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May 6 -
12, 2005
This internal publication contains information about recent coverage
of Carnegie Mellon that appeared primarily in national newspapers, magazines
and online publications. Please note that some sources may require registration
or a subscription in order to access their information online.
Please send comments and suggestions to thomas@cmu.edu
The media coverage archive is available at www.cmu.edu/clips
From May 6 - 12,
Carnegie Mellon Media Relations counted 143
references to the university in worldwide publications. Here is a sample.
National News Stories
BusinessWeek | May 16
Philadelphia Inquirer (ASSOCIATED PRESS) |
May 6
Student Experience
Tribune-Review | May 10
Tribune-Review | May 10
Post-Gazette | May 8
Post-Gazette | May 8
Post-Gazette | May 7
Qatar Campus
The Peninsula, Qatar | May 9
Gulf Times | May 7
Arts and Humanities
Post-Gazette | May 9
Post-Gazette | May 8
Post-Gazette | May 8
Post-Gazette | May 8
Information Technology
Post-Gazette | May 12
Tribune-Review | May 6
Post-Gazette | May 6
Environment
Post-Gazette | May 12
Regional Impact
Philadelphia Inquirer | May 11
Tribune-Review | May 9
Local News Stories
Post-Gazette | May 8
International News Stories
Innovations Report, Germany | May 11
Today, Singapore | May 10
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National News Stories
BusinessWeek | May 16
Rensselaer's Lally School is overhauling the B-school syllabus. Rivals
are watching. In early 2002, the Lally School of Management & Technology
at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute was in a rut. The program was lost
in the shadows of bigger, more recognized schools, and enrollment was
declining. The bucolic campus had its charms, but being a stone's throw
from Albany, in Troy, N.Y., just didn't have the draw of a big city
like New York or Boston. It was time for a change...Rensselaer may have
started the trend, but other small MBA programs are looking for ways
to remake curriculum, too. Carnegie Mellon University's
Tepper School of Business, for one, has reduced its number of core courses
so students can focus more on integrated electives like Internet marketing
and investment analysis. Even that small shift has helped attract recruiters,
says Kenneth B. Dunn, the school's dean.
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine
/content/05_20/b3933102_mz056.htm | back to top
Philadelphia Inquirer (ASSOCIATED PRESS) | May
6
Firefighters say there is no easy call, because they never know what
they are going to find. But they might soon get a better handle on some
of the hairiest situations with the help of a simulator being developed
by Carnegie Mellon University. For the past three years,
professor Jesse Schell and teams of graduate students
have been working on "Hazmat Hotzone," a networked, multiplayer
simulator that's a virtual disaster drill for dealing with hazardous
materials. It's a cross between a first-person shooter like "Doom,"
"Half-Life" or "Halo" and a role-playing game. It
is designed to fill the gap between classroom or firehouse lectures
and mock disasters, like one involving as many as 14,000 people scheduled
Saturday in Pittsburgh. "The best instructors explain something
and then do a role-playing scenario," said Schell, a professor
at Carnegie Mellon's Entertainment Technology Center. "Usually
the trainees in the classroom have to imagine it and what they may or
may not do. It is sort of like the instructor is like a dungeon master,
leading them through this."
http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/news/11575958.htm
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Student Experience
Tribune-Review | May 10
Call it the Cadillac of stretchers. Carnegie Mellon
University biomedical engineering students Steve Marshall and Stuart
Weiler know from their own training to become emergency medical technicians
how uncomfortable it feels to be lifted and carried into an ambulance.
That's why, for their senior design project, Marshall, 22, of Chatham,
N.J., and Weiler, 22, of New City, N.Y., decided to create a cushier
emergency stretcher. Marshall and Weiler developed the reclining stretcher
-- made of PVC pipe, foam and aluminum -- along with team members Stephanie
Lum, 21, of Brooklyn, N.Y., and Raihan Rozlee, 23, of Malaysia. They
demonstrated it Monday morning at a seminar for about 30 classmates,
who also showcased the results of their design projects. The one-semester
course gives students the chance to use their basic science knowledge
to solve practical biomedical problems identified by physicians and
engineers in the community, said Carnegie Mellon engineering and computer
science professor James Antaki. "This is not a
glorified eighth-grade science fair," Antaki said. "These
are really the beginnings of very sophisticated engineering projects."
http://pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review
/trib/regional/s_332666.html | back to top
Tribune-Review | May 10
Caitlin Clouse of Butler feels fairly certain that she wants to major
in either business or hotel administration when she goes to college
next year. This she knows for sure: She wants to live in an urban environment.
The high school junior's desires became clearer after visiting two schools
recently: Boston University and Ithaca College in Ithaca, N.Y. The latter,
although a prestigious school, dropped lower on her college choice list
because the surrounding town felt too small. Had Caitlin, 17, not visited
the campuses in person -- an absolute must, higher-education officials
say -- she says her search would be far less effective...Spending adequate
time at a campus gives students and parents an opportunity to gather
facts, and to sense that intangible something that tells them they've
found the right place, says Mike Steidel, director
of admissions at Carnegie Mellon University in Oakland.
http://pittsburghlive.com/x/style
/family/s_332594.html | back to top
Post-Gazette | May 8
Student musicians of Carnegie Mellon University were
fed up with the lack of support. Not from their faculty or administration,
audiences or friends, but by their music stands. "People just moved
them," said Angela Occhionero, a senior and clarinetist. "It
was a continuous irritation to the students," said Alan
Fletcher, head of Carnegie Mellon's School of Music. "They
would go to practice and someone had taken all their stands for a string
quartet rehearsal down the hall." Already a member of the School
of Music's student government, [Occhionero] helped initiate a solution:
Raise money to buy new stands -- and find a way to make them stick.
A cabaret concert generated $1,000, which was matched by Fletcher, allowing
them to buy 40 stands...Fletcher praised the students' ingenuity and
the effort. "They came up with the concept, made the design, raised
money and executed it," he said. So far, the stands have been a
hit.
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05128/500905.stm
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Post-Gazette | May 8
You know you're having a bad day when thieves walk off with your house
in broad daylight. Perhaps you saw Danielle Saudino's flyer on the Carnegie
Mellon University campus last week, which began succinctly: "AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
Saudino's cell phone number was at the bottom, with a plea to anyone
who had her house, which is 4 inches tall and answers to the name "semester-long
art project," to please return it, "no questions asked."
Recognizing teenaged angst when I see it, and remembering that messing
with Carnegie Mellon University art projects is a spring
tradition as old as the university itself (where have you gone, Lobster
Boy?), I called Saudino and asked her to let me know when the thieves
check in.
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05128/500356.stm
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Post-Gazette | May 7
A team of Carnegie Mellon University students has won
the JP Morgan Chase Community Development Competition in New York City.
Their winning project was a plan for creating a non-profit grocery store
in the Hill District in partnership with the Hill House. The Hill House
will receive $25,000 in seed money to bring the plan into reality.
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05127/500543.stm | back
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Qatar Campus
The Peninsula, Qatar | May 9
Three top faculty members from the Carnegie Mellon
University's English department on the main campus in Pittsburg visited
the Qatar campus of Carnegie Mellon recently. The purpose of the visit
was to give presentations and explore using the Qatar Campus' English
programme as a model for future international programmes, said a press
release yesterday. The visitors were Dr David Kaufer,
professor of English and rhetoric and head of the English department,
Dr Kristina Straub, professor of English and associate
head of the English department and Dr Christine Neuwirth,
professor of English and human computer interaction. The presentations
were attended by students, staff and faculty members from the Education
City and the Qatar University.
http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/Display_news.asp?
section=Local_News&subsection=Qatar+News&month=
May2005&file=Local_News2005050925114.xml | back
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Gulf Times | May 7
Some 50 delegates attending the first meeting of officials from petroleum
research and development institutions in Opec member countries –
held in Doha last week – visited Qatar Foundation’s Education
City. There the delegates were briefed on the Science and Technology
Park (STP) – a research centre and business "incubator"–
being developed by the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community
Development. STP has been proposed as the location for a research and
development institute that the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries
(Opec) is now considering. "The 2,500-acre Education City, of which
the STP is a part, is home to branch campuses of some of the world’s
leading research universities,” [project manager Dr Eulian Roberts]
pointed out. These include Texas A&M University at Qatar (TAMUQ),
which offers degree programmes in chemical, electrical, mechanical and
petroleum engineering, and Carnegie Mellon University
in Qatar (Carnegie MellonQ), which offers degree programmes in computer
science and business management. "At Carnegie Mellon we are proud
of our approach to solving real problems," said Carnegie MellonQ
dean Dr Charles E Thorpe. "We are delighted to
partner with STP and its tenants to find opportunities for our students
and faculty to work on the important science and technology issues of
our time."
http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?
cu_no=2&item_no=35709&version=1&template_id=
36&parent_id=16 | back to top
Arts and Humanities
Post-Gazette | May 9
A charette organized by the Heinz Architectural Center at Carnegie Museum
of Art and Carnegie Mellon University's School of Architecture
will be held in the museum's Hall of Sculpture beginning tomorrow and
culminating in a discussion Saturday. The public is invited to follow
the teams at work during the week and to participate in the weekend
discussion. In a "brainstorming design studio," teams comprising
an architect, two Carnegie Mellon architecture students and three Pittsburgh-area
high school students will each design two structures for a specific
Oakland site. Participating architects include Matthew Fineout, AIA,
principal of EDGE studio; Kevin Gannon, AIA, LEED AP, principal of Davis
Gardner Gannon Pope (dggp) Architecture; Jennifer Lucchino, AIA, principal,
inter*ARCHITECTURE; Raymund Ryan, curator of architecture, Carnegie
Museum of Art's Heinz Architectural Center; and Spike Wolff,
designer and adjunct professor of architecture, Carnegie Mellon.
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05129/501220.stm
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Post-Gazette | May 8
By Jonathan Potts. Death, at the risk of stating the
obvious, is something that most of us endeavor to avoid, even in conversation.
We invent euphemisms to blunt its finality -- "dearly departed"
"passed away" and my favorite, "passed from the scene."
It's not merely the fear of the inevitable that motivates us, but a
sense of propriety as well. Death is just so unseemly. Not everyone
has the luxury of such niceties. Some people must face death every day,
like the men and women whose work John Temple documents in his compelling
new book. This is a chronicle of several weeks Temple spent during the
summer of 2000 in the Allegheny County Coroner's Office, exploring every
stage of a death investigation, up to a hearing at which a homicide
suspect learns whether he will have to stand trial. **Please note, writer
Jonathan Potts is associate director of media relations at Carnegie
Mellon University.
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05128/500317.stm
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Post-Gazette | May 8
The subtitle for Hilary Masters' book on Mexican muralist
Juan O'Gorman is a little disingenuous. This small book covers much
more territory than that O'Gorman work. The story, in brief, is that
Masters, who teaches English and creative writing at Carnegie
Mellon University, was visiting an artist's colony in the small
town of Patzcuaro, Mexico, in December 2000 and happened upon a mural
in the town library. A well-established writer of fiction, essays and
memoirs, Masters came "to browse its collection in the endemic
reflex of a writer at loose ends on an easy afternoon in a foreign land."
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05128/500319.stm
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Post-Gazette | May 8
John H. "Doc" Wilson knew he could arrange
the song differently, but he wasn't sure he could make it better. "Lush
Life" was a near perfect piece of music. To touch it would only
leave a dirty fingerprint. He had been asked by Marty Ashby at the Manchester
Craftsmen's Guild to arrange music to Billy Strayhorn's "Lush Life,"
"Take the A-Train" and other songs for Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre's
"Indigo in Motion," a scintillating presentation of jazz and
ballet inspired by Pittsburgh artists Strayhorn, Ray Brown, Stanley
Turrentine and Lena Horne. He accepted the assignment and agonized over
the challenge. If he was going to change a single note he knew he needed
a reason. Finally, he infused "Lush Life" with additional
harmonies and voiced it differently by adding parts for fluegelhorn...Wilson
has continued to write arrangements and perform in the area. When he
isn't leading his jazz band, he can be found teaching trumpet and arranging
at Carnegie Mellon University. During a private lesson
recently, he paced the floor in a Carnegie Mellon music room listening
to student Ryan Hoover struggle through the trumpet parts to an arrangement
of "Star Eyes."
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05128/499780.stm
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Information Technology
Post-Gazette | May 12
A Carnegie Mellon University robotic vehicle called
Sandstorm successfully completed four demonstration runs Tuesday at
the Nevada Automotive Test Center for officials from the Defense Advanced
Research Projects Agency. Sandstorm is one of two vehicles that Carnegie
Mellon's Red Team has entered in this fall's DARPA Grand Challenge,
a 175-mile, $2 million race in the desert Southwest. DARPA officials
are making site visits to evaluate all 118 vehicles now entered in the
race, as they get ready to pare the list to 40 vehicles that will be
invited to a qualification event.
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05132/503308.stm
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Tribune-Review | May 6
In a test run before federal officials, H1ghlander, Carnegie
Mellon University's latest robot entry in a $2 million race,
wasted no time making a good impression. Its sirens blaring, the fire-engine-red
vehicle made two turns and avoided two trash cans during each of three
required trial runs Thursday on a 100-meter course at the former LTV
site in Hazelwood. Then the vehicle -- which steers, drives and operates
itself -- made sharper turns, crossed bumpy terrain and threaded through
an underpass during an optional 1,000-meter course. The robot reached
a top speed of 24.6 miles per hour, just a hair under the 25 mph speed
limit. William "Red" Whittaker, captain of
the Red Team and the Fredkin research professor of robotics at Carnegie
Mellon, called the performance "impeccable." "That's
what desert racing is all about," he said.
http://pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review
/trib/regional/s_331515.html | back to top
Post-Gazette | May 6
The red Hummer drove forward about 50 yards, cut left, then right and
drove straight for another hundred yards or so, avoiding a couple of
plastic garbage cans in its path. Fancier, death-defying driving no
doubt was then being displayed on the Parkway West, but for more than
100 people gathered at the former LTV site in Hazelwood yesterday morning,
this simple maneuver merited a round of applause. This was, after all,
no ordinary H1 Hummer, but a driverless, robotic vehicle dubbed H1ghlander,
one of two autonomous SUVs being prepared by Carnegie Mellon
University's Red Team for this fall's 175-mile Grand Challenge race
in the desert Southwest. Two officials from the Defense Advanced Research
Projects Agency, the event sponsor, were on hand to evaluate H1ghlander's
performance.
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05126/500036.stm
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Environment
Post-Gazette | May 12
The issues ranged from basics such as sidewalks to complex ones involving
cutting-edge economic development last Thursday when Allegheny County
Chief Executive Dan Onorato took the show on the road, visiting Stowe,
McKees Rocks, Kennedy, Neville and Coraopolis. It was part of his municipal
tour program, meeting with citizens as well as business and civic leaders
to address specific needs in those communities. The most intriguing
project not only for the county's western communities but for the entire
region was at the former Valley Protein site on Neville Island, where
the Neville Island Development Association has been working with Capital
Technologies International, a Carnegie Mellon University
startup based in Hazelwood, on a brownfield development site to study
biodiesel fuel.
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05132/502878.stm
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Regional Impact
Philadelphia Inquirer | May 11
A business incubator received $5.5 million from the Heinz Endowments,
officials said. The grant boosts the Heinz Endowments' support for the
Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse to $16 million over the last three
years. The greenhouse, which started in 1999, is a joint venture of
the University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University,
the state and foundations. "It's clear that the greenhouse is one
of our best shots in growing new industries, keeping graduates here
and attracting new people," said Heinz Endowments President Maxwell
King. The donation to the incubator was the largest of the 233 grants
announced Tuesday. In all, the grants totaled $33.5 million.
http://www.philly.com/mld/philly
/news/11621241.htm | back to top
Tribune-Review | May 9
When Chao Long started eighth grade at The Ellis School last year, her
mother, Chaohua Yan, immediately noticed a change. "Your bookbag
is so much lighter," her daughter recalls her saying. "Is
eighth grade easier?" Carnegie Mellon University
is conducting an experiment at The Ellis School and one of Carnegie
Mellon's own classes in which traditional textbooks are replaced with
a Tablet personal computer. The HP Compaq 1100 Tablet PCs weigh 4 pounds
and have been adapted so students can highlight key passages on the
screen and write on the e-text with a digital pen. Students also can
send their homework on the Tablet PCs and get material from their teachers.
"I can understand the material better because I have a visual image.
It's a lot easier and faster to type. It's all on one file," said
Chao, 14, of Squirrel Hill.
http://pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review
/education/s_332353.html | back to top
Local News Stories
Post-Gazette | May 8
Attorney Dennis Unkovic hopped a plane a week ago for his sixth business
trip to China in the past year. But Unkovic's flights to Asia are far
different from his routine in the past 30 years. Until about five years
ago, he traveled mostly to Japan to advise U.S. companies on trade matters.
"Now, China represents more than half the work I do," said
Unkovic, who is based in Pittsburgh. His altered flight plan reflects
seismic economic changes in the Far East -- changes that are causing
China and Japan to square off on several fronts..."China and Japan
have not been friends for centuries," said Allan Meltzer,
professor of political economy and public policy at Carnegie
Mellon University. "And each regards itself as the premier
power in Asia."
http://pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review
/trib/regional/s_332124.html | back to top
International News Stories
Innovations Report, Germany | May 11
Carnegie Mellon University scientists have harnessed
an experimental technology to produce polymer films with long-range-ordered
nanostructure and easily convert them into highly ordered "nanocarbon
arrays." Called zone casting, this technology could revolutionize
the way industrial nanoelectronic components are made. The research
findings are in press with the Journal of the American Chemical Society.
"We’ve found that zone casting produces highly organized
polymer films that could serve as templates for creating ordered nanopatterns
with other materials," said Tomasz Kowalewski,
an assistant professor of chemistry who is leading the Carnegie Mellon
team. "The technique could, for example, help produce data storage
arrays with increased density and reliability." Kowalewski also
expects that zone casting could produce materials for other nanoelectronic
devices, like field emission arrays.
http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports
/energy_engineering/report-44220.html | back to top
Today, Singapore | May 10
If the era of the iron rice bowl has ended, the days of standard terms
of employment for staff are surely numbered. Chances are, your company
is giving you a contract different from that of your colleagues, human
resource specialists said at a public lecture and panel discussion held
last Thursday by the Singapore Management University. These are known
as idiosyncratic deals, or I-deals. In this arrangement, an employee
bargains for specific employment terms in areas such as advancement
and job content. It was only five years ago that Professor Denise
Rousseau, who specialises in organisational behaviour and public
policy at Carnegie Mellon University, noticed this
trend in Singapore. Cutting special contracts with employees, however,
may not necessarily be a bad thing, as companies gain flexibility and
can customise rewards for high-performing individuals. "It shapes
the quality of the relationship people think they have with their employer,"
said Prof Rousseau.
http://www.todayonline.com/articles/49663.asp
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