November 4, 2004

Vol. 15, No. 18

The "8 1/2 x 11 News" is published each week by the University Advancement Division. News of campus interest should be sent to one of the following editors:   Ed Delaney, 412-268-1609 (ed47@andrew.cmu.edu)
  Bruce Gerson, 412-268-1613 (bg02@andrew.cmu.edu)
  Susan Cribbs, 412-268-7521 (cribbs@andrew.cmu.edu)

The newsletter is available on the official.cmu-news and cmu.misc.news bulletin boards.

2001 Editions are available online.

2002 Editions are available online.

2003 Editions are available online.

Previous editions are available online.

A new university could be opening its doors in Adelaide, South Australia, in 2006, with the assistance of the Heinz School and iCarnegie, Inc., a leading curriculum provider in the United States. South Australian Premier Mike Rann signed a "heads of agreement" with Carnegie Mellon and iCarnegie on Oct. 29 that opened the way for an intensive feasibility study to be conducted over the coming months. The goal of the feasibility study is to develop a plan under which iCarnegie and the Heinz School will assist in the creation of the new university.

—The new university will seek to secure students from Asia and the Middle East as well as Australia. iCarnegie will provide institutional services and support for the new university, as well as assistance in delivering Carnegie Mellon-based curriculum. Further information: http://www.cmu.edu/cmnews/extra/041030_australia.html

STAFF COUNCIL'S ANNUAL FOOD DRIVE HELPS THOSE IN NEED

Carnegie Mellon's 11th Annual Food Drive sponsored by Staff Council began Nov. 1 and continues through Nov. 12. Canisters and boxes have been placed in most campus buildings and departments to collect non-perishable food and paper products. All items will be donated to the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank.

—Most needed are nonperishable items such as soups, canned fruits and vegetables, pasta, diapers, pancake mix, cleaning supplies, health & beauty aids and baby food. Proteins such as tuna fish, spam and peanut butter are desperately needed. Further information: http://www.cmu.edu/staff-council/FoodDrive/FD2004.html

BUSINESS WEEK RANKS TEPPER SCHOOL AMONG TOP MBA PROGRAMS

BusinessWeek magazine has ranked the Tepper School 15th among the nation's top MBA programs, up from 19th in 2002. Overall, the school placed 11th in intellectual capital, 12th in selectivity of applicants and 14th in job placement before graduation. The school was also listed among the top five "most improved" MBA programs. The Tepper School earned extra recognition in two concentrations, placing in the top 10 of all national business schools. Recruiters rated the school #3 in Technology and #10 in Global Scope.

—Further information: http://business.tepper.cmu.edu/default.aspx?id=142831

ENROLL EARLY FOR YOUR OPEN ENROLLMENT BENEFIT ELECTIONS

Open Enrollment benefit elections must be made by 5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 12. Make your selections here (The system is unavailable from 1 to 3 a.m.) This is your only opportunity to make benefits changes for 2005, unless you experience a status change. Enrolling early gives you time to resolve any problems or questions.

NEWS BRIEFS

—The Princeton Review and Forbes.com have ranked Carnegie Mellon as the sixth most entrepreneurial campus in the United States for teaching undergraduates how to start their own business. The ranking cites the university's Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Association, its involvement in Students in Free Enterprise, Innovation Works, the Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse and the Pittsburgh Digital Greenhouse, and its entrepreneurial courses offered each semester. The University of North Carolina was rated number one. Further information: http://www.forbes.com/lists/2004/10/20/04conncampentrepreland.html

PERSONAL MENTION

—H&SS Dean John Lehoczky, the Thomas Lord Professor of Statistics, and Gerald L. Thompson, Professor of Systems and Operations Research Emeritus in the Tepper School of Business, have been named Fellows by INFORMS, the professional society for operations research and management science. Other Carnegie Mellon INFORMS Fellows are Egon Balas in the Tepper School, Alfred Blumstein in the Heinz School and Ignacio Grossmann in the College of Engineering.

— "Fingerprinting: Bounding Soft-Error Latency and Bandwidth," a flagship paper from the "Total Reliability Using Scalable Servers" project in Carnegie Mellon's Computer Architecture Lab, has been chosen for IEEE Micro's special issue, "Micro's Top Picks from Computer Architecture Conferences." The paper was presented at this year's International Conference on Architectural Support for Programming Languages and Operating Systems in Boston. Co-authors are ECE graduate students Jared Smolens, Brian Gold and Jangwoo Kim, and faculty Babak Falsafi, James Hoe and Andreas Nowatzyk.

—The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has named Pradeep K. Khosla, dean of the College of Engineering, and Clark Glymour, Alumni University Professor of Philosophy, as 2004 Fellows. Each year the AAAS, the world's largest general scientific society and publisher of the prestigious journal "Science," bestows the distinction of Fellow on scientists who have made significant contributions in their field.

—George Duncan, Heinz School Professor of Statistics, has been appointed to the National Research Council committee on Whither Biometrics. As commissioned by the Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, the committee will study social and policy issues of biometric authentication technologies.

—M. Granger Morgan, professor and head of the Engineering and Public Policy Department, has been named chairman of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Science Advisory Board. The 33-member board of leading scientists and engineers assists the EPA administrator in making environmental decisions.

—Martin Prekop is stepping down from the College of Fine Arts deanship at the conclusion of this academic year. He has been CFA dean for 12 years. A search committee has been formed to make recommendations to the president and provost for a successor. Members of the search committee are: Dan Boyarski, Design (chair); Barbara Anderson, Drama; Doug Cooper, Architecture; Jim Duesing, Art; Thomas Douglas, Drama and Music; Robbee Kosak, University Advancement; John Lehoczky, H&SS; Patricia Pavlus, CFA; and Marilyn Thomas, Music. Your comments can be sent to cfa-deansearch@andrew.cmu.edu and will be read by search committee members only.

CALENDAR HIGHLIGHTS

—Nov. 4-6: 14th Annual International Festival. The complete schedule of events is posted at http://www.cmu.edu/internationalfestival

—Friday, Nov. 5: "Kepler and the Music of the Spheres," an exhibit examining celestial music throughout history, opens with a reception and live-music performances by Associate Professor Mimi Lerner and the Dave Pellow Quartet, 6 p.m., Posner Center. Music master's student Eric J. Goldman designed, developed and wrote the exhibit, drawing upon the rich, multidisciplinary resources of the Posner Memorial Collection of fine and rare books.

—Friday, Nov. 5 - Sunday, Nov. 7: Family Weekend. Information: http://www.studentaffairs.cmu.edu/first-year/familyweekend/2004/

—Saturday, Nov 6: Tepper School of Business informational session for its MBA Flextime Program (designed for those interested in obtaining an MBA while continuing their careers). 10 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., Posner Hall, Room 153. Further information: http://www.tepper.cmu.edu/mba or call 412-268-5687.

—Nov. 9 - 21: Carnegie Mellon and the University of Pittsburgh are sponsoring "Traveling Film South Asia," a festival of documentaries from Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan. The complete schedule is posted at http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/jsharma/

—Tuesday, Nov. 9: Graduate Women's Gathering: Connecting Luncheon with Women Faculty. 12:15 p.m., Rangos 2. Register at http://gposerver.as.cmu.edu/registration/multiregis.html

—Tuesday, Nov. 9: Carnegie Mellon Contemporary Ensemble. Walter Morales, conductor. 8 p.m., Kresge Recital Hall.

—Wednesday, Nov. 10: Benefits Open Forum. Noon - 1 p.m., Rangos 1. Get answers to your questions about benefits and the Open Enrollment process. Speakers are Gemma Green, manager of total compensation, and Lori Bell, benefits specialist. You can submit questions ahead of time to jbugg@cmu.edu

—Thursday, Nov. 11: School of Computer Science and Women@SCS Lecture. "Building Cyberinfrastructure," Francine Berman, professor and High Performance Computing Endowed Chair, University of California, San Diego, and director of the San Diego Supercomputer Center. 4 p.m., Wean Hall 7500. Broadcast live on CMUTv (Channel 99) and http://sm.cs.cmu.edu/

-Back to the top-