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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> CUNY UFS Announcement-only list [mailto:UFS-NEWS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>William Phipps<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, November 09, 2012 12:13 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> UFS-NEWS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Nobel Science Challenge<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">The 2012 CUNY Nobel Science Challenge: The Science Behind the Prize</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">A Competition for CUNY Undergraduate Students</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">The Nobel Prizes in physiology or medicine, physics, chemistry, and economics were recently announced. CUNY undergraduate students are invited to describe in 1000-1500 words, the scientific concepts behind
the work for which one of the 2012 Nobel winners received their respective prize and the present and future significance of the research to humanity.
<span style="color:#0070C0">The essays must make the science accessible to the lay person.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">The essays will be read and judged by a distinguished CUNY faculty committee. Three prizes will be awarded in each category (physiology or medicine, physics, chemistry, and economics) and one additional prize
will be awarded to the best essay submitted. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<u><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">Prizes</span></u><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#0070C0">First Prize:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#0070C0">
</span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif""> Apple iMac Computer
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<b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#0070C0">Second Prize:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#0070C0">
</span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">Apple iPad III</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#0070C0">Third Prize:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#0070C0">
</span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif""> Amazon Kindle wireless reading device</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">First Prize winners from each category will be forwarded to a second faculty committee that will select the Grand Prize winner for the best essay submitted overall</span>.
<b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#0070C0">The Grand Prize winner will receive $3,000.</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#00B0F0">
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<span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">Essays must be submitted by 11:59pm on
<b><span style="color:#0070C0">December 3, 2012.</span> </b>They should be in Microsoft Word or PDF format and submitted by email with subject heading “CUNY Nobel Science Challenge –your essay category” to:
<a href="mailto:cuny.nobel@mail.cuny.edu" target="_blank">cuny.nobel@mail.cuny.edu</a>
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<span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">Questions may also be submitted to the email address above.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">Please note:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">Essays that exceed the word limit will be rejected. (Bibliographies, charts, etc. do not count in the limit).</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">Essays will be judged on accuracy and clarity.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">No portion of your essay may be copied from other sources without appropriate citation of the sources. Essays will be checked for original content using source-verification software. You must cite your sources
within the text and as a list at the end of the document.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">When you submit your essay, include the following in the body of the email: your college, major, class standing (freshman, sophomore, junior or senior) and a phone number where you can be contacted.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">Previous first prize winners are not eligible for this year's competition.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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All <u>first degree</u> undergraduate students currently registered in a degree program at CUNY are eligible.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">Winners will be announced in February, 2013.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#0070C0">For more information, visit
<a href="http://www.cuny.edu/research/sr/nobel-science-challenge.html" target="_blank">
<span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">http://www.cuny.edu/research/sr/nobel-science-challenge.html</span></a>
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City University of New York<br>
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