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Spring 2014 Therapy Dog Volunteers Needed!

It's that time of year again!  Therapy Dog time!  We will be having Therapy Dog events on Monday, May 12th (during Reading Period).  There are a total of 11 dogs coming to campus, and we need your help in order to make the programs work!  The programs will be in the morning (around 10:30am/11:00am) and in the afternoon (around 1:30pm).

As usual, we are looking for volunteers to help escort the dogs from the parking lots to their locations.  We have 4 locations this spring: Clapp (1st Floor), Music, Science (Sage Lounge), and Lulu (Anderson Forum aka Fireplace Room).  Volunteering is a great way to guarantee you get some relaxation time with a therapy dog (or two!).  If you are interested, please sign up on this Google Doc.  

You can sign up for more than one shift if you'd like.  You can also split a shift with a friend, however, you are responsible for arranging full coverage of the shift.  

We really need the Wellesley community's help to make these events a success! If you have any questions, feel free to email me [email protected].  Keep an eye out for posters and spam online about the Spring 2014 Therapy dogs.

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CS Colloquium: Social Privacy, by Ilaria Liccardi Tuesday 5/6 @ 12:30PM

Social Privacy: Create tools and techniques to help people understand how to safeguard their personal information.

  TUESDAY, 5/6/2014, 12:30 PM in SCI-E111

PLEASE RSVP for lunch by Friday 5/2 by filling this google doc.

Abstract: Many smartphone apps collect personal information which is used for a variety of purposes - such as advertising for revenue, with personal information used to provide relevant targeting and to discover market trends. Recent news reports have documented how the NSA has used leaky apps to spy on users’ profiles. Users, however, are often unaware of this kind of access even though they grant the required permissions upon app installation. We present different tools and techniques that we have designed and developed, the motivations behind their implementation and various challenges we have encountered.

  Bio: Ilaria Liccardi is a Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow working in the  the Decentralized Information Group at the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (MIT) with Prof. Hal Abelson, Daniel J. Weitzner and Joseph Pato. She investigates how users understand and perceive transparency mechanisms in mobile and/or web applications. She creates and devises tools and techniques to help users be better aware of possible dangers associated with access to and sharing of their personal information. She believes that helping users make clear and informed choices will help them to value their privacy and choose apps or sites less likely to access and/or share their personal information

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JOIN the Habitat for Humanity EBOARD Fall '14

If you would like to be more involved with the org, you can apply for:

Vice President: 

join service counsel, organize transportation, work with CWS!

Secretary: 

record notes during meetings, organize long-term trips!

Co-Social Chair: 

build habitat community, coordinate with other colleges, plan fun events! 

Publicity Chair: 

make spam! Be happy!

Please submit a Statement of Intent by 11:59 pm Tuesday May 6th. 

In the statement of intent, include your interest in the position, what you could bring to the org, and indicate if you can drive.  

Email your statement to [email protected] or [email protected].