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Avakian reception set for May 23

A reception will be held to honor Laura Avakian, retiring vice president for human resources, on Tuesday, May 23, in the R&D Commons in the Stata Center.

Avakian, who announced her retirement in February, has been at MIT since 1999. For more information, visit this previous story.

The MIT community is invited to attend the reception, which will be held from 4 to 6 p.m.

A version of this article appeared in MIT Tech Talk on May 17, 2006 (download PDF).

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