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SPECIAL AWIS EVENT on June 5th--National Book Award Nominee Allegra Goodman
Allegra Goodman will read from her novel "Intuition" (Just out in paperback--get your copy now!) researched at the Whitehead Institute in Cambridge. If you attend one AWIS event this year--make this the one! This very realistic lab drama is about "an anxious, ambitious, down-on-his-luck postdoctoral researcher suddenly obtains results that look too good to be true — the virus he's injected into cancer-riddled mice appears to be melting away their tumors — and his girlfriend, another postdoc in the same lab, comes to suspect he's fudged his results. But she doesn't know for sure: there's no hard evidence, just some sloppy, discarded lab notes that seem to suggest it." (NYT Book Review)
Date: Tuesday, June 5th
Time: Light dinner and networking at 6:30 PM, Reading to begin at 7:00 PM
Where: Auditorium in the Novartis Amenities Building between 220 and 250 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
REGISTER TODAY!!! Members $5.00 Non-Members $15.00
GO TO ACTEVA TO REGISTER: http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=133877
Join AWIS to save money on events and to support our work! (National and Chapter membership is only $35.00 for students/retirees/unemployed)
Go to www.awis.org to join, or we will provide membership forms at the event.
Directions: The Novartis Amenities Building is between 220 and 250 Massachusetts Ave. (CLICK HERE FOR MAP)
Please enter via a gate between the 220 and 250 Massachusetts Avenue buildings. Walk through the courtyard to the building directly behind 220 Massachusetts Avenue. The Auditorium is to the left once you enter the building.
MBTA: Take the Red Line to Central Square and walk towards the Charles (West) about 4 city blocks. (You cross 4-5 streets, but the distances between streets is larger than typical blocks.) As you are walking past the fire station, look up at buildings down Mass Ave. and you will see "Novartis" on the side of a brick building- that is 250 Mass Ave. You can also walk from the Kendall T stop, but it is a bit further.
Parking: There is metered parking on the street, parking in front of 220 Massachusetts Ave and a parking garage at 55 Franklin Street that has an hourly rate. Be careful not to park in a spot for "residents only" if you do not have a Cambridge sticker. They will give you a ticket!
Extraordinary Women Engineers Project is looking for young women engineers
The video team for a WGBH educational initiative called the Extraordinary Women Engineers Project is looking for young women engineers as potential subjects for video profiles on a Web site we are developing with the National Academy of Engineering. We're specifically looking for biomedical engineers in the Boston area and wondered if you might have any leads on potential candidates. Because we're looking for someone who will inspire high school girls, we'd prefer candidates that are just starting out in their career.
We're specifically looking for:
--women under 35
--with just a BS in biomedical engineering (we prefer someone without an advanced degree)
--working in the biomedical industry (rather than at a university)
If you know of anyone or would like more information, please contact:
Borgna Brunner, Educational Outreach, WGBH borgna_brunner@...
One Guest Street, Boston, MA 02135 617-300-3850
Graduate Women in Science (GWIS)Events and Opportunities
GWIS "Women Don't Ask" book discussion and BBQ
Friday, June 1, 6:30 PM Email beuning@... for details/directions.
WEALTH (Women Executives Advancing Life Sciences, Technology and Health) Roundtable Dinner-May 17
Join us on Thursday, May 17, 2007 at Davio's fabulous Mediterranean sibling, Avila Restaurant (www.avilarestaurant.com), in Boston's Park Square at 6:30PM for cocktails, followed by dinner. Cost is $130.00. RSVP to www.lswomen.org by May 12th.
Topic: "Success Through Collaboration”
Table Speaker: Abbie Celniker, Novartis Institutes For BioMedical Research, Inc.
Please join the Executive Women’s Network for a wonderful event! Our mission is to relax, learn and spend the evening forging and rekindling relationships. We are very excited to have as our table speaker Abbie Celniker, Novartis Institutes For BioMedical Research, Inc.
Abbie Celniker, PhD is the Global Head of the Program Office for the Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research (NIBR). In this role, Dr. Celniker is responsible for the global integration and oversight of the Novartis Discovery Portfolio. In her last role at Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Dr. Celniker led the pipeline portfolio review committee and headed Development Project Management and Pharmaceutical Sciences. Previously, Dr. Celniker headed the biotherapeutics, and the research and development strategy and operation functions at Millennium. Prior to Millennium, Dr. Celniker was at the Genetic Institute division of Wyeth Ayerst Research, where she was assistant vice president for predevelopment and biopharmaceutical core technologies. She has previously held positions at Genentech Inc. and the University of Arizona Cancer Center. Dr. Celniker has a bachelor's degree in biology from the University of California at San Diego and earned her Ph.D. in molecular biology at the University of Arizona.
A wonderful evening is planned with networking and a beautiful dinner by this renowned restaurant. Please let us know if you have any dietary restrictions.
Negotiating for what you want-- improving women's ability on and off the job--May 24
The second event in the MIT Alumnae Leadership Series for 2007, sponsored by the Sloan Alumni Club of Boston (SACB), Association of MIT Alumnae (AMITA), the MIT Alumni Association, and the MIT Sloan Alumni Relations Office, Office of External Relations.
Come join experts and successful practitioners over breakfast to hone the art and science of negotiating for better outcomes for yourself, and understand the impact on your career growth and wealth potential.Our moderator, Professor Deborah Kolb, MIT PhD 81, is an authority on gender issues in negotiation and leadership, especially how women can negotiate the conditions for their own success while at the same time contributing to the effectiveness of their organization. The panel will feature, among others, Gail Long, Executive Vice President of Specialized Banking at Citizens Bank of Massachusetts, Madge Meyer, Executive Vice President at State Street in charge of Global Infrastructure Services, Evelyn Murphy, President, The Wage Project Inc.;Author, Getting Even: Why Women Don't Get Paid Like Men and What to Do About It and Irina Simmons, SVP and Treasurer of EMC Corporation.
You will learn lessons from the road warriors and what made them more successful at negotiating for what they wanted and how to close that wage gap, both for yourself and for the women who look to you for leadership. Hear the hard data, the practical steps, and the proven strategies for making a difference!
Time: 7:00 am registration, 7:30 am breakfast, 8:00-9:30 am panel discussion
Date: May 24, 2007
Location: MIT Sloan School of Management, Wong Auditorium, Bldg E51, Wadsworth Street, Cambridge MA
Register: Online through https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/user/Register.dyn?eventID=9858&groupID=182
For more information, go to: alum.mit.edu/wl
If you are not an alumni of MIT, simply choose the right hand button that says "non alumni registration". Fill out the form, including our survey questions. You can pay online using a credit card.
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