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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Join GW@MIT’s planning committee for the Fall Empowerment Conference<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Boston Women’s Film Festival with GW@MIT (Sept. 28<sup>th</sup>)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Save the date! Lam Research Networking Breakfast with GW@MIT (Oct. 11<sup>th</sup>)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Join the NE GWiSE Board (now!)<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">MAS.S76 Black Mobility and Safety in the US<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">MIT SWE 40<sup>th</sup> Anniversary Celebration (Sept. 19<sup>th</sup>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif"> “Can She Do It?” exhibit at the Massachusetts Historical Society (until Sept. 21<sup>st</sup>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Join the MIT PKG Center for Community Conversations: Tech for Social Good (Sept. 24<sup>th</sup>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Finding Inclusive Work Environments Panel (Sept. 25<sup>th</sup>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Module Now Open (until Sept. 27<sup>th</sup>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">SWE Tech Talk with United Technologies Research Center (Sept. 26<sup>th</sup>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Women’s League Open House (Sept. 26<sup>th</sup>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">AAUW Start Smart Negotiation Workshop (Sept. 30<sup>th</sup>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">WISE Summit at Northeastern University (Oct. 5<sup>th</sup>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Apply for a funded public service fellowship with the MIT PKG center (deadline Oct. 16<sup>th</sup>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Fund It Forward Student Video Challenge (until Oct. 21<sup>st</sup>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Graduate Student Life Grants (until Oct. 21<sup>st</sup>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Cyclotron Road Activate Fellowship (applications open Oct. 1<sup>st</sup> – 31<sup>st</sup>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">MIT Women’s League Breakfast Series with Vivienne Sze (Oct. 23<sup>rd</sup>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:teal">Did you know…?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">“Crazy Rich Asians” female writer, Adele Lim, refused an offer to work on the movie’s sequel due to significant pay disparity with her
male counterpart. The first “Crazy Rich Asians” movie </span><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/04/26/an-all-asian-cast-and-no-martial-arts-why-the-crazy-rich-asians-movie-matters/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#009999">received
a lot of support</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif"> for having an all-Asian cast when it first came out and Lim was praised for ensuring the film’s authenticity. You can read more about her stand against
the pay inequity </span><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2019/09/04/crazy-rich-asians-writer-says-she-is-leaving-because-pay-disparity-with-white-male-co-writer/?noredirect=on"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#009999">here</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#009999">
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">and
</span><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/crazy-rich-asians-writer-leaves-sequel-says-due-to-pay-disparity-2019-9"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#009999">here</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><img border="0" width="784" height="73" id="Picture_x0020_39" src="cid:image007.png@01D56D67.91B1DEF0"></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></b></span><![endif]><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:teal">Join GW@MIT’s planning committee for the Fall Empowerment Conference<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#212121;background:white">We are currently accepting
</span><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSclYREMaQhOGHZy8XWPtQc_IbsdFAsu8Fx2lXj-nI9h0uG_HQ/viewform"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#009999;background:white">sign ups</span></a><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#212121;background:white">
to help plan our annual Empowerment Conference, to be held during Fall semester 2019:
</span><span style="color:#212121;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:150%"><span style="line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">*Co-Chairs: Conference Co-Chairs lead the committee members, set the conference theme, and oversee all general planning of the conference.</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#212121"><br>
<span style="background:white">* Event Leads: Each conference has 4-5 Event Leads who each spearhead a single event (either an invited speaker, a panel, a workshop, etc.).
</span><br>
<span style="background:white">*Committee Members: attend regular meetings, contribute to theme brainstorming, logistics, publicity, and volunteer during events.
<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#212121;background:white">*Please note that the conference will be scheduled during the week of October 28--November 1<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#212121;background:white">Please contact the GWAMIT Executive Board at
</span><a href="mailto:gwamit-exec@mit.edu"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#009999;background:white">gwamit-exec@mit.edu</span></a><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#212121;background:white"> if you have any questions. We also encourage
you to read more about previous conferences and events on our website: </span><a href="https://gsc.mit.edu/gwamit/"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#009999">https://gsc.mit.edu/gwamit/</span></a><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">.
<span style="color:#212121;background:white">We look forward to working with you!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#212121;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></b><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:teal">Boston Women’s Film Festival with GW@MIT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">When:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Saturday, Sept. 28<sup>th</sup>, 12:30-3:30PM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Where:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">meet at Kendall T-stop at 12:30PM (movie from 1:00-2:45PM)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Sign-up:
</span></b><a href="http://signup.mit.edu/829838720"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#009999">here</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">, limited to 10 people,
so sign-up soon!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<img border="0" width="773" height="138" id="Picture_x0020_38" src="cid:image008.jpg@01D56D67.91B1DEF0"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:teal"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#009999">Movie tickets sponsored by GW@MIT!</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#009999"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">We will watch the movie ‘Blowin’ Up’ by director Stephanie Wang-Breal.
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">The movie zooms in on an experimental court in Queens that focuses on advocating for, rather than bringing to trial, women brought in on prostitution- and human trafficking-related
charges, encouraging them to exit “the life.” The movie will be followed by a panel discussion! Join us for an empowering movie and post-movie discussion!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">You can find the description and trailer of the movie
</span><a href="https://www.bostonwomensfest.org/2019-film-festival/2019/9/28/blowin-up"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#009999">here</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:teal"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
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</span></span></b><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:teal">Save the date! Lam Research Networking Breakfast with GW@MIT</span></b><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:teal"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst" style="line-height:150%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Where:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif"> 12-0168<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height:150%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">When:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif"> Oct 11<sup>th</sup>, 10-11 am<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Keep an eye on this space for more information!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><img border="0" width="492" height="167" id="Picture_x0020_37" src="cid:image009.png@01D56D67.91B1DEF0" alt="See the source image"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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</span></span></b><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:teal">Join the NE GWiSE Board!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="line-height:150%;background:white"><strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#222222;background:white">Application: </span></strong><a href="https://forms.gle/jMsREWRuDznjjHkj6"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#009999">https://forms.gle/jMsREWRuDznjjHkj6</span></a><strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#222222;background:white"> </span></strong><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#222222"><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;background:white">When: Now!</span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;background:white">Website: </span></strong></span></b><a href="http://www.negwise.wordpress.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#009999;background:white">www.negwise.wordpress.com</span></a><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#009999"><br>
</span><strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#222222;background:white">Contact: </span></strong><a href="mailto:mbird@mit.edu" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#009999;background:white">mbird@mit.edu</span></a><strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#009999;background:white"> </span></strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:150%;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#222222;background:white">Interested in getting involved in a group of graduate women (who span 8 universities!) that advocates for improvements for grad women, networks
across schools, and helps schools form GW@MIT-equivalent groups? </span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#222222"><br>
<span style="background:white">Join New England Graduate Women in Science and Engineering (NE GWiSE)! Our main events are an annual summer retreat focused on discussing the progress of the group and professional development and an advocacy event, "Spring to
Action," focused on a specific topic (2018: Sexual Harassment, 2019: Mentorship, 2020: Diversity, Inclusion, & Intersectionality).
<strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Co-Chair (1), Media Director, Secretary, and Professional Development Chair positions are open. </span></strong>Womxn from underrepresented backgrounds are especially encouraged to apply.</span><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;background:white">Fill out our interest form above or contact </span></strong></span><a href="mailto:mbird@mit.edu" target="_blank"><strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#009999;background:white;text-decoration:none">mbird@mit.edu</span></strong></a><strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#222222;background:white"> if
you're interested! We're recruiting for the next board now! </span></strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><img border="0" width="784" height="70" id="Picture_x0020_36" src="cid:image010.png@01D56D67.91B1DEF0"></span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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</span></span></b><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:teal">MAS.S76 Black Mobility and Safety in the U.S.
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:teal"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:150%"><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">When:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"> Thursdays 1–4 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">This Fall semester the Poetic Justice group at MIT Media Lab will be offering a special topics course on Black Mobility and
Safety in the U.S. on Thursdays 3–5 pm in E15-341. </span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">In this two-part seminar and workshop, we’ll be exploring the various modes of being Black (physically, mentally, socio-economically,
politically, etc), doing anything while Black (e.g. ‘driving while Black’) and racism through a series of words, images and sounds: readings (articles, books), screenings (films), listenings (songs, poetry readings), viewings (artworks, exhibitions, locally
in-person and/or online), guest lectures, and discussions. Through workshops, students will develop multimedia from our discussions for print-on-demand zine using Are.na and custom plugins to automate page layouts. No art, design or technology skills needed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Although this is a two-part course, the first part isn't required. This Fall, in part one, we'll explore Birthing while Black,
Breathing while Black, Sleeping while Black, Walking while Black, Learning while Black. Then next Spring in part two we'll continue to Driving while Black, Voting while Black, Loving while Black, Dying while Black.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">If you're interested in taking this course, please sign up:
</span><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1fZL3ETZvSfuWtnuHlHAba1MeZm3BQThAcIHdlE3_WUc/prefill" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#009999">here</span></a><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">. Please share
with anyone else who may be interested. In the meantime, you can see the work-in-progress syllabus
</span><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/14fhTZY3rCjD2ACxT2q3OyKPOBbc3S82cVq_nlQkY2DA/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#009999">here</span></a><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">.
We held an informational session on Sept. 5 but students who did not attend can still register.</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></b><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:teal">MIT SWE 40<sup>th</sup> Anniversary Celebration<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">When:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black"> Thursday, Sept. 19<sup>th</sup>, 7-9PM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Where:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black"> E15, Lower Atrium<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">RSVP:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">
</span><a href="https://tinyurl.com/swestudent40"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#009999">here</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#009999">
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">by September 18<sup>th</sup><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">This year, in honor of our <span class="gmail-m-5877441917533911834gmail-m-277480609874892064gmail-il">40th</span> <span class="gmail-m-5877441917533911834gmail-m-277480609874892064gmail-il">Anniversary</span>,
MIT SWE will be holding a celebration for SWE students, alumni and our sponsors on September 19, 2019 from 7-9 pm at </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">E15 Weisner Building (20 Ames Street, Cambridge,
MA 02139), Lower Atrium. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Enjoy an evening of networking with our </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KOtB3Bl9UxfyjCtWFFhWTsg7uAIG-rb2kHl8DCMbuGM/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#009999">sponsors</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black"> and
go down memory lane in our MIT SWEStory Corner.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#1D2129">Please
</span><a href="https://tinyurl.com/swestudent40?fbclid=IwAR2QBfiSDiqQhkpGM0-h5b9I_m79-MsYq4IlH6brem4Ik5zUCjPI7QhjavI"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#009999">RSVP</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#1D2129">
by September 18 to attend. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#1D2129">Undergraduate and graduate students welcome!
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#1D2129">Attire: Business/ Business Casual.
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#1D2129">Hors d'oeuvres will be served.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Questions? Contact </span><a href="mailto:swe-exec@mit.edu" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#009999">swe-exec@mit.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<img border="0" width="269" height="136" id="_x0000_i1035" src="cid:image011.png@01D56D67.91B1DEF0"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:teal"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">7.
</span></span></b><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:teal">“Can She Do It?” Exhibit at the Massachusetts Historical Society<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><img border="0" width="780" height="390" id="Picture_x0020_34" src="cid:image012.jpg@01D56D67.91B1DEF0" alt="Can She Do It? cartoon"></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst" style="line-height:150%;vertical-align:baseline"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Colorful political cartoons, engaging campaign materials,
and visual propaganda illustrate the passion of those who argued for and against women’s suffrage.</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height:150%;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Commemorating 100 years since Massachusetts ratified the 19th Amendment, this exhibition at the Massachusetts
Historical Society (MHS) explores the activism and debate around women’s suffrage in Massachusetts. Featuring dynamic imagery from the collection of the MHS, <i><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">“Can She Do It?” Massachusetts Debates a
Woman’s Right to Vote</span></i> illustrates the passion on each side of the suffrage question. The exhibition is open at the MHS April 26 through September 21, 2019, Monday through Saturday, from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Learn more
</span><a href="https://www.thebostoncalendar.com/events/can-she-do-it-massachusetts-debates-a-woman-s-right-to-vote"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#009999">here</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpLast" style="line-height:150%;vertical-align:baseline"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:teal"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:teal"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">8.
</span></span></b><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:teal">Join the MIT PKG Center for Community Conversations: Tech for Social Good<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#009999;background:white">Register through
</span></strong><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pkg-community-conversations-tech-for-social-good-tickets-65828345353" target="_blank"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#009999;background:white">Eventbrite</span></strong></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#009999;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black;background:white">When:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black;background:white">
Tuesday, September 24th, 6:00-8:00pm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black;background:white">Where:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black;background:white">
MIT Stata Center, 32 Vassar Street, R&D Commons (4th Floor)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;background:white">Meet local organizations exploring the ways that computational tech (Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Data Science, Virtual Reality, etc) can be used for
the social good and restricting tech’s potential for contributing to inequality and injustice.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;background:white">Connect with MIT students, staff, and faculty who are interested in getting involved.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;background:white">Network for internships, jobs, and research opportunities.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black;background:white">Join us for good food and conversation in good company!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:teal"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:teal"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">9.
</span></span></b><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:teal">Finding Inclusive Work Environments Panel<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">When:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Sept. 25<sup>th</sup>, 6-7:30<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Where:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">4-231<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">RSVP:
</span></b><a href="https://app.joinhandshake.com/events/334940/share_preview" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#009999">here</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
(food will be provided)<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<i>Evaluating a Company’s Commitment to Equity during the Job Search</i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="color:#212121;background:white">Choosing the right opportunity is a big decision and
<strong>evaluating </strong>an<b> <strong>organization’s </strong></b>commitment to
<strong>creating an inclusive culture</strong> is valuable. CAPD is collaborating with the MIT’s ICEO to offer a panel discussion helping MIT students to understand how they can determine whether a potential
<strong>employer engages in inclusive workplace practices</strong><b>.</b> Attendees will hear from MIT Alumni as well as ICEO Special Advisor, Alyce Johnson to learn how to explore an
<strong>organization’s</strong><b> </b>commitment to diversity, <strong>equity</strong><b>
</b>and inclusion during the job search and interview process.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>Tarikh Campbell</b> – Workplace Inclusion Program Manager, Microsoft NERD<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="m-7263706636750808546m1174391602239746068msonospacing" style="line-height:150%">
<i>MIT Alum, SB Chemical-Biological Engineering</i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>Danielle DeLatte, PhD </b>– Senior Member of the Technical Staff, Draper Lab<o:p></o:p></p>
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<i>MIT Alum, SB Aerospace Engineering with Information Technology <o:p></o:p></i></p>
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<b>Alyce Johnson</b> – Special Advisor in the Provost Office<o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Questions? Contact Tavi Sookhoo, CAPD Career Development Specialist (</span><a href="mailto:tsookhoo@mit.edu" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#009999">tsookhoo@mit.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:teal"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:teal"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">10.
</span></span></b><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:teal">Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Module Now Open!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#222222">The Office of the Vice Chancellor has partnered with the Division of Student Life to offer a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
online module for graduate students. The effort stems from the </span><a href="https://mit.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=88f983a0e3c2a43fb2a2eabd0&id=301e37d8fb&e=4aaa2578c0" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#009999">Black
Students’ Union (BSU)</span></a><a href="https://mit.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=88f983a0e3c2a43fb2a2eabd0&id=d731dde014&e=4aaa2578c0"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#009999"> and Black Graduate Student
Association (BGSA) recommendations</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#222222"> for a more inclusive MIT. <br>
While the module is </span><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#222222">not required</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#222222"> for continuing
graduate students, we strongly encourage you to take it. The aim is to provide a shared understanding of terms and common issues, to teach you to identify unconscious bias, and to highlight helpful campus resources, affiliated offices, and programs.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#222222">Access to the course is now open via the </span><a href="https://mit.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=88f983a0e3c2a43fb2a2eabd0&id=466b4b349b&e=4aaa2578c0"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#009999">MIT
ATLAS Learning Center</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#222222"> using your Kerberos ID. The course will remain open through </span><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#222222">Friday,
September 27</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#222222">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#222222">Thank you for your active help in welcoming all to our healthy community!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:teal"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">11.
</span></span></b><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:teal">SWE Tech Talk with United Technologies Research Center<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">When:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black"> Thursday, Sept. 26<sup>th</sup>, 12PM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Where:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black"> 2-143<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">RSVP:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">
</span><a href="https://forms.gle/sZYLEBrDcgJNPcu78"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#009999">here</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:150%;background:white">
<span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">SWE will present an overview of
<strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">UTRC’s Autonomous and Intelligent Systems Department
</span></strong>research in the areas of <b>Autonomy, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Computer Vision</b> with applications in aerospace. We will also discuss employment and internship opportunities at PhD and MS levels in our locations
in East Hartford CT, Berkeley CA, and Cork Ireland. UTRC employees conduct advanced research supporting our aerospace business
</span><span style="color:black"></span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">units Pratt & Whitney (gas turbine engines) and Collins Aerospace (aerospace subsystems) in the areas of commercial aviation autonomy, unmanned systems, as well as
product manufacturing and service. There will be </span><span style="color:#7232AD"></span><strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#009999">lunch provided!!!</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#009999"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Questions? Contact </span><a href="mailto:joceshen@mit.edu"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#009999">joceshen@mit.edu</span></a><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:150%;background:white">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><img border="0" width="358" height="211" id="_x0000_i1033" src="cid:image013.png@01D56D67.91B1DEF0"></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#009999"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:teal"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">12.
</span></span></b><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:teal">Women’s League Open House<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">When:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Thursday, Sept. 26<sup>th</sup>, 11:30AM-1PM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Where:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black"> 10-340 (Emma Rogers Room)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Register:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">
</span><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/womens-league-open-house-2019-tickets-66187441419"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#009999">here</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#333333;background:white">Join us this fall as we kick off the semester with the </span><a href="https://wl.mit.edu/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#009999;background:white">Women’s
League </span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#333333;background:white">Open House! A social event designed to bring together new members of the MIT community with Women’s League members and friends. This
is a chance to get to know the League, find out about the programs, activities and volunteer opportunities we offer, and connect with friends. Longing for Book Discussion? Nifty with knitting and looking for a crafting group? Interested in lectures and tours?
Looking for a way to give back? This is the place to come and learn all about what we have to offer.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<img border="0" width="780" height="557" id="_x0000_i1032" src="cid:image014.jpg@01D56D67.91B1DEF0"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#333333;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:teal"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">13.
</span></span></b><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:teal">AAUW Start Smart Negotiation Workshop<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">When:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black"> Monday Sept. 30<sup>th</sup>, 12:30-2PM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Where:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black"> 4-261<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Register:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">on
</span><a href="https://app.joinhandshake.com/login"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#009999">Handshake</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#009999"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#333333">Don't leave money on the table! Attend an AAUW Start Smart Workshop to learn:<br>
• About the wage gap, including its long-term consequences on your career<br>
• How to identify and articulate your personal value<br>
• How to develop an arsenal of persuasive responses and other negotiation strategies<br>
• How to conduct objective market research to benchmark a target salary and benefits<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#333333">This CAPD event is open to MIT undergraduates, graduate students, postdocs, and alumni. Registration requested via </span><a href="https://app.joinhandshake.com/events/345761"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#009999">Careerbridge</span></a><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#333333"> (powered
by Handshake).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:teal"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">14.
</span></span></b><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:teal">WISE Summit at Northeastern University<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:150%"><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">When:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black"> Saturday, Oct. 5<sup>th</sup>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:150%"><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Where:
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Northeastern University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:150%"><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Register:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">
</span><a href="https://www.northeastern.edu/wise/wise-summit-2/"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#009999">here</span></a><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:150%"><a href="https://www.northeastern.edu/wise/"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#009999">The Women’s Interdisciplinary Society of Entrepreneurship (WISE)</span></a><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">
will be hosting their first ever summit! The theme is “Stronger Together,” as this event will bring together young women across the Boston community to explore entrepreneurship through an interdisciplinary lens. In addition to lightning talks and keynotes,
the Summit will feature a series of workshops taught by industry leaders so attendees can explore a new skill.</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">For more information please contact
</span><a href="mailto:northeasternwise@gmail.com"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#009999">northeasternwise@gmail.com</span></a><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<img border="0" width="155" height="159" id="Picture_x0020_30" src="cid:image016.png@01D56D67.91B1DEF0" alt="https://www.northeastern.edu/wise/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/wise.png"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:teal"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:teal"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:teal"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">15.
</span></span></b><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:teal">Apply for a funded public service fellowship with the MIT PKG Center<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Application Deadline: Wednesday, October 16th at noon</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">The Fellowships program supports MIT students (both undergrad and grad) working on capacity-building service projects. Students
work with community-focused organizations, including non-profits and social enterprises. These can include a student's own social enterprise.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">What can you do? Follow your passion and benefit a community in need! You can intern with a community-focused organization,
create or continue your own project, or find project ideas through our website.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">We welcome a wide range of service projects and support work in the U.S. and abroad.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Find out more details
</span><a href="https://studentlife.mit.edu/pkgcenter/fellowships"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#009999">here</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Come to a drop-in session to get feedback on your application:</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black"> </span><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Fridays
11:30-1:00</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black"> (W20-549) Can't make these times? Email Ariana (</span><a href="mailto:aricarte@mit.edu"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#009999">aricarte@mit.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">).
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Questions? Contact Alison (</span><a href="mailto:hynd@mit.edu"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#009999">hynd@mit.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">)
or Ariana (</span><a href="mailto:aricarte@mit.edu"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#009999">aricarte@mit.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:teal"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:teal"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">16.
</span></span></b><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:teal">Fund It Forward Student Video Challenge<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">The </span><a href="https://www.sciencecoalition.org/student-video-challenge/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#009999">Fund
It Forward Student Video Challenge</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif"> is open now until Oct. 21!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Cash prizes ($500-$1000) will be awarded to the top three graduate and undergraduate student winners, with an additional people’s choice
award for the finalists. (MIT is a member of The Science Coalition.) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Enter today! More details can be found on the website. </span><a href="https://www.sciencecoalition.org/student-video-challenge/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#009999">https://www.sciencecoalition.org/student-video-challenge/</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif"> Participant questions can be directed to </span><a href="mailto:tsc@sciencecoalition.org" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#009999">tsc@sciencecoalition.org</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><img border="0" width="276" height="187" id="Picture_x0020_29" src="cid:image017.png@01D56D67.91B1DEF0" alt="The Science Coalition"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></b><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:teal">Graduate Student Life Grants<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#454545">Funds to foster positive student faculty interactions! We fund numerous events/programs that enhance graduate experience at MIT.</span></b><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#454545"> </span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#454545">Since 2002, the <b>Graduate Student Life Grants program</b> has been a successful request-for-proposal process that invites graduate students, spouses, faculty, and staff to submit creative ideas that <b>kick-start
community-building projects</b>.</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#454545">For the 2019-2020 academic year, the GSLG program invites only proposals for projects that <b>foster positive student – faculty interactions</b> at the research group, center, department, or inter-departmental
level. Some possible examples include mentoring programs, communication workshops, and student-faculty networking events. Proposed ideas can be <b>student-centered, faculty-centered, or student/faculty-centered</b>.</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#454545">More details and the application can be found here:<b> </b></span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#009999"><a href="https://oge.mit.edu/community/gslg/" target="_blank"><span class="gmail-m-4355939083919293069m1185432092695191182gmail-s1"><b><span style="color:#009999">https://oge.mit.edu/community/gslg/</span></b></span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#454545">The application <b>deadline is Monday, October 21, 2019.</b> Proposals will be reviewed by a selection panel; authors could be asked clarifying questions; funding decisions for approved proposals will
be released in early December 2019.</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#454545">Please contact us with any questions: </span></b><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#009999"><a href="mailto:gslg@mit.edu" target="_blank"><span class="gmail-m-4355939083919293069m1185432092695191182gmail-s1"><b><span style="color:#009999">gslg@mit.edu</span></b></span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></b><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:teal">Cyclotron Road Activate Fellowship<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Starting in the spring of 2020,
</span><a href="https://www.activate.org/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#009999">Activate</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">, which has co-managed Cyclotron
Road with Berkeley Labs since 2016, is expanding the Activate Fellowship to Boston. Activate will accept applications for both sites—Cyclotron Road and Activate Boston—from October 1 to October 31. See the press release
</span><a href="https://www.activate.org/news/ilan-letter"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#009999">here</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Folks who want to know more should go over to the Activate website and check out the
<u><span style="color:#009999">i</span></u></span><a href="https://www.activate.org/fellowship" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#009999">nfo on the fellowship</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">
and on </span><a href="https://www.activate.org/apply" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#009999">what is needed to apply</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></b><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:teal">Women’s League Breakfast Series with Vivienne Sze<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">When:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif"> Wednesday, Oct. 23<sup>rd</sup>, 8-9:30AM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Where:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif"> Emma Rogers Room, 10-340<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">RSVP:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif"> email
</span><a href="mailto:wleague@mit.edu"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#009999">wleague@mit.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Cost:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif"> $12 pp<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#333333">Twice–yearly women in the MIT community are invited to informal "breakfast talks." Known as the Breakfast Series, they are occasions when women faculty and administrators explore the role of women in the
academy, sharing the pathways their professional lives have taken — the people and events that have influenced their direction.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#333333">Vivienne Sze</span></b><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#333333"> our Fall speaker is an associate professor at MIT in the electrical engineering and computer science department. Her research
interests include energy-aware signal processing algorithms, and low-power circuit and system design for portable multimedia applications. Prior to joining MIT, she was a member of technical staff in the R&D Center at Texas Instruments (TI), where she designed
low-power algorithms and architectures for video coding.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#333333">She received the Jin-Au Kong Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Prize in electrical engineering at MIT in 2011. She is also a recipient of the 2017 CICC Outstanding Invited Paper award, the 2017 Qualcomm Faculty
Award, the 2016 IEEE Micro Top Picks award and the 2016 Google Faculty Research Award.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#333333">Prof Sze is developing energy efficient hardware optimized for AI that will allow us to move intelligence computing from the Cloud to Edge devices.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#333333">Breakfast is served promptly at 8:00am. Cost is $12 per person. Please email </span><a href="mailto:wleague@mit.edu"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#009999">wleague@mit.edu</span></a><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#333333"> to
reserve, and to note any dietary restrictions. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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