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<div>Please contact urop@mit.edu regarding the registration and poster
printing fee.</div>
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<div>Best wishes,</div>
<div>Janice</div>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>From: Michael Bergren
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>Subject: Inaugural Boston-wide
Undergraduate Research Symposium (BURS), Saturday, April
11</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 12:44:06
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>Dear UG Admins:</blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>I am hoping you might circulate the
attached invitation inviting student researchers from the area to
present at the Boston Undergarduate Research Symposium. The UAAP
is pleased to cover the registration fee ($20) for the first 50 MIT
students registering to attend the Symposium. In addition, we
will cover the poster printing fee (up to $100) for the first 50
MIT students accepted to present at the Symposium. The deadline
for submitting abstracts is Sunday, March 1 at noon. </blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>Thank you for your help,</blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>Michael</blockquote>
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<font size="-1">The Harvard College Undergraduate Research Association
(HCURA) cordially invites you to the...</font><br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font size="+3">The Inaugural Boston-wide
Undergraduate Research Symposium (BURS)</font><br>
<font size="+1"><i>Bridging the Charles:<br>
Connecting Boston's Undergraduate Research Communities</i></font><br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font size="+1">Submit your abstract by
Sunday, March 1st at 12:00pm!<br>
</font><a href="http://burs2009.org/"><font
size="+1">http://burs2009.org</font></a><br>
<br>
<i>Present your research! Eat lunch with Nobel Laureates, HHMI
professors, and other scientists! Show your senior thesis to your
peers!</i><br>
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<font size="-1">What:<b> The Inaugural Boston-wide Undergraduate
Research Symposium (BURS)</b></font><br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font size="-1">When:<b> Saturday, April
11, 2009 between 9AM-5 PM</b></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font size="-1">Who:</font> Harvard, MIT,
Boston University, Boston College, Northeastern University, and
others.<br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font size="-1">Why: To showcase your
research and meet faculty and your peers</font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font size="-1">How:<b> Visit</b></font> <a
href="http://burs2009.org/"><font
size="-1"><b>http://burs2009.org</b></font></a><font size="-1"><b> for
application and information</b></font><br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font size="+1">Keynote speakers: Dr.
Robert Langer (MIT), Dr. Daniel Schrag (Harvard), Dr. Bruce Walker
(Harvard Medical School)</font><br>
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<font size="-1">Undergraduate researchers from any field and from any
class can participate. Freshmen! You are also encouraged to apply if
you have conducted research in high school. Seniors! Present the
thesis you spent months working on and show it to your friends. Please
visit</font> <a href="http://burs2009.org/"><font
size="-1">http://burs2009.org</font></a><font size="-1"> to apply to
be a poster presenter and/or plenary speaker. Additionally, all
abstracts will be published in the BURS Abstract Book 2009, which is
distributed throughout the Boston colleges.</font><br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font size="-1">There will be a
registration fee of $20 to help with cover some of the expenses of
BURS. Thus far, the following colleges have generously agreed to cover
the registration fee for their students: Harvard, MIT (up to 50 MIT
students), Boston College, Northeastern. Unless otherwise noted,
students from other colleges should prepare payment the day of the
symposium.</font><br>
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