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2007

December

• An Undergrad's Experience in Neuroscience at Carnegie Mellon (Carnegie Mellon homepage story, December 2007)
• Neuronal Circuits Able To Rewire On the Fly To Sharpen Senses (Carnegie Mellon press release, December 17, 2007)
• Carnegie Mellon Students To Participate In "Nationwide Science Experiment" (Carnegie Mellon press release, December 12, 2007)
  Students to Explore Life Sciences (Carnegie Mellon homepage story, December 2007)

November

• Team BioSAC Takes Top Prizes (Carnegie Mellon homepage story, November 2007)
• Carnegie Mellon Students To Be Honored By ARCS® Foundation at Scholar Awards Dinner (Carnegie Mellon press release, November 8, 2007)

October

• The Heinz Endowments: $45 Million Goes to Nonprofits in Region
  Major Grants For New Carnegie Mellon University School, Green Chemistry, Computer and Robotics Sciences (Heinz Endowments press release, October 25, 2007)
• Carnegie Mellon Receives $25 Million
  Gift for Life Sciences Initiatives
  Richard King Mellon Foundation Provides Historic Grant (Carnegie Mellon press release, October 22, 2007)
• MCS Alumni Ray Baughman and Mia Markey Receive University Alumni Awards (MCS Press Release, October 23, 2007)
• Richard D. McCullough has been selected to receive the 2007 ACS Pittsburgh Award (MCS Press Release, October 19, 2007)
• Associate Dean Sharon McCarl honored by the Society of Research Administrators International (MCS Press Release, October 12, 2007)
• Green Chemistry Attracts Fans on Campus (Associated Press, October 9, 2007)

September

• Carnegie Mellon Establishes Ray and Stephanie Lane Center for Computational Biology (Carnegie Mellon press release, September 19, 2007)
  Lanes Establish New Center (Carnegie Mellon homepage story, September 20, 2007)
  Media coverage:
  CMU gets $5 million for biology center, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, September 21, 2007
  Couple gives $5M to CMU for new center, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, September 21, 2007
  Couple's $5 million to fund cancer research at Carnegie Mellon, AP story, September 20, 2007
• David Moses joins PSC as Executive Director (PSC Press Release, September 17, 2007)

August

• Kurnikova Group Members Investigate Initial Molecular Mechanism That Triggers Neuronal Firing (Carnegie Mellon press release, August 22, 2007)
• Bier Uses Mass Spectrometer To Weigh Heavy Virus Particle, von Willebrand Factor (Carnegie Mellon press release, August 23, 2007)
• Matyjaszewski Group Members Develop Nanogels That Enable Controlled Delivery of Carbohydrate Drugs (Carnegie Mellon press release, August 20, 2007)
• Scientists Learn Clue to HIV Infection (Carnegie Mellon homepage story, August 2007)
• Simulation Shows Best Pic to Date (Carnegie Mellon homepage story, August 2007)

July

• Summer science program still inspiring students (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, July 31, 2007)
• Richard McCullough featured in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's monthly series "The Thinkers", highlighting people from Western Pennsylvania who are on the forefront of new ideas in their fields. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, July 30, 2007)
• Trying Grad School on for Size — Summer Undergraduate Applied Mathematics Institute (MCS News story, July 2007)
• Cultivating Junior Scientists: 25th anniversary of the Pennsylvania Governor's School for the Sciences (Carnegie Mellon homepage story, July 2007)
  Summer science program still inspiring students (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, July 31, 2007)
• Stephanie Tristram-Nagle and John Nagle Find Key HIV Protein Makes Cell Membranes Bend More Easily (Carnegie Mellon press release, July 23, 2007)
• Audio Interview with Richard McCullough: Chemists Advance Organic Semiconductor Processing (Semiconductor International, June 30, 2007)
• Arani Chanda receives the Kenneth G. Hancock Memorial Student Award in Green Chemistry (C&E News, July 9, 2007)
• Obituary: Biology Professor William Brown Was Beloved, Revered Throughout University Community (Carnegie Mellon press release, July 17, 2007)
  Obituary: William Brown / CMU science professor since 1973 (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, July 20, 2007)
• Richard McCullough Named VP of Research (Carnegie Mellon press release, July 6, 2007)
  CMU appoints VP of research (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, July 10, 2007)
• Carnegie Mellon Appoints Fred Gilman Acting Dean of Its Mellon College of Science

June

• McCullough Group Advances Organic Semiconductor Processing (Carnegie Mellon press release, June 26, 2007)
  Plastic Transistors for Flexible Displays
  (Technology Review, July 09, 2007)
• Carnegie Mellon Leads International Team in Conducting Most Detailed Cosmological Simulation to Date
• Terry Collins interviewed by Science and Society host David Lemberg
• Seeing Tumors with Quantum Dots, Technology Review, June 13, 2007
• Membrane curves make the difference in capturing proteins, finds Carnegie Mellon-bound biophysicist Markus Deserno
• Department of Physics head co-organized a conference on high energy particle physics in Beijing, China

May

• Structural Biologist Mark Macbeth Joins the Department of Biological Sciences
  (See also Q&A with Mark Macbeth)
• Chemist Marcel Bruchez appointed to research positions at Mellon College of Science
• Stefanie Sydlik Receives the 2007 Judith A. Resnik Award
• PSC Provides Major Support for Unprecedented NOAA and University of Oklahoma Storm-Forecast Experiment
• Mellon College of Science Students Earn Education and Research Awards
• MCS Staff Awards, 2007

April

• 2007 Computational Biology Symposium
• Biologists in the CNBC Identify Genes Activated During Learning and Memory
• Schwartz, Urban Awarded Eberly Career Development Professorships in Biological Sciences
• Bayer Foundation Awards Graduate Student Fellowships In Chemistry, Chemical Engineering to Carnegie Mellon
• Alison Barth’s Research Shows How Sensory-Deprived Brain Compensates
• Physics Alumnus Bruce McWilliams Establishes Graduate Fellowship in MCS
• Four Carnegie Mellon Science Students
  Earn Barry M. Goldwater Scholarships (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, April 04, 2007)

March

• Nobel Laureate David Gross To Discuss “Future of Physics” In Buhl Lecture, April 26
• John Mackey, Stuart Staley and Jonathan Minden Receive the Mellon College of Science’s Awards for Education
• Iron Man: ACS Honors Chemistry Professor Eckard Münck
• Special Event on Global Warming: Watch “An Inconvenient Truth” and participate in a faculty panel discussion on March 27
• Krzysztof Matyjaszewski (left) Receives the first Herman F. Mark Senior Scholar Award from the ACS
• Terry Collins Receives Distinguished Alumni Award From University of Auckland
• Carnegie Mellon Art Student Creates Rose Petal Installation Inspired by Science
• Supercomputing Center Partners with Technology Council to Promote Regional Business Innovation
• Carnegie Mellon, University of Pittsburgh Receive NIH, NSF Training Grants
• Down with Physics: Giant CMS Magnet Goes Underground at CERN
• Award-Winning Author, Scientist Jared Diamond To Receive Carnegie Mellon's Dickson Prize
• Researchers Urge Regulators To Rethink Strategies for Controlling Soot Emissions
• Elizabeth W. Jones Wins First "Excellence in Education" Award from the Genetics Society of America
• Turning green: Terry Collins interview with Radio New Zealand

February

• Third Annual Bioimaging Day
  Hosted by the Center for Bioimage Informatics
• PSC Receives Heinz Grant for Science Education, PSC press release, February 16, 2007
• Talk of spinoff bubbles up from NIH-funded project, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, February 10, 2007

January

• The Genetics Society of America has bestowed its first “Excellence in Education Award” to Elizabeth Jones, Head of Biological Sciences
• Steve Shreve featured in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's monthly series "The Thinkers", highlighting people from Western Pennsylvania who are on the forefront of new ideas in their fields.
• Carnegie Mellon Receives $2.1 Million for Center for Nonlinear Analysis
• DNA Gets New Twist: Armitage Group and Molecular Biosensor and Imaging Center Develop Unique "DNA Nanotags"
• Theoretical Physicists Develop Test for String Theory

  Media coverage:
  Physicists create test for string theory, CBC News, January 24, 2007
  New particle accelerator could rule out string theory, New Scientist, February 1, 2007
  Physicists create string theory test, United Press International, February 1, 2007
  Un nouveau test pour la théorie des cordes
  Futura-Sciences, February 5, 2007

• Dejan Slepčev joins Mathematical Sciences
• Carnegie Mellon University Hosts Series of Environmental Talks: Speakers Address Effects of Endocrine Disruption on Environment and Human Health
• Carnegie Mellon, University of Pittsburgh Launch Joint Doctoral Program in Structural Biology and Biophysics
  Media coverage:
  Pitt and Carnegie Mellon Launch Joint Doctoral Program in Structural Biology and Biophysics, UPMC Press Release, January 5, 2007
  CMU, Pitt create doctoral program, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Saturday, January 6, 2007
• Carnegie Mellon Creates New Master’s Degree in Biotechnology and Management

Interdisciplinary News of Interest

• Adams Receives EPA Grant To Study Impact of Global Climate Change on U.S. Air Quality
• Chemical Engineers Work To Identify New Materials To Help Make Hydrogen a Staple for Consumer Vehicles
• Researcher Wins Prestigious Career Award From National Science Foundation
• Landmark Carnegie Mellon Addiction Study Finds People Underestimate Power of Drug Cravings
• Tepper School of Business Announces PNC Chair in Computational Finance

Technology Transfer News

• Plextronics Receives $750,000 in Funding to Further Development of Plexcore PV for Organic Solar Cells

Past News

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