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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dear Biology Students,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The annual <b>Biology Undergraduate Research Symposium</b> is coming up soon: <b>Thursday, February 1<sup>st</sup>, from
<span style="color:black">1:00–4:00pm</span></b>, in <b>68-181</b>. Please mark the date on your calendars as a group of your peers, who were nominated by their faculty mentors, will be presenting their research from their UROP experiences. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">You're invited to attend any and all of the three sessions that will take place throughout the afternoon. Below is the official line-up. Refreshments will be served during each break. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">This is the perfect way to kick off the Spring 2018 semester by convening with the Biology Community in support of these students. We hope to see you there.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><img width="837" height="1209" style="width:8.7187in;height:12.5937in" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01D39120.5A572D40"></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">--<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Joshua Stone<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Undergraduate Program<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Biology Education Office 68-120<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Massachusetts Institute of Technology<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">31 Ames Street <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Cambridge, MA 02139<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">stonej@mit.edu<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">P: 617-253-4718<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">F: 617-258-9329</span></p>
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