<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Hi, please forward this email to any relevant mailing lists and friends. </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: italic; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Spread the word</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">, <b>nominate</b> & purchase your <i>tickets</i>!</span><br>
<div style="text-align: left;"><br><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="4"><b>The deadline to submit nominations has been extended <br>to Friday, March 18th, 2011</b><b> <font size="2">(</font></b></font><font size="4"><font size="2"><b>11:59pm)</b></font><b><br>
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<p style="text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><b><font size="2"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The MIT Arab Students’ Organization is still seeking nominations for</span></font></b></p>
<p style="text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><b><font size="2"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> the Young Professional Award,</span></font></b></p>
<p style="text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><b><font size="2"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">the Graduate Student Award, </span></font></b></p>
<p style="text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><b><font size="2"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">and the Undergraduate Student Award.</span></font></b></p>
<p style="text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Each student award comes with a $1,000 cash scholarship.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Nomination guidelines and criteria can be found at:</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><a href="http://arab.mit.edu/events/science-tech-awards/nominations/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 153); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">http://arab.mit.edu/events/science-tech-awards/nominations/</span></a></p>
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<font size="2"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">About the MIT ASO Science and Technology Awards:</span><br>
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<font size="2"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Every
year, the Arab Students' Organization at MIT seeks nominations for Arab
and Arab-American individuals who have had significant contributions in
the fields of science and technology. This year, we are accepting
nominations under the following categories:</span><br><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br>
<span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1. </span></font>
<font size="2"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The Young Professional Award </span><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">recognizes the early career achievements of a young Arab or Arab-American scientist or technologist.</span><br>
<span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2. </span></font>
<font size="2"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The Graduate Student Award</span><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> recognizes research, academic and leadership achievements of outstanding Arab or Arab-American students in the US.</span><br>
<span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3. </span></font>
<font size="2"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The Undergraduate Student Award</span><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> recognizes research, academic and leadership achievements of outstanding Arab or Arab-American students in the US. </span></font><br>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The 8th Annual Science and Technology Awards Banquet will be on</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Saturday, April 9th, 2011</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The Ballroom at the Mandarin Oriental Boston</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">With </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2011 MIT ASO Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient and </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">keynote speaker</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Dr. Fawwaz Ulaby</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><font size="2"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, </span><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">University of Michigan</span></font></p>
<p style="text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><font size="2"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Former Vice President for Research at the University of Michigan</span></font></p>
<p style="text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><font size="2"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Former Founding Provost of King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)</span></font></p>
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<font size="4"><b>Buy your tickets now through this secure <a href="http://mit.universitytickets.com/user_pages/event.asp?id=163" target="_blank">link</a>. </b></font><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" align="center">Regular tickets $50</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" align="center">Student tickets $25 (limited quantity)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" align="center">
<b>Prices <i>go up</i> to $75 on <i>April 6th</i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" align="center">Business attire is suggested.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" align="center">Event webpage:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><a href="http://arab.mit.edu/events/science-tech-awards/" target="_blank">http://arab.mit.edu/events/science-tech-awards/</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><br></p><br><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">This
is an opportunity to be recognized by the Boston area community and
nationwide. The award winners and nominees attain a great deal of
recognition from the Arab and Arab-American community and beyond.</span><br><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br>
<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Please
nominate professionals and students that you think have made great
contributions in science and technology. Remember: you can nominate
yourself!</span>