<div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_quote"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style><font size="3" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:12px"><b>Today </b>(Wednesday)<b> is the</b></span></font><font color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif"> </font><font size="3" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:12px"><b>last day</b></span></font><font color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif"> to buy tickets for the 9th Annual Science and Technology Awards Banquet, </font><font size="3" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:12px"><b>to be held this Friday at 6pm</b></span></font><font color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif"> at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel Boston. Details below.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style>Buy your tickets now from this secured website:</p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style><a href="http://proximate.ly/mit_aso_science_and_technology_awards_banquet" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial;font-size:small"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)">http://proximate.ly/mit_aso_science_and_technology_awards_banquet</span></a>
</p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style>We look forward to seeing you on Friday! </p><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center"><img border="0" width="252" height="262" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CD0D8D.BA3E3040" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "><span style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:10pt"> </span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">MIT Arab Students’ Organization</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">The 9<sup>th</sup> Annual Science and Technology Awards Banquet</span></b><u></u><u></u></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">Friday</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">, April 6, 2012</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">6pm-9pm</span></b><u></u><u></u></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">The Ballroom at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel Boston</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">Keynote speaker and Lifetime Achievement Award recipient</span></b><u></u><u></u></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">Dr. Huda Akil</span></b><u></u><u></u></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">Former president of the Society for Neuroscience</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">Co-director of the Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience Institute at the University of Michigan</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">Special Guest</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">Professor Eric Grimson</span></b><u></u><u></u></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">Chancellor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">Young Professional Award</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">Haytham Kaafarani
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">Graduate Student Award</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">Anton Aboukhalil</span></b><u></u><u></u></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics MIT, Harvard Medical School</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">Undergraduate Student Award</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">Omar Abudayyeh</span></b><u></u><u></u></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">Department of Biological Engineering and Department of Mechanical Engineering, MIT</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">Tickets are on sale now through the following secured website:</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<a href="http://proximate.ly/mit_aso_science_and_technology_awards_banquet" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1155cc">http://proximate.ly/mit_aso_science_and_technology_awards_banquet</span></a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">Regular tickets $50</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">Student tickets $25 (limited quantity)</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">Business attire is suggested.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">Event webpage:</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<a href="http://arab.mit.edu/programs/scitech/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1155cc">http://arab.mit.edu/programs/scitech/</span></a><span style="color:#1155cc">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#666666">President, MIT Arab Students' Organization</span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>