We would like to recognize members of the MEET Board of Directors and some key MEET supporters for their personal accomplishments.

Congratulations to Dr. Binur: MEET Board Member Anat Binur received her Ph.D. in Political Science from MIT this spring. Her dissertation, based on extensive field work in the Middle East, uses experimental games from behavioral economics to study norms of trust, fairness and cooperation during times of conflict.

Congratulations Abeer: MEET Board Member Abeer Hazboun was named Executive Director of the Palestinian Information Technology Association (PITA).

Thank you Professor Zue: We would like to express our gratitude to Victor Zue who has been a great champion of MEET at MIT for many years. Professor Zue will soon be leaving his position at as the Director of MIT’s Computer Science and Information Technology Laboratory (CSAIL). We would like to wish him continued success in all his endeavors.

Congratulations to Dr. Ramage: Dan Ramage served as a MEET Instructor from 2005—2007, and since then, has continued to support MEET through consultation on curriculum design and other projects. We send a huge congratulations to Dan for his recent marriage, completing his Ph.D. at Stanford, and new job at Google!