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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Hi Everyone,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>ESI stalwarts Ed DeLong and Director Dara Entekhabi will be
speaking on Ethics and the Environment tonight at 6pm in Simmons Hall (W79-MPR).
See below for details.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Cheers,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Kurt<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'>********************************************************************************<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>This
evening, Professor Entekhabi and Professor DeLong will lead a panel</span></font>
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<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>discussion about Ethics and the
Environment. The goal of this interactive</span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>dialogue is to engage students and
faculty in a discussion about ethical</span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>issues surrounding the environment
and research. We look forward to an</span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>enthusiastic discussion!</span></font>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>===================================</span></font>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>ETHICS
AND THE ENVIRONMENT</span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Speaker: Dara Entekhabi, Edward
DeLong</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Time:
6:00p-7:30p</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Location:
W79-MPR, Simmons Hall MPR</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Part of
the Ethics Initiative, a series of free-spirited conversations </span></font><br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>between students and leading
experts and faculty, that center on </span></font><br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>ethical issues, societal
responsibilities of scientists and engineers, </span></font><br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>and the complex problems faced in
technology, education, engineering </span></font><br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>and science in today's modern
world.</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Speakers:</span></font>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Dara
Entekhabi</span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Director, Earth System Initiative</span></font>
<br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Bacardi and <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Stockholm</st1:place></st1:City> Water Foundations Professor in
Civil and </span></font><br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Environmental Engineering and
Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences</span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Director, Ralph M. Parsons
Laboratory for Environmental Science and </span></font><br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Engineering</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Edward
DeLong</span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Professor, Department of Civil and
Environmental Engineering and </span></font><br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Division of Biological Engineering</span></font>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Sponsored
by Residential Scholars @ Simmons Hall; <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Dalai</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Lama</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> </span></font><br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>for Ethics and Transformative
Values; The William R and Betsy P Leitch </span></font><br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Endowment</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
11.0pt'>************************<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
11.0pt'>Kurt Sternlof<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
11.0pt'>Executive Director<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
11.0pt'>MIT Earth System Initiative<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
11.0pt'>617-253-6895<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
11.0pt'>kurtster@mit.edu<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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