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2013
Thursday, June 13, 2013
Now even ID cards at Carnegie Mellon will be smart.
Starting in July, the university will be issuing new identification cards to faculty and staff as part of the Port Authority's (PAT) conversion to electronic fare collection, a more efficient way to measure ridership and track its most popular routes among institutional customers. Students will receive their new SMART ID cards in September. MORE
SMART Switch
Starting in July, the university will be issuing new identification cards to faculty and staff as part of the Port Authority's (PAT) conversion to electronic fare collection, a more efficient way to measure ridership and track its most popular routes among institutional customers. Students will receive their new SMART ID cards in September.
Thursday, June 13, 2013
It took classmates a while to realize that Marilú Lundeen wasn't the teacher but rather a fellow student.
Lundeen, an administrative coordinator at the Information Networking Institute (INI), is not only a May graduate with a bachelor's degree in Hispanic Studies and an additional major in European studies, she's also a grandmother.
Persistence Pays Off
It took classmates a while to realize that Marilú Lundeen wasn't the teacher but rather a fellow student.Lundeen, an administrative coordinator at the Information Networking Institute (INI), is not only a May graduate with a bachelor's degree in Hispanic Studies and an additional major in European studies, she's also a grandmother.
Thursday, June 13, 2013
She's synonymous with fitness, the picture of health, a true Carnegie Mellon icon.
Faculty, staff and students at Carnegie Mellon, as well as many CMU alumni, are much healthier today thanks to the efforts of Coordinator of Fitness Donna Morosky, who recently announced her retirement, effective June 30.
Fitting Farewell Morosky Made CMU a Healthier Place
She's synonymous with fitness, the picture of health, a true Carnegie Mellon icon.Faculty, staff and students at Carnegie Mellon, as well as many CMU alumni, are much healthier today thanks to the efforts of Coordinator of Fitness Donna Morosky, who recently announced her retirement, effective June 30.
Thursday, June 13, 2013
May Day has always been an auspicious day for celebration, and this year was no exception.
Friends, colleagues, students, faculty and staff surrounded Gloriana St. Clair in person and in spirit on May 1, when the campus community packed Posner Center to celebrate her 15-year tenure as dean of University Libraries.
"The Road Goes Ever On and On" for St. Clair
May Day has always been an auspicious day for celebration, and this year was no exception. Friends, colleagues, students, faculty and staff surrounded Gloriana St. Clair in person and in spirit on May 1, when the campus community packed Posner Center to celebrate her 15-year tenure as dean of University Libraries.
Thursday, June 13, 2013
The will to love can help people overcome obstacles in life.
That was the message of alumnus Aron Ralston (E'97), who saved his own life while trapped in a Utah canyon, to the more than 4,200 graduates at Carnegie Mellon's 116th Commencement.
'Enrich the Lives of Others'
The will to love can help people overcome obstacles in life.That was the message of alumnus Aron Ralston (E'97), who saved his own life while trapped in a Utah canyon, to the more than 4,200 graduates at Carnegie Mellon's 116th Commencement.
Thursday, June 13, 2013
Computer scientist Lorrie Cranor has pieced together an interesting sabbatical for herself.
Cranor, an associate professor of computer science and engineering and public policy, and director of the CyLab Usable Privacy and Security Laboratory, is stitching together her interests in privacy, security and quilting.
Sewing Machine
Computer scientist Lorrie Cranor has pieced together an interesting sabbatical for herself.Cranor, an associate professor of computer science and engineering and public policy, and director of the CyLab Usable Privacy and Security Laboratory, is stitching together her interests in privacy, security and quilting.
Monday, May 13, 2013
President Jared L. Cohon says thank you to the university community for the last 16 years.
Thank You!
President Jared L. Cohon says thank you to the university community for the last 16 years.Monday, May 13, 2013
Build it and they will come. That's the recent history Carnegie Mellon is banking on as it enters the design phase for a $22 million, 45,000 square-foot University Center addition that will include enhanced fitness and recreation space, a black box theater for student performance groups and a new front door and lobby area facing Forbes Avenue. MORE
University Center Addition To Expand Fitness, Recreation Space
Monday, May 13, 2013
From the moment Brian Groudan (DC'12) arrived at Carnegie Mellon from Long Island, he knew college would be different from high school. This place had a different definition of what it meant to be "cool."
Cool at School
From the moment Brian Groudan (DC'12) arrived at Carnegie Mellon from Long Island, he knew college would be different from high school. This place had a different definition of what it meant to be "cool."