<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">A forwarded announcement….</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><blockquote style="font-family: Avenir-Book; border-style: none none none solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-width: 1pt; padding: 0in 0in 0in 6pt; margin-left: 4.8pt; margin-right: 0in;" class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b class=""><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', serif;" class="">MIT COMMUNICATIONS FORUM is sponsoring</span></b><o:p class=""></o:p></p></blockquote><blockquote style="font-family: Avenir-Book; border-style: none none none solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-width: 1pt; padding: 0in 0in 0in 6pt; margin-left: 4.8pt; margin-right: 0in;" class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </p></blockquote><blockquote style="font-family: Avenir-Book; border-style: none none none solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-width: 1pt; padding: 0in 0in 0in 6pt; margin-left: 4.8pt; margin-right: 0in;" class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b class=""><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', serif;" class="">Women in Science: A Panel Discussion</span></b><o:p class=""></o:p></p></blockquote><blockquote style="font-family: Avenir-Book; border-style: none none none solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-width: 1pt; padding: 0in 0in 0in 6pt; margin-left: 4.8pt; margin-right: 0in;" class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> <o:p class=""></o:p></p></blockquote><blockquote style="font-family: Avenir-Book; border-style: none none none solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-width: 1pt; padding: 0in 0in 0in 6pt; margin-left: 4.8pt; margin-right: 0in;" class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', serif;" class="">The achievements of women in science have often been overlooked or ignored. Today, a new generation of female scientists is making clear just how different the future will be. Harvard’s <b class="">Pardis Sabeti</b>, a computational geneticist who investigates the evolution of disease, and MIT’s <b class="">Jessica Trancik</b>, whose research focuses on the environmental impacts of energy technology, will discuss their backgrounds, career paths, and what they see as challenges and opportunities moving forward. Moderator: MIT’s <b class="">Rosalind Williams</b> <br class=""></span><o:p class=""></o:p></p></blockquote><blockquote style="font-family: Avenir-Book; border-style: none none none solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-width: 1pt; padding: 0in 0in 0in 6pt; margin-left: 4.8pt; margin-right: 0in;" class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="">Thursday, February 24</span></p></blockquote><blockquote style="font-family: Avenir-Book; border-style: none none none solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-width: 1pt; padding: 0in 0in 0in 6pt; margin-left: 4.8pt; margin-right: 0in;" class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', serif;" class="">5-7 pm<br class="">66-110 (Landau Building)</span></p></blockquote></div></body></html>