Start your New Year with this stimulating, thought-provoking Career Conversation! Hazel Sive Ph.D. is Professor of Biology at MIT and Member of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research.

The Seriousness of Science and Why Women Shouldn’t Smile Speaker: Hazel Sive, Ph.D. Wednesday January 14, 2015, 6:00 – 8:30 pm Location: The Whitehead Institute (9 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA 02142) Start your New Year with this stimulating, thought-provoking Career Conversation! Hazel Sive Ph.D. is Professor of Biology at MIT and Member of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research. She received her B.Sc. Hons. from the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa and her Ph.D. from Rockefeller University, New York. Her research focuses on development of the face and brain, and on neurodevelopmental disorders. She teaches Introductory Biology to undergraduates and Developmental Biology to graduate students. She is Founding Director of the MIT-South Africa Program, and chairs several MIT committees that address education and career trajectories of students and postdocs. Agenda: 6:00-6:30 pm: Light Refreshments and Networking 6:30-8:00 pm: Seminar and Discussion 8:00-8:30 pm