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<div class="">There is a COVID Hack sponsored by the MIT Undergraduate Association. Information about this is below. Please note, the registration deadline is 11:59p tonight!</div>
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<div class="">Best wishes to all for a Happy Healthy New Year. Hoping that 2021 is a bit better than 2020!</div>
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<div class=""><u class=""><b class="">COVID Hack info from the UA:</b></u></div>
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<div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Want
to be involved in making the Spring semester better? Have any ideas or solutions to improve MIT COVID policy? You’re invited to
</span><a href="http://ua.mit.edu/covid-hack" style="text-decoration:none;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(220, 161, 13); font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">MIT
COVID Hack</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">, your opportunity
to improve student life, happening January 8th-10th!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Sign up
alone or form teams with up to three fellow MIT students to ideate solutions to some of this past semester's biggest challenges. All proposals will be presented to a judging panel, which will include relevant administrators who
</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">will
implement winning solutions on campus this spring! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Fill
out our </span><a href="https://tinyurl.com/mitcovidhack2021" style="text-decoration:none;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(220, 161, 13); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">sign-up
form</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">
by January 6th if you’re interested in participating</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">.
Hear from President Reif, Mayor Siddiqui, Bob Langer, Andrew Dreyfus and win </span>
<a href="http://ua.mit.edu/prizes" style="text-decoration:none;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(220, 161, 13); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">prizes</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">
(such as Patagonias, airpods, projectors and more)! Every participant will also receive a
</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Hydro
Flask! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">MIT COVID
Hack Tracks: </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Designing
Outdoor Spaces</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Reimagining
Virtual Communities</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Improving
the Remote Learning Experience</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Connecting
Students and Policies</span></div>
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conventional hackathons, this one is not purely computer science or mechanical engineering-focused. Everyone is welcome, regardless of experience. Throughout the hackathon, students will get expert advice from MIT staff and alumni. After drafting their proposals,
or developing their tools, teams’ submissions will be evaluated by a panel of judges made up of MIT faculty and administrators. </span></div>
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