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September
23, 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 September 16-22,
Carnegie Mellon Media Relations counted 106
references to the university in worldwide
publications. Here is a sample.
Special Coverage: Business School Rankings
The Wall Street Journal | September 21
The Wall Street Journal | September 21
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | September 21
National News Stories
Newsweek | September 26
The Wall Street Journal | September
20
Fortune | September 19
Bloomberg News | September 19
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle | September
18
Student Experience
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle | September
18
Arts and Humanities
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review | September 22
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review | September 21
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review | September 18
Information Technology
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | September 21
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | September 19
Environment
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | September 15
Local News Stories
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | September 21
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | September 21
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review | September 18
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review | September 16
International News Stories
TimesOnline | September 19
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Special Coverage: Business School Rankings
The Wall Street Journal | September 21
With the longtime motto "bringing science to the study of business,"
Carnegie Mellon's M.B.A. program focuses on quantitative decision-making
skills and enjoys a sterling reputation for teaching information technology
and operations management. Founded in 1949, it says it was the first
business school to use computers for research and teaching -- an IBM
650 in 1955 -- and the first to create a wireless computing environment.
Carnegie Mellon calls itself the "borderless business school."
It recently created a series of "depth tracks for a customized
academic experience" that reach beyond the business school and
include courses taught by professors in computer science, engineering,
industrial design and robotics. Among the tracks: wealth and asset management,
biotechnology, computational marketing, integrated product development
and operations management. ***The Wall Street Journal ranked Carnegie
Mellon's Tepper School of Business third among national schools and
third among international schools. Tepper also claimed the No. 2 spot
for both Information Technology and Operations Management and ranked
fifth for Finance and 10th for High Ethical Standards.
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB112688
782860643026,00-search.html | back to top
The Wall Street Journal | September 21
Bill Eldredge, a consultant at management-consulting firm DiamondCluster
International Inc., is an avid recruiter at Carnegie Mellon
University in Pittsburgh because it produces M.B.A.s with the "critical
combination" of business and technology skills, as well as unpretentious
and practical students who fit his firm's culture. But he's concerned
about his chances of landing top students at the school, which ranked
third in both the National and International rankings."The principal
challenge to recruiting at Carnegie Mellon is frankly the small size
of the graduating class," Mr. Eldredge says, "resulting in
a smaller pool of good fits from which we can draw." The M.B.A.
program at the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon has shrunk
to about 315 students from nearly 500 two years ago. The school says
it received fewer applications at the same time that it wanted to reduce
class size to achieve a better student-faculty ratio and lessen the
strain on its facilities.
http://online.wsj.com/article/
0,,SB112688234637942950,00-search.html | back to
top
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | September 21
Carnegie Mellon University's Tepper School of Business
once again ranked among the nation's best MBA programs in a survey released
yesterday by The Wall Street Journal. The ranking is the latest in a
series of PR wins for the Oakland business school. The Journal ranked
Tepper No. 3 among national schools, behind Dartmouth College and the
University of Michigan, and No. 3 among "international" schools,
trailing Switzerland's International Institute for Management Development
and ESADE in Spain. ... The Journal's ranking comes from a survey of
corporate recruiters, the people who hire the graduates, giving the
results added heft. The international rankings are from schools that
draw recruiters from four or more countries -- this is Carnegie Mellon's
first year on that list. "We know that our students make an impact
in business and are glad to see that recognition extend to our corporate
partners," said Carnegie Mellon business school dean Ken
Dunn.
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05264/574935.stm
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National News Stories
Newsweek | September 26
Visual media are, if anything, a more natural mode for humans than the
written word, at least according to neuroscientist Marcel Just
of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Evolution created Homo sapiens with a finely honed visual sense: an
ability to take in the vast sweep of a landscape and pick out the smallest
movement—a lion in the shadows?—or a partially hidden grove
of berries. Whereas reading is a technically difficult skill that takes
years to learn, our visual brains take almost effortlessly to videogames.
"It's an accident that our culture invented writing and reading,"
says Just. "It's a cultural artifact we've developed, but it's
not in the nature of man. Two hundred years from now, we won't need
this medium to transmit knowledge."
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/
9378698/site/newsweek/ | back to top
The Wall Street Journal | September 20
Across a wide swath of industries, companies are starting to address
the impending exodus of baby boomers -- the 76 million Americans born
between 1946 and 1964. ... Some sectors could be particularly hard-hit.
About half the country's 400,000 electric-utility workers, such as those
at Platte River, will be eligible to retire in the next five years,
says Michael Ashworth, a researcher at Carnegie
Mellon University in Pittsburgh.
http://online.wsj.com/article/
0,,SB112718141602545779,00-search.html | back to
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Fortune | September 19
... Katrina is an especially poignant study in risk because the catastrophe
was so widely foreseen. The Army Corps of Engineers told anyone who
asked that the chance in any given year that a storm would inundate
New Orleans was between one in 200 and one in 300. Over the 77 years
of the average American’s life expectancy, one-in-200 annual odds
snowball to one-in-three. ... “This is a case where they did an
exceptionally good job on the natural science and a really poor job
on the social science,” says Baruch Fischhoff,
professor of social and decision sciences at Carnegie Mellon
University and current president of the Society for Risk Analysis.
That’s partly because elected officials have another set of probabilities
to consider. Say you’re at the beginning of a four-year term.
Over that span the one-in-200 annual chance of a New Orleans flood grows
to one in 50. That’s still slim odds that spending big bucks on
better levees will pay off during your term—and you won’t
get much credit even if it does. Force residents onto buses and drive
them out of town only to see the hurricane miss the city, and you’re
in real political trouble, guaranteed.
http://www.fortune.com/fortune/articles/
0,15114,1105649,00.html | back to top
Bloomberg News | September 19
The International Monetary Fund is facing an identity crisis. As finance
ministers from around the world gather in Washington this week for the
IMF's annual meetings, the organization finds its relevance waning.
Private capital markets are increasingly supplanting it as the main
source of credit for developing nations, and participation in its loan
programs has fallen to the lowest level since the 1970s. ... Founded
at the end of World War II to promote international economic stability,
the IMF typically makes loans to countries as part of a program in which
the borrower promises to change policies -- to adjust its balance of
payments, for example, or to reduce inflation. "The IMF has a less-than-favorable
reputation because they have insisted on Draconian measures,'' says
Allan Meltzer, a professor at Carnegie Mellon
University in Pittsburgh who led a U.S. congressional commission
on the IMF in 2000.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=
10000086&sid=aG4AX5bvAr2A&refer=latin_america | back
to top
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle | September
18
Internet users have been typing "emoticons" in messages for
more than 20 years. On Sept. 19, 1982, the first emoticon is considered
to have been invented, making Monday the emoticons' 23rd birthday. Scott
E. Fahlman, a former computer scientist at Carnegie Mellon
University, claims to have typed the first smiley face. He thought the
original e-mail message was lost. But, a group of the university's technical
support staff tracked down the magnetic tape with the original message
recorded. Fahlman started using the emoticon at a time when young researchers
and graduate students were raised on telephone calls. They were not
trained in letter-writing, and expressing irony clearly in their messages
was difficult. Some phrases that were understandable when spoken lost
their meaning without the tone of voice. After receiving a series of
misread communications, Fahlman suggested that people who post online
sarcastic messages should label them as humor. So, he suggested the
smiley face for humor :-) and the frowny face :-( to indicate unhappiness.
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/
20050918/BUSINESS01/509180351/1001/BUSINESS | back
to top
Student Experience
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle | September
18
Like most people who serve as an inspiration to others, Evan Cummings'
only aim is to find a way that works for him. He's not in the inspiration
business. ... He is paralyzed from the neck down, although he can move
his arms. From the motorized chair that became his legs, Evan excelled
academically at McQuaid Jesuit High School, and then went on to study
drama at Pittsburgh's Carnegie Mellon University —
from which he graduated in May magna cum laude. ... It might be easier
to find work, he muses, had he graduated with an engineering or computer
science degree, but Evan's life is theater, and he has been trained
as a director. ... Carnegie Mellon drama seniors visit theatrical alumni
in both Los Angeles and New York to size up career opportunities. "New
York is where I belong," Evan says. ... All he sees is his dream,
a life spent directing plays, or maybe one day, making movies. We can
only live and make the most of the life we have. That's what Evan Cummings
has always done — and that's why he inspires, however inadvertently,
so many people who cross his path.
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/
article?AID=/20050918/NEWS0201/509180336/-1/COLUMNS | back
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Arts and Humanities
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review | September 22
When it came time to choose a costume designer for "Crowns,"
Susan Tsu was a natural choice.
"I love hats. I always have. I wear them myself," says Susan
Tsu, a professor of costume design at the Carnegie Mellon
University School of Drama, whose designs have been seen in theater,
opera and television productions that include the Pittsburgh Public
Theater's recent production of "Anna in the Tropics," the
1976 Broadway production of "Godspell" and a stage adaptation
of Amy Tan's "The Joy Luck Club" that played in both Shanghai,
China and New Haven, Conn. ... "The thing that's marvelous about
this play is that (its adaptor) Regina (Taylor) celebrates hats. But
it's not simply a celebration of the art of wearability. It's a celebration
of women through history and self expression," says Tsu.
http://pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review/
entertainment/arts/s_376525.html | back to top
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review | September 21
From tales of forensic science, Pittsburgh's early sports legends, and
how to cook up ethnic dishes, readers of all ages will find something
to take home from a book fair Saturday.
The sixth annual Greater Monessen Historical Society and Monessen Heritage
Museum Book Fair will take place noon to 4 p.m. at the Monessen Civic
Center. Dozens of authors from southwestern Pennsylvania, including
noted forensic pathologist Dr. Cyril Wecht, will participate. ... Among
some of the other authors will be KDKA television's Dave Crawley with
his book, "Cat Poems;" noted sports author Jim O'Brien, who
has written 10 books about Pittsburgh sports; and Hilary Masters,
a Carnegie Mellon University professor and the son
of Edgar Lee Masters, author of "Spoon River Anthology."
http://pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review/
trib/newssummary/s_376418.html | back to top
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review | September 18
In the history of American botany, one family has played a key role.
Yet, until now, little has come to light about them. They were Joseph
Prestele (1796-1867) and his three sons, Joseph Jr. (1824-1880s), Gottlieb
(1827-1892) and William Henry (1838-1895). ... Now, the lives and careers
of Prestele and his three sons who followed in his footsteps have been
laid out in an unprecedented exhibition currently on view at the Hunt
Institute for Botanical Documentation on the campus of Carnegie
Mellon University.
http://pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review/
entertainment/arts/s_374620.html | back to top
Information Technology
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | September 21
In scene that smacked of deja vu for Carnegie Mellon
University's Red Team, a driverless Hummer rolled over near Carson City,
Nev., late Monday afternoon as it practiced for the upcoming $2 million
Grand Challenge race. "It hit a berm, dug in on the driver's corner,
then spun and rolled," team leader William "Red"
Whittaker reported in an e-mail sent to team members at 1 a.m.
yesterday. ... Michele Gittleman, Red Team project
manager, said the team members aren't nearly as flustered by this year's
accident as last year's. "I think everyone's still feeling good,"
she said, noting the team already had been working on a round-the-clock
schedule and had a number of spare parts at the ready. And, in contrast
to last year, the team has two vehicles, not just one. Sandstorm is
also entered in the race and, despite a run-in with a tree branch that
broke its sensor dome during a test run last week, remains at the ready.
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05264/575073.stm
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | September 19
Matt Mason, director of the Robotics Institute at Carnegie
Mellon University, expressed reservations about adopting the
models of coordinated research such as those used in Japan and Korea.
Though those programs are effective -- both countries are clearly preeminent
in the development of walking, humanoid robots and robots to help care
for the elderly and infirm -- their uniform approach to problems would
not mesh well with U.S. culture. "I actually value our tradition
of independent thought," Mason said. "I think it would be
a big mistake for us to seek the kind of unity of purpose that we see
there." A diversity of ideas is one of the strength's of the U.S.
research community, he argued.
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05262/573956.stm
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Environment
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | September 15
Once a short time ago, a 2-mile-long stream of smelly storm runoff shot
through the eastern suburbs, the Pittsburgh section of Regent Square
and into the Monongahela River. During the rainy season, oily sewage
spewed from the stream's mouth into the river. During dry, cracked-mud
summers, the stream almost disappeared, leaving tiny minnows -- the
only fish that lived in the polluted rivulet -- without a haven. ...
Almost a decade since its inception, the [Nine Mile Run Stream Restoration]
project is meant to reconfigure and, by natural means, filter filth
from the waterway. ... Billed as the "largest urban stream restoration
project in the entire country," the $7.7 million effort compelled
the cooperation of Pittsburgh, Swissvale, Edgewood and Wilkinsburg;
the Army Corps of Engineers; the Nine Mile Run Watershed Association;
the Allegheny County Sanitary Authority; 3 Rivers Wet Weather Inc.;
a group of Carnegie Mellon University artists; housing
planners and contractors.
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05258/571624.stm
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Local News Stories
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | September 21
Allegheny County Chief Executive Dan Onorato yesterday rolled out his
latest 2006 assessment plan, calling for increases of nearly 6 percent
in residential property values. In a top-to-bottom rewrite of the first
countywide reassessment in more than three years, the values assigned
to 500,000 residential properties would go up an average of 5.8 percent,
a sharp drop from the 19 percent average increase that the county posted
online eight months ago. ... Robert Strauss, a professor
of economics and public policy at Carnegie Mellon University,
said commercial property owners may complain that homeowners would receive
a bigger break under the new numbers. That seems to be saying that the
commercial market is stronger than the residential market," he
said. "But vacancy rates Downtown don't support that."
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05264/575090.stm
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | September 21
Investors hoping the Federal Reserve would take a break from raising
interest rates in Hurricane Katrina's aftermath got a cold dose of reality
yesterday when policymakers not only nudged up short-term rates but
signaled more increases are on the way. ... When push came to shove,
the Fed weighed the evidence and felt inflationary pressures trumped
concerns about growth, said Marvin Goodfriend, an economics
professor at Carnegie Mellon University's Tepper School
of Business who until recently served as senior vice president and policy
adviser to the president of the Federal Reserve Bank in Richmond, Va.
The Fed's action "tells us that the circumstances produced by Katrina
have inflationary consequences as well as growth consequences."
And policymakers, in reviewing both sets of somewhat contradictory consequences,
saw no reason to alter the direction in which it began moving some 15
months ago, he said.
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05264/575117.stm
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Pittsburgh Tribune-Review | September 18
Luke Skurman was a recently minted graduate of Carnegie Mellon
University last year who, together with a handful of former classmates,
had launched a business selling college guides to high school students
and their parents. ... Skurman asked for a meeting with Carnegie Mellon
President Jared Cohon to find out what he thought of
his company, CollegeProwler. Cohon, likely sensing kindred spirits between
Skurman and Meakem, who sits on the board of trustees at Carnegie Mellon,
arranged for the two to meet. ... "Six weeks later he invested
$500,000 in our company, and we named him chairman of our board"
Skurman said. Skurman said Meakem has been the ultimate mentor for him
and his company.
http://pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review/
election/s_373918.html | back to top
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review | September 16
Pittsburgh needs a new strategy for bringing life back to Downtown's
failed Fifth and Forbes retail area, candidates for mayor and critics
of the current administration said Thursday. Madison Marquette, a national
real estate company based in Washington, D.C., is the latest developer
to take a crack at creating a master plan for the once-thriving city
center, said Herb Burger, chairman of the Pittsburgh Task Force, a private
group charged with reinvigorating Fifth and Forbes. ... Even if Madison
Marquette comes up with a plan for the area, it's not likely they would
move forward during the transition from one mayor to the next, said
Robert Strauss, a public policy professor at
Carnegie Mellon University. "At the other end of this,
who's going to be taking as serious any commitments that are made?"
Strauss said. "The reality is nobody is going to sign up for anything
that will serve the public's interest until afterwards."
http://pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review/
trib/pittsburgh/s_374672.html | back to top
International News Stories
TimesOnline | September 19
In a study of investors’ behaviour, the team from three US universities
suggest that people with brain damage can make better financial decisions
than the rest of us. Market traders may feel slighted, but this study
comes from the growing field of neuroeconomics, which investigates the
mental processes that drive financial decision-making. The experts found
that emotions can make investors play it too safe. They claim the emotionally
impaired are more willing to gamble for high stakes. The US team found
that people with certain brain injuries which suppress their emotions
could make the best stock market traders. They took a selection of 41
people of normal IQ, 15 of whom had suffered lesions on the areas of
the brain that affect emotions, and made them play a simple investment
game. Those with brain damage significantly outperformed those without,
the researchers from Stanford Graduate School of Business, Carnegie
Mellon University and the University of Iowa found.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/
0,,11069-1786949,00.html | back to top
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