January 3, 2002

Vol. 12, No. 24

The "8 1/2 x 11 News" is published each week by the Department of Public Relations. News of campus interest should be sent to
Ed Delaney, 412-268-1609 (ed47@andrew.cmu.edu) or Bruce Gerson, 412-268-1613 (bg02@andrew.cmu.edu). The newsletter is available on the official.cmu-news and cmu.misc.news bulletin boards.

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AGAZINE HONORS COHON, NORDENBERG AS "PITTSBURGHERS OF THE YEAR"

Pittsburgh Magazine's January 2002 cover story proclaims Carnegie Mellon President Jared Cohon and University of Pittsburgh Chancellor Mark Nordenberg "Pittsburghers of the Year."

—The magazine praises Cohon and Nordenberg for forming a "powerful partnership that drives Pittsburgh's future." It cites Cohon and Nordenberg for fostering the creation and development of the Pittsburgh Digital Greenhouse, a consortium of electronic chip designers and manufacturers, including the Sony Corp. and Oki Semiconductor. The greenhouse has created more than 600 new jobs.

—The duo is also lauded for their collaborative efforts with the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center, which recently installed the fastest computing system available to U.S. scientists and engineers, and for their recent work to launch the Pittsburgh BioVenture Life Sciences Greenhouse initiative—a plan to stimulate the biotechnology industry in the Pittsburgh region. Cohon and Nordenberg are also credited with helping to convince the Rand Corp. to open a research office in Oakland and for persuading Siemens Westinghouse Power Corp. to build a fuel-cell plant at the Waterfront in Munhall.

—"Together they're... combining the strengths of two great universities in ways that could make Southwestern Pennsylvania an innovator in everything from artificial intelligence to artificial organs," the magazine says. "The Pittsburgh BioVenture/Life Sciences Greenhouse effort" [co-chaired by Cohon and Nordenberg] "is the pair's most ambitious joint effort yet. It aims to create 5,500 new biotech jobs in Southwestern Pennsylvania, to double the number of companies in that sector from 130 to 260, to combat bioterrorism, and ultimately, in the words of UPMC President Jeffrey Romoff, "to mitigate pain, eradicate disease and approach immortality.... Its tools are the computer‹Carnegie Mellon's specialty‹and the scalpel, which is Pitt's forte."

—The Pittsburgh Magazine article is available online at http://www.wqed.org/mag/pmag_curr.html

CONSTRUCTION TO BEGIN FOR 259-BED RESIDENCE HALL

Ground is expected to be broken this month for Carnegie Mellon's new residence hall for first-year students on Morewood Avenue, between Morewood Gardens and Mudge House. It will be the first new residence hall since West Wing and Resnik House opened in 1990 as part of the East Campus Project.

—The 72,000 square-foot structure has been designed and will be built using "Green Design" principles. It will be an energy- and water-efficient building that conserves materials and resources, minimizes harmful effects to the environment and maximizes living conditions.

—The total cost of the 259-bed facility, scheduled to open in April 2003, is $12.5 million.

—Further information is posted on official.cmu-news for Jan. 2.

JAN. 21 PROGRAMS HONOR DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.

The university will celebrate the life of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday, Jan. 21 with a series of programs in the University Center. There will be no undergraduate classes between 12:30 and 4:30 p.m. on that day to allow students and faculty to attend the activities. Information is available at http://www.cmu.edu/

ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT STARTS ONLINE RESERVATION SYSTEM

Beginning Monday, Jan. 7, members of the university community will be able to reserve racquetball, squash and tennis courts, as well as space in spinning classes, by logging on to https://csis2.as.cmu.edu/course/index.jsp. All Andrew users can access the site from their home or office, residence hall room or the kiosk at the University Center (UC) equipment desk. To gain access you must have an Andrew user ID.

—Carnegie Mellon ID card holders without an Andrew user ID will need to register with the Athletic Department at the UC equipment desk. This new Web-based sign-up system will replace the current paper system.

—For more information, contact Dennis Nesaw at dnesaw@andrew.cmu.edu or Joan Maser at jm7q@andrew.cmu.edu.

REMINDER: ALL COMPUTER BBOARDS HAVE MOVED FROM AMS TO CYRUS

Effective Dec. 31, all bboards are now hosted from Cyrus rather than from the Andrew Message System. To view new messages on bboards, you must use a Cyrus mail client such as Mulberry or Pine. In addition, all users who are authorized to post to restricted-posting bboards will need to use Mulberry or Pine. Further information is posted on official.cmu-news for Dec. 18.

ANNUAL FIRE-SYSTEM TESTING AND INSPECTION ON JAN. 5

Computing Services and Environmental Health & Safety will perform the annual fire-system testing and inspection on Saturday, Jan. 5. In the past, this inspection has required that all systems and networking be powered down. During the Jan. 5 inspection, however, no machines or services will be taken down intentionally. Inspection testing should be completed by 4 p.m. If you encounter problems with these systems during or after the inspection, report them to Operations at 268-6688.

NEWS BRIEFS

—For 30 minutes between 6 and 7:30 a.m., Wednesday, Jan. 9, the electrical power in Hamburg Hall, Newell-Simon Hall, the Planetary Robotics building, Purnell Center for the Arts, Roberts Engineering Hall and Smith Hall will be shutdown. Facilities Management Services and contractors will be transferring electrical feeds for the Doherty Hall project. If you have questions, contact Kyle Tomer at 8-6332 or kt2n@andrew.

—Staff Council has 2002 Entertainment Books available for $28 per copy until Jan. 8. Contact any of the following representatives for books: Anita Nesaw (Warner Hall) an28@andrew.cmu.edu, Tina Talotta (South Craig Street) talotta@andrew.cmu.edu or Kathy Bossick (Mellon Institute) bossick@andrew.cmu.edu.

—Members of the university community may receive the "8 1/2 x 11 News" in their personal electronic mail accounts by sending their email address to ed47@andrew.cmu.edu.

PERSONAL MENTION

—Terrence Collins, Department of Chemistry, has been named the Thomas Lord Professor of Chemistry. A champion in the field of green chemistry, Collins has gained international recognition for his work in creating a new class of oxidation catalysts with the potential for enormous, positive impact on the environment. He is head of Carnegie Mellon's Institute for Green Oxidation Chemistry. His previous honors include the Environmental Protection Agency's 1999 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award and Japan's Society of Pure and Applied Coordination Chemistry Award. Collins is an honorary professor of the University of Auckland, New Zealand, a fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and the World Innovation Institute, and a Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar.

—The Tartan Editorial Board has elected new editors for 2002. Bradley Grantz, a junior in business administration, was elected editor-in-chief and Christopher Chung, a junior in mathematical sciences with a minor in English, managing editor. Founded in 1906, The Tartan is Carnegie Mellon's oldest student organization.

CALENDAR HIGHLIGHTS

—Through Jan. 31: The Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation presents "Botanists' Art: Selections from the Archives of the Hunt." The three-part exhibit uses scientific documentation to comment on the boundaries of what is defined as art and to explore the intersections of science and art. Fourth floor, Hunt Library. Further information is posted on official.cmu-news for Nov. 20.

Current and past issues of the "8 1/2 x 11 News" and the "Carnegie Mellon News" are available on the Web at http://www.cmu.edu/news/index.html

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