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The Piper+ April 2011
Directing the Future
CMU alumnus and award-winning Hollywood producer John Wells interacts with students during a recent event celebrating his transformational gift to the School of Drama's directing program. For more information on the gift and Wells, see this month's Piper.
Top Teachers
This month's Piper features three educators being honored during this year's Celebration of Education awards. Please note that there was a misprint in this month's Piper, the Barbara Lazarus Award for Graduate Student and Junior Faculty Mentoring will be given out in 2012.
Bruce Armitage
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Karen Stump
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Carrie Doonan
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| William H. and Frances S. Ryan Award for Meritorious Teaching |
Award for Outstanding Contributions to Academic Advising and Mentoring
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Mark Gelfand Service Award for Educational Outreach |
$1 Billion Goal in Sight
Since January 31, 2011, the campaign has raised $5,389,673. For the latest progress, visit
http://www.cmu.edu/campaign/about/progress.html.
Piper Trivia
According to this month's Piper, Linda Babcock's Program for Research and Outreach on Gender Equality in Society (PROGRESS) is having a workshop on May 11 to help women and girls improve what skill? Email Bruce Gerson the answer at bg02@andrew.cmu.edu and include "April Piper Trivia" in the subject line. Previous winners are ineligible. Winners will receive a prize from the Carnegie Mellon Bookstore.
Top Headlines and Related Links
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The Pittsburgh Supercomputing
Center is celebrating 25 years. Learn
more about PSC research in this month's Piper. |
• Q&A: Wallach, Staff Aid Students' Quest for Scholarship
• CMU, Shrinivas Dempo Announce $3 Million Gift
• CMU Appoints New Deans for Qatar Campus and Tepper School
• Watson Too Quick for Students
• Chef Sizzles at Regional Culinary Challenge
• Students Hit the Road To Tackle Social Media Challenges
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This month's Piper previews a
workshop aimed at creating female
negotiators of all ages. Register to
attend at the PROGRESS website.
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This year's Buhl Lecturer, Scott Aaronson
looks for limits to quantum computing. Read
about it in the April Piper. |
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Mothers and students share social
perspectives on a new WRCT Talk Show.
Read about the concept in the April Piper. |
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Read how Carnegie Mellon students, faculty
and staff responded to the crisis in Japan. For more, watch a recent talk by students who were were in Japan during the disaster.
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About Us
The Piper is a source for Carnegie Mellon news from the Internal Communications Department. Published monthly during the academic year, the Piper includes stories about university research, the people who make that research happen, the students we all support, and the events and activities that make this university and its branch campuses a vibrant place to live, work and learn.
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