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Key to abbreviations

Aero/astro: Aeronautics and Astronautics
BCS: Brain and Cognitive Sciences
CEE: Civil and Environmental Engineering
CIS: Center for International Studies
CSAIL: Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
DUSP: Department of Urban Studies and Planning
EAPS: Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences
EECS: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
ESD: Engineering Systems Division
HST: Harvard/MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology
NSE: Nuclear Science and Engineering
STS: Program in Science, Technology and Society
UROP: Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program

A version of this article appeared in MIT Tech Talk on June 7, 2006 (download PDF).

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