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February 21, 2002 Vol. 12, No. 31
The "8 1/2 x 11 News" is published each week by the Department of Public
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CARNEGIE MELLON TO COLLABORATE WITH GREEK INSTITUTE Carnegie Mellon will offer a master's degree this fall in collaboration with the Athens Information Technology Institute (AIT) in Greece to meet the demands of growing Internet technologies, including Internet security, systems and telecoms, high-speed networking and wireless mobile computing. Carnegie Mellon and AIT will offer a four-semester program culminating in a master of science degree in information networking from Carnegie Mellon's Information Networking Institute (INI). Classes will be taught by faculty from both schools. AIT is building a new campus, with state-of-the-art research and education facilities, a few miles from downtown Athens. —The program will be under the leadership of Christos Halkias, dean of AIT, and Pradeep K. Khosla, head of Carnegie Mellon's Electrical and Computer Engineering Department and the INI. It will begin in September with about 30 students. Further information: http://www.cmu.edu/PR/releases02/index.html SCHOOL OF MUSIC RECEIVES U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION GRANT The School of Music, in partnership with the Pittsburgh Public Schools, the Wilkinsburg School District and the River City Brass Band, has received a grant from the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) to develop a standards-based music curriculum for urban youth. Natalie L. Ozeas, associate head of the School of Music, is the project director. —The goal is to develop a music curriculum for inner-city middle school students that is completely "hands on," and engages students with making and experiencing music. Teachers and students from Arsenal, Columbus, Knoxville, Milliones and Reizenstein middle schools in Pittsburgh, and Turner Elementary School and the Middle School in Wilkinsburg will participate in the project. Schools in the project must have a 75 percent or more poverty level as determined by the free lunch standard. Further information: official.cmu-news, Feb. 19. CENTER TAKES LEAD IN DEVELOPING BIOTECHNOLOGY TEACHING INTERNSHIP A consortium of Pittsburgh-based universities along with the Tissue Engineering Initiative plan to educate tomorrow's tissue engineers through a new program aimed at summer tutorials for both high school teachers and students. —The 10-week internship, called the "Teacher Education Program," is designed to expose teachers and students to the emerging field of tissue engineering. Directed by researchers from Carnegie Mellon, The Pittsburgh Tissue Engineering Initiative Inc., the Institute for Complex Engineered Systems, Duquesne University and the University of Pittsburgh, interns will see how aging bone is repaired. —In the past several months, more than 40 area schools, including Central Catholic High School, Franklin Regional High School, Woodland Hills High School and Mount Lebanon High School, have participated in the outreach lectures about tissue engineering. Further information: http://www.cmu.edu/PR/releases02/index.html CENTER FOR COMPUTER AND COMMUNICATION SECURITY ESTABLISHED America's growing reliance on increased security in computer networks and computing was the impetus behind the creation of a new Center for Computer and Communications Security (C3S) within the College of Engineering that involves faculty and staff from Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), Engineering and Public Policy, Computer Science, CERT/CC, Computing Services and the Heinz School. —The center will focus on cutting-edge technologies related to security in distributed computing, Internet security, secure data storage, and security in wireless and optical networks. It will also pursue research that combines both technology and policy issues, including new technologies to guarantee privacy and confidentiality of information, and self-securing storage devices and systems. Several government agencies including the National Science Foundation and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency are funding the research projects within C3S. —Further Information: Pradeep Khosla, head, ECE, pkk@ece.cmu.edu. RESERVATIONS FOR PRESIDENT'S PARTY DUE BY MARCH 1 Invitations to this year's President's Party on Saturday, March 9, in the University Center, have been mailed to all faculty and staff. The cost is $19.50 per person and includes entertainment, dancing, food and beverage, and games. Reservations must be prepaid by March 1 by check or payroll deduction. Reservations may be made by returning the RSVP card. Contact the Office of Special Events at 8-5052 with questions. LEADERSHIP SYMPOSIUM FOR FACULTY AND UNIVERSITY MANAGERS Human Resources is accepting registrations from faculty and university managers for its 2002 Leadership Symposium to be held 8:30 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Tuesday, March 12, in the University Center (UC). The symposium's focus is on providing the strategies, knowledge and resources to achieve professional and personal success. The keynote speaker is Robert Kelley, adjunct professor, Graduate School of Industrial Administration and author of "How to Be a Star at Work," "Gold Collar Worker" and "The Power of Followership." Twelve concurrent sessions on a variety of topics are scheduled throughout the day. Further information: official.cmu-news, Feb. 20. FREE WEIGHT-TRAINING WORKSHOPS OFFERED The fitness staff is offering a free workshop on weight training and use of physical fitness machines from 12:30 1:15 p.m. on the following dates: Feb. 28: Skibo Gym, Body Shop Room; March 1: UC Weight Room; March 6: Skibo Gym Weight Room; March 7: UC Weight Room. NOMINATIONS SOUGHT FOR GRADUATE STUDENT TEACHING AWARD The Graduate Student Teaching Award recognizes exemplary teaching by a graduate student. The award recipient will receive an engraved tray, a monetary honorarium and be recognized at the University's Education Awards reception in April. Honorable mentions will receive letters of commendation. Further information: official.cmu-news, Feb. 19. PERSONAL MENTION • Ignacio Grossmann, head, Department of Chemical Engineering, and Ph.D. student Sangbum Lee have been selected for the Best Paper Award of 2000 by the journal Computers & Chemical Engineering for their article, "New Algorithms for nonlinear generalized disjunctive programming," Vol. 24, No. 9-10, pp. 2125-2141. • Dan Martin, associate professor of drama and director of the Master of Arts Management (MAM) program, recently presented a seminar entitled "Arts Management Training Practices and Principles in the United States and their Potential Application in the Evolving European Context of Privatization of Cultural and Heritage Sites" for faculty and doctoral students in the Department of Economics at the University of Bologna (Italy). Martin was in Bologna discussing a collaborative partnership for the MAM program with the University of Bologna, the Polytechnic Institute of Turin and the Fitzcarraldo Foundation (Turin) on a joint training program focusing on the redevelopment, management and exploitation of cultural heritage sites in Italy. • Anne Green, senior lecturer in German, Department of Modern Languages, has won the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages' Houghton Mifflin Award for Excellence in Foreign Language Instruction. She received the award for her work on the German Teachers' Web site and as chair of the editorial board for German Resources on the Web, specifically the "Teaching Resources" section: http://grow.aatg.org/index.html CALENDAR HIGHLIGHTS • Saturday, Feb. 23: Basketball. Women's team against University of Rochester, 2 p.m., Skibo Gym. Men's team against University of Rochester, 4p.m., Skibo Gym. These are Carnegie Mellon's final regular season games. • Tuesday, Feb. 26: "One Shot: The Life and Work of Teenie Harris." A film by Kenneth Love (MFA '76). 7 p.m., McConomy Auditorium, University Center (UC). Introduction and discussion by Larry Glasco, professor of history, University of Pittsburgh. Reception follows in the Connan Room. Admission is free but space is limited. Sponsored by The Black/Jewish Dialogue of the United Jewish Federation and the Divison of Student Affairs at Carnegie Mellon in cooperation with the Carnegie Mellon Black Alumni Association. • Tuesday, Feb. 26: Blood Drive. 12:30 - 6 p.m., Connan Room, UC. • Tuesday, Feb. 26: The School of Architecture and the Heinz School present "Transformation in Government," a presentation by U.S. Comptroller General David Walker. 1:30 p.m., Hamburg Hall 1000. Open to the university community. A Q&A period will follow. • Thursday, Feb. 28: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Seminar Series. "How to Build a Successful High-Tech Company." Ned Ruffin, Venture Law Group, Reston, Va. 4- 5 p.m., Scaife Hall Auditorium, Room125. Refreshments begin at 3:30 pm. See http://amp.ece.cmu.edu for more detail.
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