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Erez Lieberman-Aiden, a graduate student in Health Sciences and Technology, won the $30,000 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize for his work on 3D genome mapping, footwear for the elderly, and linguistics, among other accomplishments. The prize is awarded to a promising student inventor every year.

The UA Presidential and Vice Presidential debate will be held at the Student Center on Sunday at 8 p.m. on the first floor. This is your chance to ask the candidates tough questions.

David W. Miliband SM ’90, the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs of the United Kingdom will be giving the Compton lecture in Kresge Auditorium on Wednesday, March 10 at 3:30 p.m. His talk is titled “The War in Afghanistan: How to End It,” and there will be a question and answer segment. Compton lectures are open to the community.

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