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The Piper+ March 2011
Love a Donor
More than 1,500 students wrote thank you notes to donors who have helped support their college education during Love a Donor Week (Feb. 14-18).
Donors are important contributors to the $55 million a year that Carnegie Mellon provides for undergraduate financial aid.
Tuition dollars cover about two-thirds of education costs, and 54 percent of all CMU students receive aid.
Visit www.cmu.edu/campaign/love for more information.
Family, Friends Remember Engineer Who Reached for the Stars
Family, colleagues and friends of Judith A. Resnik don’t want her just to be remembered as one of the seven astronauts who died in the Challenger Space Shuttle breakup 25 years ago.
"We would like her to be remembered for her legacy as the second American woman in space, a diligent student and a wonderful human being," said Helene R. Norin, of West Akron, Ohio, Resnik’s cousin. "She was bright and interested in the sciences. In fact, the large extended Resnik family has always placed great emphasis on academic achievement."
Read more of their words in this month's Piper.
Online Exclusive: Chriss Swaney offers her personal account of the Challenger explosion and her application to the Journalists in Space Program.
"127 Hours" Survivor Speaks at Commencement
Trapped alone in a Utah canyon for nearly a week, pinned by a half-ton boulder, Carnegie Mellon alumnus Aron Ralston (E’97) had to choose between his hand and his life.
He chose survival — amputating his own limb, rappelling 65 feet and hiking seven miles to rescue. Ralston will bring his amazing inspirational story home to Carnegie Mellon May 15, when he delivers the keynote address at the university’s 114th Commencement ceremony.
Don't forget: The Pittsburgh Marathon will be run the same day as Commencement. Read about what streets around campus will be affected in the March Piper.
$1 Billion Goal in Sight
Since January 31, 2011, the campaign has raised $691.5 million. For the latest progress, visit
http://www.cmu.edu/campaign/about/progress.html.
Piper Trivia
According to this month's Piper, What Tepper School of Business student recently placed second in the women's world chess championship? Email Bruce Gerson the answer at bg02@andrew.cmu.edu and include "March 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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This year's Dickson Prize lecturer turns
cells into factories. Read more about
his work and his CMU connections in
this month's Piper. |
• Professor Receives Elite Wolf Prize in Chemistry
• Barry Drives Dreams Forward With Andrew Carnegie Society Legacy Scholarship
• Students Create Bridge Between Business and Health Care
• Diversity of Data Privacy Research on Display at CMU Forum
• Qatar National Research Fund Awards Grants to Three Researchers
• Immigrants' Dreams the Focus of CMU Film Festival
• Chess Champ Keeps Game, Studies in Check
• GM Foundation Supports Fund
• Cohon Joins Prestigious Global Leaders Forum
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Eric Nyberg has been working on Question
Answering (QA) research with IBM to create
Watson. Read Nyberg's Q&A in the Piper, and
watch Watson's jeopardy performance. |
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Words and form will take center stage
in the Poetry Spotlight series later
this month. Read more about the event
in the Piper. |
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During a recent campus appearance,
former Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge
called for best practices in Marcellus drilling.
Read about it in the Piper, and watch his talk. |
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Registration is now open for Spring
Carnival events. Read about it in this month's Piper. Check out the schedule on the Alumni Association site.
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