<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Dear GWAMIT Members,</font></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Welcome back to a new school year - be sure to check out new opportunities to get involved with GWAMIT below. <b>First-year students</b>, please RSVP for the Orientation Women's Welcome Lunch <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?pli=1&formkey=dE1udHFhSjF2QVVVVWc0cjNCQmlNV0E6MA#gid=0" target="_blank">here</a>!</font></p>
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</font></p><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px"><br></font><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font><b>The GWAMIT Board<br>
</b>Send your ideas to: <a href="mailto:gwamit-exec@mit.edu" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">gwamit-exec@mit.edu</a><br>Send your <span>announcements</span> to: <a href="mailto:gwamit-sec@mit.edu" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">gwamit-sec@mit.edu</a><br>
Visit us: <a href="http://gwamit.org/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">http://gwamit.org</a><br><br><b>========<br> IN BRIEF<br>========<br></b></font><b><br></b></font></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<b style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">GWAMIT:</b></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">1. Continuing Students: Volunteer for the Orientation Women's Welcome Lunch (Fri. Sep. 7, 12-1:30pm)</div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">2. GWAMIT Advocacy Data Analysis/Researcher Position Opening (Statement of Interest due Sep. 14)</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<b style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></b></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">MIT:</font></b></div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">3. [SPI] Beyond the Lab: The Intersection of Science and Policy at MIT (Tues. Sep. 4, 3-5pm)</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">4. </font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">[MIT WGS] Reg Day Film Screening: "Hysteria," directed by Tanya Wexler (Tues. Sep. 4, 7pm)</span></div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">5. Application for the 2013 $30,000 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize (Application opens Wed. Sep. 5)</font></div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">6. Volunteer for the MIT Career Fair (Wed. Sep. 21)</font></div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">7. Join the Association of MIT Alumnae!</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">8. Opportunities with the Task Force on Graduate Student Professional Development</span></div>
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<div><span>9. Boston Women in Chemistry Symposium (Sat. Oct. 6; Abstract Deadline Thurs. Sep. 6)</span></div><div><span>10. [WEST] Influence without Authority (Thurs. Sep. 6, 6-9pm)</span></div>
<div><span>11. [HGWISE] Scientific Publishing - A Survival Guide (Fri. Sep. 7, 10-11:30am)</span></div><div><span>12. [AWIS] 2013 Education Awards (Applications open Aug. 1-Sep. 16)</span></div>
</div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></font><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">To see more events beyond this week's digest visit <a href="http://bit.ly/gwamitevents" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/gwamitevents</a> and <a href="http://bit.ly/gwamitinterest" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/gwamitinterest</a><br>
<br><b>====================<br>FULL <span>ANNOUNCEMENTS</span><br>====================</b> <br><b><br></b></font><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">**********GWAMIT**********</font></b></p>
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<b>1. Continuing Students: Volunteer for the Orientation Women's Welcome Lunch (Fri. Sep. 7, 12-1:30pm)</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><b>When:</b> <span>Friday, September 7, 12-1:30pm</span></p>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b>Where:</b> W20, La Sala de Puerto Rico</div><div><b style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Website: </b><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><a href="http://welcome.gwamit.org" target="_blank">welcome.gwamit.org</a></span></div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b>Volunteer signup:</b> <a href="https://signup.mit.edu:444/signup.php?id=141757261" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">https://signup.mit.edu:444/signup.php?id=141757261</a></div>
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Please come out and volunteer to help welcome new first year women grad students to MIT and GWAMIT at the annual Orientation Women's Welcome Lunch! We need members for set-up and take-down tasks, and to represent GWAMIT and talk to first year students over lunch. If you plan to attend you <u>must</u> sign up, as we need to ensure enough food and chairs.</div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style>If you are an incoming first-year graduate student, please RSVP at </span><a href="http://welcome.gwamit.org/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">welcome.gwamit.org</a>.</div>
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<b>2. GWAMIT Advocacy Data Analysis/Researcher Position Opening (Statement of Interest due Sep. 14)</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><b>When: </b>Statements due September 14</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><b>Contact:</b> Kay (<a href="mailto:kfurman@mit.edu" target="_blank">kfurman@mit.edu</a>) and Vinita (<a href="mailto:vinita@mit.edu" target="_blank">vinita@mit.edu</a>)</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The GWAMIT Advocacy Team is looking for a researcher to help with data analysis regarding women enrollment across departments at MIT. The position involves meetings with the Advocacy Co-chairs and working to analyze data alongside 2 existing team members for approximately 3-5 hours/week. The data will be used for internal purposes to guide future GWAMIT programming.</font></p>
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<span style="line-height:14px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font>Interested applicants are requested to contact Kay (</font><a href="mailto:kfurman@mit.edu" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext">kfurman@mit.edu</span></a><font>) and Vinita (</font><a href="mailto:vinita@mit.edu" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext">vinita@mit.edu</span></a>) with a statement of interest by September 14th. <br>
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<b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><b>3. [SPI] Beyond the Lab: The Intersection of Science and Policy at MIT (Tues. Sep. 4, 3-5pm)</b></p>
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<b>Where:</b> Bush Room, 10-105</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><b>Contact:</b> <a href="mailto:spi-exec@mit.edu" target="_blank">spi-exec@mit.edu</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span>Come learn about the role policy plays in the science performed here at MIT as well as the role science plays in informing public policy. </span><br>
<br><span>Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry and Climate Science Susan Solomon, </span><br><span>Professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering Scott Kemp, and </span><br>
<span>Associate Provost and Professor of History Philip Khoury </span><br><br><span>Panelists will speak about their own involvement in policy issues as scientists and the variety of opportunities to get involved in science policy here at MIT. Additionally, the MIT Science Policy Initiative, a student run organization, will discuss ways students have been and can be involved in science policy during their graduate careers.</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>When:</b> Tuesday, September 4, 7pm</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Where:</b> 6-120</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
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<span>Synopsis: London, 1880. Mortimer Granville, a dedicated and forward-thinking young doctor, is struggling to establish his career. While Granville preaches sanitation and germ theory, the old guard of doctors clinging to leeches and hacksaws, scoff at his upstart ideas, and show him the door. Granville’s fortunes change when he arrives for an interview at the well-appointed private offices of Dr. Dalrymple, London’s leading specialist in women’s medicine.</span></div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span><br></span></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span>In an age of invention, Dr. Granville set out to find a medical cure for what ails women...and accidentally electrified our love lives forever. HYSTERIA is a lighthearted romantic comedy that tells the story of the birth of the electro-mechanical vibrator at the very peak of Victorian prudishness.</span></div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span><br></span></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span>Discussion with Professor A. Walsh to follow. Free and open to the public.</span></div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span><br></span></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><i>This film contains mature content; viewer discretion is advised.</i></div>
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<b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">5. Application for the 2013 $30,000 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize (Application opens Wed. Sep. 5)</font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>When:</b> Application opens Wednesday, September 5 (Deadline Friday, November 30)</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px"><b>Website:</b> </font><font color="#222222" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://web.mit.edu/invent/" target="_blank">http://web.mit.edu/invent/</a></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#222222" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Contact:</b> <a href="mailto:shannon1@mit.edu" target="_blank">shannon1@mit.edu</a></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span>The Lemelson-MIT Awards honor both established and rising inventors for their ingenuity, creativity and contribution to invention and innovation. The awards recognize the profound impact that inventors can have on economic and social well-being. </span>The $30,000 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize<span> honors promising young inventors studying at MIT.</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The student prize is awarded annually to an MIT senior or graduate student who has created or improved a product or process, applied a technology in a new way, redesigned a system, or in other ways displayed a portfolio of inventiveness. Award winners gain invaluable exposure to the science, business and investment communities through national press around this award.</font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Past winners include Alice Chen for her invention in tissue engineering human liver cells in mice, Miles Barr for his fabrication of solar cells on every day substrates, like paper, Geoff von Maltzahn for developing therapeutics to fight cancer, Carl Dietrich for developing the Transition, a Personal Air Vehicle, and Amy Smith for inventing low-tech devices for addressing problems in developing countries. </font></span></p>
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<b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">6. Volunteer for the MIT Career Fair (Wed. Sep. 21)</font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>When: </b>Wednesday, September 21</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Where:</b> Johnson Athletic Center (W34)</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span><b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Register: </font></b><a href="http://career-fair.mit.edu/students/volunteer.php" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">http://career-fair.mit.edu/students/volunteer.php</a></span></p>
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<span>Each year, we look for volunteers to handle certain tasks at the fair, and students receive free t-shirts and an opportunity to meet employers on a more personal basis. This year, we are adding an additional bonus: an exclusive volunteers-only networking event, which will feature around 100 company representatives and hors d'oeurves/beverages.</span></p>
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<span>Volunteering can be done by by visiting <a href="http://career-fair.mit.edu/students/volunteer.php" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">http://career-fair.mit.edu/students/volunteer.php</a>. </span></p>
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<span><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span><b>7. Join the Association of MIT Alumnae!</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><b>Registration: </b><a href="http://amita.alumgroup.mit.edu" target="_blank">http://amita.alumgroup.mit.edu</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
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<span><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">It’s the time of year when AMITA reaches out to the women of MIT to offer the opportunity to connect with a diverse and talented group of alumnae – a group of women of all ages that seeks to mentor, coach, and support fellow MIT women in their professional and personal lives, and work together on activities and events to improve the MIT experience for women. And just as important, AMITA’s social events are an opportunity to meet other MIT women and have fun! <br>
<br>Founded in 1899, the Association of MIT Alumnae is dedicated to providing a means for former women students to maintain contact with each other and MIT. We also support current women students at MIT with our various on-campus activities, giving them a chance to meet and talk to alumnae. We hold a variety of events around the country to provide alumnae with an opportunity to stay in touch and to stay informed about issues and developments that are relevant to their lives. For more information, visit <a href="http://amita.alumgroup.mit.edu/" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:none">http://amita.alumgroup.mit.edu/</span></a>. <br>
<br>Why Join AMITA? <u></u><u></u></font></span></p><ul type="disc" style="font-size:small;font-family:arial"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px"><span><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Keep in touch and network with the MIT alumnae community<u></u><u></u></font></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px"><span><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Access a broad range of events: professional development, social, philanthropic<u></u><u></u></font></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px"><span><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Interact with and mentor students to improve their MIT experience<u></u><u></u></font></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px"><span><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Help provide scholarships to undergraduate women each year<u></u><u></u></font></span></li>
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<ul type="disc" style="font-size:small;font-family:arial"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px"><span><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">November 2012: Panel event on women and entrepreneurship<u></u><u></u></font></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px"><span><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">December 2012: Ellen Swallow Richards Birthday Celebration and AMITA Holiday Party<u></u><u></u></font></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px"><span><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">January 2013: IAP event with students and alumnae on “Life after MIT”<u></u><u></u></font></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px"><span><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">June 2013: Annual Meeting during Graduation Alumni Weekend</font></span></li></ul><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br>
</font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>8. Opportunities with the Task Force on Graduate Student Professional Development</b></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Website:</b> <a href="http://bit.ly/R2OjWK">http://bit.ly/R2OjWK</a></font></div>
<div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">The Office of the Dean for Graduate Education seeks a new staff member for the Task Force on Graduate Student Professional Development. This is an outstanding opportunity to participate in broad discussions on the current state of professional development nationally and internationally and the setting of a course for graduate student professional development at MIT.<u></u><u></u></p>
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The workload would be approximately 5 hours per week Sept. – Dec. and involve organizing and attending meetings, taking and posting minutes, participating in writing the final report, contributing to discussions, scheduling, organizing a wiki, background research, carrying out interviews, coordinating speakers, etc.<u></u><u></u></p>
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Financial compensation would be provided. Contact ODGE for additional details.</p></div><p>
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<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span><b>Where:</b> 12 Oxford St, Cambridge</span></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span><b>Website:</b> <font style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><a href="http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~hwic" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~hwic</a></font></span></div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span><br></span></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span>Harvard Women in Chemistry is excited to announce the 2nd annual Boston Women in Chemistry Symposium (Boston WInCS) to be held at Harvard University on October 6, 2012. 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.</span></div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span><br>Featuring . . .<br></span><ul><li style="margin-left:15px"><span>Cornelia Dean, Senior Science Writer and former Science Editor with the New York Times</span></li>
<li style="margin-left:15px"><span>Dr. JoAnne Stubbe, Novartis Professor of Chemistry and Professor of Biology at MIT</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span>Student research presentations (Abstracts invited!)</span></li>
<li style="margin-left:15px"><span>Poster presentations in Chemical Biology/ Biochemistry and Organic, Inorganic, Physical, and Materials Chemistry (Abstracts invited!)</span></li>
<li style="margin-left:15px"><span>Opportunities for dialogue with colleagues from other departments</span></li></ul></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span>Event registration begins on August 9, 2012<br>Abstract deadline: September 6th<br>General registration closes September 27th<br><br>Registration Fee: $10.00; First 100 Registrants FREE!</span></div>
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<span><b>When:</b> Thursday, September 6, 6-9pm</span></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span><b>Where:</b> Cambridge (TBD)</span></div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span><b>Register: </b><a href="http://www.westorg.org/upcoming-events" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">http://www.westorg.org/upcoming-events</a></span></div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span><br></span></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span>Sherri Malouf, President and Master Trainer of Situation Management System, Inc., developers of the Positive Power and Influence Program, will be leading the engaging, fun and experiential learning session "Influencing without Authority.</span></div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span><br>Sherri is entrepreneurial, a seasoned professional trainer and consultant with over thirty years of experience. She is highly effective working with different levels of people in a variety of industries. Sherri has delivered training programs and coached individuals in both the public and private sector in the areas of influence negotiation, leadership and team building.</span></div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span><br>During the session, you will:<br></span><ul><li style="margin-left:15px"><span> Participate in an exercise to experience influence energy and learn more about the Situational Influence Model.</span></li>
<li style="margin-left:15px"><span> Practice the different ways to positively influence people.</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span> Learn how to handle unproductive or stressful interactions.</span></li>
</ul></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span>In preparation for the meeting, please think about a challenging influence situation, as you will apply the influence styles to thinking through how to deal with this situation more effectively.<br>
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<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><b>When:</b><span> Friday, September 7, 10-11:30am</span></div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span><b>Where:</b> 16 Divinity Ave, Cambridge - Biolabs 1080</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b>Registration:</b> </span><font color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Scientific_Publishing" target="_blank">https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Scientific_Publishing</a></font></div>
<div><br></div><div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(252,252,252)">We welcome Anke Sparmann, editor at "The EMBO Journal" who will gives us look behind </span></font><span style="background-color:rgb(252,252,252);color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">the scenes of the publication process at the "The EMBO Journal."</span></div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(252,252,252)"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(252,252,252)">The talk will provide insights into</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(252,252,252)">
<ul><li><span style="background-color:rgb(252,252,252);color:rgb(0,0,0)">how a manuscript is processed after it is submitted to the journal</span></li><li><span style="background-color:rgb(252,252,252);color:rgb(0,0,0)">the editorial perspective on a scientific paper</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color:rgb(252,252,252);color:rgb(0,0,0)">the criteria by which editors reach decisions</span></li><li><span style="background-color:rgb(252,252,252);color:rgb(0,0,0)">our efforts to make the peer review process as transparent and fair as possible</span></li>
</ul><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(252,252,252)"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(252,252,252)">Anke Sparmann is a professional editor at "The EMBO Journal," with a background in </span></font><span style="background-color:rgb(252,252,252);color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">signal transduction and chromatin & transcription. During her post-doctoral work, </span><span style="background-color:rgb(252,252,252);color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">completed before her move to publishing, she focused on analyzing dynamic changes </span><span style="background-color:rgb(252,252,252);color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">of Polycomb-complex composition during neural stem cell differentiation in the group </span><span style="background-color:rgb(252,252,252);color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">of Maarten van Lohuizen at the Netherlands Cancer Institute (NKI) in Amsterdam. </span><span style="background-color:rgb(252,252,252);color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Anke obtained her PhD for her study on the role of Ras-induced Interleukin-8 expression </span><span style="background-color:rgb(252,252,252);color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">in tumor growth and angiogenesis in the laboratory of Dafna Bar-Sagi at the State </span><span style="background-color:rgb(252,252,252);color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">University of New York at Stony Brook, USA.</span></div>
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<b>12. [AWIS] 2013 Education Awards (Applications open Aug. 1-Sep. 16)</b></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span><b>When: </b>Applications open August 1-September 16 for travel from December 1-August 30</span></div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span><b>Details:</b> <a href="http://mass-awis.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fbcefb2a027401b0c06b3ce71&id=190dcfbee6&e=368144bb18" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" target="_blank">http://www.awis.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=511</a></span></div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span><br></span></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:21px">The 2013 AWIS Educational Awards support travel for professional development, </span><span style="line-height:21px">broadly defined. Individuals may request funding to attend a conference, to acquire </span><span style="line-height:21px">specialized training, or to pursue professional development in other ways that take them from home.</span><br>
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