[bioundgrd] Fwd: IDEAS awards, sustainability speaker - tonight!

[Janice Chang]

>
>Hi,
>Please join us for the awards ceremony and reception of the MIT 
>IDEAS Competition, an invention and entrepreneurship competition 
>that helps communities worldwide:
>May 2, 7:30pm
>Stata Center Student Street and 32-123
>
>Keynote speaker:
>Lee Lynd
>. 2007 winner of the $100,000 Lemelson-MIT Award for Sustainability
>. Inventor of advanced technologies for converting biomass into 
>motor vehicle fuels
>. Chief Scientific Officer, Co-Founder, Director, Masocoma Corp.
>. Professor of Engineering and Adjunct Professor of Biology, Dartmouth College
>
>Video Presentation:
>Muhammad Yunus
>. 2007 Nobel Peace Prize Winner
>. Founder of the Grameen Bank
>Professor Yunus will make a video presentation to celebrate the 
>inaugural Yunus Innovation Challenge (to increase adherence to TB 
>drug regimes in rural contexts of developing countries.)
>
>The IDEAS Awards event begins with a reception and project displays 
>in the Stata Center Student Street at 7:30pm, followed by a ceremony 
>in 32-123 (Stata Center Kirsh Auditorium).  
>This event is part of the Lemelson-MIT Program's EurekaFest 
>http://web.mit.edu/invent/eurekafest.html
>
>Come along and celebrate the work of ingenious MIT students as they 
>develop innovative solutions to community needs! 
>http://web.mit.edu/ideas
>
>
>Alison Hynd, PhD
>IDEAS Competition and Fellowships Coordinator
>MIT Public Service Center
>MIT Room W20-507
>77 Massachusetts Avenue
>Cambridge, MA 02139
>
>617 258 0691
>hynd at mit.edu
>
>http://web.mit.edu/ideas and http://web.mit.edu/mitpsc/fellowships
>
>Office hours: Tuesdays, 3:00-4:30, 4-104 (with Sally Susnowitz and Amy Smith)