April 11, 2002

Vol. 12, No. 38

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.

Last year's editions are available online.

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SCHOOL OF COMPUTER SCIENCE FIRST IN U.S NEWS & WORLD REPORT SURVEY

Carnegie Mellon has the best computer science doctoral program in the country along with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Stanford University and the University of California at Berkeley, according to U.S. News & World Report magazine's annual analysis of "America's Best Graduate Schools." Carnegie Mellon also ranked high in three computer science specialty areas: second in artificial intelligence, second in systems (tied with MIT), and sixth in theory.

—Carnegie Mellon's graduate engineering program and business school tied with the University of Texas at Austin to rank 10th and 18th, respectively. In engineering specialty areas, Carnegie Mellon placed fourth in computer engineering and 10th in the electrical/electronic/communications category. In specialty business areas, Carnegie Mellon rated second in management information systems and quantitative analysis, and third in production/ operations management.

—Carnegie Mellon's doctoral programs ranked 11th in applied mathematics, 28th in physics, 34th in mathematics and 54 th in biological sciences. For more on this year's rankings visit www.cmu.edu or www.usnews.com

JEFF BOLTON TO BECOME CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER OF MAYO FOUNDATION

Jeff Bolton, vice president for business and planning and chief financial officer since 1998, has announced he will resign, effective June 30, 2002, to become chief financial officer at the Mayo Foundation in Rochester, Minn. The Mayo Foundation oversees Mayo Clinics in Rochester, Scottsdale, Ariz., and Jacksonville, Fla., as well as health systems and hospitals throughout the Midwest. Bolton has been a member of the university community for the past 18 years.

—"Jeff's financial expertise, his vision and his leadership in strategic planning have helped our university grow both fiscally and physically," said President Jared Cohon in a memo to the university community. "The evolution of this campus‹and the vitality of many educational, research and economic development initiatives‹have been profoundly affected by Jeff's dedication and hard work." The memo is posted on official.cmu-news for April 10.

SPRING CARNIVAL AND BUGGY RACES ARE APRIL 18 - 20

Spring Carnival 2002 begins Thursday, April 18, and continues through Saturday, April 20. The Sweepstakes Races will take place from 6 a.m. - noon on Friday and Saturday. Margaret Morrison, Tech and Frew streets and Schenley Drive will be closed during this time. Vehicles parked on these streets after 6 a.m. will be towed at the owner's expense. In case of inclement weather, races will be held Sunday, April 21. Information: www.andrew.cmu.edu/org/carnival

DIVERSITY RESOURCE GUIDE IS ON THE WEB

A Diversity Resource Guide Web site has been established (http://hr.web.cmu.edu/drg/index.html) in support of the university's strategic initiative to increase diversity across campus. The Web site provides information about the status of diversity at Carnegie Mellon, the issues surrounding diversity and the actions being taken by the university to achieve its goal. The Web site also includes practical guidelines for recruiting a diverse faculty and staff, accommodating disabled employees and students, strategies for integrating diversity into daily university processes, and results of diversity initiatives to measure and track progress.

NEWS BRIEFS

—Correction: The "Child Care Referral Service" news item in last week's issue had an incorrect phone number. The corrected telephone number is 1-888-267-8126.

—The Graduate School of Industrial Administration's Donald H. Jones Center for Entrepreneurship has a new Web site, http://jonescenter.web.cmu.edu/default.asp, that details the center's undergraduate, graduate and continuing education programs, as well as providing informational links for aspiring entrepreneurs.

PERSONAL MENTION

—Professors Andrew Gellman and David Sholl, Chemical Engineering, were featured in the cover story, "Chiral Surface Chemistry," in the March 25 issue of Chemical and Engineering News. The article is available at http://pubs.acs.org/cen/coverstory/8012/8012chiralsurface.html.

—Mindy Hebert, a Rhodes Scholar and a senior in biological sciences, is the winner of the 2002 Resnik Award, named for Judith A. Resnik (E'70), who died in the 1986 space shuttle disaster. The award honors an outstanding woman in the sciences or engineering planning to attend graduate school whose academic performance, creativity and vision illustrates potential for high academic achievement in her field.

—Semi Ryu, School of Art graduate student, received the Best Film award for "Hungboga" in the Young Animation category at the 11th International Festival of Animated Film in Stuttgart, Germany. The festival is the second largest animation festival in the world. Further information: www.itfs.de/start_en.htm

—Petra Fallaux, director of the Regina Gouger Miller Gallery, recently juried and curated "Art on View '02," an all-media art exhbition at the Dairy Barn Cultural Arts Center in Athens, Ohio. The show features works by 45 artists from Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky and Pennsylvania.

—Rocio Dominguez, doctoral student, Modern Languages, has won the university's Graduate Student Teaching Award. Jacques Katz, doctoral student, Psychology, won the Graduate Student Service Award.

—Pamela Jennings, assistant professor of art and human computer interaction, is a presenter at the fourth annual Digital Arts Symposium held by the University of Arizona College of Fine Arts and Center for Consciousness, April 11-12 in Tuscon, Ariz. The title of her talk is "Getting out of the Box: Creating Networks in the Real World."

CALENDAR HIGHLIGHTS

—Monday, April 15: "Hate on the Internet: How much is too much?" Presented by The Black-Jewish Dialogue of Pittsburgh and the Office of the Provost. 7 p.m., Rangos 2, University Center. Keynote Speaker: Kenneth Stern, nationally recognized author and expert on Hate Groups. Panelists: Harry Litman, former U.S. Attorney, Western District of Pa.; Dennis Roddy, columnist, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; Robert Kraut, the Herbert A. Simon Professor of Human Computer Interaction, School of Computer Science. See official.cmu-news, April 9.

—Monday, April 15: University Lecture Series Interactive Theater. "The Ranking." A faculty search committee has a heated discussion about the role of diversity in faculty recruitment and hiring. 4:30 p.m., Adamson Wing.

—Tuesday, April 16: Department of Chemical Engineering Bayer Lecture Seminar. "Some Recent Developments in Multicomponent Distillation." Rakesh Agrawal, chief engineer, Process Synthesis at Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. 10:45 a.m., Doherty Hall 1112.

—Wednesday, April 17: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Seminar Series. "Video Content Representation Schemes." HongJiang Zhang, senior researcher and assistant managing director, Microsoft Research Asia. 3 - 4 p.m., Hamerschlag Hall 1112. Refreshments begin at 2:30 p.m.

—Thursday, April 18: University Lecture Series Interactive Theater. "The Remark." A graduate student comes to the head of the department to seek advice on dealing with a professor who makes a disparaging remark about women in class. "The Remark" explores chilly climate and sexual harassment issues. 4:30 p.m., Adamson Wing.

—Friday, April 19: 8th Annual Mobot Slalom Races & MoboJoust. Noon (rain or shine). The racecourse is in front of Wean Hall. See: www.cs.cmu.edu/~mobot

—Friday, April 19: A national scandal about interracial marriage in the 1920s is the topic of a talk and book signing by Earl Lewis and Heidi Ardizzone, authors of "Love on Trial: An American Scandal in Black and White." 4 p.m., Hamburg Hall 100. Free and open to the public. A reception will follow. Lewis is dean of graduate studies at the University of Michigan and former director of the Center for Afroamerican and African studies there. Ardizzone teaches American Studies at the University of Notre Dame. See official.cmu-news, April 9.

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