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The MIT Arab Students’ Organization<u></u><u></u></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The 9<sup>th</sup> Annual Science and Technology Awards Banquet<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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April 6, 2012<u></u><u></u></p>
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With keynote speaker<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Prof. Huda Akil<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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Co-director of the Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience Institute at the University of Michigan<u></u><u></u></p>
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Former president of the Society for Neuroscience<span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-repeat:initial initial;background-image:initial"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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2012 MIT ASO Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center">
</p></div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt">Tickets are on sale now through the following website:</p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><a href="http://proximate.ly/mit_aso_science_and_technology_awards_banquet" target="_blank">http://proximate.ly/mit_aso_science_and_technology_awards_banquet</a>
</p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt">Regular tickets $50</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><u>Ticket prices will go up on April 2 so buy your tickets
now!</u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10pt;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-autospace:none"><b>About the MIT ASO Science and
Technology Awards:</b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-autospace:none">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 150 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:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-autospace:none">1. The Young Professional Award
recognizes the early career achievements of a young Arab or Arab-American
scientist or technologist.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-autospace:none">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.</p><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10pt">ASO SciTech 2012 Team<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10pt;margin-bottom:0.0001pt">SciTech Webpage:<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10pt;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><a href="http://arab.mit.edu/programs/scitech/" target="_blank">http://arab.mit.edu/programs/scitech/</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10pt;margin-bottom:0.0001pt">
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</div><div><div><font color="#666666">Obaidah Abuhashem</font></div><div><font color="#666666">President, MIT Arab Students Organization</font></div></div><div><font color="#666666">Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science</font></div>
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<div><font color="#666666">Class of 2012</font></div><div><font color="#666666">Massachusetts Institute of Technology</font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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