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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Dear Biology Community Members,</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">It is with deep sadness that I write to let you know<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121">we
have just been informed that Tony Sinskey</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> has
</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">passed away</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121">.</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121">Tony
was a dearly loved and respected colleague, teacher, mentor, and friend.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121">We have very little information to share at this time, but we are in contact<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">with<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121">Tony’s
son. </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">I will provide more information as we know it, including ways you can show support for the family</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121">.
Next week there will be broader notification of the MIT community by the President’s Office, and in due course, an obituary.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Everyone will process this news in their own way. We are in touch with Tony’s lab members and will take special care to provide support to those most affected by his loss.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>You
are encouraged to call on any of the resources below my signature for help for yourself or others.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">We will find ways to remember and honor Tony in the days and weeks ahead. For now, I urge you to reach out, support one another, and share your stories and memories of Tony as we mourn
the sudden loss of our colleague and friend.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">With sadness and sympathy,</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121">Amy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Key support resources for the MIT community.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
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the </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="http://inj9.mjt.lu/lnk/AVwAABVlzDUAAcrr7zgAAAA8ttQAAAAAGqoAJYxZAAiQzwBh00gg68_y_SZrQoGapdOEfjDpPgAIIWc/6/UzbZi42BB_gj0QWPbQJASw/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubWl0Z2Fpbi5jb20v" title="http://inj9.mjt.lu/lnk/AVwAABVlzDUAAcrr7zgAAAA8ttQAAAAAGqoAJYxZAAiQzwBh00gg68_y_SZrQoGapdOEfjDpPgAIIWc/6/UzbZi42BB_gj0QWPbQJASw/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubWl0Z2Fpbi5jb20v"><span style="color:#0056EE">Graduate
Assistance Information Network</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333"> offer a wide variety of resources to help graduate students and families deal with the unexpected.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
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on Call</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333">: Students living on campus can dial 100 from campus phones or 617-253-1212 to reach MIT Police, then ask to speak to the dean on call. The dean on call
is available Monday through Friday, 5 p.m.–9 a.m., and on Saturdays, Sundays and MIT-observed holidays.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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