Subject: [AUDITORY] =?UTF-8?Q?=F0=9F=93=A2_?=WIMIR Mentoring Program 2026: Remember to sign up! From: Zafar Rafii <zafarrafii@xxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2025 11:55:45 -0700--000000000000ae1b400641d7fbeb Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable (Apologies for cross-posting) Dear colleagues, This is a friendly reminder that the 11th round of the WIMIR Mentoring Program has now started! We warmly invite both mentees and mentors to join us: =F0=9F=91=89 Sign up to be a MENTEE: https://forms.gle/ShvYwhTPqTvfoKUD9 =F0=9F=91=89 Sign up to be a MENTOR: https://forms.gle/2nvW1adaYxUbVmsz5 As a mentee, you will be connected with experienced professionals who can: - Advise you on career paths in academia or industry - Assist with a project or a paper - Help you navigate personal and systemic challenges As a mentor, you will have the opportunity to: - Guide the next generation of researchers and engineers - Empower underrepresented groups - Promote diversity in your community =E2=8F=B0 We will begin the pairing process very soon, so please sign up as= early as possible! Thank you for your trust and support, The WIMIR Mentoring Program Organizers Lele Liu, Rhythm Jain, Yun-Ning (Amy) Hung, and Zafar Rafii --000000000000ae1b400641d7fbeb Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><span id=3D"gmail-docs-internal-guid-bb536508-7fff-b8fe-f5= 59-2f70af7d7c7d"><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.2;text-align:justify= ;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-fam= ily:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-var= iant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:= normal;vertical-align:baseline">(Apologies for cross-posting)</span></p><p = dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:12pt;mar= gin-bottom:12pt"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif= ;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;= font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-alig= n:baseline">Dear colleagues,</span></p><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:= 1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style=3D"f= ont-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-colo= r:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;fo= nt-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">This is a friendly re= minder that the </span><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans= -serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-v= ariant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternate= s:normal;vertical-align:baseline">11th round of the WIMIR Mentoring Program= </span><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb= (0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-varia= nt-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline= "> has now started! We warmly invite both mentees and mentors to join us:</= span></p><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-= top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Aria= l,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-num= eric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;v= ertical-align:baseline">=F0=9F=91=89 </span><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;f= ont-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;f= ont-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;f= ont-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Sign up to be a MENT= EE:</span><a href=3D"https://forms.gle/ShvYwhTPqTvfoKUD9" style=3D"text-dec= oration-line:none"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-ser= if;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:norma= l;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-al= ign:baseline"> </span><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-= serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant= -east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:unde= rline;vertical-align:baseline">https://forms.gle/ShvYwhTPqTvfoKUD9</span><s= pan style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:t= ransparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-= variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:bas= eline"><br></span></a><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-= serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:no= rmal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical= -align:baseline">=F0=9F=91=89 </span><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-fam= ily:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-wei= ght:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-var= iant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Sign up to be a MENTOR:</sp= an><a href=3D"https://forms.gle/2nvW1adaYxUbVmsz5" style=3D"text-decoration= -line:none"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;colo= r:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-= variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:bas= eline"> </span><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;b= ackground-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-a= sian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;v= ertical-align:baseline">https://forms.gle/2nvW1adaYxUbVmsz5</span></a></p><= p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:12pt;m= argin-bottom:12pt"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-ser= if;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-varia= nt-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:no= rmal;vertical-align:baseline">As a mentee</span><span style=3D"font-size:11= pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transpare= nt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-= alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">, you will be connected with exp= erienced professionals who can:</span></p><ul style=3D"margin-top:0px;margi= n-bottom:0px"><li dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;= font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;= font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alt= ernates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir=3D"ltr" styl= e=3D"line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt" = role=3D"presentation"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;background-color:transp= arent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-varia= nt-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Advise you on career paths in= academia or industry</span></p></li><li dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"list-style-ty= pe:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);backgr= ound-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:= normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:p= re"><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0= pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role=3D"presentation"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;b= ackground-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-a= sian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Assist = with a project or a paper</span></p></li><li dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"list-styl= e-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);ba= ckground-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-as= ian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-spa= ce:pre"><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-t= op:0pt;margin-bottom:12pt" role=3D"presentation"><span style=3D"font-size:1= 1pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-e= ast-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">He= lp you navigate personal and systemic challenges</span></p></li></ul><p dir= =3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:12pt;margin= -bottom:12pt"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;co= lor:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-nu= meric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;= vertical-align:baseline">As a mentor</span><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;fo= nt-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;fo= nt-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alter= nates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">, you will have the opportunity to:</= span></p><ul style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir=3D"ltr" sty= le=3D"list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;colo= r:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-= variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:bas= eline;white-space:pre"><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.2;text-align:j= ustify;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role=3D"presentation"><span style= =3D"font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal= ;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-ali= gn:baseline">Guide the next generation of researchers and engineers</span><= /p></li><li dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-f= amily:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-v= ariant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternate= s:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"l= ine-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role=3D= "presentation"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;f= ont-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alte= rnates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Empower underrepresented groups</spa= n></p></li><li dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;fon= t-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;fon= t-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-altern= ates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir=3D"ltr" style= =3D"line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12pt" r= ole=3D"presentation"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;background-color:transpa= rent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-varian= t-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Promote diversity in your comm= unity</span><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font= -variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alterna= tes:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><br><br></span></p></li></ul><p dir=3D"= ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:12pt;margin-bot= tom:12pt"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:= rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-va= riant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:basel= ine">=E2=8F=B0 </span><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-= serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-= variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternat= es:normal;vertical-align:baseline">We will begin the pairing process very s= oon, so please sign up as early as possible!</span></p><p dir=3D"ltr" style= =3D"line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt">= <span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)= ;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east= -asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Thank= you for your trust and support,</span></p><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-hei= ght:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style= =3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background= -color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:norm= al;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">The WIMIR Mentor= ing Program Organizers</span><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Aria= l,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;= font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alt= ernates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span><span style=3D"font-size= :11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transp= arent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-varia= nt-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Lele Liu, Rhythm Jain, Yun-Ni= ng (Amy) Hung, and Zafar Rafii</span></p></span></div> --000000000000ae1b400641d7fbeb--