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| Welcome to Carnegie Mellon's Alumni Newsletter. We hope you enjoy our inaugural issue featuring the latest news and information from the university and Carnegie Mellon's Alumni Association. As always, we value your feedback and want to hear from you. If you have comments or suggestions for future editions, please contact us. President Cohon Reappointed Will Lead Carnegie Mellon Through Next Five Years of Growth Carnegie Mellon's Board of Trustees has approved the reappointment of Jared L. Cohon to serve a third five-year term as university president. Read story » A Father-Daughter Team Indian Legacy Family Shares Story Despite a main campus that's almost 8,000 miles from their home in Mumbai, India, Carnegie Mellon was the school Sanjaya Saran encouraged his children to attend. Read story » Scottie Comes Home Carnegie Mellon Family Will Get a Dog It's official. A Scottish Terrier has clearly won the hearts of the campus community and will become Carnegie Mellon's new official mascot. Read story » Meeting the Challenge Chinese Language Program Gains Popularity The number of students enrolled in Carnegie Mellon's Chinese language program has jumped from 415 to over 600 in the last two years. Sue-mei Wu, associate teaching professor of Chinese, believes there are several reasons for the increase in the language's popularity. Read story » Stop Spam. Read Books. reCAPTCHAs Solve Scanning Hitch Ever had trouble with your computer "reading" text from a scanned document? What about deciphering that oddly jumbled text you have to translate before proceeding with some online forms? Take the two sometimes frustrating experiences and you've got a new Carnegie Mellon solution: reCAPTCHA. Read story » Overcoming Dyslexia Researchers are Hopeful, Cautiously Optimistic New research by Carnegie Mellon Psychology Professor Marcel Just investigates the cause of dyslexia — and it's not a visual scrambling of letters and words, as has long been believed. Read story » Detecting Brain Tumors Tiny Dots on a Big Mission Surgeons are continually seeking better imaging techniques for cancer detection. One particular area that's been challenging for them is capturing brain cancer on film. Read story » |
Alumni News Volunteer Forum 2007 Alumni leaders will be gathering June 8-10 for the Volunteer Forum 2007. The program will explore ways you can be involved in enriching the Alumni Chapter experience in your region. Learn more » Homecoming 2007 Hold your calendars for this year's homecoming, Oct. 25-28, 2007. To find out which reunions are happening this fall, visit our site. |
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