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Systems Biology of Stem Cells
2006 CSBi Symposium
January 12, 2006
Kresge Auditorium, MIT

Please join us for the CSBi Symposium, January 12, 2006 on the Systems Biology of Stem Cells. Started in 2003, the annual CSBi symposium has brought together participants interested in systems biology from around the country. The 2006 Symposium features prominent speakers from MIT and other academic institutions in the US and abroad who will address critical problems at the interface of stem cells and systems biology.
For more information go to: http://csbi.mit.edu/events/annualsymposium/2006

REGISTER BEFORE DECEMBER 31, 2005 at
http://csbi.mit.edu/events/annualsymposium/2006/registration

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"Feminism encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism, and become lesbians." ~Rev. Pat Robertson

Interested? RUS presents the...

::::/// FEMINIST COFFEEHOUSE AND ARTSHOW ///::::

Friday, December 9
8pm
45 Mt. Auburn Street (near Tommy's Pizza)

**$2 suggested donation to benefit the Boston Area Rape Crisis Center** (but come no matter what, it's all good)

* Performaces by Plan B for the Type A's, Sinister Turns, Maya + spoken word, jazz, two lovely twins, issues of Quench zine and more!
* Share free coffee/chai/hot chocolate & fresh-baked vegan/vegetarian pastries!
* Make feminist graffiti and do-it-yourself feminist t-shirts!

Questions? Need directions?
Email mellor@fas.harvard.edu

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Events from The Women's Leadership Network
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1) Leadership in Organizations with Prof. Hackman, 12/8 @ 8pm
2) WLN Project Brainstorming Meeting, 12/11 @ 5-6pm
3) Alcohol & Anxiety: Gender Differences in Response, 12/14 @ 6-7pm
4) Anne Weisberg: The Advancement of Women in the Workplace, 12/15 at 7pm
5) Undergraduate Partnership Program Event, 12/15 @ 8:30-10pm
6) (Informal) WLN Lunch, 12/16 @ 12-1pm
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1) Leadership in Organizations with Professor Hackman, 12/8 8pm
The Women's Leadership Network presents:
Leadership in Organizations
An interactive discussion with *Professor Richard Hackman*, including a leadership assessment to find YOUR own leadership strengths.

*Finale desserts and drinks will be served!*
When: Thursday, December 8th @8pm
Location: Adams Upper Common Room
RSVP to wu20@fas -- seating is limited!

J. RICHARD HACKMAN is the Edgar Pierce Professor of Social and Organizational Psychology at Harvard University. His research includes studies of the behavior and performance of work teams, social influences on individual behavior in organizations, and the leadership of groups and organizations. Recent research includes studies of group and organizational factors that influence the performance of aircraft cockpit crews, a series of studies of leadership and ensemble dynamics in symphony and chamber orchestras, and research on the dynamics of teams that analyze intelligence data.

Hackman is on the editorial board of several professional journals, and has consulted to a variety of organizations on issues having to do work design, leadership, and team effectiveness. He has published numerous articles and seven books, the most recent being "Leading Teams: Setting the Stage for Great Performances." Hackman was awarded the Sixth Annual AIR Creative Talent Award in the field of "Measurement and Evaluation: Individual and Group Behavior,"
the Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award of the American Psychological Association's division on industrial and organizational psychology, and both the Distinguished Educator Award and the Distinguished Scholar Award of the Academy of Management. In 2004, "Leading Teams" won the Academy of Management's Terry Award for the most outstanding management book of the year. Hackman is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and of the American Psychological Society, and in 1998 was Hewlett Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University.

2) Women's Leadership Network Project Brainstorming Meeting, 12/11 5-6pm
Come to this open conversation about what do for our organization-wide project in the Adams LCR!

3) Alcohol & Anxiety, 12/14 6-7pm Emerson 305
*ALCOHOL AND ANXIETY*:
GENDER DIFFERENCES IN RESPONSE

A Discussion with Experts
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14th
6-7 PM in Emerson 305

*Does alcohol damage female brains more than male brain?
*Does stress contribute to alcoholism? Or alcoholism to stress?
*How should gender differences in response affect the type of help men and women seek for anxiety and alcohol abuse?

Come listen to the speakers and ask questions!
For more information, please contact wln@hcs.harvard.edu.

4) Anne Weisberg: The Advancement of Women in the Workplace, 12/15 7pm
(Thursday, December 15th at 7:00pm in the Eliot JCR

THE ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN IN THE WORKPLACE A Discussion with ANNE WEISBERG, the Senior Advisor to the Deloitte Women's Initiative (WIN)

Learn about national strategies for ensuring gender-balanced representation in leadership positions and consider issues for working mothers.

Ms. Weisberg is a lawyer who directed the Catalyst study of women in the legal profession, Women in Law: Making the Case (Catalyst 2001) and co-authored Everything a Working Mother Needs to Know (Doubleday 1994), a guide to workplace issues for women who have careers and are starting families.

5) Undergraduate Partnership Program Event, 12/15 8:30-10pm
Participants: Please make sure to vote for your choice of program at http://hcs.harvard.edu/wln/uppnexteventsurvey.html !

6) (Informal) Women's Leadership Network Lunch, 12/16 12-1pm
Come eat lunch in a dining hall with other Women's Leadership Network members - Friday, December 16, 12-1pm in Adams.