[UA - The Byte] Apr. 12, 2021

Mon Apr 12 10:57:49 EDT 2021

Vol. 5 Issue 17 - April 12, 2021

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Hi Undergrads, 

Hope you are all taking care of yourselves! For those on campus, you may have noticed a change in COVID-19 testing at Johnson. A new testing process <https://mcusercontent.com/0cb9f68f0bc51d0385e5d8872/files/a8ba424a-a617-4199-9d64-576e724b4c20/HUCL_Pilot.pdf> was shared during an 8 am call <https://mit.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=88f983a0e3c2a43fb2a2eabd0&id=316f52fdbd&e=961485badd> with administrators, faculty, and students on Friday (4/9). This new process:

is more cost-effective & eco-friendly
has potential for fewer invalid results & quicker results
enables unobserved testing (if MIT goes that route)
If your would like to learn more, this new technology is similar to a 3D-printed swab developed at MIT and detailed in this MIT News Article <https://news.mit.edu/2021/opt-industries-swab-0408>. Reach out to the UA if you have any questions or thoughts about this new process!

The Byte is a biweekly UA newsletter to inform undergraduates about what's happening in the MIT community.

The Byte is run by the UA which works to improve your undergraduate experience through policy, projects, and events. We're always happy to listen to your suggestions, concerns, and comments. Learn more at ua.mit.edu <http://ua.mit.edu/>.

~ Naomi
UA Secretary
 Community
Black Feminist Health Science Studies in ActionCOVID-19 Vaccine
Flipping Failure
Movements and Change: Race and Justice Across Africa Today
Grounding Flow Yoga
Coping Skills to Support Healing
Title IX: A Call to Action
SaveTFP's Spring Events
COVID-19 Vaccine
MIT COVID Surveillance Study
College Sustainability Survey 
 Undergraduate Association
UA Council Meetings
[UA Innovation] Missing Banana Lounge? Us too!
SAAM Slam
Apply to the Safe and Sustainable Labs Task Force
 Institute News
Killian Lecture by Professor Susan Solomon
Free Wall Street Journal Membership
COMMUNITY

Black Feminist Health Science Studies in Action
When: Wednesday, 4/14 from 12-1 PM ET
Register for the event: here <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mlk-visiting-scholar-luncheon-with-dr-moya-bailey-tickets-148792405089>

Black Feminist Health Science Studies: transforming medicine, science, and Black people’s relationship to both.

Join Dr. Moya Bailey as she talks about her course Black Feminist Health Science Studies and the accompanying symposium. She will be playing one of the podcast episodes produced by students in the course and talking about the pedagogical considerations she made for the course.

Flipping Failure
When: Wednesday, 4/14 from 12:30-2 PM ET
Register for the event: here <https://calendar.mit.edu/event/movements_and_change_race_and_justice_across_africa_today_online_panel#.YGHmFmRKj5Z>
Take the survey: https://mit.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_b1KIXXT88lt6iUK <https://mit.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_b1KIXXT88lt6iUK>

The Teaching and Learning Lab aims to make Flipping Failure <https://flippingfailure.mit.edu/> a more valuable resource for both undergraduate and graduate students and is surveying students to guide next steps. The survey <https://mit.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_b1KIXXT88lt6iUK>will run from April 12 to April 26. All current MIT students are invited to take it using this link <https://mit.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_b1KIXXT88lt6iUK>.

Everyone who completes the entire survey will be eligible to receive $20 and will be entered into a drawing to win their choice of prizes. Three prize winners will be selected. The prize options include: 

Apple Airpods
Ember Smart Mug 
Philips Smartsleep Wake-up light 
Fellow Stagg EKG Electric Pour-over Kettle 
Cup of Té Luxe Gold Starter Tea Kit or In Pursuit of Tea Matcha Tea Gift Set 
$150 worth of books (your choice)

Movements and Change: Race and Justice Across Africa Today
When: Wednesday, 4/14 from 12:30-2 PM ET
Register for the event: here <https://calendar.mit.edu/event/movements_and_change_race_and_justice_across_africa_today_online_panel#.YGHmFmRKj5Z>

The Office of the Associate Provost for International Activities and the MIT Africa Steering Committee invites you to an online panel discussion which will feature leading voices from the African continent and the African diaspora who are engaged in critical public discourses around race and reform across diverse African contexts and different media. 

Grounding Flow Yoga
When: Tuesday, 4/13 from 5:15-6 PM ET
Zoom: tiny.cc/sas-yoga <http://tiny.cc/sas-yoga>

This low-impact, trauma-sensitive yoga class will include grounding poses to stretch the body and take a self-care break. No experience or special equipment necessary. It is helpful to wear comfortable clothes and have enough space to stretch out or walk a few paces. Please feel free to use these yoga props if you have them (but no worries if not): yoga mat, yoga block, and blanket. Instructor: Zan Barry, registered yoga teacher with the Yoga Alliance and senior program manager in Community Wellness at MIT Medical.

Coping Skills to Support Healing
When: Tuesday, 4/27 from 5:30-6:30 PM ET
Register: Receive a free toolbox if you register before 4/16 tinyurl.com/SAAM <http://tinyurl.com/SAAM> 

Join VPR and SAS on April 27th from 6:30-7:30pm ET in a workshop designed to increase your coping skills “toolbox” to use in moments of distress. All survivors and allies are welcome! Register for the event by April 16th. VPR will mail out items for this toolbox to the first 20 students who sign up. Zoom link will be sent prior to the event.

Title IX: A Call to Action
When: Thursday, 4/22 from 6-7 PM ET
Zoom: tiny.cc/sas-titleix <http://tiny.cc/sas-titleix>

Join Student Advocates for Survivors on April 22nd at 6pm ET to learn about the activism that brought us Title IX, and how student and activist efforts continue to fight to protect students today. It has been 49 years since Title IX was established to prevent gender discrimination in educational institutions, but since then, there has been an ongoing struggle to fight against sexual violence. Join via zoom.

SaveTFP's Spring Events
When: Fridays 9-11 PM ET
Learn more: Add SaveTFP's Google Calendar <https://mit.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=acebd4535d9c473c0d6e529eb&id=887c8659da&e=60ef4c7608>, fill out this form <https://mit.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=acebd4535d9c473c0d6e529eb&id=2a6962cfca&e=60ef4c7608> to be added to SaveTFP's mailing list

Mark your calendars for SaveTFP's remaining Spring Events!

SaveTFP is committed to reducing stress and facilitating student social activities while increasing health awareness and curbing dangerous behaviors at MIT. 

COVID-19 Vaccine
Survey: Here <https://mit.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_b9I9sTXUDHkGxG6>

Are you planning on getting the COVID-19 vaccine when it’s available? Do you have concerns? MIT Medical wants to know what you are thinking. Please fill out this quick survey <https://mit.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_b9I9sTXUDHkGxG6>, designed in collaboration with the UA Committee on COVID-19, to help MIT Medical plan vaccination efforts.

MIT COVID Surveillance Study
Participate: medical.mit.edu/covidstudy <http://medical.mit.edu/covidstudy>

 Are you in Covid Pass?

If so, you are eligible to participate in the MIT COVID Surveillance study to help better understand how behaviors influence transmission rates during a pandemic.

To participate: 

Sign up at medical.mit.edu/covidstudy  <http://medical.mit.edu/covidstudy>
Fill out regular surveys about your behaviors during the pandemic
You also have an opportunity to use a wearable device to track your health.

College Sustainability Survey 
Survey: Click here to take the survey <https://n7podpsznwi.typeform.com/to/TcgvGHdH>

Interested in doing a 7-minute survey to win $100? 

Graduate students at Columbia University are partnering with a venture capital fund to better understand the sustainability habits of college students in America. If you’re interested in participating in this survey, please click on this link <https://n7podpsznwi.typeform.com/to/TcgvGHdH>. Students who fill out this survey <https://n7podpsznwi.typeform.com/to/TcgvGHdH> will be entered into a raffle where 5 participants will win a $100 gift card.

Thank you for your participation!

UNDERGRADUATE ASSOCIATION

UA Council Meetings
When: Meeting schedule & links here <http://ua.mit.edu/uacouncil> 
Where: https://mit.zoom.us/j/94848054203 <https://www.google.com/url?q=https://mit.zoom.us/j/94848054203&sa=D&source=calendar&usd=2&usg=AOvVaw1f_jL4UdpWYCKcsg_97BOD>
Contact: ua-secretary at mit.edu <mailto:ua-secretary at mit.edu?subject=UA%20Council>

UA Council is the legislative body of the Undergraduate Association. All student are welcome to attend meetings and add items to the council agenda by emailing ua-secretary at mit.edu <mailto:ua-secretary at mit.edu?subject=UA%20Council>. Keep up with the going-ons of Council by adding yourself to ua-council-listeners via Athena or WebMoira <https://groups.mit.edu/webmoira/list/ua-council-listeners> and reading the published meeting minutes <http://ua.mit.edu/minutes>.

Upcoming Meetings:

TOMORROW, Tuesday, April 13th from 8-9 PM ET
Tuesday, April 27th from 8-9 PM ET
Tuesday, May 11th from 8-9 PM ET
If you want to learn more about council, check out their governing documents <http://web.mit.edu/ua/governing-docs/council-bylaws.pdf>.

[UA Innovation] Missing Banana Lounge? Us too!
Survey: tinyurl.com/missing-bananas2021 <http://www.tinyurl.com/missing-bananas2021>
Get involved: tinyurl.com/banana-domination <http://www.tinyurl.com/banana-domination>

UA Innovation Committee (incomm) created Banana Lounge (26-110) for students, "a little happy place in the heart of campus." It was a space for many in the MIT community to meet, eat, work, nap, create, and play.

We know that you may miss Banana Lounge, and we're working hard on getting Banana Lounge restarted in the fall! In the meantime, we are exploring if we could safely bring back a taste of the old banana lounge (banana-flavored?) with COVID-safe space(s).

How can we do this? What would you like to see? Let us know with this survey <http://www.tinyurl.com/missing-bananas2021>! 

Want to help us restart the OG Banana Lounge again come fall? Drop your name and kerb here <http://www.tinyurl.com/banana-domination>.

Questions? Comments? Concerns of banana domination? Contact us at bananalounge at mit.edu <mailto:bananalounge at mit.edu>

SAAM SLAM
When: Friday, 4/30 at 7 PM ET
Perform: Submit by 4/27 tiny.cc/saam-slam-subs <http://tiny.cc/saam-slam-subs> 
Zoom link: tiny.cc/saam-slam21 <http://tiny.cc/saam-slam21>

SAAM SLAM is an open mic about identity for Sexual Assault awareness month. Join the UA Student Wellness Committee, Student Advocates for Survivors, The MIT Monologues, and IFC-SHARE, in cooperation with VPR, for a night of poetry and prose (and any other form of auditory expression) about identity and self-expression. Come just to listen, or perform spoken word written by yourself or another writer. If you wish to perform, fill out this form <http://tiny.cc/saam-slam-subs>. Attend via zoom here <http://tiny.cc/saam-slam21>.

Apply to the Safe and Sustainable Labs Task Force
Apply: Applications due 4/14
Contact: ua-chief at mit.edu <mailto:ua-chief at mit.edu> 

MIT is ramping up its efforts to improve on-campus climate action. A significant part of MIT's planning on how to make campus more sustainable is in targeting labs, which use the most energy as compared to other building types - MIT is spinning up a task force with people like Julie Newman and Krystyn van Vliet (associate provost) to lead the effort on making labs more sustainable.

If you're interested in being the representative on this task force, email ua-chief at mit.edu <mailto:ua-chief at mit.edu> responses to the following two questions by Wednesday, April 14th.

1) Why do you want to be a student representative on the the Safe and Sustainable Labs Task Force?

2) What ideas do you have to engage the student body in matters of Committees like this one and how do you plan to see them through?

INSTITUTE NEWS

Killian Lecture by Professor Susan Solomon
When: Wednesday, 4/14 from 4-5:15 PM ET
Where: Lecture with Q & A at bit.ly/killianlecture21 <http://bit.ly/killianlecture21>

Join us for this Killian Lecture by Professor Susan Solomon on The Antarctic Ozone Hole: A Global Success Story of Science and Policy!

Free Wall Street Journal Membership
Activate membership: WSJ.com/ActivateMIT <http://wsj.com/ActivateMIT>

Thanks to the work of UA Innovation, MIT Libraries has partnered with The Wall Street Journal to sponsor complimentary memberships for all students, faculty and staff of MIT. 

Activate Your WSJ Membership
All students can activate their WSJ memberships at WSJ.com/ActivateMIT <http://wsj.com/ActivateMIT>. Share this link with your peers for unlimited access to award winning news coverage on WSJ.com <http://wsj.com/>, invitations to virtual WSJ events and more. 

The WSJ Jobs Summit
As Covid-19 continues to upend the job market, WSJ will be hosting another complimentary Jobs Summit on March 4. Designed with students and recent graduates in mind, we invite you to join us as we share a modern toolkit for navigating the job market. Invite your fellow club members and peers to RSVP through our registration page linked here <https://edu.wsj.com/e/858843/page-1685187-registration/4bpbd/198987947?h=dXLUjPS0nav-vvzvssAeVyq7mCEYoYXjBX9-SVSUbO8>. 

Earn Your WSJ T-Shirt
Refer five friends at your university to activate their school-sponsored WSJ membership and you’ll receive an exclusive WSJ t-shirt. Learn more and start sharing at WSJ.com/referral <http://wsj.com/referral>. 

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