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<Title>Attention INDS Science Students!</Title>
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    <h5>University of Maryland, Baltimore “Frontiers in Genomics”
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    <p>The University of Maryland, Medical School’s Institute for
    Genome Sciences will hold a free symposium this coming October at the UM
    BioPark located at the University of Maryland, Baltimore.</p>
    
    <p>The symposium, marking IGS’s fifth anniversary, will be ”a
    day of innovative discussion and scientific exchange” that “host[s]
    internationally recognized scientists who are unlocking new discoveries in
    genomics, bioinformatics and personalized medicine,” according to the
    invitation to the symposium.</p>
    
    
    
    <p>The symposium will run from 8:45 am to 3:30 pm on Thursday,
    October 18. The event is free, so those interested in attending are encouraged
    to RSVP as soon as possible. UMB asks that faculty at other institutions
    encourage their students to attend.</p>
    
    
    
    <p>For questions and RSVPs, please contact via e-mail through
    email to <a href="mailto:igs-event@som.umaryland.edu">igs-event@som.umaryland.edu</a>, or fax to 410.706.6777.</p>
    
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<Summary>University of Maryland, Baltimore “Frontiers in Genomics” Symposium (10/18)         The University of Maryland, Medical School’s Institute for Genome Sciences will hold a free symposium this...</Summary>
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    <p><br>One of my biggest frustrations as a student was writing papers that would be read only by the professor and then stuck in a trash can somewhere, never to be seen again. I wanted to have bigger conversations with more people, to practice engaging in the conversations I knew were happening outside the classroom."</p>
    <p>Read Dr. Kate's whole story, and find out more about the Breaking Ground project here: <a href="http://umbcbreakingground.wordpress.com/2012/08/29/what-i-saw-riding-my-bike-around-today/">http://umbcbreakingground.wordpress.com/2012/08/29/what-i-saw-riding-my-bike-around-today/</a></p>
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<Title>GWST Student serves as delegate at DNC</Title>
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<Title>Congratulations Amy Fowler!</Title>
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    <br>Congratulations to May 2012 graduate Amy Fowler! She just completed a summer program in Taiwan where she intensively studied Chinese. She has also accepted a full scholarship to a 3-years Masters program in Tianjin, China in  Modern and Contemporary Chinese History. The graduate program said they were most impressed with her Capstone Project where she conducted an analysis of the Hukou system in China. Best wishes to Amy!</div>
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<Title>Meet INDS Student Andres Camacho</Title>
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    <div class="html-content">Typically, about 40% of the INDS graduates have academic honors when they walk across the stage. For our May 2012 graduates, <span>60%</span> had honors!!!<br><br>Congratulations to all our of graduates!<br>
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<Summary>FYI: This is from a recent email about a new QM initiative . . .   QM RFP Announcement    The Quality Matters Program is pleased to announce the availability of small grants for action-based...</Summary>
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