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Read back issues of the Alumni Association's two electronic publications: Tech Connection, a monthly e-newsletter for alumni, and MIT Volunteer View, an e-newsletter for MIT volunteers.

May 2008

MIT Volunteer View
Highlights: Energy updates, five ways to encourage last-minute gifts, MIT by the numbers, featured volunteer—Sarah Lichtblau '11, VHR nominations, EF broadcast, MIT10 challenge and competition, underclass giving results, student bridges, airway injuries, universal day care, neuroscience gift

April 2008

Tech Connection
Highlights: U.S. News ranking, Class of 2012, future of banking, zero carbon footprint city, space weather, cellist Carlos Prieto '58, Tom Brokaw, Pulitzer Prize, Sloan podcasts, MIT art in NYC

MIT Volunteer View
Highlights: Class of 2012 stats, five event ideas, MIT by the numbers, featured volunteer—Cordelia Price '78, SM '82, ALC planning, EC blog, science festival volunteering, mental health talk, U.S. News rankings, energy agreement, future banking

March 2008

Tech Connection
Highlights: Weathering life on Mars, fusion snapshots, micro pharmacy, new antibiotic, financial aid boost, new admissions head, video: origami master, spot the alums in 21, PEP summer courses

MIT Volunteer View
Highlights: Honor roll members, five ways to avoid volunteer burnout, MIT by the numbers, featured volunteer—Robert Wickham '93, SM '95, NSC results, ALC save the date, agent's tool, reunion book, profile updates, physicist celebs, global service

February 2008

Tech Connection
Highlights: Computational couture, Hockfield on Charlie Rose, 1918 flu pandemic, moon telescopes, diversity at MIT, science dean interview, MIT astronaut comments from space, cities and climate change, 10X microchip

MIT Volunteer View
Highlights: Extern host thanks, five ways to connect with students, MIT by the numbers, featured volunteer—Hollie Schmidt '87, SM '92, ECs needed, ALC videos, MIT10 voting, Toast to IAP results, energy panel, brain circuits, desert agriculture

January 2008

Tech Connection
Highlights: Ready for IPO?, $100 oil, lunar mission, 'absolute zero,' Iraq faces, externship blogs, MIT stories, student thanks

December 2007

Tech Connection
Highlights: Deep space, do-it-yourself IAP, autism protein, oil-repelling materials, micro livers, clean energy prize, Commencement speaker, can-do cartoons, Match Me If You Can game

MIT Volunteer View
Highlights: Pop quiz, five ways to thank volunteers, MIT by the numbers, featured volunteer—John Gavenonis '98, VHR nominations, volunteer advisors, Charm School instructors, Toast to IAP, FSILG workshops, holiday hours, stem cells, clean energy prize

November 2007

Tech Connection
Highlights: High school OCW, MIT-India partnership, electronic nose, Iraq troop surge, video search engine, residential community, energy alumni newsletter, eclipse glasses

MIT Volunteer View
Highlights: Volunteer survey, five ways to ensure the long-term health of your group, MIT by the numbers, featured volunteer—Jim Banks '76, leadership and award nominations, international ECs, pledge effort alums, new giving society, light beam moves cells, privacy statement

October 2007

Tech Connection
Highlights: Thinking blood, Mars ice, economic genes, hearing mechanisms, Kerberos consortium, State of the Institute, integrative cancer center, entrepreneurial e-news, Tech Day video, energy partnerships, reunion ZigZag, hacking Harvard

MIT Volunteer View
Highlights: ALC wrap-up, six gems from ALC, MIT by the numbers, featured volunteers—BGALA, award winners, giving goals, new board members, toolkit enhancements, Toast to IAP, hacks, brain algorithm, physics dept.

September 2007

Tech Connection
Highlights: U.S. News #1s, safer gene therapy, red tide secrets, exoskeleton, two MacArthurs, astronaut film, Class of 2011 stats, sustainable business, Second Life contest, museum expansion, national bank leaders

MIT Volunteer View
Highlights: Honor roll, Q&A—How can Web 2.0 collaborative tools benefit volunteers?, MIT by the numbers, featured volunteer—Kim Hunter '86, externship hosting, alumnae research panel, nanotech broadcast, giving priorities, Sloan dean, parasitic battles

August 2007

Tech Connection
Highlights: Self-guiding robocars, crowd farms, cell images, richer memories, graduate microbiology, student externships, GM & MIT batteries, creating cancer stem cells

MIT Volunteer View
Highlights: Staying connected on the road, five reasons to attend ALC, MIT by the numbers, featured volunteer—Marilyn Taggi Cisar '76, externship hosting, baseball science, retardation reversal, drug therapies, alumnae mentors, SmarTrans wire transfers

July 2007

Tech Connection
Highlights: Skintight biosuit, solar wind throttle, digital water walls, fear molecule, British foreign secretary, faculty race initiative, MIT on iTunes U, Alumni Fund success, leaders join Corporation

June 2007

Tech Connection
Highlights: Reunions wrap-up, solar dome lighting, entrepreneurial video, multimedia Stata tour, resistance to alternative cars, stem cells without embryos, electric Porsche

MIT Volunteer View
Highlights: Q&A—How do you keep classmates engaged throughout the five-year cycle?, reunions coverage, featured volunteer—Bill Salmon '57, class giving results, summer send-off, annual reports due, new deans and VP, innovative courses, Revolution bicycle, wireless advances

May 2007

Tech Connection
Highlights: Solar Decathlon, $100K winners, Tech TV, International Review, reversing Alzheimer's, adaptive devices, oldest alumnus, roots of engineering, cycling champions

MIT Volunteer View
Highlights: Q&A—As a volunteer, how do you remain connected to MIT?, A.B.L.E. Tech broadcast, featured volunteer—Adrian Gonzalez GM '97, art of negotiation, summer send-off, brain research, nuclear fuel course, VP for external affairs

April 2007

Tech Connection
Highlights: interactive robot, Technology Review newsletters, nuclear power, brain folds, ocean forests, B-school buzz, Class of 2011, seasonal addresses, learning and technology videos, learning via superheros

MIT Volunteer View
Highlights: Q&A—What do you say to parents whose kids didn't get into MIT?, test your MIT IQ, featured volunteer—Thomas J. Garrity '70, SmarTrans enhancements, FSILG accreditation, DOD review complete, Class of 2011, brain research, MIT-Cyprus Program

March 2007

Tech Connection
Highlights: Science festival, gigantic calculation, carbon nanotubes, coal's future, Just Jerusalem, summer courses, new athletic director, student workers, China & energy, science trivia

MIT Volunteer View
Highlights: Q&A—What five tools help make your volunteer job easier?, volunteer honor roll, featured volunteer—Paul Edelman '78, ALC suggestions, short-term volunteering, NSC results, admitted student meetings, class/club scholarships, officer nominations, tuition/financial aid, student energy initiatives

February 2007

Tech Connection
Highlights: Lemelson-MIT Student Prize winner, childhood blindness research, new analog circuits, diabetes' genetics, nanoengineered concrete, extrasolar research, faculty on curriculum, biodiesel initiative

MIT Volunteer View
Highlights: Q&A—How do you balance volunteer work and regular life demands?, Power of Participation challenge, featured volunteer—Quinn Goldstein '99, energy news and research, leadership changes, volunteer opportunities bulletin board, alumnae career panel, SmarTrans member authentication

January 2007

Tech Connection
Highlights: Discussion Network, geothermal energy, foreign language and news podcasts, alumni on TV, 3D scaffold for stem cells, Tiddlywinks, Spectrum on energy, rats' visual dreams

December 2006

Tech Connection
Highlights: DIY IAP, agile plastics, implant gauges tumors, new transistors, early admission, friendspotting tool, machine intelligence, Online Alumni Directory, Battle of the 'Bots

MIT Volunteer View
Highlights: Q&A—How do you make new volunteers feel welcome and not intimidated about volunteering?, Discussion Network, featured volunteer—Julian Lee '97, alumni IAP activities, Women's Leadership Conference, SmarTrans updates, visit with travelers, Energy Council, black enrollment

November 2006

Tech Connection
Highlights: Silent eco-friendly plane, your name in space on student biosatellite, cancer research online videos, wireless energy, coauthor a business book, host a UPOP student, podcasts for entrepreneurs, Tech Review's multimedia

MIT Volunteer View
Highlights: Q&A—How can a volunteer grow as a leader within the Alumni Association?, leadership nominations, featured volunteer—Jonathan S. Colton '81, national awards, honor roll, grad alumni Webcast, '07 market forecast, MIT's new EVP and treasurer, Web initiative, Amgen scholars

October 2006

Tech Connection
Highlights: Alumni Nobel winners, bioengineer wins MacArthur, material stops bleeding, brain imagings, alumnae in space, going solar, Carnegie Hall premieres, Doonesbury on campus, curriculum changes, MIT Energy Initiative

MIT Volunteer View
Highlights: Q&A—How can fundraisers overcome feeling uncomfortable asking classmates for a gift to MIT?, ALC presentations, featured volunteer—Kimberly A. Vermeer '82, Fund goals, alumni Nobelists, endowment gains, Doonesbury at MIT, Vest next NAE president?, three deans step down, new affinity groups

September 2006

Tech Connection
Highlights: Class of 2010, taming carbon nanotubes, accurate cost estimates, engine on a chip, new campus buildings, nominate inventors, Soapbox Series on energy

MIT Volunteer View
Highlights: Q&A—can I fire a volunteer who's shirking his or her duties?, host a student extern, featured volunteer—Ken Wang '71, Volunteer Honor Roll members announced, fire truck hack marks Sept. 11, the Class of 2010 joins the ranks, epilepsy breakthrough on horizon, Carpenter case settled

August 2006

Tech Connection
Highlights: MIT ranks #4 by U.S. News and #1 for public service, Fortune names MIT Sloan innovation videos the best online, student program decreases hostility between Israelis and Palestinians, students honor Big Jimmy with scholarship fund, deep-sea sediments could safely store CO2, MIT researchers watch the brain in action

eAVC
Highlights: Volunteers honored for efforts, Class of 2010 warmly received at summer send-off events, spark Alumni Fund enthusiasm in non-reunion years, administrative appointments mark new school year, MIT physicists shed new light on superfluidity, transportation expert weighs in on big dig woes

July 2006

Tech Connection
Highlights: Meet new Association President Martin Tang GM '72, constitutional amendment defines associate membership, three named Honorary Members, MIT Alumni Fund sets a record, alumni named to Corporation and Association Board, SPAM haiku archive reflects student humor, MIT's public art collection touted, sales method pays off for materials scientists

June 2006

Tech Connection
Highlights: Tech Day and giving highlight reunions weekend, LIFE magazine featured 50th reunion class, comics' Alex Doonesbury enrolls at MIT, MISTI brings iLabs to China, sensor opens up study of crucial molecule, nine alumni join MIT Corporation, meet Colorado's SEPT teachers, enjoy the BAMIT NE annual BBQ, donors needed to break record

eAVC
Highlights: Tech Reunions and Commencement wrap-up, new members join national boards and committees, host a summer send-off event, learn how MIT works to influence national policy at the Sept. 15-16 ALC, share best practices at September FSILG volunteer gathering, time to submit annual reports, new building for Broad and new twist on origin of species, freshmen automate dorm room

May 2006

Tech Connection
Highlights: Class of 2010 profile, Commencement Web cast features Ben Bernanke EC '79, energy research discussed at Energy Forum, graduate alumni convene on campus, Tech Day features faculty discussing MIT's impact, Hockfield visits San Diego and LA in June, Alumnae Leadership Series looks at changing leadership demographics, donors needed to reach Alumni Fund goal

eAVC
Highlights: Institute outlines plan to help solve world's energy crisis, enjoy one-stop shopping for volunteer tools, club-sponsored SEPT program boosts K-12 science education, host a summer send-off event, honor exceptional volunteers, post openings on the volunteer opportunities bulletin board, MIT research offers new hope for Alzheimer's patients, new map reveals secret of stem cell development

April 2006

Tech Connection
Highlights: MIT Energy Forum to present sustainable strategies, add a seasonal address online, cannon hack kicks off Campus Preview Weekend, Technology Review named National Magazine Award finalist, check out ZigZag, alum Secretary of Energy speaks at MIT, EF presents $125K Ignite Clean Energy Business Competition, learn about nanotechnology research on campus

eAVC
Highlights: New National Selection Committee members elected, nominate top technology innovators, Gay in the Day event offers historical perspective of MIT life, MIT10 reception celebrates recent grads at Tech Reunions, MIT technology used to shrink tumor, studies link cancer, inflammatory disease, help cater to club members' interests with SmarTrans reports

March 2006

Tech Connection
Highlights: MIT will match Federal Pell Grants, basketball star reflects on great season, sample MIT's education technologies 1999-2005 at Project Gallery, attend Gay in the Day: A Historical Perspective of the LGBT Experience at MIT on April 20, Picower research finds unexpected activity in visual cortex, Club of Colorado celebrates 115th anniversary bash, historian wins prize for Pocketbook Politics

eAVC
Highlights: Volunteers praised for service, Tech Reunions registration opens March 13, volunteer for the Tech Challenge Games, find new ideas for group activities on events calendar, ALC set for Sept. 15-16, time to nominate club officers, host viewings of two EF events, MIT method reveals how radiation damages the body, neurons in sync focus attention

February 2006

Tech Connection
Highlights: Frank Moss AA '77 named Media Lab director, visit your department during Graduate Alumni Convocation, reserve hotel rooms now for Tech Reunions 2006, researchers create new battery, MIT on the Road visits Chicago, Hockfield to visit DC, students showcase high-tech fashion, "mad cow protein" aids creation of brain cells, learn about evolution of life sciences at MIT

eAVC
Highlights: New name and logo represent recent alumni, vote for NSC members, join Enterprise Forum's global email list, alums seek to secure future health of FSILGs, Class of '59 connects with freshmen at IAP, stem cell researchers report strides, Alumnae Leadership Series explores work-life integration, class and club scholarships provide vital financial support

January 2006

Tech Connection
Highlights: A taste of IAP online, researchers offer logistics fix to flu outbreaks, new privacy and online security measures protect alumni information, MIT Press alumni discounts work two ways, neuroscientist to keynote Graduate Convocation, MIT $50K Global Startup Workshop 2006 set for Buenos Aires, Undergraduate Practice Internship draws huge response

eAVC
Highlights: Graduate Alumni Convocation and Reunion in April celebrates alumni impact, attend "Focus on the Future of MIT's FSILGs" in Jan., reserve hotel rooms for Tech Reunions 2006, join in the IAP fun, MIT accepts 12 percent for early admission to class of 2010, gather spring programming ideas, submit faculty speaker requests, online treasurer reports

December 2005

Tech Connection
Highlights: Pinkett hired on The Apprentice, salute to Smoot, Ben Bernanke EC '79 to speak at Commencement, new Technology Review Web site launched, play Operation 'Tute game, learn something new at IAP, Toast to IAP unites young alumni worldwide, glimpse '06 markets at the Enterprise Forum broadcast, reserve hotel room now for Tech Reunions 2006, dog genome sequencing may lead to cures

eAVC
Highlights: Nominate peers for national volunteer leadership positions and awards, participate in FSILG events during IAP, help plan Tech Challenge Games for Reunions 2006, shine the spotlight on outstanding volunteers, Hastings named undergraduate dean/VPs Willmore and Stowe to retire, Alumni Association brochure available, new Class Notes deadlines

November 2005

Tech Connection
Highlights: National Medal of Science honors two professors, name that lab from the 1980s!, update holiday card addresses via the Online Alumni Directory, This Old House transforms alum's home, geek TV vs. networks you'll want to pay for, Katrina Relief Act extends deduction benefits to MIT donations, join an Alumni Interest Group, MIT closes in on bionic speed

eAVC
Highlights: Find/post volunteer opportunities online, nominate peers for national volunteer leadership roles, attend FSILG community meetings nationwide, visit with MIT alumni travelers in your town, MIT Club of Northern California hosts Doctor Atomic event, celebrate holidays with current students, gather club management ideas from peers, use Alumni Site Builder

October 2005

Tech Connection
Highlights: Alumni parents revisit college life at Family Weekend, send a glass pumpkin e-postcard for Halloween, MIT Museum launches soapbox, four alumni earn tenure, Karl Reid '84 appointed minority education director, attracting the world's best graduate students, MIT events to take place in Canada, Cambridge, DC, and Israel

eAVC
Highlights: Download ALC presentations, Alumni Fund Board seeks another record-breaking year, recognize outstanding volunteer peers, FSILG toolkit enhancements offer recruiting and volunteering advice, boost club participation with membership drives, learn ways to energize your class, share advice with discussion lists

September 2005

Tech Connection
Highlights: Explore the redesigned Online Alumni Directory, Enterprise Forum applies revolutionary thinking to business, Hockfield to visit three cities this fall, Tech Review refocuses on MIT research and innovation, 'Big Questions' Web cast and fundraising respond to hurricane disasters, network theorist wins MacArthur genius grant

eAVC
Highlights: Test drive the redesigned online directory, Technology Review changes emphasize online offerings, MIT Responds to hurricane Katrina, FSILG meetings go nationwide, changes affect Board of Directors/National Selection Committee, freshmen welcomed at summer Send-Off events, tip: network worldwide with fellow volunteers

August 2005

Tech Connection
Highlights: Class of 2009 boasts talented students, MIT leads university rankings, Enterprise Forum broadcast focuses on power of revolutionary thinking, host an externship, nominate your favorite leadership book

eAVC
Highlights: Alumni Association award winners announced, online tools make for successful volunteering, Five Florida Clubs celebrate space shuttle launch, tip of the month: building enthusiasm during non-reunion years

July 2005

Tech Connection
Highlights: Alumna blasts into space, Alumnus named head of NAACP, Alumni Fund posts record-breaking year, solar car team races to finish line, view the Board of Directors members

June 2005

Tech Connection
Highlights: Read the Reunion and Commencement wrap-ups, MIT Energy Research Council tackles world's woes, Meredith Warshaw '79 nurtures gifted kids with learning disabilities, MIT connections aid career changes, Independent Residence Development Fund helps around the house

eAVC
Highlights: Alumni Site Builder™ provides templates to Webmasters, advertise volunteer opportunities on Alumni Association's Web site, giving results announced, reunion row photos and movie available on Web site, Alumweb Webmasters Offered New Links, Calendar Functions

May 2005

Tech Connection
Highlights: President Hockfield inaugurated amid ceremony, Women's Leadership Conference provides networking and learning opportunities, alumni pitcher Szuminski sidelined

eAVC
Highlights: Past Alumni Association presidents' breakfast held inauguration week, hack displayed in infinite corridor, FSILG toolkit aids volunteers, new Giving site launched, host a summer send-off event

April 2005

Tech Connection
Highlights: MIT graduate programs ranked #1 in several fields, Class of 2009 profile shows strong admittees, take a virtual journey to Tanzania

eAVC
Highlights: Hear from Alumni Association President Linda Sharpe '69, Enterprise Forum's Angel Investing broadcast set for June, new members join national selection committee, coordinate travel plans and Club events

March 2005

Tech Connection
Highlights: Inauguration countdown begins, Admissions Office unveils My MIT, OpenCourseWare spreads to other universities, FSILG grant funds flowing, Dean Magnanti discusses impact of campaign funds

eAVC
Highlights: Alumni Association staff travel globally, alumnus to fund $50,000 prize, Enterprise Forum hosts chapter leadership meeting in California, keep your class connected during non-reunion years, Reunion 2006 planning underway

February 2005

eAVC
Highlights: Admitted student receptions scheduled during spring break, Class and Club scholarships aid hundreds of students, MIThenge lights up infinite corridor