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March 09, 2017

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CMU Launches Diversity & Inclusion Website 

Carnegie Mellon has launched its first university-wide Diversity & Inclusion website to clearly articulate the university’s commitment to diversity and inclusion, and to provide a single point of entry where members of the university community and the public can find information about the people, programs, organizations and events that support this core university value.
 
The interactive website also includes news stories, statistics, a historical timeline, a list of university advocates and quick links to Disability Resources, LGBTQ+ Resources, Office of Title IX Initiatives, SafeZone and Veterans and Military Resources.
 
The site encourages your contributions and suggestions. A feedback link gives visitors a venue to submit suggestions

TEDxCMU Set for April 1

TEDxCMU LogoThis year’s TEDxCMU event will be held Saturday, April 1 in the Cohon University Center’s McConomy Auditorium. The theme for 2017 is Pivot, representing Carnegie Mellon’s ability to innovate and move forward. Tickets go on sale Monday, March 6.

CMU’s talented students, professors and industry leaders will talk about their groundbreaking research and work. The lineup of speakers includes:

  • Subra Suresh, CMU president;
  • Raffi Krikorian, director of Uber’s Advanced Technology Center;
  • Charlie White, head of the School of Art;
  • Steve Chase, assistant professor, Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition and Biomedical Engineering Department;
  • Amy Blankson, co-founder of GoodThink; and
  • Eric Cyphers, renowned cellist and sophomore double majoring in neuroscience and chemistry.

Find out more.

Fundraiser Challenges You To Swim a Mile

CMU’s Swimming and Diving Team is challenging members of the CMU community to swim one mile (1,650 yards) to support the team. The Swim Challenge will be held Sunday, April 2, in the Cohon University Center pool. The entry fee is $25.

Warm-ups will begin at 7:45 a.m. with the first heat starting at 8:30 a.m. Each swimmer must have a counter present for their swim.

All proceeds benefit the CMU Varsity Swimming & Diving team. For more information and to register for the event, email Assistant Coach James Sica at jsica@andrew.cmu.edu. The deadline to sign up is March 20.

Now Enrolling: The Cyert Center for Early Education—Penn Avenue

Scheduled to open in May 2017, the Cyert Center for Early Education—Penn Avenue was created in response to the limited number of spaces available at the Morewood Gardens site. 

Informed by the work of a cross-campus committee chaired by Mary Jo Dively, vice president and General Counsel, the expansion of the Cyert Center for Early Education was approved by President Subra Suresh in December 2015. Construction on the second site began in October 2016 under the direction of Campus Design and Facility Development (CDFD), led by Ralph Horgan, associate vice presdient for CDFD, and Utkarsh Ghildyal, project manager.

Located at 6555 Penn Avenue near Bakery Square, the new Penn Avenue site is a full-day, early-care and education program with classrooms for infants, toddlers and preschoolers. It will follow the Cyert Center for Early Education’s philosophical base for learning, which is strongly influenced by the Reggio Emilia Approach.

Jennifer Kemp, who has been an educator at the Cyert Center for Early Education since 2010, has been named assistant director for the Penn Avenue center. 

For enrollment information, visit The Cyert Center for Early Education—Penn Avenue website.

Applications Now Available for ProSEED Seed Grants

ProSEED Seed Grant applications are now available for the Crosswalk program and Berkman Faculty Development Fund. For more information on individual programs, please visit the ProSEED website.

  • Berkman Faculty Development Fund Application, due March 15
  • ProSEED/Crosswalk Seed Grant Application, due March 22

Learn more about ProSEED. Email questions to proseed@andrew.cmu.edu.

Help Name the Repository

Help the University Libraries name Carnegie Mellon’s new research repository and get a chance to win $500 in research/travel grants or an iPad or Apple Watch!
 
Built on the figshare platform, this new service is intended to be an online archive that provides open access to the scholarly work being done at CMU. Anyone with access to the Internet will be able to discover, view and download the research data and other scholarly outputs of CMU contained in this new repository.
 
All members of the CMU community are invited to help name the new repository. Names should be original and distinctive. Although not required to enter the contest, it is also encouraged that you to submit taglines and logos to use for marketing and promotional purposes. A committee comprising University Libraries and campus leaders will evaluate the entries and announce the winner at the end of the Spring semester. All entries must be received by Friday, March 24, 2017. Submit your entry.