December 2007 Headlines

GE CEO speaks at Carnegie Mellon
Jeffrey R. Immelt discusses growth during W.L. Mellon Speaker Series, in partnership with USA Today CEO Forum.

ECE Faulty Win Accolades from IEEE and ACM

University Professor Mark Kryder Awarded Singapore's Public Service Medal

Carnegie Mellon First-Year Students Take Part in Phage Genomics Research Initiative
Twenty first-year students will participate in a nationwide course made possible through the Howard Hughes Medical Institute's Science Education Alliance.

Pausch Wins ACM's Karlstrom Outstanding Educator Award
Professor developed Alice animation tool to teach computer science

Alum Creates Award-Winning Typefaces
Christian Schwartz (A '99) was recently honored for his outstanding work in typeface design.  Schwartz won the prestigious Prix Charles Peignot award in September 2007. The Prix — awarded by the Association Typographique Internationale (ATypI) — is given every four or five years to a designer under 35 who has made "an outstanding contribution to the field of type design."