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There is now a CONTENT FREEZE for Mercury while we switch to a new platform. It began on Friday, March 10 at 6pm and will end on Wednesday, March 15 at noon. No new content can be created during this time, but all material in the system as of the beginning of the freeze will be migrated to the new platform, including users and groups. Functionally the new site is identical to the old one. webteam@gatech.edu
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Atlanta, GA | Posted: March 27, 2019
The mission of the 1990 Institute is educating the next generation of Americans and Chinese to broaden and increase mutual understanding. In keeping with their mission, they are proud to announce an essay contest for all undergraduates which emphasizes exceptional research and scholarship, subject to the requirement that the topic must be about or relate to modern China, focused on the following areas: economics, women's rights, and/or technology.
Submissions are being accepted until April 30, 2019.
Winners will be announced July 15, 2019 and will have the opportunity to present their papers at China Now, a 1990 Institute in Redwood City, CA on July 26 and 27, 2019.
For more information about the contest, go to 1990institute.org/essay-contest