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<div style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13px; color: black; text-align: left; "><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><br><br><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(117, 117, 117); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; "><div style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13px; color: black; text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 17pt; "><span style="font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(22, 22, 22); "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; ">Dear All,</span></font></span><span style="font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(29, 29, 29); "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; "><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 17pt; "><span style="font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(22, 22, 22); "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; ">Happy New Year Greetings. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: medium; "><span style="font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(22, 22, 22); "><a href="http://shass.mit.edu/news/news-2009-said-and-done-digest-december-2009"><span style="text-decoration: none; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#A42B21"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; ">Here is a link to the current edition of </span><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; "><b>Said and Done</b></span></font></font></font></span></a></span><span style="font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(173, 34, 25); "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; "> </span></font></span><span style="font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(22, 22, 22); "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; ">- the monthly news and features digest from the Dean's Office of the MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences. </span></font></span></span></span></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: -1.25in; margin-bottom: 17pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span style="font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(22, 22, 22); "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; ">Highlights include: </span></font></span><span style="font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(29, 29, 29); "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; "><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 16pt; "><span style="font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(22, 22, 22); "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; ">Profile</span></font><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; "> </span></font></b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; ">|</span></font><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; "> Michael Ouellette
<br></span></font></b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; ">Senior Lecturer, Music and Theater Arts</span></font></span><span style="font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(22, 22, 22); "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; ">
<br></span></font></span><span style="font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(22, 22, 22); "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; ">The play’s the thing for Michael Ouellette, an actor, director, and librettist who guides MIT theater arts students to find the real depths beneath the surface of plays. </span></font></span><span style="font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(22, 22, 22); "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; ">
<br><br></span></font></span><span style="font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(22, 22, 22); "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; ">In Memorium</span></font><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; "> </span></font></b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; ">|</span></font><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; "> Paul A. Samuelson</span></font></b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; ">
<br>Nobel laureate and transformative economist
<br>May 15, 1915 – December 13, 2009
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</span></font></span><span style="font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(29, 29, 29); "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; "><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 17pt; "><span style="font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(22, 22, 22); "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; ">Feature |</span></font><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; "> Not Easy Being Green
<br></span></font></b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; ">In her new book, historian Harriet Ritvo explains how a battle to save an English lake helped found modern environmentalism.</span></font><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; ">
</span></font></b></span><span style="font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(29, 29, 29); "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; "><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 17pt; "><span style="font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(22, 22, 22); "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; ">Multimedia | </span></font><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; ">The Future of Human Space Flight
<br></span></font></b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; ">STS Professor David Mindell moderates a panel discussing the findings of the committee charged with reviewing plans for U.S. Human Space Flight.</span></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 17pt; "><a href="http://shass.mit.edu/news/news-2009-said-and-done-digest-december-2009"><span style="text-decoration: none; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#982217"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; ">For the full digest, visit<b> Said and Done.</b></span></font></font></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(29, 29, 29); "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; "><br><br></span></font></span><span style="font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(29, 29, 29); "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; ">Warmest wishes from the Dean's Office for wellbeing in the New Year!</span></font></span><span style="font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(29, 29, 29); "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; "><br></span></font></span><span style="font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(29, 29, 29); "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; ">Emily </span></font></span></p></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13px; color: black; text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; 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