Acronyms
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Acronyms
Here are some common Carnegie Mellon acronyms.

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ACS	Andrew Carnegie Society
CFA	College of Fine Arts
CIT	Carnegie Institute of Technology
DSSC	Data Storage Systems Center
H&SS	College of Humanities and Social Sciences
HNZ	H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management
ICES	Institute for Complex Engineered Systems
INI	Information Networking Institute
IT	Instructional Technology
MCS	Mellon College of Science
PSC	Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center
RAs	resident assistants (use lower case for this title)
SCS	School of Computer Science
SEI	Software Engineering Institute
TAs	teaching assistants (use lower case for this title)
TPR	The David A. Tepper School of Business
UC	University Center

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