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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#9900FF">Scientific Powerpoint Karaoke Competition</span></u></b><span style="font-size:16.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue;background:white">Friday, May 17, 12-1pm</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue;background:white"> (right before the Vendor
Fair)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue;background:white">Stata Center 32-124</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Watch your fellow MIT Postdocs try to present research they know nothing about at the second annual
<b>MIT PDA Science Karaoke Competition</b>!</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> Sponsored by the De Florez Fund for Humor.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Each participant has provided a short (about 5-10 min) Powerpoint presentation which she or he has presented at a conference or seminar. The slide decks are shuffled
around and the presenters have to improvise a totally unknown presentation. Thus, it is
<b><i>standup science comedy – with real science!</i></b></span><b><i><o:p></o:p></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">The talks will be judged by a panel jury, and the best talks selected by the jury and the audience will get a $50 Amazon gift card.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Join us at the PDA Vendor Fair immediately afterwards for free food and drinks!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">More info:
</span><a href="https://pda.mit.edu/events/2nd-annual-mit-pda-powerpoint-karaoke-contest/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">https://pda.mit.edu/events/2nd-annual-mit-pda-powerpoint-karaoke-contest/</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red">MIT PDA Vendor Fair</span></u></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue">Friday May 17, 1 - 4pm</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue">Stata Center TSMC Lobby</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Enjoy great food, talk to a variety of vendors offering products and services that benefit MIT research, and enter a raffle to win Amazon gift cards!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span><a href="https://pda.mit.edu/events/8th-annual-mit-pda-vendor-fair-2019/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">https://pda.mit.edu/events/8th-annual-mit-pda-vendor-fair-2019/</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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