Email not displaying correctly? View it in your web browser. Please Join Us on Campus for Family Weekend Friday, November 3 – Sunday, November 5. Read story » Carnegie Mellon Ranked Among Top National and International Universities Newsweek Calls Carnegie Mellon a "New Ivy" Carnegie Mellon University maintained its stature as a top national and international university, according to new rankings published by Newsweek and U.S. News & World Report magazines. Read story » Carnegie Mellon Named a Pittsburgh Savior for its Economic and Social Impact SubHead Subhead Subhead Among all the national college and university surveys and rankings that annually hit the newsstands each fall, came one that reinforces Carnegie Mellon University's huge impact on the local level. In fact, it calls Carnegie Mellon a Pittsburgh savior. Read story » Carnegie Mellon Helps Spin off 14 Companies in Fiscal Year 2006 SubHead Subhead Subhead Carnegie Mellon University's Center for Technology Transfer and Enterprise Creation (CTTEC) helped establish 14 companies based on university technology in fiscal year 2006. Read story » Carnegie Mellon Macarthur Foundation Genius Grant Recipient Luis Von Ahn Develops "Game with a Purpose" Image Scavenger Hunt To Improve Web Accessibility for Visually Impaired Luis von Ahn, a Carnegie Mellon University computer scientist who has been named a 2006 recipient of a John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation "genius grant," has invented an online, multiple-player game that could help make the Internet more accessible to the visually impaired. Read story » Carnegie Mellon University Solar Decathlon Team Announces Partnership with Powdermill Nature Reserve SubHead Subhead Subhead Carnegie Mellon University's Solar Decathlon team has begun preparations for the October 2007 Solar Decathlon competition by partnering with the Carnegie Museum of Natural History's Powdermill Nature Reserve. Read story » Carnegie Mellon Presents New Undergraduate Research Journal Managed Entirely by Students SubHead Subhead Subhead At Carnegie Mellon University, undergraduate students are building mobile robots, creating films, investigating cultural trends and developing new digital communications technology. These student researchers find themselves in the heart of Carnegie Mellon's intellectual community, where they discover the process of creating new knowledge. Read story » Carnegie Mellon Engineering Professor Wins Prestigious Emerald Award for Outstanding Recruitment of Minorities SubHead Subhead Subhead Carnegie Mellon University's Ronald D. (Shawn) Blanton has won a 2006 Emerald Award for outstanding leadership in recruiting and mentoring minorities for advanced degrees in science and technology. Blanton, scheduled to be honored Sept. 16 during a gala celebration at the Baltimore Convention Center, joins an elite group of past winners who have done everything from designing missile defense systems for the U.S. Navy to helping computerize the U.S. government. Read story » Spring Carnival Mark your calendars for Spring Carnival: April 19-21. It's set to be another memorable year for students and their families.   Forward this email to a friend. Copyright © 2007 Carnegie Mellon University All rights reserved   Unsubscribe?