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See note below re: 2027 KI Image Awards competition. Deadline October 9. </div>
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<b>From: </b>Christine Pace <pacec@mit.edu><br>
<b>Date: </b>Tuesday, September 1, 2026 at 9:00 AM<br>
<b>To: </b>ki-faculty <ki-faculty@mit.edu>, Lillian Eden <leden@mit.edu>, Vivian Siegel <vivians@mit.edu>, Rebecca L Chamberlain <chambe@mit.edu>, Daniel J Darling <ddarling@mit.edu>, Gerri Powers <gpowers@mit.edu>, David Orenstein <davidjo@mit.edu>, Julie
Pryor <jpryor@mit.edu>, lmcguire@broadinstitute.org <lmcguire@broadinstitute.org>, Mindy Blodgett <mblodget@mit.edu>, gfriar@wi.mit.edu <gfriar@wi.mit.edu><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Image Awards September Reminder<br>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); text-transform: none;">Happy September! Sending a friendly reminder that the 2027 Image Awards competition is
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none;">Submissions should be sent with image(s) and the accompanying image information via our electronic form
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="https://mit-ki.org/ki-image-award-form-2026" data-outlook-id="686b0ad3-4342-4066-8a3c-124909a86549" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">https://mit-ki.org/ki-image-award-form-2026</a></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none;"> -
the </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 700; text-transform: none;">deadline for submission is Friday, October 9th, 2026.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none;">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); text-transform: none;">All MIT students, faculty, and staff are invited to participate, and each contributor may submit up to five high-resolution images taken as part of
their original MIT research. We are honored to have the opportunity to </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none;">recognize and publicly display the extraordinary visuals produced by life
sciences and biomedical research at MIT.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); text-transform: none;">Winning images will appear in the 2027 Image Awards exhibition, opening in March 2027 with lightning talks given by the image creators.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); text-transform: none;">Further details are available at
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="https://ki.mit.edu/about/galleries/image-awards" data-outlook-id="7c805bfe-2ff4-481c-91f8-9a1a5263ac6c" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">https://ki.mit.edu/about/galleries/image-awards</a></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); text-transform: none;">. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); text-transform: none;">Please share this with your community!</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); text-transform: none;">Sincerely,</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Apple Braille"; font-size: 10pt; color: black;">Christine Pace | she/her/hers</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10pt; color: black;"> <br>
Educational Outreach Coordinator</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10pt; color: black;"><b>Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT</b><br>
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