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February
24, 2006
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 February 17 to February 23,
Carnegie Mellon Media Relations counted 166
references to the university in worldwide
publications. Here is a sample.
National News Stories
The Christian Science Monitor | February 22
CNN Money | February 21
Student Experience
The Boston Globe | February 19
Arts and Humanities
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review | February 19
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review | February 19
Information Technology
ThePittsburghChannel.com | February 17
Biotechnology
Beaver County Times & Allegheny Times | February 19
Environment
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review | February 17
Local News Stories
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | February 21
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review | February 21
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review | February 18
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | February 18
Pittsburgh Business Times | February 17
Centre Daily Times | February 17
International News Stories
Gulf Times | February 22
United Press International | February 21
Pune Newsline | February 20
JoongAng Daily | February 19
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National News Stories
The Christian Science Monitor | February 22
It started out as a straightforward business deal between two international
companies owned by American allies - the Dubai Ports World acquisition
of Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co. (P&O). In one short
week, it has erupted into a political firestorm that could have far-reaching
diplomatic implications for United States relations with the Arab world.
The deal was little noticed outside of the elite international business
world until port officials learned that a company owned by the United
Arab Emirates would be in control of certain operations at major American
ports in New York, New Jersey, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Miami, and New
Orleans. ... Despite the administration's efforts, the controversy continues.
"What we're seeing is a very unfortunate knee-jerk reaction in
terms of the Muslim world," says Lester Lave,
an economist at Carnegie Mellon University's Tepper
School of Business in Pittsburgh, noting the United Arab Emirates is
a key US ally in the Muslim world. "If you treat your strong allies
this way - this is like a poke in the eye - then what in the world should
people who are not our strong allies expect from us?"
http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/
0222/p01s01-usfp.html | back to top
CNN Money | February 21
When you have a legitimate point to make, it can undercut your argument
to rely heavily on a sound-bite statistic that easily can be misinterpreted.
When it comes to pay discrimination, the one statistic you hear over
and over is that women make only 76 cents for every dollar a man earns.
To the average person, that ratio gives the false impression that any
woman working is at risk of being paid 24 cents less per dollar than
a man in the same position. But all the wage-gap ratio reflects is a
comparison of the median earnings of all working women and men who log
at least 35 hours a week on the job, any job. That's it. It doesn't
compare those with equal work, equal training, equal education or equal
tenure. Nor does it take into account the hours of overtime worked.
... Whatever the breakout, there certainly are numerous studies that
show discrimination -- however unconscious -- still exists. ... A recent
Carnegie Mellon study found that female job applicants
who tried to negotiate a higher salary were less likely to be hired
by male managers, while male applicants were not.
http://money.cnn.com/2006/02/21/
commentary/everyday/sahadi/ | back to top
Student Experience
The Boston Globe | February 19
Many twentysomethings talk about feeling undervalued by corporate America.
Alexis Ohanian and Steve Huffman are doing what many others are doing
to solve this problem: They started their own company. At universities
such as Harvard and Carnegie Mellon, 30 percent to
40 percent of graduates end up starting their own business after five
years, and the trend is poised to go up. The entry-level job inherently
undervalues someone who is bright and driven, according to Paul Graham,
partner at Y Combinator, a Cambridge venture capital firm that almost
exclusively funds start-ups by very young people. He sees entrepreneurship
as the great escape.
http://bostonworks.boston.com/news/
articles/2006/02/19/the_ladder_isnt
_the_only_way_up/ | back to top
Arts and Humanities
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review | February 19
Imagine hiking through the woods and stumbling upon a long, thin, coiled
object. Most likely, your heart rate and blood pressure would jump,
your muscles would tense and you would either freeze in fear or run
away -- automatic responses to danger signals that the object might
be a snake. In recent experiments, Carnegie Mellon
University psychologist David Rakison determined that
human infants are born with innate mechanisms that allow them to recognize
potential predators -- in particular, snakes and spiders. "It seems
that babies are born with a perceptual template of what a predator is,"
said Rakison, who heads Carnegie Mellon's Infant Cognition Laboratory.
http://pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review/
trib/pittsburgh/s_425422.html | back to top
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review | February 19
Kayleigh Byers sat enthralled by the TV screen for several minutes before
her head nodded toward her chest and she began drooling -- a sure sign
the 6-month-old had lost interest in the colorful shapes dancing in
front of her. Like all new parents, Amanda Cardillo, 20, of Homestead,
wants to know what is going on inside her baby's head. That's why Cardillo
brought her daughter to the Infant Cognition Laboratory at Carnegie
Mellon University, where psychologist David Rakison
studies how babies process information to make sense of how the world
works. "As humans, our knowledge extends way beyond any animal
on the planet," said Rakison, an associate professor of psychology
at Carnegie Mellon. "My passion is to discover how we develop that
incredible knowledge, and studying babies is the best way to do that."
Studying babies is like studying the Big Bang of cognition -- it provides
a window into the very earliest stages of knowledge acquisition before
education and experience muddy the picture," Rakison said.
http://pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review/
trib/pittsburgh/s_425372.html | back to top
Information Technology
ThePittsburghChannel.com | February 17
Think about it. Pennsylvania is working feverishly to run background
checks on companies and individuals who want gaming licenses to run
slots casinos in the state. But when it comes to your vote, there are
no background checks. ... As early as this year, some of us will vote
by feeding a card into a computer, then touching the screen for a favorite
candidate. ... The companies that manufacture the machines say they're
tamper-proof. But some critics say they're not as concerned about somebody
hacking into the machines as they are about the companies that make
them. "If you could give me an inventory of each thing it is that
you're presenting for certification today," said Carnegie
Mellon University Computer Science professor Dr. Michael
Shamos. ... Shamos is Pennsylvania's hired expert on electronic
voting. It is Shamos the companies have to deal with in order to get
certified. And Shamos does not consider business ethics in his recommendations
to the state. "From a statutory viewpoint, it's irrelevant. The
statute doesn't say that the vendor has to behave well. On the other
hand, we understand that all of this depends on public confidence in
elections," Shamos said. "And so, behavior counts."
http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/
news/7161565/detail.html | back to top
Biotechnology
Beaver County Times & Allegheny Times | February 19
While the field of biometrics moves to the masses, Vijayakumar
Bhagavatula, a Carnegie Mellon University
professor of electrical and computer engineering, has been working on
biometrics and its precursors for 20 years, initially looking for patterns
in identifying tanker trucks and other vehicles from aerial photos for
the Department of Defense. Eight years ago, Marios Savvides,
an assistant research professor in electrical and computer engineering
as well as Carnegie Mellon's multidiscipline CyLab, a program devoted
to computer security - identity theft, viruses and online safety - started
working with robotics but has shifted into the realm of biometrics.
Biometrics, going to Greek roots, means measuring life, Savvides said.
First, that means life is present; this is not a puppet, a mask or a
dead person being presented to the computer scanner, but something that
gives off heat and has blood flow. ... Physical characteristics are
most commonly used as biometric checks, Bhagavatula said: face prints,
fingerprints, iris scans. But biometrics also could mean a retinal scan
of the back of the eye, the shape of the ears, speech patterns, voiceprints,
gait, even keyboard dynamics - any physical, physiological or learned
behavior.
http://www.timesonline.com/site/news.
cfm?newsid=16154915&BRD=2305&PAG=
461&dept_id=478569&rfi=6 | back to top
Environment
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review | February 17
Pittsburgh's reputation as a national leader in environmentally friendly
"green" buildings may lead to the Western Pennsylvania region
becoming the U.S. manufacturing center for green building products.
... Green buildings use renewable products and promote use of sunlight
and other energy-efficient systems for lighting, heating and air conditioning.
The impetus for the region becoming a manufacturing center for green
building products comes from the Green Building Alliance, based on the
city's South Side. Rebecca Flora, the alliance's executive director,
will present a 54-page report, "Green Building Products: Positioning
Southwestern Pennsylvania as the U.S. Manufacturing Center," at
the forum. ... Carnegie Mellon University, the University
of Pittsburgh and Pennsylvania State University host three internationally
renowned research centers and a variety of innovative advanced degrees
related to substantial buildings, Flora said. These programs are collaborating
with the alliance to form a statewide green building research and education
consortium called "Inspire," she said.
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/
tribune-review/business/s_424819.html | back to
top
Local News Stories
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | February 21
Five Carnegie Mellon University professors are among
76 people elected this year to the prestigious National Academy of Engineering.
Cristina H. Amon, a mechanical engineer who heads the
Institute for Complex Engineered Systems, was recognized for her work
on thermal design of portable electronics and for contributions to engineering
education. Egon Balas, professor of operations research
at the Tepper School of Business, was elected for work related to the
scheduling and planning of industrial facilities. Computer scientist
Manuel Blum was cited for his contributions to abstract
complexity theory, cryptography and methods for checking software for
defects. Pradeep K. Khosla, dean of engineering, was
elected for his work on robotic systems that assemble electronics and
for contributions to engineering education. Polymer chemist Krzysztof
A. Matyjaszewski, director of the Center for Macromolecular
Engineering, was selected for developing methods for precisely controlling
the formation of polymers.
http://www.post-gazette.com/
pg/06052/658760.stm | back to top
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review | February 21
American Eagle Outfitters in Marshall, Carnegie Mellon
University and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center are among
a growing number of employers nationwide that offer workers a benefit
plan that combines their vacation time with incidental absence and sick
day into one bank of "paid time off," according to a 2004
survey of 536 companies by Mercer Human Resource Consulting, New York.
... Carnegie Mellon converted from a traditional vacation day/sick day
plan to the paid-time-off plan about 15 years ago. Workers still have
their traditional paid holidays, in addition to the days they earn in
the PTO bank, said Barbara Smith, associate vice president
for human resources. "The chief advantage I see is it puts the
responsibility and flexibility for managing time off in the hands of
the employee," Smith said.
http://pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review/
business/s_425836.html | back to top
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review | February 18
On Carnegie Mellon University's campus this spring,
you will be able to witness, 24/7, seven people walking along a 100-foot-high,
2-foot-wide steel pole, rising from the ground at a 75-degree angle.
The pole is real, the climbers are not. The life-sized resin figures
are the focal elements along the conspicuous sculpture, "Walking
to the Sky," created by Carnegie Mellon alumnus and internationally
known artist Jon Borofsky.
http://pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review/
opinion/archive/s_425009.html | back to top
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | February 18
Students entering Carnegie Mellon University in the
fall will pay 8 percent more than current freshmen under a tiered price
system approved yesterday that will also boost tuition for other undergraduates
by 4.4 percent. The university defended the increases, approved by trustees
yesterday, as necessary to maintain and enhance academic programs. The
new rates were accompanied by room and board increases of 4.9 and 2.8
percent, respectively.
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/
06049/657536.stm | back to top
Pittsburgh Business Times | February 17
Carnegie Mellon University has made a multimillion-dollar
commitment to provide a state-of-the-art research-based learning environment
for its students. Doherty Hall, constructed on campus in 1905, has undergone
significant renovations since 2001 and will be the subject of further
upgrades later this year. ..."The planned renovations have been
needed for years and will bring the research laboratories and the general
infrastructure of the building up to state-of-the-art standards,'' said
Andrew Gellman, head of the chemical engineering department.
http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/
stories/2006/02/20/focus2.html | back to top
Centre Daily Times | February 17
The city, long a Democratic stronghold, doesn't expect to win the race
to host the 2008 Republican convention, but that doesn't mean it has
nothing to gain by making a bid. ... In competition with 30 other cities
including Philadelphia, Atlanta, Houston and San Francisco, officials
acknowledge Pittsburgh's shortage of hotel rooms gives it little chance
of landing the convention. But officials say making the bid gives Pittsburgh
one more chance to argue on a national platform that it has moved beyond
its smoky, steelmaking image. The city now promotes its educational,
medical and high-tech industries based around schools like Carnegie
Mellon and the University of Pittsburgh.
http://www.centredaily.com/mld/
centredaily/13897110.htm | back to top
International News Stories
Gulf Times | February 22
In just two months since the formation of the Q-CERT (Qatar Computer
Emergency Response Team), its new cyber security program has been successfully
established and is operational now, Qatar’s Supreme Council for
Information and Communication Technology (ictQATAR) said yesterday.
Q-CERT will be a world-class center of excellence in Information Security,
conducting national and regional programs in cyber threat and vulnerability
reporting, incident response, and security improvement. This program
will support ictQATAR’s goal to protect the nation’s critical
infrastructure as cyberspace becomes the nerve center of government,
business and educational operations. Q-CERT, a partnership between ictQATAR
and The Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute
(SEI) CERT Co-ordination Center, is mandated to build cyber security
capability and capacity in government and private sector organizations
in order to improve information security in Qatar and the Gulf region.
Leading the Q-CERT operational plan are distinguished information technology
experts Archie Andrews Jr. and Dr Rashid al-Ali. ...
Andrews comes to Q-CERT from the CERT Co-ordination Center of the Software
Engineering Institute in Pittsburgh, US. He has over 30 years’
experience in information technology and program management.
http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/
article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=73928&
version=1&template_id=36&parent_id=16 | back
to top
United Press International | February 21
Nanotechnological fuel cells that run on methanol could one day power
everything from cell phones to cars, experts told UPI's Nano World.
For laptops, cell phones and other portable electronics, "we envision
a fuel cell system about the size of a cigarette lighter that could
be refueled by inserting a small cartridge of methanol," said researcher
Prashant Kumta, a materials scientist at Carnegie
Mellon University in Pittsburgh. Methanol fuel cells would
also "definitely be useful for automotive applications, with cars
running on just a tank of methanol."
http://www.upi.com/Hi-Tech/view.php?
StoryID=20060217-102815-4970r | back to top
Pune Newsline | February 20
Studying at the reputed Carnegie Mellon University
of the United States will now be easier for engineering aspirants, that
too with up to 100 per cent scholarships. Making this possible is Chennai-based
SSN School of Advanced Software Engineering. The institute is offering
Master of Science in Information Technology (MSIT) in Software Engineering
and Robotics Technology, where the curriculum is same as that of Carnegie
Mellon.
http://cities.expressindia.com/
fullstory.php?newsid=170692 | back to top
JoongAng Daily | February 19
At the end of last year, I attended an academic seminar held at Case
Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. The subject of the seminar
was the application of design to management. There, I met Professor
Richard Buchanan, a design expert from Carnegie Mellon
University, who was in charge of a project to redesign the tax collection
process for the U.S. Internal Revenue Service. He said that many people
were dubious about why a professor of design was conducting an administrative
system renovation project, which was usually handled by professors of
finance, administration or management. However, Professor Buchanan's
explanation was enough to convince me. The least favorite government
agency of American citizens is neither the Central Intelligence Agency
nor the Federal Bureau of Investigation, but the Internal Revenue Service.
The tax collection system was not created from the point of view of
the taxpayers but to accommodate administrative conveniences. In addition
to inefficiency, the IRS is known for treating tax evaders like criminals
in the course of investigations or collections of fines. Therefore,
in order for the IRS to approach citizens in a more friendly way and
encourage them to pay the taxes voluntarily and willfully, government
officials agreed that the agency needed to adopt a more visually pleasing
and efficient design theory and method instead of seeking a solution
in terms of finance, administration or management.
http://joongangdaily.joins.com/200602/
19/200602192213240939900090109012.html | back to
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