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<div class="">As many of you may know, we are offering a new subject in the fall, 7.00 COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2 and the Pandemic. A poster for the subject and the syllabus are attached below. </div>
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<div class=""><b class="">Lectures will be accessible to all via livestream at: <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://web.mit.edu/webcast/biology/covid-19-sars-cov-2-and-the-pandemic/&sa=D&source=calendar&usd=2&usg=AOvVaw17Jm59ncFIxcRNcl58Ozpz" target="_blank" class="">http://web.mit.edu/webcast/biology/covid-19-sars-cov-2-and-the-pandemic/</a>
password login: mit-covid</b></div>
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<div class="">Students may register for 7.00 for credit and will have a zoom link that will enable those registered to ask questions. </div>
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<div class="">To summarize relevant information (from <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://bit.ly/700Covid&sa=D&source=calendar&usd=2&usg=AOvVaw2zLPs7OrXU4gOBNdk5zcB-" target="_blank" class="">https://bit.ly/700Covid</a>):</div>
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<div class=""><i class="">All MIT students and the general public are welcome to join Professors Richard Young and Facundo Batista as they discuss the science of the pandemic during this new class. Special guest speakers include: Anthony Fauci, David Baltimore,
Britt Glaunsinger, Bruce Walker, Eric Lander, Michel Nussenzweig, Akiko Iwasaki, Arlene Sharpe, Kizzmekia Corbett, and others. The class will run from
<strong class="">September 1, 2020 through December 8, 2020 </strong>and begin each
<strong class="">Tuesday at 11:30 a.m. ET</strong>. <a href="https://biology.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/7.00_Syllabus_8_11_20.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="">
See the syllabus</a> for lecture details.</i></div>
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<p class=""><a class="cta-btn" href="https://biology.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/7.00_Syllabus_8_11_20.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><i class="">View Syllabus</i></a></p>
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<p class=""><i class="">The class is open to all<strong class=""> </strong>MIT students, as well as any eligible cross-registered students. The live stream will be available to the public, but only registered students may ask questions during the Q&A. To view
the live stream, <strong class=""><a href="http://web.mit.edu/webcast/biology/covid-19-sars-cov-2-and-the-pandemic/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="">click on this link</a> and type in the password: mit-covid</strong>. Miss a class? You’ll
be able to view a video of the lecture on this page (<a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://bit.ly/700Covid&sa=D&source=calendar&usd=2&usg=AOvVaw2zLPs7OrXU4gOBNdk5zcB-" target="_blank" class="">https://bit.ly/700Covid</a>).</i></p>
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<div class="">Please feel free to join the livestream to learn about COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2 and the Pandemic from an amazing group of experts. </div>
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<div class="">Many thanks to Rick Young and Facundo Bautista for putting together what looks like a fantastic course!</div>
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<div class="">Best wishes,</div>
<div class="">Alan</div>
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Alan D. Grossman<br class="">
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Department of Biology<br class="">
Building 68-530<br class="">
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