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<span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial; font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Dear GWAMIT Members,</span>
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<div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Interesting fact: today is the Italian National Day and all Italians commemorate the referendum that in 1946 led to the institution of the Italian Republic.<br>
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<div>This week, don't miss the Grad Alumni poster session on June 7th! Please, find more information about these and other upcoming events below.</div>
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<div>If you have any events or announcements to share with the GWAMIT membership, please email us at <a href="mailto:gwamit-sec@mit.edu" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">gwamit-sec@mit.edu</a>.<br>
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<b>The GWAMIT Board</b><br>
<b>Send your ideas to:</b> <a href="mailto:gwamit-exec@mit.edu" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">gwamit-exec@mit.edu</a><br>
<b>Send your announcements to:</b> <a href="mailto:gwamit-sec@mit.edu" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">gwamit-sec@mit.edu</a><br>
<b>Visit us: </b><a href="http://gwamit.org/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">http://gwamit.org</a><br>
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<b>MIT:</b></div>
1. MIT Spouses&Partners: Volunteer for Orientation and Fall Events<br>
2. Grad-Alumni poster session (June 7th , 4:30pm)</div>
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<div><b>Outside MIT:</b></div>
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<div>3. Scientista: a Celebration of Women in Science (April-September)<br>
4. Volunteer Opportunity: Big Sisters</div>
5. Jimmy Fund Scooper Bowl (June 3rd-5th)
<div>6. [GWIS] National Conference: Building Bridges: Practicing Science in the Modern Era (June 26th-29th)<br>
<div>7. DESERT LIFE: Field Studies of Art+Nature in the Southwest (August 9th-16th)<br>
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<div><b><font color="#660000">1. MIT Spouses&Partners: Volunteer for Orientation and Fall Events</font></b><br>
<b>Info:</b> <a href="mailto:heeeun.kim@gmail.com" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">heeeun.kim@gmail.com</a> and <a href="mailto:poppy.jindal@gmail.com" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">poppy.jindal@gmail.com</a><br>
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Can you believe we are already thinking about Orientation? The Orientation Committee has begun to plan events for the end of August and the beginning of September, and I am thinking about Wednesday meeting topics for the fall. If you want to help us make new
spouses feel welcome at MIT, join us and learn more! We are looking for volunteers to plan and lead our Orientation events, as well as volunteers to host our weekly Wednesday meetings in the fall. Contact our <a href="http://heeeun.kim at gmail.com" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Orientation
Chairs Nari</a> and <a href="http://poppy.jindal at gmail.com" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Mansi</a> to get involved.
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<div><b><font color="#660000">2. Grad-Alumni poster session</font></b><br>
<b>When:</b> Saturday, June 7th, 4:30pm</div>
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Dear Graduate Students,<br>
Don’t miss the grad-alumni poster session on Saturday, June 7th at 4:30pm. This is a wonderful occasion to meet successful graduate alumni, learn about their experiences after MIT, and share your research with them.</div>
<div>Free appetizers and open bar will be provided for all the presenters and attendees.</div>
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<div><font color="#660000"><b>3. Scientista: a Celebration of Women in Science</b></font></div>
<div><b>When:</b> ongoing April-September</div>
<div><b>Where:</b> <a href="http://bit.ly/1igJJ3k" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">http://bit.ly/1igJJ3k</a></div>
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<div>To celebrate the accomplishments of women in science and to inspire other women to follow in their footstep, the Scientista Foundation has partnered with Mettler Toledo and LabX Media to conduct a series of six interviews with influential North American
scientists to highlight their achievements and contributions, and to ask them what advice they have for the next generation of scientific pioneers. The interviews are hosted by "I F★cking Love Science" founder Elise Andrew, and will air the second week of
every month from April through September. </div>
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<div><b><font color="#660000">4. Volunteer Opportunity: Big Sisters</font></b><br>
<b>More info:</b> <a href="http://www.bigsister.org/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"> http://www.bigsister.<wbr>org/</a><br>
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Big Sister is looking for awesome women mentors for our Little Sisters. Mentors must be at least 20 years old and able to make our minimum one-year commitment, which entails meeting with their Little Sisters once/week 3-4 hours each for the first three months
and at least twice a month after that. (Once matches reach a year together, they can decide how frequently they see each other.) A Big Sister's role is to be an adult friend (not a tutor, baby-sitter, parent figure, etc) to her Little Sister and to decide
on many different fun activities to do with her. Visits are 1 to 1.<br>
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In order for a Big Sister to become ready to be matched, she must clink this link to apply: <a href="http://www.bigsister.org/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">http://www.bigsister.<wbr>org/</a>. Here is what the enrollment process looks like:
once she has a pre-screening with recruitment and they think she might be a good fit, she is scheduled for an interview. Additionally, she must provide four references, and we run a background check on her. Then, she attends volunteer training. If all her
materials come back looking good and she feels able to make that commitment, then she is ready to be matched!</div>
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<div><b><font color="#660000">5. Jimmy Fund Scooper Bowl</font></b><br>
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<b>When: </b>June 3rd-5th<br>
<b>Where: </b>Boston City Hall Plaza<br>
<b>Info: </b><a href="http://bit.ly/1wQkFXR" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">http://bit.ly/1wQkFXR</a><br>
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Join us at the largest all-you-can-eat ice cream festival, serving up ice cream, frozen yogurt, and sorbet from the nation's leading ice cream companies. This annual festival is held at Boston City Hall Plaza and is a fundraiser for the Jimmy Fund, which raises
funds for adult and pediatric cancer care and research to improve the chances of survival for cancer patients around the world. Learn more at <a href="http://bit.ly/1wQkFXR" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">http://bit.ly/1wQkFXR</a><br>
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Tickets are $10, $5 for ages 3-9, and kids under 3 are free.</div>
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<div><b><font color="#660000">6. [GWIS] National Conference: Building Bridges: Practicing Science in the Modern Era</font></b><br>
<b>When:</b> June 26th-29th<br>
<b>Where:</b> University of Minnesota, Southeast
Minneapolis<br>
<b>Registration:</b> <a href="http://bit.ly/1ny44Vm" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">http://bit.ly/<wbr>1ny44Vm</a><br>
<b>Info:</b> <a href="mailto:gwised@mac.com" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">gwised@mac.com</a><br>
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The Xi Chapter is hosting the Annual Conference. the Keynote speaker will be Dr. Jorge Cham, the cartoonist of Piled Higher and Deeper (PhD), a popular newspaper and web comic strip and he will speak on the science gap. <br>
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The conference will be exploring various areas of 'soft skills' that are needed to become a great scientist, such as communication to the public and exploring new ways to teach biology, science in a political arena.<br>
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<b><font color="#660000">7. DESERT LIFE: Field Studies of Art+Nature in the Southwest</font></b></div>
<div><b>When:</b> August 9th-16th</div>
<div><b>Deadline: </b>July 21st </div>
<div>I<b>nfo and registration:</b> <a href="http://www.artbiocollaborative.com/desert-life" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">http://www.<wbr>artbiocollaborative.com/<wbr>desert-life</a><br>
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Discover the unique beauty of the desert in this one-of-a-kind artistic journey through white sand dunes, black lava rock, underground caverns, and mountain and landscapes of West Texas and New Mexico.<br>
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