[Gsc-anno] @MIT [$2 Tuesday, Vote Today, GWAMIT Leadership Conference, Lemelson-MIT prize, and speakers]

[Todd Schenk (GSC Secretary)]

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Highlights:

	1.  $2 Tuesday - TONIGHT

	2.  U.S. Election - VOTE TODAY

	3.  2010 GWAMIT Leadership Conference - Next week

	4.   $30,000 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize

	5.  Science Policy Initiative lunch with Bina Venkataraman

	6.  Resolving milk cold-chain problems in India and Pakistan

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1 What:     $2 Tuesday - TONIGHT
1 When:    Tuesday, November 2nd, 6:00-7:30 PM
1 Where:   Morss Hall (1st Floor of Walker Memorial)
1 Who:       MIT graduate student + one guest

- Reserve a spot at: https://gsc.mit.edu/tdt/register.php
- The third Two Dollar Tuesday dinner of the year will be catered by Season to Taste
- Only MIT graduate students may purchase dinner tickets. Each student may
  buy one guest ticket. Guest tickets also cost $2 and must be purchased with
  the student's ticket.  There is no physical ticket; there will be a guest list at the
  event and you will check in there.
- Dinner tickets are sold on a first-come, first-served basis. Tickets are non-transferable.
  There will be no refunds if you cancel and/or do not show up.
- Your children are welcome and can come in for free.
- Questions or comments: email gsc-ac at mit.edu.
-  If you would like to volunteer, please email gsc-ac at mit.edu.  Volunteers get free dinner.

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2 What:     Election Day - Get Out & Vote!!!
2 When:    Tuesday, November 2nd, 7:00-8:00 PM
2 Where:   www.vote411.org
2 Who:       U.S. Citizens

- Today is Election Day, don't forget to vote!
- Find your polling locations and voting information at:  http://www.vote411.org/
- Questions or comments: email gsc-lasc at mit.edu.

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3 What:		Next Week: The 2010 GWAMIT Leadership Conference!
3 When: 	November 8-10, 2010 
3 Where:	Various locations, see: http://gsc.mit.edu/gwamit/leadership
3 Contact:	gwamit-leadership at mit.edu

- 5 exciting events over 3 days!
	*Keynote by Dr. Sophie Vandebroek, CTO of Xerox, with opening remarks by President Hockfield.
	*Negotiation Seminar by Dr. Deborah Kolb, author of "Her Place at the Table." 
	*Assertive Communication Workshop by Prof. Roberta Pittore, M.B.A.
	*Dress for Success Workshop by Sheri Falk, designer and owner of the BASIQUES store on Newbury St.
	*Personal Leadership Evaluation Workshop by the MIT LEGS Program.
- More details at: http://gsc.mit.edu/gwamit/leadership
- RSVP here: http://bit.ly/dtfDE0

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4 What:      Nominate a Friend for the $30,000 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize!
4 When:     Before the deadline- 12/10/2010
4 Where:    Anywhere!
4 Contact:  Maura Hume, Lemelson-MIT Program, lemelson_awards at mit.edu 

- Ever talk to a friend and walk away thinking: "Wow! The project they are
  working on sounds amazing. More people need to know about this!"
  If this is the case, the Lemelson-MIT Program wants to know about them!
- Seniors and Graduate students are eligible to apply.
- Email prospective names to lemelson_awards at mit.edu today!

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5 What:      Science Policy Initiative lunch with Bina Venkataraman
5 When:     November 5th, 12pm-1pm
5 Where:    RSVP to patwen at mit.edu for location
5 Contact:  Patrick wen, patwen at mit.edu

- Join Bina Venkataraman, Senior Science Policy Advisor at the Broad Institute of 
  Harvard & MIT, for a discussion about science policy.  There will be a brief talk 
  followed by lunch and informal discussion with Bina and graduate students 
  involved in the MIT Science Policy Initiative (SPI).
- Attendance will be limited, contact Patrick Wen (patwen at mit.edu) to RSVP.
- SPI is a student group involved in outreach and advocacy efforts related to science policy.
- Visit our websitehttp://web.mit.edu/spi/ for more information.
- This is event is sponsored by the MIT Science Policy Initiative and the GSC Funding Board.

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6 What:    Resolving milk cold-chain problems in India and Pakistan
6 When:   Nov 3rd, 12-1pm
6 Where:  E62-262 (New MIT Sloan Building)
6 Contact:  http://food-ag.mit.edu

- MIT Food and Agriculture Collaborative Fall Speaker Series
- Sponsored by MITFAC, SEID, MIT Energy Initiative, South Asia Club
- There are hundreds of thousands of milk-producing villages that dairy processors 
  cannot collect milk from in Pakistan and India because of the remote areas with 
  unreliable electricity to keep the milk cold-stored.  Promethean Power has developed 
  a hybrid solar-powered industrial milk chiller that has been 100% designed to resolve 
  this specific milk collection problem.  We will have the co-founders of Promethean Power 
  as well as Kishore Musale, chairman of Astarc Group to speak about the opportunity to 
  design appropriate technologies to resolve agriculture issues in the future.