Dear GWAMIT Members,<br><br>Join us for sushi making with SWE on Saturday! See details below. If you have any events or announcements to share with the GWAMIT membership, please email us at <a href="mailto:gwamit-sec@mit.edu">gwamit-sec@mit.edu</a>.<br>
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Visit us: <a href="http://gwamit.org">http://gwamit.org</a><br><br><b>========<br> IN BRIEF<br>========<br><br>GWAMIT:</b><br>1. Sushi Making with SWE (Sat. Apr. 20, 6pm)<br>2. Bowling Social with HGWISE (Fri. Apr. 26, RSVP by Fri. Apr. 19)<br>
<br><b>MIT: <br></b>3. [SAAM] April Tabling (Tuesdays in April, 11am-1pm and 4:30-6:30pm)<br>4. Writing Center Workshop (Tuesdays in April and May, 4-4:50pm)<br>5. Tales from the Land of Entrepreneurship (Mon. Apr. 22, 6:30-9pm)<br>
6. Legatum Lecture - Shahnaz Husain: Pioneer and Entrepreneur (Wed. Apr. 24, 5:30-6:30pm)<br>7. [SAAM] Movie Night: “Flirting with Danger” (Wed. Apr. 24, 7-9pm)<br><br><b>Outside MIT:<br></b>8. [HGWISE] Challenges They Faced: Professors talk about getting through grad school (Tues. Apr. 16, 5:15-7:15pm)<br>
9. [HGWISE] Cambridge Coffee Hour with Professor Jennifer Hochschild (Mon. Apr. 22, 4:30-5:30pm)<br>10. Women in Science and Engineering Computer Science Bootcamp (June 24-25, Register now)<br><br>To see more events beyond this week's digest visit <a href="http://bit.ly/gwamitevents">http://bit.ly/gwamitevents</a> and <a href="http://bit.ly/gwamitinterest">http://bit.ly/gwamitinterest</a><br>
<br><b>====================<br>FULL ANNOUNCEMENTS<br>==================== <br><br>**********GWAMIT**********</b><br><br><b><u>1. Sushi Making with SWE (Sat. Apr. 20, 6pm)<br></u>When:</b> Saturday, April 20, 6pm<br><b>Where:</b> McCormick Country Kitchen, MIT Campus<br>
<b>RSVP:</b> <a href="http://bit.ly/SushiMakingRSVP">http://bit.ly/SushiMakingRSVP</a><br><br>Would you like to learn how to make sushi and get to know some of the undergraduate members of Society of Women Engineers (SWE) in the process? Then join us for Sushi Making with SWE on Saturday, April 20, in the McCormick Hall (W4) Country Kitchen. RSVP now to secure your spot!<br>
<br><br><b><u>2. Bowling Social with HGWISE (Fri. Apr. 26, RSVP by Fri. Apr. 19)<br></u>When:</b> Friday, April 26, 5:30-7pm<br><b>Where:</b> Meet at the Outbound Kendall T Station, 5pm<br><b>RSVP:</b> <a href="http://bit.ly/BowlingSocial">http://bit.ly/BowlingSocial</a><br>
<br>Want to relax and meet graduate women from Harvard and MIT? Join us for free candlepin bowling at Sacco’s with HGWISE! No bowling expertise is needed, and all grad students and post-docs are welcome. SEATS ARE LIMITED, so please let us know if you plan to come! (RSVP by Apr. 19).<br>
<br><br><b>**********MIT**********<br></b><br><b><u>3. [SAAM] April Tabling (Tuesdays 11am-1pm and 4:30-6:30pm)<br></u>When:</b> Tuesdays in April, 11am-1pm and 4:30-6:30pm<br><b>Where:</b> Lobby 10 (11am-1pm), Z Center Johnson Lobby (4:30-6:30pm)<br>
<b>Info:</b> <a href="http://whiteelephant.scripts.mit.edu/saam/tabling/">http://whiteelephant.scripts.mit.edu/saam/tabling/</a><br><br>April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Stop by the SAAM table in Lobby 10 for information, materials and friendly faces every Tuesday between 11am – 1pm or the Johnson Lobby of the Z Center from 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm, every Tuesday in April.<br>
<br>Drop by one of our tables to pick up information, talk to committee representatives, see the Clothesline Project, pick up a Sexual Assault Awareness Month event schedule, get a t-shirt, or send a friend a White Ribbon.<br>
<br><br><b><u>4. Writing Center Workshop (Tuesdays in April and May, 4-4:50pm)<br></u>When:</b> Tuesday, April 9, 23, and 30; May 7, 14, and 21<br><b>Where:</b> 12-134<br><b>Register:</b> <a href="http://bit.ly/WritingCenterWorkshop">http://bit.ly/WritingCenterWorkshop</a><br>
<br>Writing your proposal? Planning your dissertation? Completing your dissertation? You don't need to go it alone! This writers' group will help you manage your time and stress as you write your proposal, plan and outline your dissertation, and complete it and journal articles. The group will discuss ways to work more effectively, prioritize, and use resources available at MIT. Check in on weekly goals, hear others' experiences, and decompress.<br>
<br>Cookies, tea, and hot water provided; Keurig coffee available for $.50. Bring your mug and favorite tea if you wish. Sponsored by the MIT Writing and Communication Center.<br><br><b><br><u>5. [AMITA] Tales from the Land of Entrepreneurship (Mon. Apr. 22, 6:30-9pm)<br>
</u>When:</b> Monday, April 22, 6:30-9pm<br><b>Where:</b> E51-335<br><b>Register:</b> <a href="http://bit.ly/AmitaEntrepreneurship">http://bit.ly/AmitaEntrepreneurship</a><br><br>AMITA will be hosting a panel discussion on April 22, 6:30pm - 9:00pm at MIT in E51-335. The speakers will be women entrepreneurs from the MIT community who have taken a company public, have helped found a company with annual revenue of at least $500,000, or who have achieved a comparable level of success. <br>
<br>We'll hear their stories about the routes they took to achieve their goals and what they learned along the way. More details about our panelists are available here: <a href="http://bit.ly/AmitaEntrepreneurInfo">http://bit.ly/AmitaEntrepreneurInfo</a>. This event is sponsored by Goodwin Procter LLP.<br>
<br><br><b><u>6. Legatum Lecture - Shahnaz Husain: Pioneer and Entrepreneur (Wed. Apr. 24, 5:30-6:30pm)<br></u>When:</b> Wednesday, April 24, 5:30-6:30pm<br><b>Where:</b> E62-223<br><b>Info:</b> <a href="http://legatum.mit.edu/content/1281">http://legatum.mit.edu/content/1281</a><br>
<br>Shahnaz Husain's revolutionary business model and marketing approach is well-known throughout Asia. On April 24th, Shahnaz Husain will be at MIT to share the experiences and views of a female entrepreneur who has seen the growth of entrepreneurship in India, the increased role of female entrepreneurs, and the changing opportunities for people living at the bottom of the pyramid. <br>
<br>While creating commercial success, Ms. Husain faced and overcame obstacles commonly encountered by female entrepreneurs working in low-income countries - experiences that provide her with a wealth of advice for female entrepreneurs. And in creating her business model, Ms. Husain offered employment opportunities to thousands of women who, for the first time, experienced the benefits of earning a wage. The empowerment of these women demonstrates the broad-based and positive impact of innovative entrepreneurship.<br>
<br><br><b><u>7. [SAAM] Movie Night: “Flirting with Danger” (Wed. Apr. 24, 7-9pm)<br></u>When:</b> Wednesday, April 24, 7-9pm<br><b>Where:</b> 3-133<br><b>Info:</b> <a href="http://whiteelephant.scripts.mit.edu/saam/big-movie-night/">http://whiteelephant.scripts.mit.edu/saam/big-movie-night/</a><br>
<br>Social and developmental psychologist and author Lynn Phillips explores the line between consent and coercion in this thought-provoking look at popular culture and the ways real girls and women navigate their heterosexual relationships and hookups. <br>
<br>Featuring dramatizations of interviews that Phillips conducted with hundreds of young women, the film examines how the wider culture’s frequently contradictory messages about pleasure, danger, agency, and victimization enter into women’s most intimate relationships with men. The result is a refreshingly candid, and nuanced, look at how young women are forced to grapple with deeply ambivalent cultural attitudes about female sexuality.<br>
<br><br><b>**********Outside MIT**********<br></b><br><b><u>8. [HGWISE] Challenges They Faced: Professors talk about getting through grad school (Tues. Apr. 16, 5:15-7:15pm)<br></u>When:</b> Tuesday, April 16, 5:15-7:15pm<br>
<b>Where:</b> Dudley House Common Room, Harvard University, Cambridge<br><br>Graduate school comes with a difficult array of setbacks and hurdles: issues with your advisor, getting scooped, applying for funding. This event brings together current graduate students with professors who faced similar challenges, but got through them and thrived. <br>
<br>We’ll start with a short panel introducing our panelists and discussing some of the problems they encountered in graduate school and the lessons they learned. Over dinner, we will break into small groups led by our panelists, who are all happy to share their experiences with you. <br>
<br><br><b><u>9. [HGWISE] Cambridge Coffee Hour with Professor Jennifer Hochschild (Mon. Apr. 22, 4:30-5:30pm)<br></u>When:</b> Monday, April 22, 4:30-5:30pm<br><b>Where:</b> CGIS-South Room 354, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge<br>
<b>RSVP:</b> <a href="http://bit.ly/Hochschild">http://bit.ly/Hochschild</a><br><br>Please join us for a Coffee Hour with Jennifer Hochschild, Professor of Government at Harvard University, Professor of African and African American Studies, and Harvard College Professor. Hochschild currently conducts research on the politics and ideology of genomic science, immigrant political incorporation, and citizens’ use of factual information in political decision-making. She has also served as a consultant or expert witness in several school desegregation cases, most importantly Yonkers Board of Education v. New York State. <br>
<br>At the Coffee Hour, Professor Hochschild will discuss her career pathway, career choices, issues specific to being a woman in social science, work/life balance, or anything else you want to ask. RSVP appreciated (but not required). Coffee and pastries will be served.<br>
<br><br><b><u>10. Women in Science and Engineering Computer Science Bootcamp (June 24-25, Register now)<br></u>When:</b> Monday, June 24 – Tuesday, June 25<br><b>Where: </b>Microsoft Research, 1 Cambridge Center, Cambridge<br>
<b>Register:</b> <a href="http://software-carpentry.org/bootcamps/2013-06-wise.html">http://software-carpentry.org/bootcamps/2013-06-wise.html</a><br><br>Our goal is to help scientists and engineers become more productive by teaching them basic computing skills like program design, version control, testing, and task automation. In this two-day boot camp, short tutorials will alternate with hands-on practical exercises. Participants will be encouraged both to help one another, and to apply what they have learned to their own research problems during and between sessions. There will be online follow up sessions for 6 to 8 weeks extending the material from the boot camp.<br>
<br>This boot camp is open to female graduate students, post-docs, faculty members, staff scientists, or their equivalent in science, engineering, medicine, or a related field in academia, industry, or the public and non-profit sectors. Participants should have some prior experience with basic programming.<br>
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