[Gsc-anno] @MIT [Magic Madness @ MIT!, Spring 2012 MIT Community Service Fair, MIT TBP Spring Career Fair, and much more…]
Madalyn Sarah Berns
mberns at MIT.EDU
Wed Feb 1 17:51:12 EST 2012
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In this week’s Anno:
1. Magic Madness @ MIT!
2. GWAMIT-Harvard-BU Grad Women Social at Harpoon Brewery
3. Miss Representation film screening
4. Ballroom Dance Workshops
5. Introduction to Flagship Ventures
6. Lunch with Intel Women
7. Spring 2012 MIT Community Service Fair
8. GradRat Wine and Chocolate Fountain Delivery/Social
9. MIT TBP Spring Career Fair
10. Volunteer for ACES Mentorship Program
11. Transportation at MIT Data Hack-A-Thon
12. Announcing the 2012 MIT Energy Conference
13. Mentorship class
14. MIT Sloan 2012 Healthcare Case Competition
15. 2012 MIT Sloan BioInnovations Conference
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1 What: Magic Madness @ MIT!
1 When: Feb 11 & 12
1 Where: Feb 11 Workshops location by RSVP only | Feb 12 performance
at Kresge Auditorium
1 Contact: gsc-ac at mit.edu<mailto:gsc-ac at mit.edu>
- Come experience a weekend of magical thrills and hone your
performance powers with an Emmy-nominated magician!
- Saturday, Feb 11: Workshops for Magically Inspired Teaching (MIT)
- --> Limited space only! RSVP here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dDNGQlRTckhGTFg1UnBXV0pMRHZueEE6MQ
- Sunday, Feb 12: A Performance by Emmy-nominated magician Larry
Wilson
- 6pm | $5 for students, $8 other | Tickets @ door and here:
https://gsc.scripts.mit.edu:444/ssl/em/?pg=1&id=14:
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2 What: GWAMIT-Harvard-BU Grad Women Social at Harpoon Brewery
Fri 2/17 *RSVP Required*
2 When: Friday, Feb. 17th 5:30-7pm (bus pickup ~4:45pm)
2 Where: Harpoon Brewery, Boston; Bus transportation provided (more
info below)
2 Contact: Kay (cell: 352.398.9318)
- Is snowy weather disappointing? Is the semester off to a busy start
already? Do you need a well-deserved break with friends, food,and drinks?
- Come out and catch up with old friends, meet new faces from other
schools, and help build our network of graduate women in Boston!
- BUS TRANSPORTATION will be provided from BU, MIT, and
Harvard to and from Harpoon.
- RSVP IS REQUIRED as space is limited. RSVP Here:
http://bit.ly/gradharpoon.
- Also link on sidebar of GWAMIT homepage at http://gwamit.org<http://gwamit.org/>
- Bus will leave around 4:45pm from 77 Massachusetts Ave crosswalk
(student center side)
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3 What: Miss Representation film screening
3 When: Doors open at 6:30 PM, screening begins at 7:00 PM
3 Where: Wong Auditorium, 70 Memorial Drive, Cambridge MA 02142
3 Contact: Amelia Landberg - amelia_l at mit.edu<mailto:amelia_l at mit.edu>
- This is a completely FREE screening, open to the public.
- Come see Jennifer Siebel Newsom's award-winning film, Miss
Representation, before you meet Jennifer herself at the SWIM Conference
- Watch the trailer at: http://vimeo.com/18985647
- Refreshments will be provided.
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4 What: Ballroom Dance Workshops
4 When: Sundays 2:30-5pm, Mondays 7:30-9pm
4 Where: Location varies, check website
4 Contact: bdc-info at mit.edu<mailto:bdc-info at mit.edu>
- Interested in learning Foxtrot, Tango, Waltz, Viennese Waltz, Quickstep,
Rumba, Cha-Cha, or Swing?
- Come to classes offered by the MIT Ballroom Dance Club!
- Fun, casual, low time-commitment
- FREE for MIT students
- Check out the full schedule here: http://web.mit.edu/bdclub/workshops.html
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5 What: Introduction to Flagship Ventures
5 When: Wednesday, February 8, 2012 (6-7:30 PM)
5 Where: 32-124
5 Contact: Shannon O'Brien (shannon1 at mit.edu<mailto:shannon1 at mit.edu> / 617-258-5798)
- Come learn about Flagship Ventures!
- Dr. Geoff Whitehead will talk about Flagship Ventures,
- Flagship VentureLabs and its Entrepreneurial Fellows Program, and
- share tips on delivering a solid pitch
- (Food Served During Q&A)
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6 What: Lunch with Intel Women
6 When: Feb 6th (Monday)
6 Where: 32D-463
6 Contact: http://twitter.com/intel_cath
- Intel Corp will be in town next week for the career fair, and we’d like to
invite members of the GWAMIT to join our female Intel reps (MIT alum) for a
casual lunch and career development discussion.
- Please RSVP as we have limited space for 30 women. The topic will
initially be focused on career development (who their grad degrees have
helped them in their careers), but we are open to discussion on any topics
of interest.
- Lunch will be provided
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7 What: Spring 2012 MIT Community Service Fair
7 When: Wednesday, February 8, 2012; 1:00-3:00pm
7 Where: Lobby 10 and the Bush Room (10-105)
7 Contact: servicefair at mit.edu<mailto:servicefair at mit.edu>
- Find a great volunteer opportunity at the MIT Community Service Fair!
- Looking to give back to your community? Build your resume? Acquire
new skills? Broaden your horizons? Then come to the MIT Community
Service Fair!
- Don't miss your chance to meet over 30 local nonprofit organizations
and find a great service opportunity!
- This event is open to the entire MIT Community and is sponsored by
the MIT Public Service Center.
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8 What: GradRat Wine and Chocolate Fountain Delivery/Social
8 When: Mon, Feb. 6, 5-7pm
8 Where: Morss Hall in Walker Memorial (Bldg 50)
8 Contact: gsc-ring at mit.edu<mailto:gsc-ring at mit.edu>
- Come pick up your ring or order one!
- Event is free of charge, desserts and alcohol provided (21+ only)
- Raffle for 10 $50 GradRat discounts/credit
- There will be a performance by the MIT Ballroom Dance Team
- (Note: Last week's GSC-anno date had an error - the event is Monday,
not Tuesday)
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9 What: MIT TBP Spring Career Fair
9 When: Tuesday, February 7th, 9am-3pm
9 Where: Rockwell Cage
9 Contact: tbp-career-exec at mit.edu<mailto:tbp-career-exec at mit.edu>
- Come to the Spring Career Fair featuring over 90 companies!
- Submit your resume at http://web.mit.edu/tbp/www/career.shtml
- Companies are still recruiting for both full time and summer positions!
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10 What: Volunteer for ACES Mentorship Program
10 When: Spring Semester - 7 sessions
10 Where: MIT Campus
10 Contact: sasmith at mit.edu<mailto:sasmith at mit.edu>
- Mentor high-schoolers interested in engineering and science and
connect with MIT grad students!
- ACES (Achieving Careers in Engineering & Science) is a mentorship
program that introduces HS students to careers in eng / sci.
- ACES runs during the spring semester - it's 7 sessions that are 2.5
hours long (lunch served!).
- Help mentor 1-2 HS students, help plan interesting events and give
back to the community with your passion for engineering / sciences!
- Please email Sally Smith at sasmith at mit.edu<mailto:sasmith at mit.edu> if you're interested or
for more info!
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11 What: Transportation at MIT Data Hack-A-Thon
11 When: Sunday, February 12, 2012, 8.30 am - 8 pm
11 Where: MIT E62-233
11 Contact: transportation-hackathon at mit.edu<mailto:transportation-hackathon at mit.edu>
- Have great ideas for innovative use of transportation-related data?
Come join our hack-a-thon and get a chance to win big cash prizes!
- Transportation at MIT is organizing the first data hack-a-thon, where
talents gather and develop projects using transportation-related data.
- The theme for this year’s hack-a-thon is transportation in Boston metro
area.
- Many interesting data sets are made publicly available exclusively for
this event.
- Visit http://transportclub.mit.edu/hackathon for registration and more
information.
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12 What: Announcing the 2012 MIT Energy Conference
12 When: March 16th and 17th
12 Where: MIT, the Boston Park Plaza Castle, and the Westin Copley Place,
Boston
12 Contact: http://mitenergyconference.com/
- On March 16th and 17th this year's MIT Energy Conference will explore
the challenge, and promise, of Insight and Innovation in Uncertain Times.
- We invite you to visit our newly redesigned website, where you explore
the topics we have chosen for this year's panels and workshops.
- Early bird tickets for the 2012 MIT Energy Conference will go on sale
January 30, 2012 at 1PM EST and are available on our website.
- We are looking forward to seeing you at this year's event!
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13 What: Mentorship class
13 When: T,W,F 12-1:30pm 31st-3rd
13 Where: 2-132
13 Contact: rcamacho at mit.edu<mailto:rcamacho at mit.edu>, bardhan at mit.edu<mailto:bardhan at mit.edu>
- Mentorship class (FER) web:http://web.mit.edu/fnl/volume/213/rankin.html
- DATES CHANGED : 31st Jan,1st,3rd Feb from 12-1:30pm T,W,F.
- In most science and engineering fields, success in research (in both
academia and industry) requires not only advanced domain-specific
knowledge.
- In order to support graduate students and post-docs from across the
Institute in their roles as undergraduate mentors, TTL& UAAP offer FER.
- FER program is designed to facilitate the communication and skills
between mentors and mentees.
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14 What: MIT Sloan 2012 Healthcare Case Competition
14 When: Feb. 25, 2012
14 Where: MIT Sloan School of Management
14 Contact: Elinor Huang wenhsin at mit.edu<mailto:wenhsin at mit.edu>
- MIT Sloan Healthcare Club and AVEO Pharmaceuticals present the MIT
Sloan 2012 Healthcare Case Competition: Digital Marketing for Healthcare
- Team Applications are due by February 9 at 9 p.m. Students who register
as individuals will be grouped together to form interdisciplinary teams.
- $4000 and $1600 cash prizes for the first and second place teams!
- To learn more, visit: http://sloanhcc.mit.edu/case-competition.html
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15 What: 2012 MIT Sloan BioInnovations Conference
15 When: Feb. 24 8 a.m. - 6 p.m.
15 Where: Marriott Cambridge, 2 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA
15 Contact: Bioinnovations2012info at mit.edu<mailto:Bioinnovations2012info at mit.edu>
- Keynote speakers are CEOs of two Fortune 500 companies: Chris
Viehbacher, CEO of Sanofi, and George Scangos, CEO of Biogen Idec
- 2012 Conference is focused on innovation and entrepreneurship and
promises to deliver deliver quality insights and healthy debates
- Exciting panel discussions will include panelists from consulting, VC,
Academia, Non-profits, and Fortune 500 companies
- The conference will conclude with a networking reception, the
BioInnovations Poster Session, which will feature the exciting life
sciences research
- http://web.mit.edu/sloanhcc/bioinnovations/2012/index.html
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