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The MASS Association for Women In Science chapter continues to grow! Our next event will be in January. Another "AWIS Sharing Science" evening is being planned by Susan Sloan, Rosa Melendez and Rebecca Pitts and will take place at the Massachusetts Biological Laboratories affiliated with the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Date and details will follow soon.
JOIN AWIS!!! Make it a resolution for 2006--whether you become active or just support out important work...go to www.awis.org to join!
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CONTENTS
*Nominate someone you know as a "Massachusetts Unsung Heroine"!!!
*GWIS Event--Repair of Basic Laboratory Equipment
*HGWISE Event: A scientific work-life balance panel
*WEST SBIR Workshop
*West Members only Holiday Party
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*Nominate someone you know as a "Massachusetts Unsung Heroine"!!!
The Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women is planning a great event at the State House
in Boston on March 3, 2006 to announce and honor the Unsung Heroine selected to represent each of
the Commonwealth's 351 communities. This event is a prelude to the Commission's 3rd Annual Unsung
Heroines Luncheon to be held on March 22, 2006.
Nominations must be received on or before January 19, 2006. Nomination forms may be downloaded from the Commission website, www. mass.gov/women--NOMINATE A SPECIAL WOMAN IN YOUR COMMUNITY!!!
Massachusetts women have always been in the forefront of advancing the status of women. They have come from rural and urban backgrounds, different social classes, and different races. They have worked together. Diversity was the strength of the women who struggled for 72 years to be included in the Constitution. They united under a symbol: the yellow rose. The yellow rose stood for unity, friendship and determination. The yellow rose continues to remind us that our own work to improve the status of women in the Commonwealth continues requiring that same diversity, unity and determination. Today thousands of women from every community in our Commonwealth perform unheralded acts on a daily basis that make our neighborhoods, our cities and our towns better places to
live . They are the Unsung Heroines who use their time, their talent, their spirit and enthusiasm to enrich the lives of others. They are mentors, they are volunteers, they are innovators, they are the glue that keeps a community together, they are the spark that gets things started and gets things done...they care about other people and it shows. They don't make the news, they make the difference!
*GWIS Event--Repair of Basic Laboratory Equipment
Wed Jan 11, Wed Jan 25, 06-08:00pm, MIT Bldg 68 Rm 077 (whereis.mit.edu)
Engineer Charles Moses will conduct a course on repair of laboratory equipment, geared toward but not limited to beginners. Equipment will include: electrophoresis units, spectrophotometers, motors on shakers and centrifuges, etc. General topics will also include: assessing the tools required to disassemble, fix and reassemble a piece of equipment; tool quality; and rational disassembly of equipment when the function of some component is not known. Bring broken equipment on which to practice.
*HGWISE Presents: A scientific work-life balance panel
Harvard Graduate Women in Science and Engineering (HGWISE)Event: From Ballroom to Babies: the challenges and rewards of achieving work-life balance from graduate school and beyond--Wednesday, February 1, 2006 4:00 - 6:00 pm
Harvard University, Dudley House Common Room
Four to five women at various stages of academic science careers will share their experiences balancing career and personal life. Talks will be followed by a question and answer session and end with socializing over snacks.
*WEST SBIR Workshop--Women Entrepreneurs in Science and Technology
How SBIR Grants Can Drive your Concept to Product and Profit, Keynote Speaker - Helen Greiner, Chairman and Cofounder of iRobot--Intensive Workshop for Entrepreneurs and Small Businesses
Join us if you are considering a first SBIR/STTR application, resubmitting a revised proposal or are a seasoned SBIR/STTR Awardee on the brink of Commercialization. This workshop will answer your questions and give you an edge to achieve your project and financing goals.
Wednesday, 18 January 2006, Conference Center at Waltham Woods, 8:00am - 5:30 pm
For Registration, Early Bird Rates apply through Dec. 21, 2005, please go to: http://westorg.org/forms/event_reg_sbir_20060118.shtml
*WEST Members only Holiday Party
EVENT: WEST Holiday Celebration and Networking Event
WHEN: 12 January 2006 - 6:00-9:00 p.m.
WHERE: The British Consulate, One Memorial Drive, 15th Floor, Cambridge
PROGRAM: A combined Holiday Networking and Intellectual Property program, featuring
Pamela D. Ariniello, Patent Counsel at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
SPONSOR: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C.
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