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<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The GWAMIT Spring Empowerment Conference is this week! Don't forget to register for events at <a href="http://empowerment.gwamit.org" target="_blank">empowerment.gwamit.org</a>.</font></p>
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<span style="background-image:initial"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Enjoy the week!<br></font></span></p><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br>
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<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="background-image:initial">1. GWAMIT 2012 Spring Empowerment Conference (March 12-16; RSVP Open Now!) </span></font></div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br><b>MIT:</b></font></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">
<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">2. </font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">MIT SWE Mason Magellan Program (Tues. Mar. 13, 3:30pm)</span></div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">3. WGS Presents "Being Sexual in Iran: A Sometimes Contradictory History" (Wed. Mar. 14, 4-6pm)</span></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">
<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:left">4. Women Take the Reel Film Festival: <u>!WOMEN, ART REVOLUTION</u> (Thu. Mar. 15, 7pm)</span></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">5. </span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Bon Appétit Management Company Talk on Sustainable Food and Business (Wed. Mar. 21, 11:30am-12:30pm)</span></div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">6. Cheney Room Movie Night: </span><u style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Saving Face</u><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> (Wed. Mar. 21, 6:30pm)</span></div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="text-align:center"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">7. Study on Service Utilization for Survivors of Sexual Violence, Relationship Abuse, Stalking, or Harassment</font></span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br>
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<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font><div><b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Outside MIT:</font></b></div>
</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="text-align:left"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">8. Cartier Women's Initiative Awards - Call for Applications (Applications due Tues. Mar. 13)</font></span></div>
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">9. [Sense About Science] Standing up for Science Media Workshop (Applications due Wed. Mar. 14)</font></span><div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">10. [AWIS-MA Chapter] Speed Networking with Diane Darling (Wed. Mar. 21, 5:30-8pm)</font></span><font color="#222222" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br>
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<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">11. [Harvard] 5th Annual Latina Empowerment and Development Conferences (Sat. March 24, 11a-6p)</font></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">12. [Harvard] Light at the End of the Tunnel: Job Opportunities After a Postdoc (Mon. Mar. 26, 2-4pm)</font></div>
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</b><br></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>1. GWAMIT 2012 Spring Empowerment Conference (March 12-16, RSVP Open Now!) </b><br><b>When:</b> March 12 - 16</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#222222" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Where</b>: MIT Campus<br><b>RSVP:</b> <a href="http://empowerment.gwamit.org/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">empowerment.gwamit.org</a></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font color="#222222"><br></font></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Registration is now open for the second GWAMIT Spring Empowerment <span style="background-image:initial">Conference</span> March 12-16!<u></u></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Come to any or all of our Empowerment <span style="background-image:initial">Conference</span> events at no cost! (Events requiring an RSVP may fill up quickly).</font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> <u></u><u></u></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Events include:<u></u><u></u></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br>Facing Challenges, Overcoming Obstacles (*RSVP Required)</font></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>When: </b>Monday, March 12, 5:00-6.30pm, Reception to follow.<u></u><u></u></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Where: </b>Sidney-Pacific Multi-purpose room<u></u><u></u></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Panelists: </b>Almaris Alonso (FDA), Shari Loessberg (MIT), Dana Moshkovitz (MIT), & Suzanne Oakley (MIT)</font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> <u></u><u></u></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b><u>Designing with Her in Mind</u></b><u></u><u></u></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>When: </b>Tuesday, March 13, 5:00-6:00pm, Reception to follow.<u></u><u></u></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<span><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Where:</b> 10-105 (Bush Room)<u></u><u></u></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Speaker:</b> Susan Fabry, Senior Strategist, <a href="http://continuuminnovation.com/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Continuum</a><u></u><u></u></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b><u>High Performance Work-Life Balance</u></b><u></u><u></u></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>When:</b> Wednesday, March 14, 5:30-6:30pm, Reception to follow.<u></u><u></u></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<span><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Where: </b>32-G449 (Stata Kiva Room)<u></u><u></u></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Speaker:</b> Paul English, CTO and Cofounder, <span style="background-image:initial;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><a href="http://www.kayak.com" target="_blank">KAYAK</a></span><u></u><u></u></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b><u>Women, Communication, and Power</u></b><u></u><u></u></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>When: </b>Thursday March 15, 12:00-1:15pm, Lunch served at 11:45am.<u></u><u></u></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<span><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Where: </b>32-G449 (Stata Kiva Room)<u></u><u></u></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Speaker: </b>Dr. Barbara Tannenbaum, Senior Lecturer, Brown University<u></u><u></u></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b><u>Keynote: Digital Empowerment for the Real World: Using Social Media, Creating Social Change</u></b><u></u><u></u></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>When: </b>Thursday March 15, 6:30-8:00pm,Reception to follow.<u></u><u></u></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<span><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Where: </b>32-123<u></u><u></u></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Speaker: </b>Latoya Peterson, Founder and Editor, <a href="http://www.racialicious.com/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Racialicious</a><u></u><u></u></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b><u>Climbing the Career Ladder: Gender and the Workplace</u></b><u></u><u></u></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>When: </b>Friday March 16, 12:00-1:30pm, Lunch served at 11:45am.<u></u><u></u></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<span><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Where:</b> 32-G449 (Stata Kiva Room)<u></u><u></u></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Panelists: </b>Pamela Benkert (Philips Healthcare), Leah Buechley (MIT), Aditi Garg (Tesla), Hilda Tang (Oliver Wyman)</font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Please RSVP at: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/87yjfe2" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">RSVP link</a><u></u><u></u></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> <u></u><u></u></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">We look forward to seeing you there!<u></u><u></u></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">-The GWAMIT Spring Empowerment <span style="background-image:initial">Conference</span> Planning Committee<br>
<br></font></span></p><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">**********MIT**********</font></b></p>
</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="font-weight:800"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></span></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>2. MIT SWE Mason Magellan Program (Tues. Mar. 13, 3:30pm)</b></font></div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>When:</b><span> Tuesday, March 13, 3:30 pm</span></font></div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span><b>RSVP:</b> <a href="mailto:swe-off-campus-outreach@mit.edu" target="_blank">swe-off-campus-outreach@mit.edu</a></span></font></div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span><br></span></font></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span>The Mason Magellan Program is an after-school science program for grades 1-3 at Mason Elementary School. Sessions are held once every week on Tuesday afternoons, starting at 3:30pm. </span><span>On 3/13, we will be exploring the wonders of magnetism as we levitate a paperclip and hunt for treasure! Students will understand what sorts of materials magnets can "magically" attract and how a magnet can defy gravity.</span></font></div>
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</b></font></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>3. WGS Presents "Being Sexual in Iran: A Sometimes Contradictory History" (Wed. Mar. 14, 4-6pm)</b></font></div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>When:</b><span> Wednesday, March 14, 4-6pm</span></font></div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span><b>Where:</b> 4-163</span></font></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span><b>RSVP: </b><a href="mailto:heidy@mit.edu" target="_blank">heidy@mit.edu</a></span></font></div>
<div><div style="text-align:-webkit-auto"><font color="#222222" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><span><div style="text-align:-webkit-auto;font-style:italic;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><i><p style="font-style:normal;text-align:left;display:inline!important">
<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The speaker will be Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet, who received her B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she was a <a href="http://www.moreheadcain.org/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><strong>Morehead Scholar</strong></a>. She completed her M.A., M.Phil., and Ph.D. in history at Yale University. Her book, <strong><em><a href="http://press.princeton.edu/titles/6738.html" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Frontier Fictions: Shaping the Iranian Nation, 1804-1946</a></em></strong> (Princeton University Press, 1999) discusses Iranian nationalism and analyzes the significance of land and border disputes, with attention to Iran's shared boundaries with the Ottoman Empire (later Iraq and Turkey), Central Asia, Afghanistan, and the Persian Gulf region. Her book was translated into Persian by Kitabsara Press, Tehran, Iran and has been released in paperback by Princeton in 2011.</font></p>
</i></div></span></div><div><span><p style="text-align:left"><font color="#222222" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-style:normal">Dr. Kashani-Sabet has finished a book entitled, </font><strong style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-style:normal;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><em><a href="http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/HistoryWorld/MiddleEastern/~~/dmlldz11c2EmY2k9OTc4MDE5NTMwODg3Nw==" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Conceiving Citizens: Women and the Politics of Motherhood in Iran</a></em></strong><font color="#222222" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-style:normal"> (forthcoming, Oxford University Press, Spring 2011). She is also completing a book on America's historical relationship with Iran and the Islamic world entitled, </font><em style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-style:normal;color:rgb(34,34,34)">The Making of the 'Great Satan': A History of US - Iranian Relations </em><font color="#222222" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-style:normal">(under contract to Princeton University Press). In addition to her academic work, Professor Kashani-Sabet has written several fictional pieces. Her first novel, </font><em style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-style:normal;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><a href="http://www.syracuseuniversitypress.syr.edu/spring-2010/martyrdom-street.html" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Martyrdom Street</a></em><font color="#222222" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-style:normal">, was published by Syracuse University Press in 2010.</font><br>
<br><br><b style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-style:normal;color:rgb(34,34,34)">4. Women Take the Reel Film Festival: <u>!WOMEN, ART REVOLUTION</u> (Thu. Mar. 15, 7pm)<br>When:</b><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-style:normal;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> Thursday, March 15, 7pm<br>
<b>Where:</b> 6-120<br><br></span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-align:-webkit-auto">Through intimate interviews, art, and rarely seen archival film and video footage, !WOMEN, ART REVOLUTION reveals how the Feminist Art Movement fused free speech and politics into an art that radically transformed the art and culture of our times. For over forty years, Director Lynn Hershman Leeson has collected hundreds of hours of interviews with visionary artists, historians, curators and critics who shaped the beliefs and values of the Feminist Art Movement and reveal previously undocumented strategies used to politicize female artists and integrate women into art structures.</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-align:-webkit-auto">
<br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-align:-webkit-auto"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-align:-webkit-auto">!WOMEN, ART REVOLUTION elaborates the relationship of the Feminist Art Movement to the 1960s anti-war and civil rights movements and explains how historical events, such as the all-male protest exhibition against the invasion of Cambodia, sparked the first of many feminist actions against major cultural institutions. The film details major developments in women’s art of the 1970s, including the first feminist art education programs, political organizations and protests, alternative art spaces such as the A.I.R. Gallery and Franklin Furnace in New York and the Los Angeles Women’s Building, publications such as Chrysalis and Heresies, and landmark exhibitions, performances, and installations of public art that changed the entire direction of art.</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-align:-webkit-auto">
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83 minutes. Discussion with acclaimed multidisciplinary artist Faith Wilding to follow.</div></span><p></p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">
<br><b>5. </b></span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;text-align:-webkit-auto"><b>Bon Appétit Management Company Talk on Sustainable Food and Business (Wed. Mar. 21, 11:30am-12:30pm)<br>
</b></span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><b>When:</b> Wednesday, March 21, 11:30am-12:30pm<br><b>Where:</b> Maseeh Dining Hall, Flowers PDR<br><br></span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;text-align:-webkit-auto">Maisie Greenawalt, the Bon Appétit National VP of Strategy, will be joining us for a luncheon to discuss how Bon Appétit has used, and is using, its purchasing power to create a more sustainable food system. Bon Appétit has been rolling out </span><a href="http://bamco.com/sustainable-food-service" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;text-align:-webkit-auto" target="_blank">sustainability initiatives</a><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;text-align:-webkit-auto"> since 1999, when we created our local food sourcing program, Farm to Fork. Since then, we have gone on to address everything from farmworker rights and climate change, to humane treatment of animals and sustainable fishing practices. Maisie has been a key player in the creation of these initiatives, and is largely responsible for Bon Appétit’s success as a company.</span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br>
<br><br><b>6. Cheney Room Movie Night: </b><u style="font-weight:bold">Saving Face</u><b> (Wed. Mar. 21, 6:30pm)<br></b></span><b style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">When:</b><font color="#222222" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> Wednesday, March 21, 6:30pm<br>
</font><b style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Where: </b><font color="#222222" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">The Cheney Room, 3-310</font><p style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
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In Manhattan, the brilliant Chinese-American lesbian surgeon Wil is surprised by the arrival
of her forty-eight year old widow mother to her apartment. Ma was banished from Flushing,
Queens, when her father discovered that she was pregnant. The presence of Ma affects the
personal life of Wil, who is in love with the daughter of her boss at the hospital, the dancer
Vivian Shing. Once her grandfather has promised that her mother would only return to
Flushing remarried or proving that it was an immaculate conception, Wil tries to find a
Chinese bachelor to marry Ma. </font><br><br><br><b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">7. Study on Service Utilization for Survivors of Sexual Violence, Relationship Abuse, Stalking, or Harassment</font><br><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Contact: </font></b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Kelley Adams at </font><a href="mailto:adam@med.mit.edu" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">adam@med.mit.edu</a><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> or (617) 253-1318</font></p>
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<span style>This study will examine </span><span style>the service utilization pathways survivors of sexual violence, relationship </span><span style>abuse, stalking or harassment take following an incident at the institution. </span><span style>Specifically, I'm interviewing survivors about what services they have used </span><span style>on and off campus, their experiences with those services, recommendations </span><span style>for improvement, and on what it's like to be a survivor of violence or abuse </span><span style>at MIT. The information obtained through the study will be used to improve </span><span style>services at MIT, and measures have been built into the study design to </span><span style>ensure participants' confidentiality.</span><font color="#222222"><span style="text-align:center"><p style="display:inline!important">
<br></p></span></font></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:left"><span style><br></span></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:left"><span style>One of the eligibility criteria is a connection to MIT, but this is defined </span><span style>loosely: employees, students, post-docs, researchers, spouses of any of the </span><span style>above, etc. all fall into this category.</span><span style><br>
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<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-align:left"><span><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>When: </b>Applications due Tuesday, March 13, 10am CET</font></span></div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-align:left"><span><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Information: </b></font><font color="#222222" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://www.cartierwomensinitiative.com/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">http://www.cartierwomensinitiative.com/</a></font></span></div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-align:left"><font color="#222222" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-align:left"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font color="#222222">The Cartier Women's Initiative Awards are a business </font>plan competition for start-ups led by women organized by Cartier in partnership with McKinsey and INSEAD business school. This social entrepreneurship competition aims at supporting creative, financially sustainable and responsible women-led start-ups, in all countries and industries.</font></div>
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<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB">We are currently in the call for applications phase for our contest and are looking for </span><span lang="EN-GB">women leading for-profit responsible enterprises between 1 and 3 years old</span><span lang="EN-GB">. </span><span lang="EN-GB">The Award will be given to six laureates who will receive</span><span lang="EN-GB"> a comprehensive support package comprising a year of coaching, US $20,000 in funding, valuable networking opportunities, as well as media exposure. </span>The final stage of the competition, consisting in a presentation in front of an international Jury, will take place in France during the Global Meeting of the Women’s Forum.</font></p>
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</font></b></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-align:left"><b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">9. [Sense About Science] Standing up for Science Media Workshop (Applications due Wed. Mar. 14)</font></b></div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-align:left"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>When:</b> Tuesday, April 24; Applications due Wednesday, March 14</font></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-align:left">
<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Where: </b>The Broad Institute, Cambridge</font></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-align:left">
<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Apply: </b>Send a CV and short cover letter to Leonor Sierra (<a href="mailto:international@senseaboutscience.org" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">international@senseaboutscience.org</a>) by Wed. Mar. 14</font></div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-align:left"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Information:</b> <a href="http://www.senseaboutscience.org/data/files/VOYS_workshop_2012_Apr_24_Cambridge_flyer.pdf" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">http://www.senseaboutscience.org/data/files/VOYS_workshop_2012_Apr_24_Cambridge_flyer.pdf</a></font></div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-align:left"><ul><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="text-align:-webkit-auto"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Are you PASSIONATE about your RESEARCH?</font></span></li>
<li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="text-align:-webkit-auto"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Do you think it is important for GOOD SCIENCE and EVIDENCE to be communicated to a wider audience?</font></span></li>
<li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="text-align:-webkit-auto"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">What can you do to address SCIENTIFIC MISCONCEPTIONS and MISINFORMATION?</font></span></li>
</ul><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="text-align:-webkit-auto">This full day event is FREE and open to early career researchers in all sciences, engineering and medicine (PhD students, post-docs or equivalent in first job)</span><br style="text-align:-webkit-auto">
<ul><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="text-align:-webkit-auto">Science in the media: What happens when research <span style="background-image:initial">announcements</span> go wrong; statistics are manipulated; risk factors are distorted; or discussions become polarized?</span></li>
<li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="text-align:-webkit-auto">What journalists are looking for: How do journalists approach stories and balance the need for news and entertainment with reporting science? And deal with accusations of polarising debates and misrepresenting </span><span style="text-align:-webkit-auto">facts?</span></li>
<li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="text-align:-webkit-auto">Standing up for science; the nuts and bolts: This session offers practical guidance for early career researchers to get their voices heard in debates about science; how to respond to bad science when you see it; and top tips for if you come face-to-face with a journalist!</span></li>
</ul></font></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The Standing Up for Science workshops have been held in the UK since 2005. This will be the first full-day workshop in the US and participants will be invited to join the newly formed Voice of Young Science USA network.</font></span></div>
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<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>When:</b> Wednesday, March 21, 5:30-8pm</font></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Where:</b> Amgen Kendall Square, 1 Kendall Sq, Cambridge</font></div>
<div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><b>Register:</b> </font><font color="#222222" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://www.acteva.com//ttghits.cfm?EVA_ID=23807" target="_blank">http://www.acteva.com//ttghits.cfm?EVA_ID=23807</a></font></div>
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</font></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Please join the Massachusetts Association for Women in Science (AWIS) chapter for an evening of Speed Networking led by Diane Darling, a dynamic speaker and the author of the book “The Networking Survival Guide.” Dinner will be provided and a free copy of Diane’s book will be given to the first 50 registrants. Remember to bring your business cards! This event is open to everyone. This will be a fun, informative, and interactive event. This event was a huge success last time with nearly 100 people in attendance. We have arranged for a larger and more accessible venue. The discounted registration fee is available only for AWIS members and students</font></span></div>
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<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>When: </b>Saturday, March 24, 11a-6p</font></div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Where:</b> <font color="#222222">Double Tree Hotel Cambridge, MA</font></font></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">
<font color="#222222" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Register: </b><a href="http://www.wix.com/latinasunidas/lead#!register" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">http://www.wix.com/latinasunidas/lead#!register</a></font></div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>More info: </b><a href="http://www.wix.com/latinasunidas/lead" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">http://www.wix.com/latinasunidas/lead#</a></font></div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font color="#222222" face="arial, helvetica, 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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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>.</p><div></div>The theme for this year's conference is "<span style="color:rgb(64,49,82)">S<span style="line-height:18px"><font color="#000000">trengthening our Communities in the Face of Adversity."</font></span></span></font></div>
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<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Please Register for the LEAD conference at: <a href="http://www.wix.com/latinasunidas/lead#!register" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">http://www.wix.com/latinasunidas/lead#!register</a></font></p>
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<b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">12. [Harvard] Light at the End of the Tunnel: Job Opportunities After a Postdoc (Mon. Mar. 26, 2-4pm)</font></b></p><p style="border-bottom-width:medium;border-bottom-style:none;border-bottom-color:initial;border-left-width:medium;border-left-style:none;border-left-color:initial;padding-bottom:0in;margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:0in;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top-width:medium;border-top-style:none;border-top-color:initial;border-right-width:medium;border-right-style:none;border-right-color:initial;padding-top:0in">
<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>When:</b> Monday, March 26, 2-4pm</font></p><p style="border-bottom-width:medium;border-bottom-style:none;border-bottom-color:initial;border-left-width:medium;border-left-style:none;border-left-color:initial;padding-bottom:0in;margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:0in;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top-width:medium;border-top-style:none;border-top-color:initial;border-right-width:medium;border-right-style:none;border-right-color:initial;padding-top:0in">
<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Where:</b> Yenching Auditorium, Yenching Library, 2 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge</font></p><p style="border-bottom-width:medium;border-bottom-style:none;border-bottom-color:initial;border-left-width:medium;border-left-style:none;border-left-color:initial;padding-bottom:0in;margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:0in;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top-width:medium;border-top-style:none;border-top-color:initial;border-right-width:medium;border-right-style:none;border-right-color:initial;padding-top:0in">
<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Registration:</b> <a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Jobs_After_Postdoc" target="_blank">https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Jobs_After_Postdoc</a></font></p><p style="border-bottom-width:medium;border-bottom-style:none;border-bottom-color:initial;border-left-width:medium;border-left-style:none;border-left-color:initial;padding-bottom:0in;margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:0in;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top-width:medium;border-top-style:none;border-top-color:initial;border-right-width:medium;border-right-style:none;border-right-color:initial;padding-top:0in">
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<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span>Adam Stein, the CEO of a newly formed nanotechnology company in Pasadena, CA, is coming to share his perspectives on careers for postdocs and grad students outside of the academic world. The aim of this program is to provide an understanding of industrial science and careers in industry as a whole. </span><span>Don’t miss this opportunity to better equip yourself with the knowledge of the many options for your future career!</span></font></p>
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