Carnegie Mellon University | Web Storieshttp://www.cmu.edu/homepage/Stories from the homepage of Carnegie Mellon UniversityFri 09 May 2008 01:01:01 GMTFirst of Its Kind: Doha Virtual Stock Markethttp://www.cmu.edu/homepage/global/2008/spring/first-of-its-kind.shtmlphoto

Over the past few weeks, fortunes were made — and lost — at Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar. Virtual fortunes, that is. Twenty-two teams, made up of 67 students, faculty and staff, traded stocks, made money, lost money and tried to figure out how the stock market works in a first-of-its-kind virtual Doha Stock Market...]]>http://www.cmu.edu/homepage/global/2008/spring/first-of-its-kind.shtmlFri 9 May 2008 00:00:00 GMTdohaStockMarket_201x117.jpgphoto

]]>Meeting of the Minds: A Celebration of Student Researchhttp://www.cmu.edu/homepage/practical/2008/spring/meeting-of-the-minds.shtmlphoto

Meeting of the Minds, Carnegie Mellon's annual research symposium in Pittsburgh, is being held in the University Center May 7 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sponsored by the Office of Undergraduate Research (URO), the event hosts more than 400 students who present their research through posters, oral presentations, DVDs, live performances, demonstrations and art installations...]]>http://www.cmu.edu/homepage/practical/2008/spring/meeting-of-the-minds.shtmlWed 7 May 2008 00:00:00 GMTmeetingOfTheMinds_201x117.jpgphoto

]]>Spongecell: A Venture into the Futurehttp://www.cmu.edu/homepage/collaboration/2008/spring/spongecell.shtmlphoto

Whether he's working from his start-up company's digs in Lake Tahoe or the loft in San Francisco, it's just another day in the office for young entrepreneur Marc Guldimann (HS '01). Guldimann and his colleagues are the founders of Spongecell, a firm specializing in calendar technology established in 2005...]]>http://www.cmu.edu/homepage/collaboration/2008/spring/spongecell.shtmlTue 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMTmarcGuldimann_201x117.jpgphoto

]]>Randy Pausch: Bestselling Book & TIME's 100http://www.cmu.edu/homepage/innovation/2008/spring/randy-pausch02.shtmlphoto

Carnegie Mellon Professor Randy Pausch has been named one of Time Magazine's 2008 list of the world's 100 most influential people.]]>http://www.cmu.edu/homepage/innovation/2008/spring/randy-pausch02.shtmlWed 7 May 2008 00:00:00 GMTrandyPausch_201x117.jpgphoto

]]>Good in a Room: A Top Hollywood Exec's Advicehttp://www.cmu.edu/homepage/beyond/2008/spring/good-in-a-room.shtmlphoto

Take it from Stephanie Palmer (A '97), former MGM studio exec and Carnegie Mellon alum: if you want to succeed in Tinseltown — or in any industry, for that matter — you've got to be "good in a room"...]]>http://www.cmu.edu/homepage/beyond/2008/spring/good-in-a-room.shtmlTue 6 May 2008 00:00:00 GMTstephaniePalmer_201x117.jpgphoto

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