This month's cover story is a look at the new home for the School of Computer Science. Designed by Mack Scogin Merrill Elam Architects of Atlanta, the Gates Center for Computer Science and the Hillman Center for Future Generation Technologies will be celebrated with a dedication on Sept. 22. Bill Gates will give a keynote address.
The Centers by the Numbers:
Gates Center size: 157,000 sq. ft.
Atria: 7
Length of the Helix: 630 ft.
Hillman Center size: 60,000 sq. ft.
Café: 1
Steel: 2,066 tons
Building site: 5.6 acres
Levels with entrances: 4
White board: 19,708 sq. ft.
Classrooms: 10
Green roofs: 5
Zinc: 46,300 sq. ft
Auditorium: 246 seats
Bridges: 6
Concrete walls: 20,100 sq. ft.
Offices with windows: 310
Garage parking spaces: 147
Data cable: 761,000 linear ft.
Offices without windows: 0
Average window size: 60 sq. ft.
Individual temperature controls: 541
Project rooms/labs: 29
Exterior glass: 72,100 sq. ft.
Number of new trees: 292
Conference rooms: 11
Exterior that is glass: 51%
Number of new shrubs: 2,000+
Open project space: 8,000 sq. ft.
Interior glass: 20,920 sq. ft.
Parking garage spaces: 147
Online Exclusives
CMU Merchandise is Back
Student Government President Timi Abimbola and Yudi Liu sport the new "CMU" on T-shirt handed out by Marketing and Media Relations during a Tweet Up at the Fence in early September. T-shirts, jackets, hats and other store merchandise featuring the new "Carnegie Mellon University" and "CMU" graphics in official and unofficial styles are now available in the bookstore. The entire campus community will soon have access to these new graphics along with the usage guidelines. Official "CMU" and "Carnegie Mellon University" graphics will not be used for anything but merchandise at this time. Refreshed graphic identity standards will be rolled out this academic year. If you missed the Tweet Up, be sure to follow twitter.com/CMUnews. Remember, "We'll Keep You Posted."
Welcome Back!
Check out the Class of 2013 during this year's Playfair. CMUtv shot this timelapse video. For more videos of Orientation, visit CMUtv's YouTube channel.
Top Headlines and Featured Links
Also in this issue:
Indira Nair calls the G-20 Summit a
"Teachable Moment." For
university connections, events and podcasts, visit the G-20 Web site.
• A Look at the Class of 2013
• From Community Colleges to Carnegie Mellon, Transfer Students Share Their Journeys
• Researchers Find Social Security Numbers Can Be Predicted
• Media Digs Into Carnegie Mellon's Environmental Research
• Students Bring Enlightening Software to Light of Life
• Making Global Connections Through Service: Carnegie Mellon Qatar Students Build Community Kitchen in Thailand
• Phi Beta Kappa: Computer Science Graduate Is First Inductee From Carnegie Mellon Qatar
• Silicon Valley Celebrates 7th Graduation
• In Case You Missed It ...
• News Briefs
• Lecture Spotlight: University To Receive Nobel Medal
Anita Barkin answers questions
about the H1N1 flu in this month's
Piper. For the latest updates, visit Student Health Services.
Techbridgeworld kicks off a new iSTEP internship program in
Tanzania. Read the students' blog
to learn more about their summer.
The School of Drama opens its
season with the "Grapes of Wrath," beginning Oct. 1. For tickets call the
box office at 412-268-2407.
Volunterism and giving back is
important to the more than 800 alumni faculty and staff. See who's
on the list.
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