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<p style="padding-top: 30px;">Dear All, <br><br>
Greetings. Here’s the April 2010 edition of Said and Done, the monthly digest from MIT's School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences. For the complete review - and photographs - visit <a href="http://mit.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9be039b955f2b6393bc7798d7&id=ba8e18fcf6&e=21b763b83d" title="" class="style1" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: underline;color: #990000;"><strong>Said and Done</strong></a>. <br> <br>Highlights include:</p>
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Linguistics<br>
<strong>Why do questions take the form they do?</strong>
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In <em>Uttering Trees</em>, published this month by MIT Press, linguist Norvin Richards presents research that explains how the noises we make help to shape the sentences we speak.
Of <em>Uttering Trees</em>, linguist Elena Anagnostopoulou writes, "A brilliant book by one of the most creative minds in the field."
<p class="style2" style="padding-top: 30px;color: #656565;">NEWS</p><strong>Premiere of Harbison work to honor Institute Professor Peter Diamond
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On Friday, April 30, the retirement of Institute Professor Peter Diamond will be honored by the premiere of a work by composer John Harbison, another of MIT's Institute Professors. The piece, drolly titled, "Diamond Watch," was commissioned by Priscilla (Kate) Myrick Diamond.
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<strong>Memorial gathering for Nobel laureate Paul Samuelson</strong><br>
Family, friends, and colleagues of the late Paul Samuelson will celebrate the MIT economist’s extraordinary life and legacy during a memorial service at 11 am on Saturday, April 10, in Kresge Auditorium.
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<strong>Rebuilding Haiti
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Four MIT panelists with strong ties to Haiti share ideas about the country's future at a Starr Forum. Contributing were Michel DeGraff, associate professor of linguistics; Erica James, associate professor of anthropology; Cherie Miot Abbanat, lecturer, Urban Studies and Planning; and Dale Joachim, visiting scientist at the Media lab. <br><br>
<strong>On Facebook</strong> <br> Great Fans Change the World
<p class="style2" style="padding-top: 30px;color: #656565;">MIGRATIONS</p>
<strong>Dean's Office Move</strong><br>
The Dean's Office recently completed our move to Building 4. All of us look forward to welcoming you to our new quarters.<br><br><br>
For complete review visit<br>
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<p class="sig" style="padding-top: 30px;font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 10px;color: #656565;">Emily Hiestand<br>
Communication Director <br>
Office of the Dean <br>
MIT School of Humanities, <br>
Arts and Social Sciences <br>
617-324-2043 <br><br></p>
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