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30 years of UROP

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Photo / Donna Coveney

Dean of Student and Undergraduate Education Rosalind H. Williams (left), Professor and President Emeritus Paul E. Gray (center) and Dean for Undergraduate Research J. Kim Vandiver cut a cake to mark the 30th anniversary of the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) as Michael Bergren, assistant director of UROP, looks on. The celebration was held February 3 in Lobby 7.

A version of this article appeared in MIT Tech Talk on February 9, 2000.

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