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<span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#222222">1</font></span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">. [WGS] Registration Day Film Screening - Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide (Mon. Feb. 4, 7pm)</span></div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">2. [GSC] Changing Kendall Square - A Forum for Undergrads, Grads, and Postdocs (Wed. Feb. 6, 6pm)</span></span></div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">3. [WGS] Artist Talk - 4,000 Years for Choice (Wed. Feb. 6, 7:30pm)</span></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:small;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">4. Meet Ann Kelleher, Intel Vice President! (Thurs. Feb. 7, 11:30am-1pm)</span></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
5. 2013 Sloan Women in Management Conference - Dare to Fail: Taking Risks When it Matters Most (Fri. Feb. 8, 8am-4:30pm)</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">6. [Lemelson-MIT] Flagship VentureLabs Discussion: Entrepreneurial Fellows Program (Wed. Feb. 13, 6-7:30pm)</div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">7. Making Peace with Food and Body Image Spring 2013 (Fridays 4-5:30pm, begins Feb. 15)</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">8. [AMITA] Legal Issues for Start-ups (Mon. Feb. 25, 6:30-9pm)</span></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br>
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<span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">9. National Symposium for the Advancement of Women in Science (Feb. 8-9)</span></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">10. Sense About Science Ask for Evidence Boot Camp (Feb. 13, 9am-6:30pm; Applications due Feb. 1)</span></div>
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<b style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(51,51,51)"><u>1. [WGS] Registration Day Film Screening - Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide (Mon. Feb. 4, 7pm)</u></b></div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>When:</b> Monday, February 4, 7pm</font></span></div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Where:</b> 6-120</font></span></div>
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<div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font face="Helvetica-LightOblique">Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide</font> was filmed in 10 countries and follows Kristof, WuDunn, and celebrity activists America Ferrera, Diane Lane, Eva Mendes, Meg Ryan, Gabrielle Union, and Olivia Wilde on a journey to tell the stories of inspiring, courageous individuals. Across the globe oppression is being confronted, and real meaningful solutions are being fashioned through health care, education, and economic empowerment for women and girls. </span></div>
<div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">The linked problems of sex trafficking and forced prostitution, gender-based violence, and maternal mortality — which needlessly claim one woman every 90 seconds — present to us the single most vital opportunity of our time: the opportunity to make a change. All over the world women are seizing this opportunity.</span></div>
<div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></span></div><div><b><u style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">2. [GSC] Changing Kendall Square - A Forum for Undergrads, Grads, and Postdocs (Wed. Feb. 6, 6pm)</u></b></div>
<div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b>When:</b> Wednesday, February 6, 6pm</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b>Where:</b> 1-190</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b>Contact:</b> <a href="mailto:gsc-officers@mit.edu">gsc-officers@mit.edu</a></span></div>
<div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">MIT is in the final stages of petitioning to reshape Kendall Square - more commercial buildings, retail opportunities, and housing between Main Campus and Sloan are proposed. Join for a community-wide forum - listen to the pros and cons of the proposed development. Tell your elected representatives your opinion!</span></div>
<div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Event is cosponsored by the GSC, UA, and PDA.</span></div><div><b><u style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br>
</u></b></div><div><b><u style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></u></b></div><div><b><u style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">3. [WGS] Artist Talk - 4,000 Years for Choice (Wed. Feb. 6, 7:30pm)</u></b></div><div>
<span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b>When:</b> Wednesday, February 6, 7:30pm</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b>Where:</b> 6-120</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br>
</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Heather Ault, MFA, is an award-winning artist, researcher, and activist for abortion rights and reproductive justice. As founder of 4000 Years for Choice, she created a dynamic visual art series devoted to re-visioning the historical and cultural narrative of abortion and contraception. Since the project’s initial launch in 2009, Ms. Ault has presented her artwork and research at art galleries, national conferences, university campuses, and reproductive health clinics across the country. </span><div>
<span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Her work has been written about in the Huffington Post, New York Daily News, Bust Magazine, and many other blogs. Ms. Ault is a board member of the Abortion Conversation Project and also serves as Social Media Coordinator for the Abortion Care Network. She holds a Bachelors of Fine Arts in Graphic Design and Master of Fine Arts in New Media and is based in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois. <br>
<br></span><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Heather Ault’s comprehensive 1-hour artist talk reinvents our understanding of birth control, abortion and all things reproductive. </span></div></div></div>
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<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b><u>4. Lunch with Ann Kelleher, Intel Vice President (Thurs. Feb. 7, 11:30am-1pm)</u></b></font></span></div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>When:</b> Thursday, February 7, 11:30am-1pm</font></span></div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Where:</b> Bush Room, 10-105</font></span></div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Register:</b> </font></span><a href="http://signup.mit.edu/IntelLunch2013" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">http://signup.mit.edu/IntelLunch2013</a></span></div>
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<span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Ann Kelleher is Vice President of Intel’s Technology and Manufacturing Group and Fab/Sort Manufacturing General Manager. In this role, Ann manages Intel’s network of factories around the world, including all aspects of production, people, safety and operations.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-size:7pt"><u></u> </span>Ann received her bachelor's degree, master's degree, and Ph.D. in electrical engineering from University College Cork in Ireland. When she received her PhD in Microelectronics in 1993, she was the first woman to do so from the University. Ann’s research into semiconductors during her university years made her a perfect fit for Intel.</span></p>
<p><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-size:7pt"><u></u> </span>Ann is an innovative leader with expertise in operations and factory management. She built a reputation of operational excellence by delivering Intel’s fastest transfer, start-up and ramp of 32nm technology.</span></p>
<p><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Ann receives many honors and awards including Powerbroker Award, Who’s Who in Technology Award, Irish-American Business Award and an appointment by Governor Martinez to the New Mexico State Work Force Development Board.</span></p>
</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Please RSVP as we have limited space for 50 women. The topic will initially be focused on career development (how grad degrees have helped in careers), but we are open to discussion on any topics of interest to graduate women). </span></div>
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</p><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b><u>5. 2013 Sloan Women in Management Conference - Dare to Fail: Taking Risks When it Matters Most (Fri. Feb. 8, 8am-4:30pm)</u></b></span></div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><b>When:</b> Friday, February 8, 8am-4:30pm</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt">
<b>Where:</b> MIT Media Lab</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><b>Register:</b> <a href="http://www.sloanwomeninmanagement.com/conference/register/">http://www.sloanwomeninmanagement.com/conference/register/</a></div>
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<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Attend the MIT Sloan business conference where speakers will talk about knowing when to take risks, how to embrace and bounce back from failure, and what leadership styles to use at different times. Our speaker list features high-risk career paths, such as the military, finance, and entrepreneurship, including: <u></u><u></u></font></p>
<p><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">· <a href="http://www.sloanwomeninmanagement.com/conference/speaker/gen-janet-c-wolfenbarger/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:initial">General Janet C. Wolfenbarger</span></a> , the first female 4 star general of the US Air Force (women currently make up 9.1 percent of the Air Force’s general officer ranks) <u></u><u></u></font></p>
<p><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">· <a href="http://www.sloanwomeninmanagement.com/conference/speaker/sandie-oconnor/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:initial">Sandie O'Connor</span></a>, Treasurer of JP Morgan Chase & Co., and identified one of the top 25 women to watch, by AmericanBanker<u></u><u></u></font></p>
<p><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">· <a href="http://www.sloanwomeninmanagement.com/conference/speaker/maura-oneill/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:initial">Maura O'Neill</span></a>, Chief Innovation Officer at USAID<u></u><u></u></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The event will open at 8am with a networking breakfast, followed by the first keynote at 9am.</font></p></div></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt">
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</u></b></span></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b><u>6. [Lemelson-MIT] Flagship VentureLabs Discussion: Entrepreneurial Fellows Program (Wed. Feb. 13, 6-7:30pm)</u></b></span></div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b>When:</b> Wednesday, February 13, 6-7:30pm</span></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt">
<span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b>Where:</b> 10-105</span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b>RSVP:</b> </span><font color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif"><a href="http://flagshipventurelabsfellows.eventbrite.com/">http://flagshipventurelabsfellows.eventbrite.com/</a></font></div>
<div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Geoffrey von Maltzahn, New Ventures Principal at Flagship Ventures and 2009 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize winner, is coming to MIT to discuss the Flagship VentureLabs Entrepreneurial Fellows Program. Flagship VentureLabs is a unit of Flagship Ventures which invents and launches transformative companies.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">VentureLabs conducts an annual summer Entrepreneurial Fellows Program which provides an opportunity for talented graduating students (MBA, MS, PhD, MD, etc.) to gain hands-on experience in Flagship VentureLabs' unique approach to company conception, innovation and entrepreneuring.Please join us to learn more about this exciting opportunity and network with VentureLabs team members at a reception following the discussion.</span></div>
</div></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b><u><br></u></b></span></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt">
<span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b><u><br></u></b></span></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b><u>7. Making Peace with Food and Body Image Spring 2013 (Fridays 4-5:30pm, begins Feb. 15)</u></b></span></div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b>When:</b> Fridays, 4-5:30pm, begins February 15</span></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt">
<span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b>Where:</b> MIT Medical</span></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b>Contact:</b> <a href="mailto:bars@med.mit.edu">bars@med.mit.edu</a></span></div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">Are eating and body image a source of stress? They don’t have to be.</span><br>
<font color="#222222"><br></font>In this group, we talk about eating concerns and pressures like body dissatisfaction, “free food” on campus, and stress eating. The group provides education, support, and practical strategies to manage food and body stress.<br>
<font color="#222222"><br></font>Led by <a href="http://medweb.mit.edu/directory/staff/profiles/sbarry.html" target="_blank" style="color:blue">Zan Barry</a> and <a href="http://medweb.mit.edu/directory/staff/profiles/albartz.html" target="_blank" style="color:blue">Audra Bartz</a><br>
<font color="#222222"><br></font><span style="border-collapse:separate"><div lang="EN-US"><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt">Want to find out if the group is right for you? Contact Zan at <a href="mailto:bars@med.mit.edu" target="_blank" style="color:blue">bars@med.mit.edu</a></div>
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<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Where:</b> E51-315</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Register:</b> </font><a href="http://alumweb.mit.edu/groups/amita" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">http://alumweb.mit.edu/groups/amita</a></p>
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<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">MIT Students: Free for first 20 to register, then $5</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">MIT Alumni, Faculty, or Staff: $10</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
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<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Distinguished panelists:</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Danielle Lauzon, B.A. ‘97 University of Michigan, J.D. 2000 Villanova </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">University School of Law (magna cum laude, Order of the Coif), is a </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">partner in Goodwin Procter LLP’s Technology companies Group. She </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">represents companies in a wide range of industries, including </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">software, hardware, information technology services, clean technology, </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">and life sciences. She provides advice on all aspects of corporate </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">governance and securities law compliance, including start-up and </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">formation matters. Ms. Lauzon also has experience in merger and </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">acquisition transactions and securities offerings. In addition, she </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">has represented companies as well as venture capital and private </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">equity firms in numerous venture capital financings and </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">recapitalizations.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Wendy Verlander SB, SM II ’89, JD 1994 Columbia Law School (3-year </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Harlan Fiske Stone scholar), is a partner in WilmerHale’s Intellectual </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Property Department. Ms. Verlander has extensive experience in IP </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">litigation, and is also experienced in arbitration, patent </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">procurement, reexamination proceedings, drafting opinions of counsel, </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">technology transfer and licensing and due diligence investigations for </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">corporate transactions. She works with companies at all stages of </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">development and growth, from start-ups to Fortune 50 companies.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Christine Kuta, SM II ’83, J.D. Suffolk University Law School, is an </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">intellectual property lawyer. Her practice includes intellectual </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">property strategy, portfolio development and management, and patent</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">and trademark prosecution. Ms. Kuta counsels clients in a wide variety </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">of technical areas including computer systems and software </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">applications, telephony and computer networks, medical devices,</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">lighting systems, materials and manufacturing processes. Ms. Kuta has </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">been in private practice for over ten years. Prior to entering private </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">practice, Ms. Kuta worked in the computer industry for fifteen years, </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">first as a hardware engineer, then as a software engineer, and later </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">as in-house intellectual property counsel.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Moderator: Marta Gross Sc.B. X ’80, J.D. ‘88 Suffolk University School </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">of Law (Evening Division, cum laude) is a partner in Goodwin Procter </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">LLP ’s Litigation Department and a member of its Patent Litigation </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Practice. For more than 20 years, she has focused her practice on </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">patent matters, including patent litigation, strategic counseling and </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">opinions, and patent-related due diligence. Ms. Gross joined Goodwin </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Procter as a partner in 2003, and upon joining the firm, Ms. Gross </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">organized and developed the strategic patent counseling practice to </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">support Teva, the world’s largest generic pharmaceutical company. She </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">continues to lead this team which provides validity and infringement </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">advice and opinions, as well as strategic counseling to Teva and </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">others in the life sciences. Ms. Gross worked as an engineer for eight </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">years after her graduation from MIT.</span></p>
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</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b><u style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></u></b></font></div><div><b><u style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">9. National Symposium for the Advancement of Women in Science (Feb. 8-9)</u></b></div>
<div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b>When:</b> February 8-9, 2013</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b>Where:</b> Harvard University</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b>Register:</b> <a href="http://nsaws.weebly.com/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">nsaws.weebly.com</a></span></div>
<div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">The Scientista Foundation would like to invite you to a conference at Harvard they are co-hosting with their affiliate, Women in Science at Harvard-Radcliffe (WISHR). It is called the <b>National Symposium for the Advancement of Women in Science, </b>and will feature great speakers--from Nobel Laureates to CEOs<b>. </b>Please spread the word! </span></div>
<div><i style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></i></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Registration is free <a href="http://nsaws.weebly.com/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">http://nsaws.weebly.com/</a>. </span></div>
<div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></span></div><div><b><u style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">10. Sense About Science Ask for Evidence Boot Camp (Feb. 13, 9am-6:30pm; Applications due Feb. 1)</u></b></div>
<div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b>When:</b> February 13, 9am-6:30pm; Applications due Friday, February 1</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b>Where:</b> MIT Museum</span></div>
<div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b>Apply:</b><font face="arial, sans-serif"> Email </font><a href="mailto:jwilson@senseaboutscience.org" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">jwilson@senseaboutscience.org</font></a></span></div>
<div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></span></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Do you think it is important for GOOD SCIENCE and EVIDENCE to be communicated to the public?</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">What can be done to address SCIENTIFIC MISCONCEPTIONS and MISINFORMATION?</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">How can early career researchers make a DIFFERENCE?</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Please join us on Wednesday FEBRUARY 13th 2013 at MIT Museum, Cambridge, MA for a day of workshops followed by a public launch. It will be a chance to hear directly from journalists, media relations staff, journal editors, science communicators and science festival organisers.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">This FREE full day event runs from 9am to 6.30pm and is open to PhD students, post-docs, or equivalent in first job, in science, engineering and medicine.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">TO APPLY: Email Julia (<a href="mailto:jwilson@senseaboutscience.org" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">jwilson@senseaboutscience.org</a>) explaining why you would like to attend.</font></p>
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