<html><head><base href="x-msg://95/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">"Karen Gardner" <<a href="mailto:kgardner@MIT.EDU">kgardner@MIT.EDU</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">September 27, 2012 2:48:32 PM EDT</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><b>Oct. 15: PhD in History, Anthropology, and Science, Technology and Society's Visit Day</b></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; "><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: 9pt; ">****************************************</span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">MIT Doctoral Program in History, Anthropology, and Science, Technology and Society (HASTS)<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Prospective Student Visit Day<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span class="apple-style-span">Monday, October 15, 2012</span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span class="apple-style-span">8:30 am - 2:00 pm</span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span class="apple-style-span"><b>Register by: Tuesday, October 9</b></span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">The Program in HASTS trains scholars to study science and technology as activities situated in social and cultural contexts. Students do their research in a wide variety of areas such as history of medicine, anthropology of sustainability, scientific visualization, environmental history, and anthropology of life sciences. Some recent dissertations have focused on<span class="apple-style-span"> the history of U.S. food labeling policies, social study of outer space, artifacts in technology, and the training and identity of pilots in Japan and the US.</span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">The visit day gives prospective students a chance to get a better understanding of what our program offers in terms of research and resources, and to help them decide if our program may be a good fit for them. The registration form (due Oct. 9) and agenda are posted at <a href="http://web.mit.edu/hasts/admissions/visit.html" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://web.mit.edu/hasts/admissions/visit.html</a> . <o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">If you think you might apply this year, or even a few years from now, you're welcome to visit us on the 15th!<br> <br>Please let me know if you have any questions.<br>Karen<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: 8pt; ">-------------------------</span><span style="font-size: 8pt; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br></span><span style="font-size: 8pt; ">Karen Gardner</span><span style="font-size: 8pt; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br></span><span style="font-size: 8pt; ">Academic Administrator</span><span style="font-size: 8pt; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br></span><span style="font-size: 8pt; ">MIT Program in Science, Technology, and Society</span><span style="font-size: 8pt; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br></span><span style="font-size: 8pt; ">77 Massachusetts Ave., E51-163f</span><span style="font-size: 8pt; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br></span><span style="font-size: 8pt; ">Cambridge, MA 02139</span><span style="font-size: 8pt; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br></span><span style="font-size: 8pt; ">617-253-9759 (phone)</span><span style="font-size: 8pt; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br></span><span style="font-size: 8pt; "><a href="http://web.mit.edu/sts" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="color: blue; ">http://web.mit.edu/sts</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 8pt; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br></span><span style="font-size: 8pt; "><a href="http://web.mit.edu/hasts" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="color: blue; ">http://web.mit.edu/hasts</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 8pt; "><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: 8pt; "><o:p> </o:p></span></div></div></div></span></blockquote></div><br></body></html>