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Letter from the Co-Editors
Dear Potential Advertisers,

Thank you for your interest in sponsoring The Harvard Undergraduate Research Journal. We are
proud to offer a publication that showcases the work of the brightest up and coming minds in the
United States. As one of the most selective schools in the world, Harvard College consistently re-
cruits the most talented and promising future scientists, mathematicians, social scientists, and
economists.

Each year, thousands of Harvard undergraduates undertake research projects in laboratories, clin-
ics and in the field with professors, top researchers, and research institutions. They foray into
fields ranging from microfluidics to the mathematical theory of voting, dedicating time, energy,
and creativity to their intellectual pursuits. Our goal is to expose the world to their work and to
showcase the discoveries happening everyday on Harvard’s campus.

The authors featured in this journal go through a competitive review process in which their work is
judged and fine-tuned by world-class researchers. Their work is undertaken in Harvard-affiliated
centers all around the world. As a result the work published in this journal often becomes the basis
for larger intellectual endeavors, and the authors go on to top-grade graduate programs and pro-
fessional careers.

We hope that you view your sponsorship of this journal as a sponsorship of intellectual pursuits.
Your sponsorship could help establish the foundations for fruitful and prolific careers.

We look forward to speaking with you and together helping some of the nation’s brightest see their
work in print— perhaps for the very first time. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any
questions or suggestions— we are always looking for new ideas and truly appreciate your interest.

Sincerely,
Lisa Rotenstein and John Zhou
Co-Editors in Chief
The Harvard Undergraduate Research Journal

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About the Journal
The Harvard Undergraduate Research Journal is fresh, creative and cutting-edge.
Our staff covers the latest ground-breaking scientific developments of the world, and
we spotlight the top research manuscripts from Harvard undergraduates in both the
natural and social sciences. We are respected and recognized by Harvard students
and faculty alike.

Founded in 2007, The Harvard Undergraduate Research Journal is Harvard’s sole

undergraduate research journal. We publish peer-reviewed scientific literature from
all scientific and social science disciplines, providing a forum in which sharing of
knowledge can take place. In addition, we publish feature articles, Op-Eds and re-
search related news articles. We are currently developing an exciting blog that will be
able to foster scientific discussion in real-time on Harvard’s campus every day.

Issuance — THURJ is published bi-annually in the fall and in the spring and is dis-
tributed to every single undergraduate on Harvard’s campus as well as to
hundreds of departments, faculty, and affiliated institutions.

Our peer review process, during which the submitted manuscripts are rigorously re-
viewed by the same standards as used by the New England Journal of Medicine, is
central to THURJ’s mission. Our peer-review procedure stimulates faculty-student
collaboration across the university, in
addition to promoting collaboration
among the College and Harvard’s post-
graduate schools. Our undergraduate re-
viewers continue working with Harvard
professors after first-round reviews
throughout the entire process to further
narrow-down and eventually select the
content for publication.
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Why Advertise with THURJ?
• Distribution to all 6,700 undergraduates of the Harvard community in addition
to 2,000 esteemed faculty and 12,700 graduate and professional students at Har-
vard Medical School, Harvard Business School, the Graduate school of Education,
the John F. Kennedy School of Government and more.

• Circulation to all Cambridge departments (mathematics, chemistry, economics,

biology, engineering and more) and research laboratories, Massachusetts General
Hospital— the largest hospital in New England and home of the largest hospital-
based research program in the nation — the Children’s Hospital of Boston, and
the Harvard Library system—the nation’s largest and most extensive university
library system.

• Readership including but not limited to students interested in research across

all disciplines, distinguished faculty, and others interested in the science world.
Our nontechnical articles, pertinent book reviews, Op-eds, and articles on the lat-
est developments in science bring innovation and variety to all our readers.

The Harvard Undergraduate Research Journal is a

superlative way to reach a highly sought-after but
difficult market: 18 to 22-year-old college students.
Yet with circulation to 20,000 students in Cambridge
alone, our readership includes postgraduate students
and faculty from Harvard and beyond. Young, intelli-
gent, influential, passionate about research, keen on
the natural and social science world, and with a dis-
posable income, many of our readers are interested
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Faculty Advisory Board
Leading Voices
The Harvard Undergraduate Research Journal’s contributors comprise some of
the world’s most respected, revered and renowned researchers, professors
and innovators.

Alán Aspuru-Guzik, Ph.D

Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology David Jeruzalmi, Ph.D
Associate Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology
Paul Bamberg, Ph.D
Senior Lecturer in Mathematics Efthimios Kaxiras, Ph.D
Gordon McKay Professor of Applied Physics and Professor of
Michael Brenner, Ph.D
Physics
Glover Professor of Applied Mathematics and Applied Physics
George Lauder, Ph.D
Myron Essex, D.V.M., Ph.D
Professor of Biology and Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zool-
Mary Woodard Lasker Professor of Health Sciences in the Fac-
ogy
ulty of Public Health
Richard Losick, Ph.D
Brian Farrell, Ph.D
Maria Moors Cabot Professor of Biology
Professor of Biology
L. Mahadevan, Ph.D
Jeffrey Flier, M.D.
Lola England Professor of Applied Mathematics
Dean, Harvard Medical School, and George C. Reisman Pro-
fessor of Medicine David Mooney, Ph.D
Gordon McKay Professor of Bioengineering
Nicole Francis, Ph.D
Assistant Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology Hongkun Park, Ph.D
Professor of Chemistry and of Physics
Steven Freedman, M.D., Ph.D
Associate Professor of Medicine Steven Pinker, Ph.D
Johnstone Family Professor of Psychology
Guido Guidotti, Ph.D
Higgins Professor of Biochemistry Tobias Ritter, Ph.D
Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
David Haig, Ph.D
George Putnam Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Eugene Shakhnovich, Ph.D
Biology Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Marc Hauser, Ph.D Irwin Shapiro, Ph.D
Professor of Psychology Timken University Professor

Dudley Herschbach, Ph.D Zhigang Suo, Ph.D

Frank B. Baird Jr. Research Professor of Science
John Hutchinson, Ph.D
Abbott and James Lawrence Professor of Engineering and
Gordon McKay Professor of Applied Mechanics
Allen E. and Marilyn M. Puckett Professor of Mechanics and
Materials
David Weitz, Ph.D
Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics and of Applied Physics

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Advertising Specifics
We are happy to go through the ad creation process with all advertisers
or even help advertisers design ads!

Issuance — THURJ is published bi-annually in November and then in April.

2009-2010 Timeline
Publication Date Material Deadline Closing Date
April February 2 February 17
November September 11 September 25

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 CONTACT US
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contact@thurj.org

Please email us at contact@thurj.org with any questions.