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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><a name="_Hlk56418093"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">gwaMIT Newsletter</span></b></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">December 13<sup>th</sup>, 2021</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">
<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></u></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Become a member of the gwaMIT Executive Board!</span></u></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Want to get involved with gwaMIT, build your network,
and collaborate with an incredible community of womxn graduate students? Apply to be part of the 2021-2022 gwaMIT Executive Board! We are currently focused on recruiting for the Conference, Membership, and Outreach Chair positions. The application form is
available </span></span><a href="https://forms.gle/D5rUT277SfCmxrxA7"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">.
There is a link to the official descriptions in the application form.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:150%;background:white"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></u></b></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:150%;background:white"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Did you know? Womxn-related news from around
the world<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:150%;background:white"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Documentary filmmaker
</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"></span><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/07/opinion/teen-puberty-just-girls.html"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Bronwen
Parker-Rhodes</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> has interviewed teenage girls about their experiences
going through puberty in her newest Op-Doc, in an effort to normalize sharing about that experience more openly.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:150%;background:white"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Germany gets its first
</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"></span><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/08/world/europe/germany-olaf-scholz-cabinet-women.html"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">gender-equal</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">
cabinet, with half of positions held by women. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:150%;background:white"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">MIT PhD student Lucy Du designs prosthetics and aims
to </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"></span><a href="https://news.mit.edu/2021/lucy-du-engineering-1207"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">inspire
others</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> to pursue bioengineering.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:150%;background:white"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Darlene Hard, an outspoken and
</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"></span><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/08/sports/tennis/darlene-hard-dead.html"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">independent-minded
tennis star</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">, and the top-ranked American woman from 1960 to
1963, passed away on December 2<sup>nd</sup>. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:150%;background:white"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Events & Opportunities</span></u></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Attend Odyssey’s Hackathon for underrepresented students (December 17<sup>th</sup>-18<sup>th</sup>)
<o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="color:black;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Job Opportunities at Generally Intelligent (apply now!)<o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="color:black;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Internship Opportunity at The Blunt Company (apply now!)<o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="color:black;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Join the WISDM community of innovators!<o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="color:black;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Join the MITxHarvard Women in AI Group!<o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="color:black;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Become a gwaMIT Department Rep!
<o:p></o:p></span></span></li></ol>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Attend Odyssey’s Hackathon for underrepresented students<o:p></o:p></span></u></span></li></ol>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">When:
</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">December 17<sup>th</sup>-18<sup>th</sup>, 2021<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Details:
</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Odyssey's Hackathon for underrepresented students is a perfect opportunity to connect with top employers,
learn from workshops, meet professionals and other students, and enjoy building a project that could win prizes up to $2,000!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Members can claim their free spot today here:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><a href="https://join-odyssey.com/hackathon-students?refer=gwamit-exec@mit.edu" title="https://join-odyssey.com/hackathon-students?refer=gwamit-exec@mit.edu"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">https://join-odyssey.com/hackathon-students?refer=gwamit-exec@mit.edu</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Job Opportunities at Generally Intelligent<o:p></o:p></span></u></span></li></ol>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"><span class="xxsh-color"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Kanjun Qui, a former MIT student, runs an AI research
company called </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"></span><a href="https://generallyintelligent.ai/"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Generally
Intelligent</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"><span class="xxsh-color"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">, and they have opportunities
for graduate students and postdocs! Generally Intelligent is </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"></span><a href="https://generallyintelligent.ai/#careers"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">hiring</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">
a small number of<span class="xxsh-color"> </span>in-person ML Research Engineers and remote Systems Engineers. Previous ML experience is not required, but strong software engineering skills are. Generally Intelligent is a research startup investigating the
fundamentals of deep learning to build human-like general intelligence. They take a scientific, first-principles approach with inspiration from psychology and neuroscience, evolving simple self-supervised architectures to tackle human developmental milestones
of increasing complexity. They have significant funding to freely pursue our research goals over the next decade. If you’re a strong software engineer fascinated by this subject, please email Kanjun Qui a<span class="xxsh-color">t </span></span></span><a href="mailto:kanjun@generallyintelligent.ai" target="_blank" title="mailto:kanjun@generallyintelligent.ai"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">kanjun@generallyintelligent.ai</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"><span class="xxsh-color"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Internship Opportunity at The Blunt Company<o:p></o:p></span></u></span></li></ol>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Are you a current student looking for an IAP paid internship? Are you interested
in being an early member of a woman owned E-commerce company gone tech startup?<br>
We are The Blunt Company. Redefining the word “Blunt”. To be Blunt is to be your unique self, true to who you are, and empower others to do so too. Our audience is particularly young women. In an age where social media has gone rogue, the effects of the algorithms
are bleeding over into our personal lives and there has never been a mental health epidemic like what we as young adults are experiencing today. Blunt aims to aid in this war on our psyches by creating a safe place mobile application for young women to connect
with one-another.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br>
We are looking for an intern to work alongside our other developers to help with programming our mobile app. Interest and experience are weighed equally, so please still apply if you don't meet exactly what we're looking for.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br>
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Mobile App Development Responsibilities:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Knowledge of (or interest in learning) Swift, Javascript, and/or Objective-C.<o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="color:black;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Work with our co-founders to build out the UX and front-end of our beta v2. Collaborate with co-founders to make sure the details of the
designed wireframes are being captured correctly and bring our product to life.<o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="color:black;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Build user needs into product design.<o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="color:black;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Bonus if you have experience with Web Development for our e-commerce customer facing end: experience designing, developing, and launching
websites à Shopify and Shopify app add-ons<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br>
Knowledge of UI/UX and user-centered design principles for a direct-to-consumer (DTC) product.<o:p></o:p></span></span></li></ul>
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Please message our CEO Mahtab at<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><a href="mailto:mahtab@bluntcases.com" title="mailto:mahtab@bluntcases.com"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">mahtab@bluntcases.com</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">at
your earliest convenience. Do not hesitate to reach out with questions.<br>
We hope to start as soon as possible, and be looking for a proposal from the applicant as far as timeline, expected total number of hours, etc. We would pay via sandbox funds provided by the university for the duration of the internship, at the Institute’s
maximum allowable maximum rate of $15.00/hr."<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Join the WISDM community of innovators!<o:p></o:p></span></u></span></li></ol>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">You’re invited to join </span></span><a href="https://innovation.mit.edu/wisdm/" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">WISDM</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> -
a platform designed to increase visibility of women and all underrepresented gender diverse individuals in innovation and STEM and reduce barriers to collaboration. You can learn more about WISDM </span></span><a href="https://innovation.mit.edu/wisdm/about-wisdm/" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">,
but in short: <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">The Women in Innovation and STEM Database at MIT (WISDM)</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"></span><a href="https://innovation.mit.edu/wisdm/" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">
</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">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></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Join the community of innovators</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> by </span></span><a href="https://mitii.news/WISDMprofile" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">creating
your WISDM profile</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">, and be the first to find out about
relevant events in <b>MIT’s new hub for innovation</b> — </span></span><a href="https://mitii.news/ihq" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">InnovationHQ</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">! <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Join the MITxHarvard Women in AI Group!<o:p></o:p></span></u></span></li></ol>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Are you interested in Artificial Intelligence? Curious about neural networks,
reinforcement learning, or neuro-symbolic approaches? 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! <br>
Undergrads, grad students, postdocs, and affiliates of either MIT or Harvard (or both!) are welcome! We are inclusive to all genders, including non-binary folks. If you are interested, fill out </span></span><a href="https://forms.gle/3zeN6zMGHQN1YLbJ7" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">this
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Become a gwaMIT department rep!</span></u></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li></ol>
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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></span><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BepM4QWy2tUO7ju1dkIOt69lb9wJb_DIs9Us_ljVqUA/edit"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;text-decoration:none">
</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">.
Fill out the short application form</span></span><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfxO1KrUGe7rS_tvZsAW8jOOMFNBnv5BdAi4ssn1svoKUqV9w/viewform"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk56418093"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;text-decoration:none">
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Womxn who are members of underrepresented and minoritized groups are encouraged to apply. The departments with openings are: Architecture, EECS, ChemE, PolSci, HASTS, Humanities, NSE, CTL, CCWCE, CMS, CSB, MAS, CRE. 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></span></p>
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