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<font face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt">Hey everybody,<br>
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Its been a busy week for the Global Challenge – Kate’s been doing a yeoman’s work holding things together! Wanted to share a few highlights 48 hours in and as the week winds down:<br>
</span></font><ul><li><font face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt">46 teams entered, 3 IDEAS and 43 Global Challenge
</span></font><li><font face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt">84 judges have their reviews underway, about 35 online and 49 face to face
</span></font><li><font face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt">6,535 visitors came to the site on April 6
</span></font><li><font face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt">6800+ users are registered, with 2,107 votes cast
</span></font><li><font face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt">Indian Mobile Initiative, AQUA, and BodyNotes occupy the top slots with 259, 169, and 166 votes respectively<br>
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In addition to a spotlight 4/6, there’s been some good press too, thanks to a lot of support from the MIT News Office, Camilla, Kate, Alex, and Sneha:<br>
</span></font><ul><li><font face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt">Coverage of the launch (by Camilla): <a href="http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2011/vote-global-challenge.html">http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2011/vote-global-challenge.html</a>
</span></font><li><font face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt">Coverage of Raj Shah’s visit (photos by Alex): <a href="http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2011/usaid-shah-event-0408.html">http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2011/usaid-shah-event-0408.html</a>
</span></font><li><font face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt">Reflections on Raj Shah’s visit(by Sneha): <a href="http://studentlife.mit.edu/2011/04/Rajiv_Shah_visit">http://studentlife.mit.edu/2011/04/Rajiv_Shah_visit</a><br>
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And a few external mentions that we know of:<br>
</span></font><ul><li><font face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt">Bertelsmann-Stiftung’s “Future Challenges”: <a href="http://futurechallenges.org/web/guest/learn/globalization/article/-/articles/MIT+Global+Challenge">http://futurechallenges.org/web/guest/learn/globalization/article/-/articles/MIT+Global+Challenge</a>
</span></font><li><font face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt">Peter Levine’s civic practices blog (with solid mentions of Amos): <a href="http://www.peterlevine.ws/mt/archives/2011/04/the-mit-global.html">http://www.peterlevine.ws/mt/archives/2011/04/the-mit-global.html</a><br>
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Tons in the offing, mostly around May 2 preparation, but a few other things as well. Next week Kate will be in MN; we’ll have some students pitching via Skype. A possible HuffPost piece by our Keynote Aktar Badshah.<br>
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Kate, what am I missing?<br>
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Lars Hasselblad Torres<br>
IDEAS 2011 and the MIT Global Challenge<br>
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<b>Save the Date</b> | Join us for the 2011 Awards Ceremony May 2<br>
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