<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center"><img height="149" width="124" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:F1EA6522-936B-4FDC-8F76-1873A4109100"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center">The MIT Arab Students’ Organization invites you to attend</p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">The 7<sup>th</sup> Annual Science and Technology Awards Banquet<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center">Friday, April 2, 2010</p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center">The Ballroom at the Four Seasons Hotel Boston</p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center">With keynote speaker</p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Dr. Elias Zerhouni<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center">Former Director of the NIH</p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center">Former Executive Vice-Dean of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine</p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center">2010 MIT ASO Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient</p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center">Tickets are on sale now through this <a href="http://sao.mit.edu/tickets/2010/scitech-banquet">secure website</a>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center">Regular tickets $50, Student tickets $25 (limited quantity)</p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center"><u>Ticket prices will go up on March 29 so buy your tickets now!<o:p></o:p></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center">Business attire is suggested.</p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center"><a href="http://arab.mit.edu/events/science-tech-awards/">Event webpage</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; "><b>The MIT ASO is seeking nominations for the Young Professional Award, the Graduate Student Award, and the Undergraduate Student Award.</b></span></font><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica">The student awards each come with a $1,000 cash scholarship.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"">The deadline for submitting nominations is <b>Sunday, March 7, 2010</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman""><o:p> Nomination guidelines and criteria can be found <a href="http://arab.mit.edu/events/science-tech-awards/nominations/">here</a>.</o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; ">Nominations will be reviewed by a panel of judges including Arab and Arab-American faculty and students at MIT.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">About the MIT ASO Science and Technology Awards:</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Every year, the Arab Students' Organization at MIT organizes the MIT ASO Science and Technology Awards Banquet to recognize outstanding Arab and Arab-American contributions to science and technology. The ceremony draws over 100 members of the Arab and Arab-American communities to celebrate the career-long accomplishments of the Lifetime Achievement Award recipient. The following awards will also be given:</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">1. The Young Professional Award recognizes the early career achievements of a young Arab or Arab-American scientist or technologist.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">2. The Student Awards, given to one Undergraduate student and one Graduate student, recognize the academic and leadership achievements of outstanding Arab or Arab-American students in any US campus. Each of these awards comes with a $1,000 cash scholarship.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">This is a great opportunity to be recognized by the Arab and Arab-American community not only in the Boston area, but nationwide. The success of previous ceremonies is a testimony to how award winners and nominees attain a great deal of recognition from the Arab and Arab-American community and beyond.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Please nominate professionals and students you know that you think have made great contributions to the community. Remember: you can nominate yourself!</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><br></p></div><div apple-content-edited="true"> <div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div>--</div><div>Aziz Al-Falih</div><div>Lead Organizer</div><div>7th Annual MIT ASO Science and Technology Awards Banquet</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "><div>Tel: +1 (650) 646-8108</div><div>Email: <a href="mailto:alfalih@mit.edu">alfalih@mit.edu</a></div></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>