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The Piper+ March 2009
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Home, Sweet Home
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Carnegie Mellon in Qatar
Celebrates New Building
Her Highness Sheikha Mozah Bint Nasser Al-Missned, chairperson of Qatar Foundation, cut the ceremonial red ribbon with the help of Carnegie Mellon President Jared Cohon, the entire Carnegie Mellon Qatar student body and 2008 alumni at the grand opening of the new building in Education City. At left is David Shapira, chairman of Carnegie Mellon's Board of Trustees. Over President Cohon's right shoulder is Charles Thorpe, dean of Carnegie Mellon in Qatar. Get a look at the new building and hear what students have to say.
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Online Exclusives
CFA Days in the Big Apple
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"A Star At Work"
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Take a quick look at the College of Fine Arts’ CFA Days [1:49 .mov] in New York City. For more on the tour visit Eric Sloss’ blog.
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In this month's Q&A feature, read about Robert Kelley discussing his book’s star performance. [Piper.pdf]
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Top Headlines and Featured Links
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Also in this issue:
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Grafitter, a Twitter-based tool,
wins this year's Smiley Award
competition.
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• Carnegie Mellon Lends a Helping Hand
• Lifesavers Recognized For Quick Response
• Trio of World Premieres, Recordings Part of Stellar Year for Composer
• When Dreaming is Believing
• Hands-on Learning
• Eye of the Beholder
• Making the Leap: ARCS
Scholarships Assist Scientists
• Colleagues Celebrate Bothner-By's
Work in NMR Spectroscopy
• Pakistani Ambassador Visits Campus
• Record Number of Applications Received
• Civil Rights Leaders Remembered
• Dean of University Libraries Named Librarian of the Year
• Motivated: Books for A Better Life
• Lecture Spotlight: Computational Puzzles Abound for Dickson Prize Winner |
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Sign up for local food programs that
deliver to Carnegie Mellon, such as
Isidore Foods, Good Apples and
Harvest Valley Farms.
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A map identifying outdoor designated
smoking sites on campus is available
on the EHS Web site. |
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Want people to sometimes know
where you are? Locaccino, developed
by Carnegie Mellon’s Mobile Commerce
Laboratory, might be the key.
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The Berkman Faculty Development Fund, part of Inspire Innovation: the Campaign
for Carnegie Mellon University, and
helps support projects that would be
difficult to fund.
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