORGASM INC. - the strange science of female pleasure Director: Liz Canner</div>
<div><br></div><div>In the shocking and hilarious documentary ORGASM INC., filmmaker Liz Canner takes a job editing erotic videos for a drug trial for a pharmaceutical company. Her employer is developing what they hope will be the first Viagra drug for women that wins FDA approval to treat a new disease: Female Sexual Dysfunction (FSD). Liz gains permission to film the company for her own documentary. Initially, she plans to create a movie about science and pleasure but she soon begins to suspect that her employer, along with a cadre of other medical companies, might be trying to take advantage of women (and potentially endanger their health) in pursuit of billion dollar profits. ORGASM INC. is a powerful look inside the medical industry and the marketing campaigns that are literally and figuratively reshaping our everyday lives around health, illness, desire — and that ultimate moment: orgasm. Upbeat, engaging, enlightening, and provocative, ORGASM INC. will change the way you think about sex.</div>
<div><br></div><div>80 minutes. Discussion with film director Liz Canner to follow. Cosponsored by: MIT Technology and Culture Forum, MIT Medical, Comparative Media Studies/Doclab, and Student Activities Office.</div></div>
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<b>7. [Mass-AWIS] Nuclear Energy: Past, Present, and Future (Thurs, March 1, 6-9p)
</b></div><div><div><font color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif"><b>When</b>: </font><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif">Thursday, March 1, 2012, </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif">6:00-9:00pm</span></div>
<div><font color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif"><b>Where</b>: </font><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif">MIT Building 46 Room 3002 Singleton Auditorium, </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif">43 Vassar Street, Cambridge 02139</span></div>
<div><font color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif"><b>Register</b>: </font><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaID=227974">https://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaID=227974</a></span></div>
<div><div><font color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif"><b>Cost</b>: </font><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif">Free for MIT and Tufts students and post docs (register <a href="http://withmit.edu/tufts.edu">withmit.edu/tufts.edu</a> email address)</span></div>
<div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif">$5 for other students and post docs and AWIS members, </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif">$10 for all other attendees</span></div>
</div><div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div><font color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif">The Massachusetts AWIS chapter, Tufts Energy Forum, and MIT Energy Club are pleased to co-host an expert panel of speakers on the past, present and future of nuclear energy. </font></div>
<div><font color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif">PANELISTS:</font></div><div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif">-Lin-wen Hu, PhD, PE, Associate Director, Research Development and Utilization, MIT Nuclear Reactor Laboratory, MIT</span></div>
<div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif">-Richard K. Lester, PhD, Japan Steel Industry Professor, Head of the Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering, Co-Chair, Industrial Performance Center MIT</span></div>
<div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif">-Mujid S. Kazimi, PhD, TEPCO Professor of Nuclear Engineering, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif">Director Center for Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems (CANES) MIT</span></div>
<div><font color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif">MODERATOR:</font></div><div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif">-Mari Anne Snow, Adjunct at Bentley University; CEO and co-founder at SophiaThink Consulting, LLC</span></div>
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<b>8. Help strengthen advising and career services for Ph.D. students (Volunteer to be interviewed in Feb. or March)</b></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><b>When:</b> Interviews are being scheduled in February and March</div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><b>Where:</b> On campus</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><b>Contact:</b> <a href="mailto:STEMcareer@mit.edu" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">STEMcareer@mit.edu</a> to book a time that fits your schedule</div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:Symbol"><br></span></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:7pt"> </span></span><u></u>Are you PhD student in engineering at MIT?</div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:7pt"> </span></span><u></u>Have you completed your second year?</div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:7pt"> </span></span><u></u>Provide your perspective on the role of advisors and mentors</div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:7pt"> </span></span><u></u>Interviews last 1 to 1.5 hours</div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:7pt"> </span></span><u></u>Gift card of $25 to all participants</div>
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<b>9. Boston University GWISE Career Fair & Networking Reception (Thurs, Feb 23, 4-7p)</b></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><b>When: </b>Thursday, February 23, 4-7pm<b> </b></div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><font color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif"><div><b>Where</b>: Boston University Trustees' Ballroom, 9th floor School of Management Building, 595 Commonwealth Avenue, enter on Silber Way</div>
<div><b>Dress</b>: Business Casual</div><div><b>Register Here: </b><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/embeddedform?formkey=dFpiZlB5VU05X3VpeEVJS1FJX2pUNUE6MQ" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/embeddedform?formkey=dFpiZlB5VU05X3VpeEVJS1FJX2pUNUE6MQ</a></div>
<div><br></div><div><span style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">Thinking about what you might want to do when you graduate? About to graduate and looking for a job? Looking to expand your network? Want to mingle over wine and cheese with your fellow female grad students and postdocs? The Third Annual Boston University GWISE Career Fair and Networking Reception is your one-stop-shop for all your career and networking needs!</span><br style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">
<br style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">Come join Boston University GWISE and fellow women in STEM from the Boston community to network and explore careers! Speak with HR reps and female scientists/engineers at local companies*, meet the women of the Association for Women in Science (AWIS) & Women Entrepreneurs in Science and Technology (WEST), and get some advice from the Career Development Office and Center for Career Development at BU. Even if you're not looking for a job right now, it's a great opportunity -- network with peers from other departments and institutions at the wine and cheese reception! Please pass this invitation along to other female graduate students and postdocs, not just those at BU-- the more, the merrier!</span></div>
<div><br></div><div>Refreshments will be provided, 21+ Pre-registrants will be automatically entered to in a raffle to win some awesome GWISE swag! And the more you network at the event, the more chances you'll go home a winner!</div>
<div><br></div><div>*Companies currently registered to attend include: Teradyne, IBM, Mathworks, EMC, Merck, Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Company, H. C. Starck, Shire Pharmaceuticals, Affectiva, Draper Labs and more! </div>
<div><br></div><div>Bring your resume, bring your business card, or just bring yourself and come ready to meet and mingle with Boston's best!</div><div><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:small"><b>10. [Harvard] 5th Annual Latina Empowerment and Development Conferences (Sat. March 24, 11a-6p)</b></span>
</div></font></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><b>When: </b>Saturday, March 24, 11a-6p</div><div><b style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Where:</b><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> </span><font color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif">Double Tree Hotel Cambridge, MA</font></div>
<div><font color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif"><b>Register: </b><a href="http://www.wix.com/latinasunidas/lead#!register">http://www.wix.com/latinasunidas/lead#!register</a></font></div><div><b>More info: </b><a href="http://www.wix.com/latinasunidas/lead" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:16px"><span style="font-size:12pt">http://www.wix.com/latinasunidas/lead#</span></a></div>
<div><br></div><div><font color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif">LEAD is an all-day event that exposes individuals in the community at large to the achievements of Latinas in the world today. Every year we have a prominent Latina as our keynote speaker who shares her experience, wisdom and advice with those present. The Conference aims to encourage the professional endeavors of Latinas everywhere. Latina undergraduate and graduate students will connect with successful Latina role models who radiate positive ideals and represent the larger Latino community. Our speakers will address the social, political, and economic issues that Latinas face today and motivate them toward excellence in their future careers. Your students will have the opportunity to participate in pre-professional workshops to improve skills such as resume building, interviewing and networking.</font></div>
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<span style="font-size:12pt">The LEAD conference will be taking place in the Double Tree Hotel Cambridge, MA on Saturday <span style="color:rgb(64,49,82)">March 24, 2012* from 11:30 AM-6:00 PM</span>.</span></p><div></div>
</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:12pt">The theme for this year's conference is "<span style="color:rgb(64,49,82)">S<span style="line-height:18px;font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000">trengthening our Communities in the Face of Adversity."</font></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:12pt">Please Register for the LEAD conference at: <a href="http://www.wix.com/latinasunidas/lead#!register" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">http://www.wix.com/latinasunidas/lead#!register</a></span></p>
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