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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">gwaMIT Newsletter</span></b><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:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">October 19th, 2020<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#202124;background:white">gwaMIT Empowerment Conference 2020 - In Isolation But Not Alone<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:150%"><span style="color:black">The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly altered our daily lives. We at gwaMIT are here to tell you that you are “In Isolation but Not Alone”. This year, gwaMIT’s
Empowerment Conference will focus on wellness during the pandemic. Events will take place from 26th October to 30th October. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:150%"><span style="color:black">A schedule with conference events is below. More details and RSVP information can be found on our
</span><a href="https://gwamit2020fallempowerment.wordpress.com"><span style="color:#1155CC">Empowerment Conference website</span></a><span style="color:black">. Hope to see you there!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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Mon 26th Oct, 12 PM to 1 PM: Womxn’s Healthcare<br>
Join medical experts specializing in women’s health, reproductive health, mental health and trans-women’s health share their thoughts on what more people need to know about their fields!<br>
Register <span style="color:windowtext"><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/womxns-healthcare-gwamit-empowerment-conference-tickets-125815354111"><span style="color:#1155CC">here</span></a></span>.<o:p></o:p></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
Mon 26th Oct, 8 PM to 9 PM: Zumba Workshop<br>
Luckily quarantine doesn’t mean you can’t still get a great workout dancing in your room! Join us for a free 1-hour Zumba class with a certified instructor.<br>
Register <span style="color:windowtext"><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/zumba-class-gwamit-empowerment-conference-tickets-125748094937"><span style="color:#1155CC">here</span></a></span>.<o:p></o:p></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
Tue 27th Oct, 1 PM to 2 PM: Design Thinking Workshop<br>
Learn how proven design thinking mindsets can help you design and build your career in the face of all the unknowns, especially in a pandemic.<br>
Register <span style="color:windowtext"><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/design-your-life-workshop-tickets-125758788923"><span style="color:#1155CC">here</span></a></span>.<o:p></o:p></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
Wed 28th Oct, 12 PM to 1 PM: Keynote Address: Ritu Raman<br>
Ritu Raman is the founder of the Women in Innovation and STEM Database at MIT (<span style="color:windowtext"><a href="https://innovation.mit.edu/wisdm/">WISDM</a></span>). WISDM is more than a website – it’s a community that elevates and promotes the visibility
of MIT women.<br>
Register <span style="color:windowtext"><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/keynote-address-ritu-raman-gwamit-empowerment-conference-tickets-125812100379"><span style="color:#1155CC">here</span></a></span>.<o:p></o:p></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
Thu 29th Oct, 2 PM to 3 PM: Wellness During COVID with Zan Barry<br>
This session with Zan Barry will address practical tips for self-care during stressful times.<br>
Register <span style="color:windowtext"><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wellness-during-covid-with-zan-barry-gwamit-empowerment-conference-tickets-125814449405"><span style="color:#1155CC">here</span></a></span>.<o:p></o:p></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
Fri 30th Oct, 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM: Speed Networking with womxn at MIT<br>
WFH means it can be even harder than usual to meet new people outside your department at MIT. Come join us for one hour of “speed networking” with MIT womxn graduate students.<br>
Register <span style="color:windowtext"><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/speed-networking-gwamit-empowerment-conference-tickets-125750116985"><span style="color:#1155CC">here</span></a></span>.<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:150%"><b><u><span style="color:black">Post Doc and Graduate Student Recruitment for gwaMIT Black Womxn at MIT Panel<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:150%"><span style="color:black">gwaMIT is organizing an event to highlight Black Womxn in science at MIT and beyond -- this will be in the form of a panel with faculty, industry professionals,
postdoctoral fellows and graduate students. This will be held on November 6 from 12:30 to 1:30 PM. We are in search of 1-2 post doctorals fellows and 1-2 graduate students who wish to share their experience at MIT to serve on this panel. During this panel,
there will be a brief introduction by the panelists followed by small breakout rooms where each panelist will be in a group with ~5 graduate students for questions and discussion. </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">If you are interested in participating and/or have suggestions for this event, please reach out<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">via email to
</span><a href="mailto:gwamit-exec@mit.edu"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1155CC">gwamit-exec@mit.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Call For Action in Support of Fellow International Students and Scholars<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">When: Now! The period for public comments closes October 26th<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Read more about the impacts of the proposed rule and how you can advocate against it
</span></strong><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1u4vB5a7Ld6rySoD7iR5__pfADn9jViJwAiqFwFpbvxM/edit?usp=sharing"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:blue">here</span></strong></a><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">. </span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:150%"><span style="color:black">What: On September 25<sup>th</sup> 2020, the Trump administration recently proposed
</span><a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/09/25/2020-20845/establishing-a-fixed-time-period-of-admission-and-an-extension-of-stay-procedure-for-nonimmigrant"><span style="color:#1155CC">changes</span></a><span style="color:black"> for F/J/I
visa holders and their dependents, which </span><b>will significantly affect the lives of millions of international students and scholars in the US.
</b>More than <a href="https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IF/IF11347"><span style="color:#1155CC">50 percent</span></a><span style="color:black"> of all U.S. STEM graduate students are international students.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:150%"><span style="color:black">This proposed rule </span>changes the legally permitted period of stay for international students and scholars from the duration of status to an arbitrary fixed time (<b>2 or 4 years</b>), depending on their
country of citizenship, and provides opportunities for discrimination against international scholars. It limits the options for international students to pursue meaningful, uninterrupted education and seek additional training through internships and/or full-time
employment. It also arbitrarily puts them into categories of less welcome and least welcome,
<b>adding to the existing systematic racism in the U.S.</b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:150%"><b><span style="color:black">On behalf of the student organizations in the New England region, we strongly oppose this racist and xenophobic proposal, and are calling on you to take action with us to stop the enforcement of the
proposed rule.</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Meet the Department Reps!<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:red"><img border="0" width="134" height="183" style="width:1.3916in;height:1.9083in" id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D6A638.EAF914A0"></span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">
<u>Lipsi Kumari/ Supply Chain Management<o:p></o:p></u></span></b></p>
<p style="line-height:150%"><b>Please tell us about your interests and work experience:</b> I have been enabling speed of an organization by working on company’s technology side. My experience at Nike enabled me to explore about supply chain of an organization
in sustainable way. I have interest in digital supply chain , analytics, sustainability and agriculture. I intent to solve real world problems using my tech experience and my learning at MIT<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="line-height:150%"><b>Who is your favorite womxn from history or the present times, and why?</b> Marie Curie : Her work defined a path for mankind in the field of radiology. The term was defined by her consistent effort, that enabled multiple explorations.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="line-height:150%"><b>What do you like about being a gwaMIT Rep?</b> Community that this platform provides. A forum where all voices would be hear and a support system to all women in whatever they want to achieve.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><u>Garima Sharma/ Economics<o:p></o:p></u></b></p>
<p style="line-height:150%"><b>Please tell us about your interests and work experience:</b> I study women in the labor market: do employers discriminate against them? what do women lose as a consequence? and can policies and collective bargaining mitigate this
discrimination?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="line-height:150%"><b>Who is your favorite womxn from history or the present times, and why?</b> I admire many women. One favorite is RBG, who turned her passion into a career, was devoted to what she did, and made gradual but lasting change in the
lives of American women.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="line-height:150%"><b>What do you like about being a gwaMIT Rep?</b> I love the cross-department community fostered by GWAMIT and getting to talk to people who think about things very different than my day-to-day!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Did you know? Here is some womxn-related news from around the world:
<span style="background:yellow"><br>
</span></span></u></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Serena Williams was recently featured on the cover of Vogue. In the
</span><a href="https://www.today.com/style/serena-williams-november-cover-british-vogue-t193301?cid=sm_npd_td_fb_kh&fbclid=IwAR0VD7wfq2jvM0qR65IznlmvhI8LL06vCtGkH6v2SbR5X5hBgoPmNTUetIg"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">accompanying
article</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">, she discusses body positivity and the Black Lives Matter movement.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Gymnast Simone Biles
</span><a href="https://www.elle.com/culture/celebrities/a28674799/simone-biles-triple-double-gymnastics-championships/?utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=socialflowFBELM&utm_medium=social-media&fbclid=IwAR1CBpX8lFOnHYJdOqrpOZWn042QMOE5tjx0nCEm5QcLTKC4eicztJLJ7SM"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">made
history</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> at the US Gymnastics Championships. Reporter Madison Feller notes that "The only person Simon Biles has to compete against is herself."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Michelle Obama, Malala Yousafzai, and 17-year old student Priya Mondol discuss women's access to education and empowerment in honor of International Day of the Girl.
You can read their conversation </span><a href="https://www-teenvogue-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.teenvogue.com/story/michelle-obama-malala-yousafzai-day-of-the-girl/amp"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">here</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">MIT alumna Dr. Andrea Ghez
</span><a href="https://news.mit.edu/2020/andrea-ghez-shares-2020-nobel-prize-physics-1006"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">was the recipient of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">.
Congratulations, Dr. Ghez! She is joined by two female scientists, Dr. Jennifer A. Doudna, and Dr. Emmanuelle Charpentier, who
</span><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/07/science/nobel-prize-chemistry-crispr.html"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">.
The full list of female Nobel Prize winners in history can be found </span><a href="https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/lists/nobel-prize-awarded-women/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">here</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Speaking of Nobel Prize winners, check out this Amazon Prime movie, “</span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Radioactive-Rosamund-Pike/dp/B08CMDVZMP"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Radioactive</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">,”
based on the life and accomplishments of Marie Curie (Nobel Prize in Physics, 1903), and The History Chicks podcast series about Marie Curie:
</span><a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/5l4nZLHKLe4tjD5OQTy7N6?si=wnT2aMB9QT6bf_J8DTsYkg"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Part 1</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">,
</span><a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/0ey2gxmRs2uRybtRvDFJ0t?si=ZQM6h318Sc-M4oyzCfjv-w"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Part 2</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">,
</span><a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/1DYvpNjxOQvqXBaAOVQ0q5?si=uQXp-R7QR4i7iGxmwd0BsA"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Revisit</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">This September,
</span><a href="https://nypost-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/nypost.com/2020/09/25/crew-of-all-female-firefighters-in-florida-makes-history/amp/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">history was made</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">
when the first all-female crew of firefighters were called to serve. This is an amazing moment for our first responders, congratulations!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Looking for a new podcast? Check out “</span><a href="https://audioboom.com/channels/5033544"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The
Making Of</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">” - the most recent guest was
</span><a href="https://audioboom.com/posts/7698977-the-making-of-yomi-adegoke-race-class-and-mental-health"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Yomi Adegoke, who spoke about race, class, and mental health</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Check out "Picture a Scientist" -- a recent documentary that chronicles the groundbreaking 1999 public report on the status of women at MIT. Read more about it from
MIT News </span><a href="https://news.mit.edu/2020/3-questions-nancy-hopkins-improving-gender-equality-in-academia-0930"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">here</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">.
</span><a href="https://www.pictureascientist.com/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Picture a Scientist website</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Building the Perfect Human to Invade: An Indigenous Feminist Queer Analysis of the Pandemic on the Navajo Nation (Oct. 21<sup>st</sup>)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="color:#030303;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Live Discussion with Angela Davis (Oct. 21<sup>st</sup>)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="color:#030303;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Our Voices, Our Histories: Asian American and Pacific Islander Women (Oct. 27<sup>th</sup>)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="color:#030303;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Better Sleep with Relaxation and Yoga – “viva la COvida! Life During COVID” (Oct. 27<sup>th</sup>)
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Data Feminism - Talk by Catherine D'Ignazio as part of the Feminism+ series (Oct. 30<sup>th</sup>)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="color:#030303;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">WISDM @ the gwaMIT Empowerment Conference<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="color:#030303;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">D. E. Shaw Research -- Virtual Information Sessions (multiple dates)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="color:#030303;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Grad Technical Leadership Virtual Workshops (multiple dates)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="color:#030303;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Public Guest Lectures: Black Mobility and Safety in the US (multiple dates)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="color:#030303;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">PhagePro – Scientist Positions Open (apply now!)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="color:#030303;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Scientists in Solidarity<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="color:#030303;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Full-Stack App Developer Internship Opportunity (apply now!)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="color:#030303;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Get ready to vote!<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="color:#030303;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The Social Scientist Mentorship Program (now!)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="color:#030303;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Outreach Opportunities with Science Club for Girls</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> (now!)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="color:#030303;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">STEMxx Chats Interest Form (now!)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="color:#030303;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Join the IDHR Student Advisory Committee (now!)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="color:#030303;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Join MITxHarvard Women in AI Group (now!)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="color:#030303;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Join GrasshoppHer’s #braveboldboundless (now!)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="color:#030303;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Become a gwaMIT Department Rep (now!)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="color:#030303;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Sign up for the GradDiversity Newsletter!<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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<u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Building the Perfect Human to Invade: An Indigenous Feminist Queer Analysis of the Pandemic on the Navajo Nation<o:p></o:p></span></u></li></ol>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#222222">Virtual event. Wednesday 10/21/2020, 5-6:30PM.
</span><a href="http://tinyurl.com/denetdale"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">RSVP here</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#222222">. This event
will be a zoom webinar format. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#222222">Women’s and Gender Studies Biannual McMillan-Stewart Lecture on Women in the Developing World. “Building the Perfect Human to Invade: An Indigenous Feminist Queer
Analysis of the Pandemic on the Navajo Nation” -Jennifer Rose Denetdale<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Live Discussion with Angela Davis<o:p></o:p></span></u></li></ol>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#222222">LIVE: Moderated Discussion with Angela Davis<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#222222">Wednesday, October 21<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#222222">1:00 – 2:30pm EST<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#222222">Webinar link:
</span><a href="https://bit.ly/2SVCOFd"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">https://bit.ly/2SVCOFd</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#222222">
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#222222">The departments of Biological Engineering, Chemical Engineering, and Materials Science and Engineering are proud to announce a live moderated discussion and Q&A
on allyship, anti-racism, and social activism with Dr. Angela Davis on October 21, 2020 from 1 to 2:30pm. The discussion will be moderated by Blanche Staton, Senior Associate Dean and Director of the Office of Graduate Education.
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#222222">This event is open to all MIT constituents.
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#222222">For accessibility requests or more information, reach out to OMP (Office of Minority Programs).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Our Voices, Our Histories: Asian American and Pacific Islander Women<o:p></o:p></span></u></li></ol>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#222222">October 27, 2020, 6:00-7:30PM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#222222">Zoom event (</span><a href="https://mit.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_DHow3mJ1RveiexaCXsYD7w"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Register</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#222222">)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a href="https://www.gcws.mit.edu/gcws-events-list/our-voices-our-histories"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">More Info</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#222222">Join a panel of authors featured in a new anthology for an intergenerational conversation on the voices and histories of Pacific Islander, South Asian, and Southeast
Asian American women in this contemporary period.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#222222">Attendees can purchase the book for 30% off and free domestic shipping. A code will be sent after the event.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#222222">Our Voices, Our Histories brings together thirty-five Asian American and Pacific Islander authors in a single volume to explore the historical experiences, perspectives,
and actions of Asian American and Pacific Islander women in the United States and beyond.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#222222">This volume is unique in exploring Asian American and Pacific Islander women’s lives along local, transnational, and global dimensions. The contributions present
new research on diverse aspects of Asian American and Pacific Islander women’s history, from the politics of language, to the role of food, to experiences as adoptees, mixed race, and second generation, while acknowledging shared experiences as women of color
in the United States.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#222222">Our Voices, Our Histories showcases how new approaches in US history, Asian American and Pacific Islander studies, and Women’s and Gender studies inform research
on Asian American and Pacific Islander women. Attending to the collective voices of the women themselves, the volume seeks to transform current understandings of Asian American and Pacific Islander women’s histories.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Better Sleep with Relaxation and Yoga - "viva la COvida! Life During COVID"<o:p></o:p></span></u></li></ol>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#222222">During this pandemic, more people than ever report difficulties sleeping. With everything remote, we expect to have more time but we somehow never do. Rushing
from meeting to meeting, from class to class, with our regular exercise patterns disrupted and our meals hastily concocted, how do we find even just a moment to decompress? In this short session, Zan Barry, Senior Program Manager in Community Wellness at MIT
Medical, discusses relaxation techniques that help with better sleep and less stress during waking hours.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#222222">This workshop will provide health information about how to get better quality sleep, and will include a brief sequence of yoga stretches that may be practiced
as a self-care routine before bed. Please wear comfortable clothing. No yoga experience necessary.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#222222">Come if you're anxious and stressed; leave with the knowledge how you can help yourself relax!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a href="https://engage.mit.edu/event/6540670"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">RSVP here</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#222222">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Data Feminism - Talk by Catherine D'Ignazio as part of the Feminism+ series<o:p></o:p></span></u></li></ol>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#222222">Data is everywhere: from our social media posts, home addresses, biometric passports to our face circumference and heartbeat, data is collected, researched, and
monetized. But can data science be feminist? How can feminist thought contribute to data research to ensure that data is used fairly and equitably? Professor Catherine D’Ignazio (Department of Urban Planning and Studies and Director of the Data+Feminism
Lab) answers these and similar questions drawing from her recent book, Data Feminism, coauthored with Lauren Klein.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a href="https://engage.mit.edu/event/6540731"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">RSVP here</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#222222">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">WISDM at the gwaMIT Empowerment Conference<o:p></o:p></span></u></li></ol>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#222222">gwaMIT’s 2020 Empowerment Conference Keynote Speaker is Dr. Ritu Raman, founder of the Women in Innovation and STEM
Database at MIT (<a href="https://innovation.mit.edu/wisdm/">WISDM</a>). Learn more about WISDM below:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><img border="0" width="267" height="87" style="width:2.7833in;height:.9083in" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image004.png@01D6A638.EAF914A0" alt="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/uzjSu2x_2aFsMhTZM2DATa2M40HPwBUL0XHE5GmIfJxrsZ95BraaGd_WUV_Nzd8I6ambSvmOcDKY9r7AlbahduBaU4IJNVXXcusv4WI2X78NSB5AA9bsx5alrXrsI_0urE0I-o4i"></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",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:"Times New Roman",serif">MIT Innovation Initiative is pleased to share a digital community designed to magnify the work and voices of the incredibly innovative
women at MIT: WISDM—the Women in Innovation and STEM Database at MIT. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><a href="https://innovation.mit.edu/wisdm/" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0070C0">WISDM</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0070C0">
</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">is a curated searchable database of women in STEM and Innovation at MIT that makes it easy to find talented and diverse innovators to speak at events, collaborate
on new ventures, or serve as key opinion leaders on emerging technology. It’s more than a website – it’s a community that elevates and promotes the visibility of MIT women.<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:"Times New Roman",serif">Who is able to join?</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",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:"Times New Roman",serif">Current MIT graduate students, postdocs, technical associates, or research staff members are eligible to join and can sign up using
this short </span><a href="https://innovation.mit.edu/sign-up-for-wisdm/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">form</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">.
WISDM welcomes those who are pursuing STEM education or research, or have work experience in for-profit or non-profit STEM ventures. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The most valuable conversations are sparked by diverse voices. WISDM makes those voices easier to find. Support women in STEM:
join, share, and use WISDM in your community to ensure that women’s voices, stories, and perspectives are a part of every conversation. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background:white">D. E. Shaw Research -- Virtual Information Sessions</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#222222;background:white">It is our pleasure to invite you to attend a virtual information session about
</span><a href="https://www.deshawresearch.com/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1155CC;background:white">D. E. Shaw Research</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#222222;background:white">
(DESRES). Whether you’re familiar with our group, or this is the first you’re hearing of us, this session will offer you an opportunity to learn more about DESRES and our research and engineering projects. We will also briefly talk about the full-time and
internship opportunities in our group. We will be organizing four such information sessions in the next couple of months (details below) that will include similar content, so please mark your calendar and attend the one that would work best for your schedule.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#222222;background:white">Thursday, October 22, 2020 – 12:00-1:30 PM ET,
</span><a href="https://primetime.bluejeans.com/a2m/live-event/xeepakcv"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1155CC;background:white">https://primetime.bluejeans.com/a2m/live-event/xeepakcv</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#222222;background:white">,
Speakers: </span><a href="https://www.deshawresearch.com/people_c-b_decolvenaere.html"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1155CC;background:white">Elizabeth Decolvenaere</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#222222;background:white">,
</span><a href="https://www.deshawresearch.com/people_c-b_pechersky.html"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1155CC;background:white">Yakov Pechersky</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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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#222222;background:white">At the time of the event, we would recommend opening the link in a browser on your computer (rather than a phone or tablet). We hope you will
be able to join us.</span><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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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#222222;background:white">For more information about the group and current opportunities, please review
</span><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/u71gf7gsquz30iw/DESRES_Brochure_2020_Virtual%20Info%20Session%20%28Combined%29.pdf?dl=0"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1155CC;background:white">our brochure</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#222222;background:white">.
If you’d like to apply, please click on the link in the description of the position that is most relevant to your background<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#212121"><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></u></p>
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<u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background:white">Grad Technical Leadership Virtual Workshops (Fall 2020)</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#212121;background:white">The MIT-Gordon Engineering Leadership Program (GEL) and the Graduate Student Advisory Group for the School of Engineering (GradSAGE) encourage
you to enhance your MIT graduate experience and enroll in the Graduate Certificate in Technical Leadership Program. Linked is a summary of the
</span><a href="https://gelp.mit.edu/grad-students/graduate-certificate-technical-leadership-interim-requirements"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1155CC;background:white">interim certificate requirements</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#212121;background:white">. </span><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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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#212121;background:white">We would also urge you to attend our upcoming Fall 2020 Grad Technical Leadership Workshop Series, which can be used to help satisfy the certificate
program requirements. (*Please note— If you are working towards to the Grad Certificate in in Technical Leadership you only need to attend four out of six workshops over the entire course of your time as a grad student.) </span><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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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#212121;background:white">All of the following workshops will be held virtually from 5:30-7:30pm EDT: </span><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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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#212121;background:white">Leading at the Intersection of Management and Engineering - Led by Joan Rubin. Thursday, October 22</span><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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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#212121;background:white">Week of November 2 Workshop TBD - (Speaker and topic to be announced.)</span><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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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#212121;background:white">Technology Roadmapping and Innovation in the 21st Century (Part 1) - Led by Oli de Weck. Tuesday, November 17</span><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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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#212121;background:white">Technology Roadmapping and Innovation in the 21st Century (Part 2) - Led by Oli de Weck. Tuesday, December 1</span><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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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#212121;background:white">Register for the certificate program and/or any or all workshops by emailing Lisa Stagnone (</span><a href="mailto:lstag@mit.edu"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background:white">lstag@mit.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#212121;background:white">)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Public Guest Lectures: Black Mobility and Safety in the US</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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<b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">For zoom information, please
</span></i></b><a href="https://www.media.mit.edu/posts/public-guest-lectures-black-mobility-and-safety-in-the-us/"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#A31F34">click here.</span></i></b></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><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">MIT Course Numbers: I Fall 2020 MAS.S63, II Spring 2021 MAS.S63</span></i></b><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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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#201F20">Ekene Ijeoma’s
</span><a href="https://www.media.mit.edu/courses/black-mobility-and-safety-in-the-us/?utm_source=MLWeekly&utm_campaign=7e93967084-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_09_03_07_40&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_dee7222423-7e93967084-156224157"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1155CC">Black
Mobility and Safety in the US</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#201F20"> course this fall will include a series of public guest lectures co-sponsored by ACT around living while Black. The first
semester's topics will include birthing, breathing, sleeping, eating, and walking while Black; the second semester will include learning, voting, driving, working, and loving while Black.</span><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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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#201F20">The two-semester public lecture series organized by Ekene Ijeoma, founder and director of Poetic Justice at MIT Media Lab, explores issues around mobility (physical,
mental, socio-economical, political, etc) and safety for Black Americans. It's organized into two-week topics around living while Black. Read more at:</span><a href="https://www.media.mit.edu/posts/public-guest-lectures-black-mobility-and-safety-in-the-us/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#201F20;text-decoration:none">
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1155CC">https://www.media.mit.edu/posts/public-guest-lectures-black-mobility-and-safety-in-the-us/</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#201F20">.</span><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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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#201F20">Fall (</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://mit.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUqcO-hrz8qGtDBsu_3dCAa5QAi3_x-VnWp"><span style="color:#1155CC">Zoom</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#201F20">)</span><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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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#201F20">October 20 @ 2-3 pm |
<b>Sleeping while Black II</b>: </span><a href="http://www.daniellelbeattymoodyphd.org/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1155CC">Dr. Danielle L. Beatty Moody</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#201F20">
(</span><a href="https://psychology.umbc.edu/corefaculty/beatty/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1155CC">UMBC</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#201F20">)</span><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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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#201F20">October 27 @ 2-3 pm |
<b>Eating while Black I</b>: </span><a href="http://www.mamboanthro.com/bio/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1155CC">Dr. Ashanté M. Reese</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#201F20">
(UTA)</span><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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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#201F20">November 3 @ 2-3 pm |
<b>Eating while Black II</b>: TBD</span><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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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#201F20">November 10 @ 2-3 pm |
<b>Walking while Black I</b>: </span><a href="https://sociology.yale.edu/sites/default/files/pages_from_sre-11_rev5_printer_files.pdf"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1155CC">Professor Elijah Anderson
(Yale University)</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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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#201F20">November 17 @ 2-3 pm |
<b>Walking while Black II</b>: </span><a href="https://www.propublica.org/series/walking-while-black"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1155CC">Topher Sanders (ProPublica)</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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<u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">PhagePro – scientist positions open!</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">PhagePro is a discovery-driven venture spun out of the Camilli Lab at Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston. We aim to use bacteriophages (phages), which are viruses
that specifically target and kill bacteria, to prevent bacterial infections. With the unmitigated rise of antibiotic resistance and the known negative consequences of gut dysbiosis caused by broad-spectrum antibiotics, bacteriophages provide a side effect-free
alternative for preventing disease in clinical and community contexts.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">PhagePro’s CEO, Mimi Yen, is passionate about increasing diversity in the life sciences. PhagePro is currently hiring for two positions: Scientist I and Scientist II. More details
about these roles can be found on the </span><a href="https://www.phageproinc.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">company website</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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<u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Scientists in Solidarity</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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<a href="https://www.scientistsinsolidarity.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Scientists in Solidarity</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
(SIS) was founded in June 2020 by three Boston-based friends in the life sciences who have championed and supported each other through the difficulties of navigating spaces that focus on diversity but not inclusion and equity. We created SIS to address the
need for a community that supports BIPOC in STEM. During these unprecedented times, we need to show up for each other as #ScientistsInSolidarity.</span><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
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<u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Full-Stack App Developer Internship Opportunity<o:p></o:p></span></u></li></ol>
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<u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Position:
</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">We are seeking a full-stack developer intern to join our team to refine our mobile application. The back-end currently uses a Python Django framework,
and the front-end was built using React Native. The intern will need to dedicate 10-15 hours per week to our venture. Depending on performance and if desired, the intern will also have the opportunity to join our team (still on a part time basis) and receive
equity in our business.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Background:</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> Loneliness and depression are on the rise,
and younger workers, who make up 67M individuals in the USA, feel it most - 71% say they feel alone due to work and life transitions and the lack of a support system (Cigna). This problem is expected to only worsen post COVID-19 with many jobs will move virtually,
giving young workers little to no way to meet new people.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">The Company:</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> We are an early-stage startup that aims
to revolutionize the way young professionals form social and professional connections to combat the aforementioned issues. Through extensive research, surveys, and conversations, we have found promising evidence for widespread usage of a sleek, easy-to-use
mobile application that specifically targets young professionals. We have built a minimum-viable product and were accepted by the Founders Institute Accelerator (has helped founders raise over $950M in funding) as well as Halo Incubator's Fall 2020 cohort.
We have started conversations with potential investors and plan to launch our app in Summer 2021.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Requirements:
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">1) Ability to debug and refine existing code to ensure the app is functioning smoothly and as efficiently as possible
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">2) Ability to embed additional functionality to enhance the user experience. For example, we would like content displayed to change depending on a user’s location.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">3) Not required but a plus - Familiarity of backend app deployment on servers, supporting HTTP and websocket connections (need to host the Django App over multiple
server machines with the load distributed with a load balancer if needed or through another hosting platform)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">If interested, please email
</span><a href="mailto:kd2746@columbia.edu"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">kd2746@columbia.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> and
</span><a href="mailto:manasa.grandhi@gmail.com"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">manasa.grandhi@gmail.com</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">
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<u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Get Ready to Vote in 2020! National Voter Registration Day & Vote by Mail Information</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst" style="line-height:150%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Make Your Voting Plan!</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",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:"Times New Roman",serif">Voting in the general election has already begun in many states! <b>Have you made your voting plan yet?</b> Decide when and how
you are going to vote (e.g., early in person, by mail) and see the relevant information below:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Register to Vote:</span></u></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> Register
at <a href="https://mit.turbovote.org/">TurboVote</a> - don’t miss </span><a href="http://vote.mit.edu/turbovote-help/TurboVote_Instructions.pdf"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">these key steps</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">. Registration
deadlines in many states are coming up very soon - check </span><a href="https://www.vote411.org/select-state"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">here</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> for
your state and plan ahead.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Vote by Mail:</span></u></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> Request
your ballot ASAP (can use <a href="https://mit.turbovote.org/">TurboVote</a>) and return your ballot as soon as you receive it, either by mail or using a ballot drop box - check </span><a href="https://www.vote411.org/select-state"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">here</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> to
find a drop box location near you, to ensure that your ballot arrives on time. Locations of ballot drop boxes in Cambridge can be found </span><a href="https://www.cambridgema.gov/covid19/voting"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">here</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Vote Early In Person:</span></u></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> Check
the dates and locations for early voting in your state </span><a href="https://www.vote411.org/select-state"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">here</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">. Information
about early voting in Cambridge is </span><a href="https://www.cambridgema.gov/covid19/voting"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">here</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Poll Worker Recruitment:</span></u></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> Covid
has led to poll worker shortages in many places. Learn about how to help staff your local polling place </span><a href="https://www.powerthepolls.org/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">here</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Voting Questions and Resources:</span></u></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdYUQwM9_WcuLZxaBVWHfcy3TKGEzJZNiErjFP3t3UMFZxqZQ/viewform"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Contact
MITvote</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> with any voting questions and check out <a href="https://vote.mit.edu/">MITvote’s website</a> for more voting resources.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The Social Scientist Mentorship Program</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">The Social Scientist is a nonprofit initiative for career guidance and advice in the STEM fields. In order to provide resources for all, The Social Scientist is
an online platform for STEM mentorship. Our core program model aims to provide a global community of higher education students and professionals that are accessible and willing to dedicate their time for mentorship. We are an interdisciplinary group of diverse
mentors that engage with young students and advocate for those already immersed in the STEM fields.
</span><a href="https://www.thesocialscientist.org"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1155CC">https://www.thesocialscientist.org</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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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">We connect with mentees in an informal setting to encourage a relaxed and easy conversation. The Social Scientist mentors can speak upon their education, career
path and provide valuable insight on the nature of their work. From graduate students to industry directors, all of our mentors have diverse backgrounds and endured their own struggles and success with their career trajectory. We currently have enlisted STEM
volunteers from across the world in Academia, Engineering, Industry, Writing/Publishing, US Government, Technology, Mathematics and Alternative Careers. We follow up with every inquirer after their chat to ensure a high-quality interaction with the mentors
and establish an ongoing relationship between them and The Social Scientist. Additionally, our mentors have set up ongoing communication with their mentees to provide stable and long-term mentorship. Mentorship is critical at every stage of one’s career and
we aim to create opportunities in STEM that are not equally and widely available. Currently, 67% of our mentors are women in STEM. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Outreach Opportunities with Science Club for Girls</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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<a href="https://www.scienceclubforgirls.org"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1155CC">Science Club for Girls (SCFG)</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">
is a nonprofit organization whose mission is “to foster excitement, confidence, and literacy in STEM for girls, particularly those from underrepresented communities, by providing free, experiential programs and by maximizing meaningful interactions with women
STEM mentors.” </span><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><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Mentors:</span></u></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> SCFG is looking for volunteers to serve
as mentor scientists and lead fun, hands-on science experiments with girls of ages ranging from kindergarten to 8th grade. This semester, the program will be virtual via Zoom and all materials will be provided by SCFG. Virtual clubs will run for 8 weeks beginning
the week of Oct. 5 and will be held at the following times:</span><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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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Tuesdays 3-5pm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Thursdays 3-5pm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Saturdays 10am-12pm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">There will be a mandatory online training session on Saturday, September 26 from 9:30am-12pm.</span><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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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Please register to be a mentor by filling out
</span><a href="https://www.tfaforms.com/4824242"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1155CC">this application</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">.</span><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><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">SCFGLive Committee:</span></u></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> SCFG is also seeking volunteers
to assist with video editing and production, script writing, advertising and outreach, and conducting interviews for their weekly
</span><a href="https://www.scienceclubforgirls.org/scfglive"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1155CC">Live SCFG programming</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">
If interested in joining the SCFGLive Committee, please send an email to hweinstock@scienceclubforgirls.org.</span><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><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Other Volunteer Opportunities:</span></u></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> If you are not
able to commit to weekly mentoring or participating in the SCFGLive Committee but would still like to volunteer, you can find other options for SCFG volunteer opportunities
</span><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfNw2UKUqiU66lh-npPw0vOp2qAHGfiT4YlFurlcsGupQQitA/viewform"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1155CC">here</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">STEMxx Chats</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">STEMxx Chats is helping trainees, especially women in STEM, succeed in their career paths and in life. At MIT, our predominant benefit will be to undergrads and
graduate students. We will address key gaps in facilitating their career development with particular emphasis on professional development tricks and soft skills that they’re not getting in any systematic way. We hope to offer mentorship, support and guidance
while addressing key gaps in facilitating their career development. We hope to create a group culture that is uniquely focused on the person, has a high positive tone, emphasizes positive impact, and seeks to do this in a sustained way and have personal friendships
form as opposed to one-and-done activities. We hope that creating a culturally and academically diverse group at MIT will allow you to share similar experiences while benefitting from the resources and events of the greater STEMxx Chats community. Below is
the interest form for those wanting to join. We will host monthly meetings in addition to the broader STEMxx Chats events (eg. panels on career decisions, key speakers from top women in STEM, etc). We also have Twitter and Instagram (@stemxx_chats) for those
who want to learn about the latest events.</span><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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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Feel free to reach out to the organizers (Shirley Chen, schenxy@mit.edu and Mariana Avila, avilam@mit.edu) if you have any questions. We look forward to seeing you
in the fall. </span><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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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Website: https://aliceestanton.wixsite.com/aliceestanton/stemxxchats</span><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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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Interest form:
</span><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfxDhfUz57xILhrgSkIGwUYufkRhrzyxfbRC81wA6pMQByyQA/viewform?usp=pp_url"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfxDhfUz57xILhrgSkIGwUYufkRhrzyxfbRC81wA6pMQByyQA/viewform?usp=pp_url</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The IDHR Student Advisory Committee is looking for more students to join this year! </span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">MIT’s
</span><a href="http://idhr.mit.edu/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1155CC">Institute Discrimination & Harassment Response</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">
Office (IDHR) is dedicated to preventing and addressing discrimination and discriminatory harassment across the Institute. The
</span><a href="https://idhr.mit.edu/our-office/get-involved/student-advisory-committee"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1155CC">Student Advisory Committee</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">
is made up of undergraduate and graduate students from across the Institute who provide feedback and input to the IDHR office regarding our messaging and outreach campaigns and help us most effectively engage with the student body. In addition to monthly committee
meetings, the student advisory committee has two subcommittees focused on: 1) institutional advocacy and 2) messaging & partnerships. To get involved, contact
</span><a href="mailto:idhr-education@mit.edu"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1155CC">idhr-education@mit.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#212121"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">MITxHarvard Women in AI Group</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Are you interested in Artificial Intelligence? Curious about neural networks, GANs, reinforcement learning, neuro-symbolic approaches, or program induction? If you
don’t know what any of those are, but want to learn, think, and discuss not only the technical side of machine learning and AI, but the ethics of AI and applications to biomedicine, cognitive science, environmental sciences, and more! Then we’d love to have
you join the MITxHarvard Women in AI Group!!</span><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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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">We are a new initiative spanning both MIT and Harvard, composed of undergraduate and graduate students, seeking to provide a welcoming, supportive community for
students excited about AI (no prior background is needed!!)</span><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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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Our group centers around two prongs: 1) aiming to bring together students of all backgrounds to talk about AI in a supportive community via Zoom paper reading sessions,
lightning talks, project sessions, and a fun Slack page! and 2) developing outreach material to get other students excited about AI! We’ve already begun an interview series with amazing women in tech from professors at Harvard, MIT, and Caltech to researchers
at DeepMind and Microsoft! This will be posted on our website and YouTube shortly, and we are eager to have more student interviewers on board! If you want to meet other cool students at MIT and Harvard or want to help with our interview series, outreach,
and more, please sign-up here: </span><a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftinyurl.com%2Fmitharvardwai%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR09t8hzcjSGIrTn9svLmU5Xhisb1llWs8ly84av5cDf406_47KdVAEuqBo&h=AT1QrLxISgTmJtxzinOvL3tkkcrqcnRyrang_ahmhjmgHzblO5YayvhoLx4euu9Y4KcMHJt4vbf9BbPHiFWnzY8LuV8voyXFims5iCAonHXAMvb6S_fD9Cuv4Wv8RzcWcVhCq-xvtQg"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1155CC;text-decoration:none">https://tinyurl.com/mitharvardwai</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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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Feel free to check out our initial website
</span><a href="https://web.mit.edu/women-ai/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1155CC;text-decoration:none">https://web.mit.edu/women-ai/</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">
or reach out to wai_exec@mit.edu if you have questions or want to learn more!!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Join GrasshoppHer’s #braveboldboundless</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Looking to build your
<b>resume </b>and meet company <b>executives</b>? </span><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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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Want to help solve problems of
<b>social equity</b> in the workplace?</span><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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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">We have the perfect opportunity for you! </span><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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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">We are GrasshoppHer, a
<b>mobile app</b> for both <b>companies and individuals </b>that connects female and non-binary mentees and mentors, and we are organizing our inaugural
<b>#braveboldboundless Ideathon</b>! In the wake of the BLM movement and the COVID crisis, it has become apparent that our workplaces are not as equal as we initially thought. And in true millennial fashion, WE’RE DOING SOMETHING ABOUT IT. </span><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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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">We want to hear from YOU on how the workplace can become more inclusive across
<b>racial </b>and <b>gender </b>lines. Additionally, by participating you will have the chance to win:</span><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:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">A $500 cash prize </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><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;color:black">Mentorship from a sponsoring company on implementing your idea</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><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;color:black">An invitation to a winners-round table with sponsoring companies</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><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;color:black">And many more!</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Additionally this ideathon is a great opportunity to
<b>build your network </b>as we will have representatives from major firms in consulting, banking, media, tech, retail, CPG and many other industries!</span><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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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">If sparking meaningful change within workplaces across the nation is something you are interested in, check out our</span><a href="https://rlink.re/l/235386c1/c1b5/44e3/bea9/714763a5e230"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;text-decoration:none">
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">gwaMIT is accepting applications for the position of department representatives! As a gwaMIT department rep, you'll build connections across MIT and help in the
personal & professional development of graduate womxn. It is also a powerful means to bring about department-level change and strive towards a more equitable and inclusive MIT. The position lasts for one year, with an option for renewal. Read more about the
role and responsibilities</span><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BepM4QWy2tUO7ju1dkIOt69lb9wJb_DIs9Us_ljVqUA/edit"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;text-decoration:none">
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</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1155CC">here</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">. Womxn who are members of underrepresented
and minoritized groups are encouraged to apply. The departments with openings are: Sloan, ChemE, Arch, PolSci, HASTS, Humanities, Writing, NSE, CCWCE, CMS, CSB, MAS, CRE, CCE, CTL, EECS. If the position is currently filled, but you are still interested in
being involved with gwaMIT, email us to let us know! We have multiple avenues for engagement in gwaMIT's activities and initiatives. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">The GradDiversity Newsletter is a biweekly newsletter that features events, opportunities, and resources for Graduate Students of Color. You can sign up
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