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January 10, 2002 Vol. 12, No. 25
The "8 1/2 x 11 News" is published each week by the Department of Public
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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 (UC). Events include an address by President Jared L. Cohon on the state of diversity at Carnegie Mellon, a writing awards program for area high school students and Carnegie Mellon students who will describe their personal experiences with racial difference and discrimination, and a keynote address by black historian Manning Marable, professor of history and political science at Columbia University. —Freida Williams, Carnegie Mellon's Human Resources representative, will moderate a panel discussion among civic leaders. The panel will include Esther Bush, president and CEO of the Urban League of Pittsburgh, Moe Coleman, professor emeritus, School of Social Work, University of Pittsburgh, and Everett Tademy, Carnegie Mellon's director of diversity. The Bach Choir of Pittsburgh will close the celebration with an evening performance. —There will be no undergraduate classes between 12:30 and 4:30 p.m. on Jan. 21 to allow students and faculty to attend the activities. More information is available at http://www.studentaffairs.cmu.edu/first-year/mlk2002.html —"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." UNIVERSITY HONORED FOR ITS PURCHASE OF WIND ENERGY Carnegie Mellon has received several environmental awards for its purchase of wind energy. It received a Green Power Leadership Award from the Department of Energy, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Center for Resource Solutions. It earned the Community Institution of the Year Award from Penn Future Green Power and the Governor's Award for Environmental Excellence in the Energy Efficient category from the Pennsylvania Governor's Office. Carnegie Mellon is purchasing 5 percent of its total electricity from wind turbines at the Exelon-Community Energy Wind Farm in Fayette County, about 40 miles southeast of Pittsburgh. The wind farm awarded Carnegie Mellon its New Wind Energy Leader Award. —The university also received a Pittsburgh region Clean Cities Award for its purchase of three natural-gas-powered vehicles. Two are operated by Facilities Management Services. The third is part of the Carnegie Mellon police fleet. ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT OFFERS ONLINE RESERVATION SYSTEM Members of the university community are now 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. Andrew users can access the site from their home or office, residence hall room or the kiosk at the UC equipment desk. To gain access you must have an Andrew user ID. Carnegie Mellon ID card holders without an Andrew user ID must register with the Athletic Department at the UC equipment desk. ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT STARTS ONLINE RESERVATION SYSTEM —Further information: Dennis Nesaw at dnesaw@andrew.cmu.edu or Joan Maser at jm7q@andrew.cmu.edu.
BLACKBOARD WORKSHOPS The Office of Technology for Education (OTE) is offering the following hands-on Blackboard workshops to faculty, staff and teaching assistants who are preparing to use Blackboard this semester: "Setting Up Your Blackboard Course Site," "Adding Content to Your Blackboard Course," "Creating Online Quizzes," "Using the Online Gradebook," "Streamlining the Homework Process" and "Integrating Other Technologies with Blackboard." —Workshops will be held in the OTE Lab, Cyert Hall, A72. To register, email ote@andrew.cmu.edu —The complete Blackboard workshop calendar is at http://www.cmu.edu/blackboard/help/calendar/ WORKSHOP OFFERS TOOLS TO COMBAT FEELINGS OF STRESS AND URGENCY Learning and Development will be offering a program for individuals who are experiencing stress in family or employment situations. Barbara Penner, who has been training individuals and corporate clients in stress management, smoking cessation and life-style change for more than 15 years, will offer a program from 9 - 10:30 a.m. on Jan. 29 in the McKenna/Peter rooms, UC. The program offers the tools people need for taking control of their feelings of stress and urgency. Register by emailing hrhelp@andrew.cmu.edu NEWS BRIEFS —The Credit Union's annual meeting will be held at the Connan Room, UC, at noon on Thursday, Jan. 31. Open to all Credit Union members. Door prizes and light refreshments.
—Equal Opportunity Services is in need of volunteers to read books onto audio tape for students who are learning disabled or visually impaired. Tapes and recording equipment will be delivered and picked up. If interested, contact Erica Anderson at x8-2012 or erica3@andrew.cmu.edu. Since the semester begins next week, Equal Opportunity Services is hoping volunteers will respond quickly. PERSONAL MENTION —University Librarian Gloriana St. Clair has been invited by the National Science Foundation to referee pre-proposals for the Information Technology Research (ITR) competition. ITR pre-proposals are requests for funding for projects in natural language processing, digital government, digital libraries, social impacts of computing and related areas. Referees meet to review proposals on Jan. 24 in Arlington, Va.
—Charlie Matous has been named computer facilities manager of the Institute for Complex Engineered Systems. He returns to Carnegie Mellon from Webport, Inc., where he had been technical services coordinator. Prior to joining Webport, Matous held positions at Carnegie Mellon in Administrative Computing and Information Services and Data Communications. —Laurie Weingart, associate professor of organizational behavior and theory in the Graduate School of Industrial Administration, is president-elect of the International Association for Conflict Management. Founded in 1984 and operating in more than 50 countries, the organization encourages scholars and practitioners to develop and disseminate theory, research and experience that is useful for understanding and improving conflict management in family, organizational, societal and international settings. —Edith Balas, professor of art history, will curate an exhibit of the works of Valentin Lustig at the Frick Fine Arts Gallery at the University of Pittsburgh, Jan. 16 to March 22. Lustig will speak at Carnegie Mellon at 4:30 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 22 in McConomy Auditorium, UC. Balas is the author of "The Holocaust in the Painting of Valentin Lustig" (Carnegie Mellon University Press, 2002). —Kate Robertson has resigned as director of catering services at Carnegie Mellon to pursue other interests. Robertson, a member of the university community for more than 20 years, said she may remain with the Parkhurst Corporation, which took over Carnegie Mellon's food service operation more than a year ago. "I hope that I have created as many fond memories of enjoyable catering events as I have taken away with me," Robertson said. "It has been an honor to be part of such a hard-working team for such an outstanding university. I wish my successor all the best." Parkhurst has named Leslie Ekstrand to succeed Robertson. Ekstrand, a graduate of Tufts University and the Culinary Institute of America, has more than 15 years of experience in food service. She was the executive chef at Marconi, formerly Fore Systems, and director of dining services at PNC Firstside Center. CALENDAR HIGHLIGHTS —Saturday, Jan. 12: Carnegie Mellon men's and women's swimming teams at Washington and Jefferson College. 1 p.m. —Tues.- Fri. Jan. 15 18: Music. Carnegie Mellon Young Artists Concert Series. Beethoven Piano Sonatas. Kresge Recital Hall. 8 p.m. —Jan. 15 - March 1: Regina Gouger Miller Gallery. "Plenty" by Nancy Davidson. Sculpture, digital prints and video. Artistıs Lecture: 5 p.m., Jan. 17, McConomy Auditorium, UC. Reception: 6 - 8 p.m., Jan. 17, Miller Gallery. —Thursday, Jan. 17: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Seminar Series. "The Mobile Internet and Its Outlook and Challenges." Sudhir Dixit, senior research manager and site manager, Nokia Research Center, Burlington, Mass. 4 - 5 p.m., Scaife Hall Auditorium, Rm. 125. Refreshments begin at 3:30 p.m. Further information: http://amp.ece.cmu.edu —Thursday, Jan. 17: Graduate Student Seminar Series. "Academic Job Search: All the Fundamentals." 12 - 1.30 p.m., Connan Room. Register at http://www.cmu.edu/adm/apaa/gpo/graduates/GSSS.html —Friday, Jan. 18: Mechanical Engineering Seminar. "Mistuning of Bladed Disks in Jet Engines and How It Affects High Cycle Fatigue." Jerry Griffin, director, GUIde Consortium, Mechanical Engineering Department. 2:45 p.m., Scaife Hall 125.
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