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Sigma Xi lecture set for May 2

Professor Yoel Fink of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and the Research Laboratory for Electronics will deliver the annual Sigma Xi Lecture on Tuesday, May 2, at the MIT Faculty Club.

The annual Sigma Xi dinner will be held at 6:30 p.m., followed by the lecture at 8:30 p.m. The Faculty Club is located on the sixth floor of Building E52. Those interested in attending the dinner should contact Professor Linn Hobbs, MIT Sigma Xi chapter president, at x3-6970 or hobbs@mit.edu.

A version of this article appeared in MIT Tech Talk on April 26, 2006 (download PDF).

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