piper 3/10 issue
2 Babcock Helps Women
Negotiate Success
3 Financial Aid Process Responds Fenced In
to Economic Changes
9 Peter Stumpf Stays In Tune
With Pianos’ Needs
12 Dickson Prize Winner Explores
Mysteries of Expanding Universe
Refreshed
Wordmark
Emphasizes
University
“cMU” a PP rove D
n Bruce Gerson
photo by ken andreyo
“University” is back in, and so is
“CMU.” Those are the two major devel-
opments in Carnegie Mellon’s refreshed
branding and graphic identity guidelines
recently released by the university’s
Marketing Communications Group.
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available at www.cmu.edu/marcom/ of snow fell in the pittsburgh AreA. the severe snowstorm closed the university for An unprecedented three
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Continued o n pa g e t e n
Campus Talent Pool Deepens With Academy Graduates
Responds to n Bruce Gerson emy. “The intent is to help the middle
group become more viable candidates
period. Classes focused on leadership,
decision-making, business management,
Haitian Crisis
Carnegie Mellon’s internal pool of
should there be opportunities for career organizational culture and performance,
talent for senior-level leadership
advancement. Ideally, some of these folks finance and cost management, strategic
positions has recently become a little
n Abby Houck will indeed land in areas of increased planning, business planning, change
deeper thanks to the Leadership Acad-
responsibility.” management, teamwork and problem
Quick and collaborative are two words emy’s first graduating class. Created
Nineteen staff members in job grades solving.
that best describe the Carnegie Mellon by Human Resources, in collaboration
61-65, selected from a group of about 40 Instructors included Placone and
student body’s response to the devas- with the Tepper School of Busi-
applicants, completed 10 full days of class Lola Mason from Human Resources,
tating 7.0 earthquake in Haiti on Jan. ness’ Executive Education Program,
and participated in a university-specific Tepper School professors Dave Lamont,
12. Less than 48 hours after the trag- the academy’s purpose is to equip
team capstone project during a 10-month Continued o n pa g e s e v e n
edy struck Port-au-Prince, 27 students managers and directors with the skills
representing a variety of organizations and analytical thinking they need for
gathered in the University Center to promotion.
plan a unified response. “The goal is to help develop an
“We sat down and discussed how even stronger pipeline because we
we could use our different resources, have a history of promoting from
our different strengths to put together within,” said Human Resources’ Ron
a campaign that raised awareness on Placone, assistant vice president for
our campus and called for action from Learning and Development and one of
Continued o n pa g e s e v e n the founders of the Leadership Acad-
One
Q&A: Babcock Helps Women Negotiate Success
n Heidi O p d y k e have been so many women getting
Ph.D.s in economics, but it’s been one
Linda Babcock, the James M. Walton
of those leaky pipeline issues. A lot of
Professor of Economics at Carnegie
women are entering the field, but many
Mellon’s H. John Heinz III School of
women aren’t getting their Ph.D.s, and
Public Policy and Management, will be
they’re also not ending up at top-flight
teaching hundreds of women and girls
research institutions. So we still have
how to negotiate from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30
the same problem where only about 12
p.m. on Saturday, March 6 at the Heinz
percent of full professors in economics
College. To learn more about the event,
are women. We thought things would
or to register, contact ledford@andrew.
have changed maybe in the last 10 or
cmu.edu or call 412-268-8650. The
so years, but we’re still seeing women
Piper caught up with Babcock to learn
aren’t rising to the top of the profession.
more about the event and her research
into negotiating.
photo courtesy of linda babcock
are there more women in mid-level
positions?
What is progress?
Women tend to choose different careers
PROGRESS is the Program for Research
in economics. When they get their
and Outreach on Gender Equity in So-
Ph.D.s, they tend to choose government
ciety. It’s kind of a mouthful, but it’s an
institutions to go and work or private
organization that strives to teach women
companies. I think the hours are a little
and girls the value of negotiation.
better in those sorts of organizations,
We have several goals for the March
and the hours often for academics are
6 event. We’re having women and girls
not real conducive for the prime child- lindA bAbcock
and we’re hoping that girls will bring
bearing age that women are when they
their moms. I’m going to teach the moth- They can be aggressive, cooperative, have you changed your own style of
finish their Ph.D.s.
ers and other women and professionals friendly or direct. People like it when negotiating based on your research?
in the audience how to negotiate. Volun- men negotiate. But people have a strong I don’t think I’ve really changed my style.
explain a bit about your research?
teers will help Ayana Ledford, executive preference about the style that women I do try to be more vocal about advising
My research is really in the field of be-
director of PROGRESS, who will work people I know and trying to get the word
havioral economics, which is a combina- use. As you might imagine, the styles
with the girls on fun activities, games, that don’t work well are the styles that out about how important it is to negotiate
tion of economics and psychology. The
movies and more. are very direct or aggressive for women. effectively. We’re really not going to make
research I do is on women and whether
they initiate negotiations. A lot of the A woman has to be a little more care- progress on the wage gap and issues like
do men still dominate the field of the glass ceiling until we have a culture
research is on how men and women ful about how she negotiates. She needs
economics?
negotiate differently, but my research to negotiate in a more cooperative, that allows women to negotiate the way
For maybe the past 20-25 years there we allow men to negotiate. I guess I was
really takes a step earlier in the process to relationship-oriented way.
look at who negotiates. When we look at drawn to the topic because I negotiate a lot.
a wide range of different kinds of studies What findings have surprised you Maybe that’s why I ended up studying this.
the most?
piper
— experimental studies, field stud-
The most surprising for me is we really anything else you’d like to add?
ies, administrative data — we find that
haven’t found differences in the gap Sometimes I’m criticized that it appears
men are about four times more likely to
3/10 issue across age cohorts. What I expected go- I’m blaming women for not negotiating.
initiate negotiations to ask for what they
PUblisher ing into this research is that for women That’s the last thing I want to do. Really
Teresa Thomas want. Women are just more likely to ac-
of my generation and older, there would it’s our society that tells women it’s not ap-
eDitor
cept the status quo — whatever they’ve
be gaps between us and our male col- propriate to negotiate, and often punishes
Bruce Gerson been offered — and just be happy with
leagues. But what is really surprising is them when they do. So I think what needs
Managing eDitor that. Whereas men just know to really
to change is women do need to change to
Heidi Opdyke change the status quo to their benefit, and the gaps between the young women and
men are just as large as the gaps between start negotiating, but also our society needs
Writers this can be about all kinds of things like
to change to let them.
initiating negotiations over salary, special older men and women. For example, for
Jocelyn Duffy Shilo Raube
Bruce Gerson Abby Ross
The other thing I’d say about
Abby Houck Byron Spice projects, promotion possibilities or to be students in college today, there are these
Kelly Kimberland Brad Stephenson huge gender gaps between the propen- PROGRESS is we have really been spend-
Heidi Opdyke Chriss Swaney involved in networks that give you vis-
ing the last few years focused on training
Designer
ibility. The result is that men are earning sity to engage in negotiation between
the female college students and the male girls to negotiate. Because it would be
Melissa Stoebe more, and they’re moving up the ladder
Communications Design Group college students. really nice if in 30 years I didn’t have to
in their organizations faster.
PhotograPhy be doing this, because the new generation
Ken Andreyo does the gap change between of girls coming into the labor force were
Tim Kaulen What do you want people to take out
The Communications Design and of your research? ethnicities? already so familiar and comfortable with
Photography Group That’s one thing we haven’t studied but
I want them to take out how important negotiating it was just in their tool kit.
To contact The Piper staff, call 412-268-
it is to initiate a negotiation. I teach a are really anxious to look at. Because we I’m really passionate about getting this
2900 or email bg02@andrew.cmu.edu.
lot of students negotiation, but none of do think there will be some difference next generation of women, today’s girls,
Carnegie Mellon University does not discriminate and Carnegie
Mellon University is required not to discriminate in admission,
employment, or administration of its programs or activities my tricks or skills will help them if they across other demographic groups. Such really thinking about negotiating. That’s
on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex or handicap in
violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of
the Educational Amendments of 1972 and Section 504 of the don’t engage in the process. The first step as the gaps between men and women in why I’ve been so happy with our
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 or other federal, state, or local laws
or executive orders.
is to think about what you want and then New York City are going to be a little PROGRESS events, like our events with
In addition, Carnegie Mellon University does not
discriminate in admission, employment or administration of
its programs on the basis of religion, creed, ancestry, belief, go after it in negotiation. You can wait a different than gender gaps in the Deep the Girl Scouts, who have really endorsed
age, veteran status, sexual orientation or gender identity.
Carnegie Mellon does not discriminate in violation of federal,
state, or local laws or executive orders. However, in the judg- really long time for someone to offer you South. So that’s one thing we’d really this idea of women negotiating. And we
ment of the Carnegie Mellon Human Relations Commission,
the Presidential Executive Order directing the Department
of Defense to follow a policy of, “Don’t ask, don’t tell, don’t what it is you want. You’re going to be like to study. developed a badge for them, called “Win-
pursue,” excludes openly gay, lesbian and bisexual students
from receiving ROTC scholarships or serving in the military.
most likely to get it if you take that first We’d love to study this issue by dif- Win: How to Get What You Want,” where
Nevertheless, all ROTC classes at Carnegie Mellon University
are available to all students.
Inquiries concerning application of these statements step to ask. ferent racial groups, and we’re working girls do a series of 10 activities to learn
should be directed to the Provost, Carnegie Mellon University,
5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, telephone 412-
268-6684 or the Vice President for Campus Affairs, Carnegie What’s important about this for on doing several different studies with about negotiating. So I really want to get
Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213,
telephone 412-268-2057.
women is that they can’t really ask in the that right now. We think it’s really im- the message out there that it’s important
Carnegie Mellon University publishes an annual campus
security report describing the university’s security, alcohol and
drug, and sexual assault policies and containing statistics same way that men can ask. So my new portant because I think different cultures for girls to learn this early. Because in our
about the number and type of crimes committed on the
campus during the preceding three years. You can obtain a
copy by contacting the Carnegie Mellon Police Department research is on the styles men and women have very different ways to approach society, boys learn it early and girls are at
at 412-268-2323. The security report is available through the
World Wide Web at www.cmu.edu/police/.
engage in when they negotiate. What we negotiating, and I think we’ll see some a real disadvantage if they don’t learn it.
Obtain general information about Carnegie Mellon University
by calling 412-268-2000.
Produced for Media Relations by the The Communications find is it doesn’t matter how men behave. interesting things from that research.
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Financial Aid Process Responds
U n i v e r s i t y c o M M i t s t o r e ta i n i n g s t U D e n t s W i t h e c o n o M i c c h a n g e s
n Heidi Opdyke as when students are receiving federal
As a freshman, Amy Kao’s financial aid grants or loans, these funds, in combina-
package included scholarships she won tion with any outside scholarships, can-
for community service and leadership not exceed the student’s financial need.
roles from pageants, organizations and All outside scholarships, in combination
companies. The impact of those awards with all aid received, cannot exceed the
was reduced, however, when she learned student’s cost of attending the university.
her financial aid from Carnegie Mellon The policy change means that
would be adjusted because of a univer- institutional grants and scholarships will
sity policy that capped external grants not be reduced due to a student receiving
and scholarships at $6,000. outside scholarships, unless the funds
photo by tim kaulen
In 2009 after her father was laid off, exceed their financial need or their cost
the reigning Miss Teen Pennsylvania of attendance.
and sophomore in the Tepper School of “In addition to the outside scholar-
Business knew she and others needed ship policy change, the university has
help. also made a commitment to respond to
“I wanted to do something to see if I special circumstances,” Anderson said,
Amy kAo i s o n e o f m A n y s t u d e n t s w h o r e ly o n f i n A n c i A l A i d f r o m t h e
could change the policy,” Kao said. “The such as a parent losing a job or experi- university And outside resources.
more people I talked to, I realized there encing a reduction of income due to the
were a lot of students affected by the current economic climate. “We care very considering revising the policy to allow Anderson says students whose
policy and I wanted to help them.” much about our students. As part of our students to retain more of their outside parents have experienced a reduction
The business major from Edison, commitment to retaining students, we scholarships. in income or have other extenuating
N.J., researched peer institutions and were able to assist many with additional “It positively acknowledges the circumstances may contact the assistant
their policies on external funding and funds during the 2009-10 academic student’s effort to obtain this outside directors in the HUB, Enrollment
how it affects internal awards. She then year.” scholarship funding,” Anderson said. Services. She said that even as late as
approached Linda Anderson, director of During the recent economic crises, “To see the success of all the students is December, grant aid was still being
financial aid. Carnegie Mellon and peer institutions the greatest reward.” awarded to undergraduate students for
And several changes have been have been able to provide additional But for some, getting school loans the 2009-10 academic year.
made. grant funding, which positively impacts has become tougher. Credit scores, also “The goal is to be there for students,
Beginning in the 2010-11 academic the recruitment and retention initiatives known as FICO scores, are being scruti- to listen and help them navigate the
year, outside scholarships received by by easing the financial burden. Anderson nized more closely than before. enrollment and financial aid process,”
students will be used to meet the stu- said the university is experiencing an “FICO scores and overall credit Anderson said. “We have a strong infra-
dent’s unmet financial need, and where increase of students applying for aid and worthiness have to be much higher structure that allows us to stay in contact
applicable the funds can offset or reduce receiving aid. these days to qualify for private loans,” with students and enable students to
loans and work. Kao approached Anderson at the Anderson said. remain enrolled.”
Some conditions still apply, such same time the university had been How can students get help?
Grant Aids St. Bede Youth Cyberawareness
n Chriss Swaney
Today, more than 89 percent of children The INI and CyLab recently an- deliver targeted educational workshops Tsamitis said two web-based tools
are involved in online social networking, nounced a $20,000 grant from the and materials that raise cyberaware- — the MySecureCyberspace portal,
but less than 34 percent of their parents Verizon Foundation to help deliver a ness and promote safe and responsible www.mysecurecyberspace.com, and the
are aware of these activities. To help community-wide cyberawareness out- computing in the St. Bede community Carnegie Cyber Academy children’s
bridge that social networking gap, Carn- reach program at St. Bede School in the to teachers, children and parents,” said Web site, www.carnegiecyberacademy.
egie Mellon’s Information Networking city’s Point Breeze neighborhood. Dena Haritos Tsamitis, INI director com/ — will be central to the delivery of
Institute and CyLab have teamed up to “This dynamic cyberawareness and director of education, training and the community cyberawareness modules
deliver targeted educational workshops. outreach program will design, create and outreach for Carnegie Mellon CyLab. and assessment of student outcomes.
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students At st. bede will benefit from A $20,000 grAnt by the v e r i z o n f o u n d At i o n . i n the
bAck row Are st. bede And verizon r e p r e s e n tAt i v e s A l o n g w i t h denA hAritos tsAmitis (third
from right) And p i t t s b u r g h m Ay o r l u k e r A v e n s tA h l ( s e c o n d from right). Three
U.S. Cabinet Members Visit Carnegie Mellon Campuses
n Piper S t a ff
Carnegie Mellon hosted three U.S. of Qatar to the importance of education,”
Cabinet members at the Qatar and Pitts- Clinton said.
burgh campuses in late February. “Secretary Clinton understands and
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary appreciates the mission of Education City.
Rodham Clinton visited Carnegie Mel- It’s clear her visit to Carnegie Mellon
lon in Qatar on Monday, Feb. 15 to take Qatar is just the beginning,” said Charles
part in a town hall meeting. Clinton took E. Thorpe, dean of Carnegie Mellon
questions from students and Educa- Qatar. “President Obama has an initiative
tion City guests on a variety of topics on entrepreneurship in the Arab world:
photo by ken andreyo
including nuclear weapons in Iran, the Carnegie Mellon is suited to be one of
Israeli/Palestinian situation, and her those centers. He also has extensive plans
role in the implementation of President for science and technology development
Barack Obama’s agenda. The event was in the Arab world: Education City is the
organized and moderated by Al Jazeera ideal place for that.”
in collaboration with Qatar Foundation U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu c o n g r e s s m A n m i k e d o y l e , u . s . s e c r e t A r y o f c o m m e r c e g A r y l o c k e A n d
and Carnegie Mellon Qatar. delivered a lecture in Qatar on Thursday, p e n n s y l v A n i A g o v e r n o r e d r e n d e l l A n n o u n c e d A $ 1 3 0 m i l l i o n g r A n t t o
“I have been following the prog- Feb. 25. Chu is a distinguished scientist i m p r o v e i n t e r n e t A c c e s s i n t h e s tAt e .
ress of Education City from the United and co-winner of the Nobel Prize for
States, and I am delighted to be able to Physics in 1997. He has devoted his recent In Pittsburgh, U.S. Secretary of of Pennsylvania and its citizens to
see with my own eyes the extraordinary scientific career to the search for new Commerce Gary Locke, Pennsylvania recognize the benefits of high-speed
commitment of the Qatar Foundation, solutions to our energy challenges and Governor Ed Rendell and Congressman broadband networks,” said Carnegie
His Highness the Emir and of the people stopping global climate change. Mike Doyle recently announced the cre- Mellon President Jared L. Cohon. “The
ation of the new Pennsylvania Research collaboration will connect urban centers
and Education Network (PennREN) and underserved areas across the state,
photo courtesy of carnegie mellon university
during a press briefing at Carnegie enabling distance learning, telemedicine
Mellon, a PennREN founding member. and a host of new applications not other-
The three government officials also wise possible. In addition, we hope the
announced a large-scale effort to bring network will facilitate more opportuni-
high-speed, affordable Internet access ties for Carnegie Mellon to partner with
to unserved and underserved rural areas other Pennsylvania education institu-
in Pennsylvania. The PennREN and In- tions connected by PennREN, including
ternet access initiative will be funded by community colleges and K-12 schools,
nearly $130 million in grants — $99.6 to improve the quality of education in
million in federal stimulus funding as Pennsylvania.”
i n Q ata r
part of the Obama administration’s 2009 The recent visits follow U.S.
American Recovery and Reinvestment Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis’ visit
u . s . s e c r e tA r y o f s tAt e h i l l A r y r o d h A m c l i n t o n v i s i t e d Q AtA r i n Act and $29 million in private funds. to campus in November 2009 as part
februAry. executive vice president And provost mArk kAmlet And “PennREN represents an historic of a CNBC’s “Meeting of the Minds:
deAn chArles e. thorpe, bAckground, greeted her on the visit. opportunity for the Commonwealth Rebuilding America” broadcast.
Upcoming PSC Discover 2010
The Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center, 300 S. Craig St., will have its Discover 2010 open house from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Tuesday, March 23. The
Events day is designed for university professors and students, as well as industry researchers and decision makers. Exhibits will demonstrate how to
use high performance computing to solve today’s challenging problems and will include tools such as computational science, modeling, simula-
tion, visualization and data mining. The event is free and open to the public. To RSVP or for more information, visit http://discover.psc.edu.
aed training
9-11:30 a.m., Friday, March 12
Baker Hall 231B
Register online at www.cmu.edu/ehs communicating more effectively in a multicultural university lecture series university lecture series
environment. Learn more on page 12. Russell A. Berman of Stanford University will Dean Keith Simonton of the University of
masters of software engineering 1-4 p.m., Thursday, March 18 present “Europe’s War on Terror and the California, Davis, will discuss “Creativity
program celebrates 20 years McKenna/Peter/Wright Room, UC Atlantic Divide.” Co-sponsored by the in the Arts and Sciences: Contrasts in
Program alumni and collaborating faculty www.cmu.edu/hr/learning/ International Relations and Politics Program Disposition, Development and Achievement”
from around the world will return to and Department of Modern Languages. as part of the Victor M. Bearg Science and
Carnegie Mellon to reconnect. Find more hacking comes of age: climategate, 4:30 p.m., Wednesday, March 24 Humanities Scholars Speaker Series.
information on the reunion at http://mse. cyber-espionage and iWar Margaret Morrison Carnegie Hall 103 4:30 p.m., Thursday, April 1
isri.cmu.edu/software-engineering/News/ Panel discussion (Breed Hall) Porter Hall 100 (Gregg Hall)
alumni-reunion.html. 4:30 p.m., Thursday, March 18
March 12-13 Porter Hall 100 (Gregg Hall) ngos, civil society and human rights Women@scs lecture & celebration
Gates Center for Computer Science in the middle east Richard Ladner, Boeing Professor in
russia today: energy, economics, public The Humanities Center Lecture Series, Computer Science and Engineering,
l&d session: facebook: policy in transition “Global Connections, Global Responsibilities,” University of Washington, will present
personal privacy settings This joint course of Carnegie Mellon and the presents Maha Abdel-Rahman, university “New Directions in Accessible Computing
David Holzemer will lead a session to walk University of Pittsburgh is the fourth in a series lecturer in development studies at the Centre of Research.”
through some of the personal privacy of weekend courses that explore modern International Studies, University of Cambridge. 4:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 6
options that are available to use in economies and societies of countries emerging The talk is co-sponsored by the Center for the Rashid Auditorium 4401, Gates & Hillman
Facebook. as economic forces of the 21st century. Advancement of Applied Ethics and Political centers
Noon-1:30 p.m., Tuesday, March 16 Friday March 19 - Sunday, March 21 Philosophy.
McKenna/Peter/Wright Room, UC Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, University of 4:30 p.m., Thursday, March 25 university lecture series
www.cmu.edu/hr/learning/ Pittsburgh Porter Hall 100 (Gregg Hall) Anne Applebaum, a columnist for the
Washington Post and Slate, is currently
school of drama performance mfa thesis exhibition playground: a festival of doing research for a new book on the
“Slow Dance on the Killing Ground,” The opening reception is 6-8 p.m., independent student Work Stalinization of post-war Central Europe.
by William Hanley, will be directed by Friday, March 19 Details for the School of Drama’s annual event This talk is sponsored by the International
Tina Robinson. Exhibition Dates: March 19 - April 18 will be announced at a later date. Relations and Politics Program, the
8 p.m., Wednesday, March 17 and Miller Gallery, Purnell Center for the Arts March 25-27 Humanities Scholars Program, and the
Thursday, March 18; 4 and 8 p.m., Friday, Department of Modern Languages and
March 19 open forum with president cohon faces of globalization: Culture.
Helen Wayne Rauh Studio Theatre Presented by Staff Council international film festival 4:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 6
Noon-1 p.m., Wednesday, March 24 The Humanities Center sponsors the annual Adamson Wing, 136A Baker Hall
l&d session: communicating McConomy Auditorium festival.
more effectively in a multicultural March 25-April 10
environment For dates and times for films, please visit
Peggy Heidish will present a session that www.cmu.edu/faces/.
explores strategies and techniques for
FOur
Students “IMPAQT” the robot rUlers
Carnegie Mellon Experience
n Abby Houck
Eight students will spend part of spring about CMU-Q. Akyer originally thought
break dune riding, sword dancing and CMU-Q had the same enrollment as the
camping in the desert. Their destination Pittsburgh campus and that students lived
is Doha, home to Carnegie Mellon in in dorms.
Qatar (CMU-Q), and their purpose is to “I found it really interesting that stu-
make an IMPAQT. dents are mostly commuters,” Akyer said.
Facilitated by Renee Camerlengo, “I’m interested in seeing how this affects
Student Affairs liaison to CMU-Q, IM- student life.”
PAQT is the result of a joint proposal by Nicole Rappin, a junior in the Bach-
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Fifth Year Scholars and students leaders elor of Humanities and Arts Program,
in 2008 to cultivate meaningful relation- said the group is meeting student leaders
ships between the students in Pittsburgh and visiting classes. The team is eager
and Education City. IMPAQT members to experience similar social and cultural
make an 18-month commitment to activities that predecessors, including
create awareness among Pittsburgh’s sophomore Caroline Kessler, raved about The Fredkin University Research Professor William “Red”
student body about what life is like for — dune riding, sword dancing, camp-
Whittaker (right) makes a point as Rodney Brooks of MIT listens
students in the Middle East. After spend- ing in the desert, henna ceremonies and
ing spring break at CMU-Q, the students homestays with Qatari families. during a robotics panel discussion hosted by Discover magazine,
facilitate networking among similar Jessica Dickinson Goodman, a junior Carnegie Mellon and the National Science Foundation at the
interest groups on both campuses. philosophy major, enjoyed her 2009 Hillman Center. The panel was the latest installment of the series
Camerlengo and Chris Menand experience with IMPAQT so much that “The Grand Challenges of Science.” Panelists included Robin
from the Office of International Educa- she is spending the entire spring 2010 se-
Murphy of Texas A&M and Javier Movellan of the University of
tion (OIE) are accompanying students mester at CMU-Q. In addition to working
on the trip. IMPAQT members have California at San Diego. Corey S. Powell, Discover magazine
with the OIE to streamline the approval
been meeting weekly since the end of process for studying there, she’s planning editor in chief, moderated the discussion.
January to learn more about the culture to host a “girls’ night in” with female IM-
of Qatar and to plan their spring break PAQT members and her friends in Qatar.
itinerary. The group is serving as hosts Junior Christian Young, is also build on the work of the 2009 team, While many students involved in
for 12 students from CMU-Q who were looking forward to meeting students and which hosted a photo exhibit at the this year’s trip have traveled abroad
scheduled to visit Pittsburgh during their faculty in his program at CMU-Q. “I’m Frame Gallery and spoke at the Commu- before, this will be the first time any
Feb. 28–March 5 spring break. interested in seeing how we can expand nity Collage during orientation. The 2009 have visited Qatar. “Study abroad is a
Eda Akyer, a junior biological the Information Systems Program on team also applied for a grant through the cool way to reflect and understand more
sciences major, said her involvement both campuses, because it leads to a very International Festival Awards to pur- about the world and how you fit into it,”
with the 2010 IMPAQT team has global-minded career path,” he said. chase webcams to increase collaboration Rappin said.
helped her clarify assumptions she made 2010 IMPAQT members plan to with CMU-Q students.
Hopper Celebrates Every Day as
National Grammar Day Support Student Initiatives
n Shilo Raube His current research questions how grammar
With CMU Flip Video Camera
As the song goes, “Conjunction junction, is approached in spoken language. “People
what’s your function? Hooking up words tend to think grammar is just about writ-
and phrases and clauses.” ing correctly,” Hopper said. “Historically,
But wait, shouldn’t it be “hooking up linguists have been interested in written
words, phrases and clauses?” language, but now technology allows us to
Grammar rules can be confusing. study spoken language. When we talk, we
Especially with texting abbreviations, lyrics, string together phrases that we’ve heard
slogans, 140-character limits and Internet before. This creates its own structure as time
slang contributing to what seems like more goes on, and written grammatical rules are
generally accepted flexibility in grammar. not used.”
To promote awareness of proper grammar Hopper feels that his quest to understand
and its importance for clear communica- how people speak will uncover the nature of
tion, the Society for the Promotion of Good communication in an entirely different way.
Grammar designated March 4 as National “What I’m seeing is that spoken grammar
Grammar Day. It is intended to encourage follows routines,” he said. “It’s not that
people to speak and write well and to we’re obeying rules of correctness, but
celebrate language. more like we’re following routines.”
Paul Hopper, the Paul Mellon In addition to teaching classes in the
Distinguished Professor of the Humanities, English Department, Hopper travels abroad
doesn’t need a special holiday to commemo- to give various lectures. Last fall he was the
rate grammar. A world-renowned linguist, keynote speaker at a conference at the Uni-
Hopper focuses on the relationship between versity of Helsinki with a paper on “Phrase
cApture y o u r fAv o r i t e p e o p l e A n d flip for g o o d . c r e At e d by
the structure of language and rhetoric. Last Building Strategies in Longer Utterances.”
tepper Alumnus J o n At h A n k A p l A n , the flip cAmcorder is An eAsy-
summer, he took a sabbatical and spent it And, on March 9, he will celebrate National
t o - u s e , h i g h ly p o r t A b l e v i d e o c A m e r A . through the flip for good
pursuing research and lecturing as a Senior Grammar Day a few days late with a talk progrAm, $10 of every flip cAmerA purchAse will support student
Fellow at the Freiburg Institute for at Carnegie Mellon Qatar on “Language in i n i t i At i v e s At t h e u n i v e r s i t y . the c A m e r A s A r e AvA i l A b l e f o r p u r c h A s e
Advanced Studies at Albert Ludwigs- Global Hotspots.” At h t t p : / / b i t . ly / c m u f l i p .
Universität in Germany. Hear Hopper discuss his research at
Five
http://bit.ly/CMUpiper.
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p e c t e d t h r e e - d Ay b r e A k d u e t o m o r e
thAn 21 inches of snow. city of
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c A m p u s , r e s u lt i n g i n s o m e t r e e l i m b s b r e A k i n g .
p h o t o b y j o e l ta r r
the cArnegie mellon men’s And women’s tennis teAms used their unex-
pected free time to shovel out oAklAnd community members on wednes-
d Ay , f e b . 1 0 . t h e t A r tA n s cleAred normlee plAce, A cul-de-sAc off of
f o r b e s A v e n u e t h At A b u t s the cArnegie mellon cAmpus. the street hAdn’t
b e e n t r e At e d s i n c e s n o w b e g A n fA l l i n g f i v e d Ay s e A r l i e r . t h e y A l s o w o r k e d
o n d r i v e w Ay s A l o n g b e e l e r s t r e e t A n d t e c h v i e w t e r r A c e . “ i t w A s r e A l ly
rewArding for our teAms to get out there And help people in the AreA get
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hAve lots of exceptionAl Achievements in their lives. Along t h e w Ay , i t i s
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few c y c l i s t s b r A v e d t h e w e At h e r , w i t h m A n y
Six b i c y c l e s v i s i b l e u n d e r h e A v y c o At s o f s n o w A n d i c e .
Campus Responds to Haitian Crisis continued f r o m pA g e o n e
every member of the Carnegie Mellon the Heinz College. The money will be be a week. There are going to be con- who has written a novel based in Haiti.
community,” said Student Government distributed to Brother’s Brother Foun- tinuous efforts, because the situation in “We were panicked when we heard the
President Rotimi Abimbola. dation, Hôpital Albert Schweitzer and Haiti isn’t going to end when the semes- news about the earthquake. Not because
M. Shernell Smith, along with ad- AIM Haiti (Altruism In Motion), which ter ends,” Abimbola said. “It’s going to he was there, he had just been in Pitts-
ditional members of the Student Affairs is dedicated to education. be a huge rebuilding process, and this is burgh for the holidays, but he lost family
team, have been providing mentorship Additional awareness and fundrais- our opportunity as a campus community members. He was devastated. I still
and support to the students throughout ing efforts included teach-ins about the to be a part of that.” think he has hope that he will find some
the Helping Haiti Campaign. history and culture of Haiti, a prayer of the cousins he can’t find.”
The students established a Dollar service, candlelight vigil at the Fence personal ties Jim Tinsley, a former Carnegie
Challenge, which called upon every stu- and a “Do Something for Haiti Day.” For some faculty and former staff, per- Mellon School of Architecture employ-
dent, faculty and staff member to donate Alpha Phi Omega (APO) service sonal ties have been refreshed. Sharon ee, is the facilities director for Hôpital
at least one dollar to relief efforts. As of fraternity partnered with Pittsburgh- Dilworth, an associate professor of Albert Schweitzer. His son, Jeremiah, is
Feb. 19, the Dollar Challenge has raised based Brothers’ Brother Foundation to English, and her husband, David Baker, a filmmaker in Pittsburgh and has been
a total of $5,248. A number of individu- collect personal hygiene supplies for spent time 10 years ago at the Hôpital in constant contact with his father.
als have pledged matching gifts. victims and relief workers. According Albert Schweitzer, an 80-bed country
Students collected money in their to Lauren Campbell, APO service chair, hospital founded by Pittsburgh’s Wil- translation tools
housing communities, and at Winter nearly 2,000 items were collected within liam Larimar Mellon and Gwen Grant The Language Technologies Institute
Gala and Martin Luther King Jr. Day a week. Mellon. The hospital is now operated (LTI) released spoken and textual data
events. They also took advantage of foot Alex Blair, outreach chair for by Ian and Lucy Rawson of Pittsburgh. they’ve compiled on Haitian Creole
traffic between classes, braving the win- Facilitating Opportunities for Refugee Dilworth served as a translator so that translation tools can be rapidly
ter weather to collect donations outside. Growth and Empowerment (FORGE), twice for her husband’s work at an developed.
Members of the Silicon Valley campus led efforts to host a Late Night event in eye clinic, 42 miles outside of Port- Since Carnegie Mellon began to
also responded to the call for help. the University Center. Even though the au-Prince. make the data publicly available, a team
“While we are a branch campus, we event landed on the night of a record- “They rely on a lot of American at Microsoft Research has used it to help
do want to make sure that we support breaking snowfall, approximately 200 doctors to go down there. There was a develop an experimental, web-based
important student-initiated efforts at the students gathered to complete hands-on student here who gave me Creole les- system for translating between English
main campus,” said Gerry Elizondo, activities in support of relief efforts. sons, and when we went down the first and Haitian Creole (www.microsoft-
director of Student Affairs at Carnegie Dancers Symposium and the Originals time, I translated while David ran an eye translator.com/). Translators Without
Mellon Silicon Valley. acapella group performed, and several clinic,” Dilworth said. Borders (www.tsf-twb.org/), a not-for-
Students from the Heinz College local restaurants donated refreshments. One teenager, Manno, who they be- profit association based in Paris, plans to
sold note cards depicting Haitian cul- Although nearly two months have friended returned with the couple to the distribute a medical triage dictionary to
ture, held a dinner and bowled to raise passed since the Jan. 12 earthquake, states and lived in Pittsburgh with them doctors in Haiti once that data has been
money. Tyler Savage, a master’s degree student organizations are continuing for more than a year before moving to converted into a readable format. LTI
student in public policy and manage- to discuss plans for future initiatives in Florida for school. He now works as a researchers, likewise, have begun work-
ment, said nearly $6,000 was raised, support of the people of Haiti. truck driver in Miami. ing on their own translation system for
including a $2,500 matching gift from “We don’t want these efforts to just “He’s like a son,” said Dilworth, Haitian Creole.
Talent Pool Deepens With Leadership Academy Graduates continued f r o m pA g e o n e
Denise Rousseau, John Hooker, Laurie those lines,” said Ruth Staudacher, success of associated initiatives. The but always positive and for the ben-
Weingart, Pierre Liang, Anita Woolley director of finance for Campus Services. “Return on Investment (ROI)” team efit of the group as a whole. The final
and Jonathan Glover, and David Benchmarks 360 was a favorite of was asked to assess the university’s ROI presentation to the project sponsors and
Krackhardt of the Heinz College. Sudha Durairaj, a principal software model with an emphasis on analyzing class was also challenging for me, but
“Over the course of the academy, engineer for Computing Services. “The decisions with no financial returns. The again a growing experience that was
I learned new skills on topics ranging 360-degree evaluation helped me to “Organizational Culture” team explored invaluable,” she said.
from negotiations, to effective com- learn about my strengths and opportuni- the implications of increasing university- Indirect benefits of the academy
municating to teamwork,” said academy ties to improve. Now I always solicit wide expansion and the ability to were the relationships that the par-
graduate Amy Faber, assistant treasurer. feedback about how I can change and effectively adapt and make recommenda- ticipants were able to form with each
“All of the instructors and classes were improve myself,” he said. tions for improved change management. other.
truly great. I think the academy taught David Eber, director of admis-
me what skills are necessary to advance sion for the Heinz College, said one
at the university, and retaining and online: to vieW a list of leaDershiP acaDeMy of his biggest takeaways was how the
improving those skills is up to me.” g r a D U at e s , v i s i t h t t P :// b i t . ly /cMU P i P e r . for More
academy enhanced communication and
While most of the courses aimed promoted collaboration among staff
i n f o r M at i o n , v i s i t c M U . e D U / l e a D e r s h i P - a c a D e M y /.
to teach or enhance the participants from across the university. Gruber also
skills or understanding of certain top- recognized the relationships she built
ics, Mason’s course, “Benchmarks 360 Gloria Gruber, director of orga- “What they suggested in their team with other participants as a great benefit
Feedback for Leadership Assessment,” nizational development for University project reports are some very, very solid of the program.
gave the participants the opportunity Advancement, also spoke highly of recommendations,” Placone said. “They The application process for
to receive an anonymous evaluation of Benchmarks 360. She said the evalu- took their opportunity quite seriously, Carnegie Mellon’s next Leadership
their leadership skills from their supervi- ation process helped her to discover worked hard and produced good results. Academy will begin this spring with
sor, colleagues and direct reports. Mason some hidden strengths and learn specific The primary goal was to use these proj- the program commencing in the fall.
also taught a course called “How Do strategies to enhance her weaknesses. ects as a way to apply what they learned This time the academy will be for staff
Your Leadership Skills Measure Up?” The academy concluded with four from the classroom instruction. But in grades 58-60.
“The biggest takeaway for me team projects in which the participants when you get something that’s meaning- “Our goal is to have classes every
would have to be these skills we learned put their newly gained knowledge to ful, that’s all the better. These contribu- year and to alternate between these two
on what makes a strong leader, and how use. The “Summer Utilization” team tions could have a real impact.” groups (61-65 and 58-60). By extend-
my own strengths and weaknesses affect explored opportunities to enhance the Faber said the project experience ing the academy to multiple organiza-
those leadership skills,” Faber said. use of campus facilities during the pushed her out of her comfort zone. tional levels we increase the likelihood
“I learned that different types of summer months. The “Enterprise Risk “Learning to work in a group environ- of achieving our desired impact, a
employees, direct reports versus man- Management” team was charged with ment where team members were coming deeper talent pool at Carnegie Mellon,”
agement, perceive me differently and helping to prioritize and establish plans from such different view points and Placone said.
I’ve acquired the skills to help along to address identified risks and measure backgrounds was at times challenging, Seven
Driving the Future of Complex Systems:
sei c e l e b r at e s Q U a r t e r c e n t U r y of leaDershiP anD excellence
n Kelly K i m b e r l a n d training and education, certification and
When the Department of Defense partnership opportunities to individuals
(DoD) began looking for assistance and organizations. But, Nielsen said the
to improve its software development SEI’s work is just getting started.
capabilities in 1985, they found some of “Software is not limited to just com-
the world’s top computer science minds puters and military weapon systems. It is
at Carnegie Mellon. part of our everyday life in automobiles,
“We had the reputation of being a phones, kitchen appliances and air-
leading technology university and had planes,” Nielson said. “But, as technology
some of the world’s foremost experts in rapidly changes, the development and use
computer science,” said Angel Jordan of software is ever changing and growing
who was Carnegie Mellon’s provost in exponentially. We cannot afford to rest
the mid-1980s. “We wanted to aggres- on our past accomplishments, but rather
sively pursue this and lend our exper- we must look to the future to see how we
tise, knowledge and network to the might be able to resolve challenges in
U.S. government.” complex systems.”
Today, Carnegie Mellon is home The SEI has renewed its emphasis on
to the Software Engineering Institute research that will enable it to expand its
(SEI), the Department of Defense’s legacy of network and systems surviv-
only federally funded research and de- ability. Evaluating research against the
velopment center in software engineer- current and future demands of the DoD,
ing. Celebrating its 25th anniversary the SEI will focus on the cyber environ-
this year with the theme “Driving the to get to this important anniversary.” reputation by providing government, in- ment and related technologies to enable
Future of Complex Systems,” the SEI Along with defense work that has dustry and academic organizations with organizations worldwide to address cyber
works closely with defense and govern- included improving quality, reduc- the knowledge and research to improve intelligence, workforce development,
ment agencies, industry and academia to ing costs and delivering software on the way to develop software. To expand acquisition excellence for software-reliant
continually improve software-intensive schedule, the SEI has built a worldwide its research efforts, the SEI provides systems and flexible systems capabilities.
systems that support the military.
The SEI helps find ways to develop
systems more quickly and confidently,
leading software and cyber engineering n o ta b l e a c c o M P l i s h M e n t s
research for the DoD that is critical to
the performance, quality, security and • The SEI’s first office opened • When the Morris worm crippled • In 2001, the SEI established the
mission assurance of the department’s in January 1985 on South Aiken 10 percent of the Internet in 1988, Acquisition Support Program to
computer systems. Avenue in Shadyside employ- the SEI was called into action help the DoD and other govern-
Since its establishment in 1984, the ing 55 individuals, including 12 by the Defense Advanced Re- ment organizations improve their
SEI has produced worldwide best prac-
managerial staff members and 19 search Projects Agency (DARPA) practices in acquiring software-
tices in process improvement, software
architecture, software product lines, and researchers. Two years later the to halt the attack. As a result, the intensive systems.
cyber and networked security, including SEI moved into its current head- world’s first computer emergency
the establishment of the CERT® program quarters at 4500 Fifth Avenue in response team — now the CERT • In 2004, the SEI published the
in 1984 – the world’s computer security Oakland. Today, the institute has Program — was started and re- Architecture and Analysis Design
incident response team.
over 500 employees with offices mains at the forefront of cyber-se- Language (AADL) that provides a
“We may be 25 years old, but we
in Pittsburgh, Washington, D.C., curity research and development. new framework that allows analy-
are only just beginning,” said Paul D.
Nielsen, CEO and director of the SEI. Colorado Springs, Colorado and sis of system deigns prior to de-
“This is an exciting time to be part of Frankfurt, Germany. • In the early 1990s, the SEI velopment. System developers in
today’s technological advances. We look launched research initiatives into industry and researchers in leading
forward to the next 25 years and provid- • Some of the SEI’s most notable software product lines and soft- universities in Europe and the U.S.
ing organizations with the research, skills
accomplishments include the ware architecture. The first techni- use AADL to predict and validate
and tools they need to build better, faster,
more reliable and more secure software.” development of the now retired cal report on the emerging field of nonfunctional properties.
Carnegie Mellon President Jared L. Capability Maturity Model for software architecture was pub-
Cohon underscored the importance of the Software (SW-CMM), Capability lished and described the design • In 2006, a study on Ultra-Large-
SEI to the university and to the nation. Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) problems in large systems. Scale Systems requested by the
“The SEI is a leader in understand-
and Team Software Process (TSP). U.S. Army outlined a comprehen-
ing and providing solutions for com-
SW-CMM and TSP initiatives were • In 1998, the first book on soft- sive recommendation on how to
puter and network security, in software
architecture and in software process both led by National Medal of ware architecture, “Software Archi- tackle the new complex systems
improvement,” Cohon said. “Its influence Technology laureate and SEI Fel- tecture in Practice,” was published of the future.
extends across many aspects of society low Watts Humphrey, who joined as a guide for practitioners. In
and around the world. We are proud to
the SEI in 1986. 1997, a cutting-edge research ini-
have SEI as part of our university, and I
tiative involved the development of
congratulate all who have worked so hard
the Architecture Tradeoff Analysis
Method (ATAM).
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Piano Man
P e t e r s t U M P f s tay s i n t U n e W i t h P i a n o s ’ n e e D s
n Heidi Opdyke
When world-renowned pianists such legitimate instrument to put in its place,” ments every few months or each week.
as Associate Professor of Piano Sergey he said. Prior to joining the university in
Schepkin or the phenomenal Lang Lang The School of Music, which is 2006, Stumpf worked as an indepen-
perform at Carnegie Mellon, few may designated as an All-Steinway School, dent tuner for 14 years. He received
realize the string of events that happens uses Steinway pianos for classes, lessons, a degree in piano technology from
before they sit at the piano. compositions, performances, accompani- the Winchester Virginia Shenandoah
But piano technician Peter Stumpf ments and more. Conservatory of Music.
does. “Pianos are the backbone of any “All the performance instruments
photo by abby ross
As caretaker for the university’s 80 school of music,” said Noel Zahler, head are like good friends to me. I can
pianos, some $4 million of equipment, of the School of Music. “To teach and easily tell which one is which just by
Stumpf stays busy. A few of the instru- perform, students and faculty need to hearing them,” Stumpf said. “If there’s
ments have been here for 60 or 70 years. have the best tools possible. Peter does a the slightest thing wrong with them
— it’s just like your children, you can
hear their voice from across the room.”
peter stumpf
o n l i n e : W at c h P e t e r s t U M P f DiscUss Piano Not only does Stumpf keep the
t U n i n g at h t t P :// b i t . ly /cMU P i P e r . hauled was the Steinway in the Alumni university’s instruments in shape, he
Concert Hall. is the official piano technician for the
“My students and I attacked it one Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (PSO)
“Some of the pianos are among the oldest fantastic job of keeping the instruments summer. And we put all new strings on and has a list of individual clients
articles you’ll find anywhere on campus,” we have at the best possible level of it, new dampers on it, regulated it, and as well. Stumpf says he often works
Stumpf said. “You certainly won’t find performance.” kind of breathed some new life into it,” seven days a week. He says it’s worth
computers or vehicles or furnaces or Stumpf and a small cadre of students Stumpf said. it, however.
anything that are as old as some of these work to keep the instruments in top- Many troubles can plague pianos, “Most people in the world today
pianos.” playing condition. Stumpf teaches half a including wear and tear, spills and break- really don’t know too much about live
As many instruments as Stumpf has dozen students how to build and replace ages. “There’s a lot of triage,” he said. music anymore,” Stumpf said. “But
under his watch, he wouldn’t mind more piano parts. The average Steinway has “Anything can happen to them — we here it’s live music — it’s real music.
to maintain. 12,000 pieces. cannot put pianos behind glass. My job is It’s filtered up and down the halls con-
“We don’t really have enough “Big things happen if piano strings a mixture of being proactive and staying stantly. And if you go to one of these
pianos. If you go down to the practice break or if pedals need some service,” ahead of the needs and service, and being performances where students have
halls, you’ll see that there are very few Stumpf said. “We turn those into class- reactive when necessary.” worked thousands of hours to prepare
rooms actually open, so it’s very hard for room teaching opportunities.” Depending on the use of each piece, for it, it just doesn’t get any better than
us to get rid of a piano if we don’t have a One instrument that has been over- the piano technician may adjust instru- that.”
Staffer Targets Support to Her TechBridgeWorld
n Heidi Opdyke “I’ve had incredible experiences I attended and look forward to staying money to any organization, but I am
Sarah Belousov bridges a number of helping students to prepare and work on involved and encouraging other people willing to give up the value of a few
worlds. really innovative projects and I’ve seen to become involved as well,” she said. cups of coffee a month. It accumulates
As a project manager for Tech- the impact of their work firsthand with Committee members work as advo- over time and those small amounts can
BridgeWorld in the Robotics Institute, developing communities,” she said. cates on behalf of the university to foster add up to a significant contribution to
she works with students, faculty and staff With the rest of the TechBridge- relationships with other faculty and staff Carnegie Mellon. I realized that was
from across our university’s Pittsburgh World team, she is currently preparing members and promote the university’s something important to me,” she said.
and Doha campuses on projects that six Carnegie Mellon students from the internal fundraising efforts. The group “Giving in this way can benefit
benefit people living in underserved com- Doha and Pittsburgh campuses to live meets several times a year. Carnegie Mellon as a whole and also
munities in the United States and around and work in Bangladesh and conduct Belousov also recently started giv- our group specifically. I really believe
the world. research projects through the group’s ing to the Annual Fund through payroll in what our group is doing, and so I was
“Although we’re a relatively new iSTEP (“innovative Student Technology deduction. She said donations from other really excited to hear that faculty and
organization, we’re one of the leading ExPerience”) internship program this individuals to TechBridgeWorld encour- staff contributions could be designated
research groups in ICTD, information summer. Along with working closely aged her to give personally. to benefit our work. My gifts and those
and communication technologies for with TechBridgeWorld founder and “I don’t know exactly why I had not of other TechBridgeWorld sponsors
development. What we do shows that director, Assistant Research Professor M. thought to donate to the university be- support unique learning opportunities
Carnegie Mellon can make a difference Bernardine Dias, Belousov’s responsi- fore, but when you work day in and day and firsthand experiences for Carnegie
in the lives of people who live on less bilities entail strategic planning, fundrais- out for a university and you get some- Mellon students to pursue research in the
than a dollar a day,” she said. ing, program planning, and supporting thing in the mail that asks you to give field of ICTD to make a positive impact
TechBridgeWorld, www.techbridge- other staff and interns. “Dr. Dias is a very part of your hard-earned money back to in developing communities.”
world.org, is celebrating its fifth-year dedicated and inspirational person, and I the organization, it’s not easy to do,” she The Faculty & Staff Annual Fund
anniversary, and Belousov has been a love working with her and the rest of the said. “Once I really learned about the Committee is looking for additional
staff member at Carnegie Mellon since TechBridgeWorld team,” Belousov said. options for staff giving from Mike, I saw volunteers. To learn more about volun-
2005. She received her bachelor’s degree Recently, Belousov added a volun- how easy the payroll deduction option is teering or the annual fund, contact Carole
in international studies and French from teer role by joining Carnegie Mellon’s and that really appealed to me.” Panno in the Office of Annual Giving at
Johns Hopkins University. In 2009, she Faculty & Staff Annual Fund Committee. In addition, Belousov learned from cp1g@andrew.cmu.edu, Michael Haas at
received her master’s degree in public The move came after talking with Mike Haas that her gifts could be targeted to mbhaas@andrew.cmu.edu or visit www.
policy and management from the Heinz Haas, assistant director of annual giving. benefit TechBridgeWorld or any other cmu.edu/campaign/involved/faculty.
College, which she earned as a part-time “I was excited to learn how our area of the university that is meaningful html. Payroll deduction forms are avail-
student. group’s fundraising efforts could help the to her. able at http://www.cmu.edu/campaign/
university reach its overall targets. I re- “I’m not in a financial position ways/fy-09_payrollrom.pdf.
ally enjoyed the first committee meeting where I can donate a huge chunk of
nine
Refreshed Wordmark Emphasizes University
continued f r o m pA g e o n e
new wordmark in the form of a straight guidelines Web site. Resources include
line as well as a three-deep stack, with wordmarks and templates for letterhead,
Carnegie on top, followed by Mellon and business cards, PowerPoint slides, fax
AAU Schools Create Online
University. covers, memos and display advertising.
“The Carnegie Mellon wordmark The Web site also has templates for new
has been refreshed to help clarify our unitmarks for colleges, schools, centers,
Science News Magazine higher education category, now appearing
with the word ‘University.’ There’s been
institutes and programs, which Elias said
also will be rolled out over time.
confusion among certain audiences that While the bookstore introduced
n Jocelyn D u ff y
Carnegie Mellon is a bank, library new merchandise last fall bearing
Last fall, Carnegie Mellon joined 51 online: or company because ‘Carnegie’ and “Carnegie Mellon University” and the
other leading research universities from fUtUrity.org ‘Mellon’ are common brand names CMU acronym, which must always be
the United States, Canada and the United among a variety of industries,” explained applied together, CMU will now be mak-
Kingdom to launch Futurity (www. Robbee Kosak, vice ing its way back into
futurity.org), an online research channel “Carnegie Mellon signed on to this president for written materials.
that brings together the best research project from the start as a way to get our University Ad- Previously the use
news in the environment, health, science, research news to multiple audiences. vancement. of CMU was dis-
society and other areas of scientific Futurity readers get a preview of where Sophie Elias, couraged because it
interest. research is today and where it is headed director of Market- was thought to be a
Submissions to the site come tomorrow,” said Teresa S. Thomas, ing Communica- registered trademark
directly from the member institutions, assistant vice president of Media tions for Brand Ini- of Central Michigan
all of which belong to the Association Relations. tiatives, said it’s not University. But that’s
of American Universities (AAU) or Futurity is active among social necessary for members of the university not the case, which pleases the webmas-
the U.K.’s Russell Group. Carnegie networks like Twitter and Facebook, and community to discard their materials with ters of www.cmu.edu.
Mellon’s submissions are coordinated provides information to news aggregators the previous Carnegie Mellon wordmark. “CMU is not a registered trademark
through its Media Relations Department like Yahoo News. The ultimate goal is She said the new graphic identity will be with Central Michigan University, nor
and feature recently published science to reach a wide audience, specifically rolled out gradually. is it a trademark with Carnegie Mellon,”
research from each college. the general public and research funders, “Don’t throw your existing letter- Elias said. “So, based on feedback
The site was created because the to educate and inform them about head, business cards and signage away. from the university community, we
pressures of the Internet have caused the important science research being When ordering new materials, make the are now approving it to be used as a
many newspapers to trim their science completed at the member institutions. switch to the new look,” Elias said. second reference in print and on the
coverage. As a result, readers are getting All members of the Carnegie Mellon Elias said she will be contacting Web. Carnegie Mellon University should
their information from other sources, community are encouraged to visit many groups across campus in the next always be the first reference, followed
such as social media networks and other Futurity.org and subscribe by email. Any few months to help introduce the new by either Carnegie Mellon or CMU.”
online sites. Futurity offers a direct link faculty member who would like to have graphic and branding standards. A writers’ style guide, offering
to the research pipeline in an accessible their research considered for publication The university community can many more writing standards, also will
way. in Futurity should contact their college’s download a vast array of branding be available for download on the brand-
Media Relations representative. resources from the updated branding ing guidelines Web site later this month.
newS BrieFS dzombak to c hair
nrc c ommittee
participated in a four-day sketch competition
proposing creative and sustainable uses for the
kitchin ear ns early
career award
rooftop space. The winning designs are posted
2010-2011 a pplications Carnegie Mellon’s David Carnegie Mellon’s John
at www.highpointpark.org. Several proposals
increase 16 percent A. Dzombak has been Kitchin was awarded
will be used in an Institute for Social Innova-
named chair of a new a five-year, $750,000
As of Feb. 1, the Office of Undergraduate tion (ISI) student case competition at the Heinz
National Research Coun- grant from the U.S.
Admission reports that 26,431 applications College. Both architecture and ISI students
cil (NRC) Committee, Department of Energy to
have been received for 1,400 available first-year must analyze the realistic potentials and costs
which will provide advice develop new materials for
spots for 2010-2011. This marks a 16 percent of developing the space, while considering self-
to the U.S. Army Corps producing hydrogen and
increase over the previous record of 22,780 ap- sustaining structures, future programming and
of Engineers on scien- oxygen from water using
plications received for the 2009-2010 academic marketing possibilities.
tific, engineering and water resource issues. electrochemistry.
year. The office also reported a 30 percent Kitchin, an assistant professor of chemical
Dzombak, the Walter J. Blenko Sr. Profes-
increase in applications to the Information Sys- hughes continues health engineering, is one of 69 researchers nation-
sor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and
tems Program. A recent Pittsburgh Tribune-Re- education p roject wide to receive funding under the American
faculty director of the Steinbrenner Institute for
view story quoted Barmak Nassirian, associate Kristin Hughes, associate professor in the Recovery and Reinvestment Act as part of the
Environmental Education and Research, said
executive director of the American Association School of Design, is Energy Department’s Early Career Research
the committee will develop a series of reports
of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers partnering with local Program.
to help the Army Corps of Engineers anticipate
in Washington, as saying the increase is “jaw- family support centers “Our research is designed to make hydrogen
and prepare for emerging water resource chal-
dropping, eye-popping and completely out of to launch phase two production from water more efficient, which
lenges. In addition to working with the Corps,
the ordinary.” of Fitwits, an obesity- will ultimately enable the development of future
the committee will work with experts and
representatives from other federal agencies, prevention program that energy systems to store intermittent renewable
tuition increase among including U.S. congressional staffers, state delivers healthy lifestyle energy in chemical form, and to make better use
lowest in d ecades governments and the private sector. messages, tools and of biomass to fuel everything from cars to large
For the second consecutive year, Carnegie services to children and families. A two-year, turbines and factories,” Kitchin said.
Mellon has announced one of its smallest tuition students d esign plans for $300,000 grant from The Heinz Endowments
increases in 35 years to help provide relief for u .s. steel tower roof will fund the development of “Fitwits Zones” in discount tickets available
families dealing with the economic downturn. East Liberty and McKeesport community cen- to upcoming shows
David Bear, STUDIO for Creative Inquiry fellow,
This year’s increase of 2.98 percent follows ters. The zones are designed to train parents to
is leading a project to explore hypothetical The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust is offering discount
a 2.94 percent increase last year. For 2010, become agents of change for healthier lifestyle
options for transforming the presently empty, tickets for Carnegie Mellon students, staff and
tuition for entering first-year undergraduate behaviors.
one-acre rooftop of the U.S. Steel Tower into a faculty to many upcoming performances in
students will be $41,500. Housing costs will be
green, sustainable, all-weather, publicly acces- March. For more details and to order tickets on-
$6,300 with board costs at $4,450. The Board
sible garden and viewing area. line go to www.pgharts.org/events/tickets/login.
of Trustees authorized the new rates at its
School of Architecture students and faculty aspx and enter the promo code CMU.
Feb. 12 meeting.
Ten
Heinz Alumni Help Staff University
PoPUlar PrograMs alloW eMPloyees to attenD school Part-tiMe
n Brad Stephenson
Enter any building at Carnegie Mellon, and the remainder work for for-profit
and you’ll likely bump into a Heinz Col- companies.
lege graduate; there are more than 200 Michael Murphy, vice-president
of them on the staff. All told, about 800 for Campus Affairs, is a 1986 MPM
faculty and staff have undergraduate and graduate. Murphy said the degree pro-
graduate degrees from the university. gram went beyond classroom learning
This is due in large part to the col- and provided a framework for putting
lege’s part-time master’s degree offerings the information into context.
in public management and information “At the time, I was a pretty young
technology. Nearly two-thirds of the guy, and the program helped me un-
photo by brad stephenson
Heinz alumni employed by Carnegie derstand the ways in which academic
Mellon comprise graduates of these two work translated into real work, and
programs. that the capacity to analyze data and
Cornell Lesane (MPM ’03), associ- solve problems intentionally was an
ate director of undergraduate admissions, important complement to having a good
has been working at the university for notion,” Murphy said. “It also taught
10 years. me the value of teamwork in ways I
heinz college director of s t u d e n t A f fA i r s J A c k i e s p e e d y ( m p m ’ 0 9 )
“I was actually first generation, and had not fully appreciated before.”
confers with heinz college d e v e l o p m e n t A s s o c i At e kristin niceswAnger
to get my bachelor’s was a big thing,” Murphy, who now serves as an
(hnz ’07) And student JAke oresick.
Lesane said. “So to get that master’s adjunct instructor for the MPM pro-
degree was huge. My family is certainly gram, has been with the university for one that can have a profound career Speedy, who received her bachelor’s
very proud of me for that accomplish- more than 28 years. impact while also facilitating meaning- degree in environmental science from
ment.” “The distinctive work ethic of ful contributions to this community.” Allegheny College, said higher education
Like Murphy and Lesane, Jackie is a very rewarding field.
l e a r n M o r e : t h e h einz c ollege W ill be hosting an inforMation Speedy (MPM ’09) serves in an advi- “It’s a really gratifying place to
sory capacity for students as director work,” Speedy said. “You give a lot to
s e s s i o n f o r i t s Pa rt - ti Me D egree P rogra Ms froM 5:30-7 P . M . on
of Student Affairs. Her role initially the students, but you get a lot in return.”
W e D n e sD ay , M a r ch 10 in h aM bU rg h all . f or More inforMation , made studying alongside students a bit Haebin Kim, marketing and infor-
c o n ta c t heinz a D M issions at hnza DM it @ an DreW . cMU . eDU . awkward. Her biggest concern, she said, mation systems specialist for the Heinz
was contributing to class discussions in College’s Center for Arts Management and
The Master of Public Management faculty, staff and students is a big part a way that would reflect positively on Technology (CAMT), holds two graduate
(MPM) Program is designed to promote of it, but also the creativity, the energy her job. degrees from Heinz. She completed the
personal and professional development — the commitment that this is the ideal “It was always in the back of my Master of Arts Management (MAM) as
by honing strategic, analytical and com- place for great ideas to translate into head, ‘Oh boy, are they going to think a full-time student in 2001 and the part-
munication skills. About half of MPM real world impact,” Murphy said. “(The I’m not intelligent enough to do this time Master of Science in Information
students come from public or non-profit MPM) program is a terrific opportunity job?’” she said. Technology (MSIT) Program in 2005.
organizations, such as higher education, for Carnegie Mellon staff members — Continued o n pa g e t w e lv e
evilevitch studies the housed in Carnegie Mellon’s Data Center
physics of viruses Observatory will provide additional resources
for Carnegie Mellon faculty and other research- urban named h ead of biological sciences
Alex Evilevitch, associate professor of physics,
ers worldwide. Open Cirrus was launched in
has directly measured the energy released Nathan N. Urban has been named head of Carnegie Mellon’s
2008 by HP, Intel and Yahoo! to promote open
from a virus during an infection. This is a pivotal Department of Biological Sciences, effective March 1. He succeeds
collaboration among industry, academia and
discovery toward fully understanding the physi- Professor John Woolford, who served as acting department head
governments on data-intensive, Internet-scale
cal mechanisms that control viral infection and since the passing of Elizabeth Jones in June 2008.
computing. The test bed now includes cloud
designing drugs to interfere with the process. A member of the Carnegie Mellon faculty since 2002, Urban is best
computing infrastructure at 10 “centers of
“We are studying the physics of viruses, known for his research into the molecular, cellular and circuit-level
excellence” worldwide.
not the biology of mechanisms of sensory processing in the olfactory system. In 2005,
viruses,” Evilevitch said. Scientific American recognized Urban as one of the nation’s top
“By treating viruses as fuchs proposes new 50 science and technology innovators. He has received numerous
physical objects, we can manufacturing t heor y awards, including the Association for Chemoreception Sciences 2009 Young Investigator
identify physical proper- Award and the 2007 Polak Young Investigator Award. He also was presented with Carnegie
Erica Fuchs, an as-
ties and mechanisms Mellon’s Eberly Family Career Development Professorship in the Biological Sciences and the
sistant professor in
of infection that are Human Frontiers in Science Program’s Young Investigator Award.
the Department of
common to a variety of “This is a very exciting time for the department and for biomedical sciences across
Engineering and Public
viruses, regardless of campus,” Urban said. “The field of biology is changing rapidly as new technologies and
Policy, recently spoke to
their biological makeup, which could lead to quantitative approaches are applied to fundamental questions about living systems. Carn-
policymakers in Wash-
the development of broad spectrum antiviral egie Mellon is poised to emerge as a leader in these nascent areas that stand to revolution-
ington, D.C., about how
drugs.” ize the field.
manufacturing offshore
Evilevitch’s findings have the potential to “I am honored to be named head of the Biological Sciences Department, and I
changes the economic viability of emerging
improve the development of gene therapy, look forward to working with my many outstanding colleagues in the department and to
technologies in the automotive and photonic
which uses viruses to deliver functional genes strengthening our connections with other departments and centers in our pursuit of excel-
semiconductor industries.
directly to human cells to replace defective lence in research and teaching in the life sciences,” Urban added.
“In both cases, my results show that when
genes that are causing disease. Urban received his bachelor’s degree in neuroscience from the University of Pitts-
U.S. firms shift production from the U.S. to
burgh, studied mathematics and philosophy as a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University,
countries like China, the most advanced tech-
c ar negie mellon joins and earned his doctorate in neuroscience at Pitt while a Howard Hughes Medical Institute
nologies that were developed in the U.S. no
open cirrus test bed pre-doctoral fellow. He was an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow at the Max-Planck Institute
longer pay,” said Fuchs, a former fellow at the
for Medical Research in Heidelberg, Germany, where he worked with Nobel Laureate Bert
The School of Computer Science is the latest United Nations in Beijing.
Sakmann. He is currently a member of Carnegie Mellon and Pitt’s Center for the Neural
research institution to host a site as part of Among other issues, Fuchs explains how
Basis of Cognition, and an adjunct faculty member in Pitt’s Department of Neuroscience.
Open Cirrus(tm), a global, open-source test this can leave the most advanced technologies
bed for the advancement of cloud computing abandoned, and create a barrier to pursuing
research and education. A computing cluster innovation in the United States.
eleven
l ectUre s Potlight : multiculturAl communicAtion: more thAn Just lAnguAge
n Abby R o s s tutoring for oral and written commu- tional development, stresses the impor-
Knowing is half the battle. And in a nication. The ICC also administers the tance of this workshop. In the universi-
multicultural environment like Carnegie International Teaching Assistant (ITA) ty’s diverse, multicultural environment,
Mellon, there’s a lot to know. test, which is required for all non-native misunderstandings and conflict can
That’s why Peggy Heidish, direc- English speakers who want to work as occur around differences in everyday
tor of the Intercultural Communication TAs. behaviors, including the ways people
Since the ICC was established in dress, make decisions, complete tasks,
photo courtesy of peggy heidish
Center (ICC), is leading a Learning and
Development session on “Communicat- 1985, the university’s multicultural manage time and more.
ing More Effectively in a Multicultural environment has grown to include an “By stepping back and considering
Environment.” increasing number of students, faculty how the other person might be viewing
“A lot of times people think that and staff from around the world. the situation, we’re less likely to take
cultural misunderstandings just have to “Carnegie Mellon celebrates its it as a personal affront and more likely
do with language, but there’s a lot more diverse community, as it creates an to engage the other person in an open
than that,” Heidish said. “You want exciting learning environment,” Heidish dialogue,” Mason said. “Through open
to have insight into your own cultural said. “But, it also poses communication and honest discussion we can build trust
assumptions so you are not blinded by peggy heidish is the director of the
challenges for students, faculty, admin- and find ways to appreciate and leverage
them. Awareness goes a long way. Once i n t e r c u lt u r A l c o m m u n i c At i o n c e n t e r . istrators and staff.” our differences, and improve the way we
you are aware of the differences, half the Lola Mason, director of organiza- work together.”
battle has been won.” from France and you could work with
Course attendees will define “cul- a lot of people from China and India all
ture” and focus on how cross-cultural the time — everybody is in some sort W h o : Peggy HeidisH, director of tHe i n t e r c u lt u r a l
differences can hinder communication. of cross-cultural environment here,” she c o m m u n i c at i o n c e n t e r
Heidish said they will come away with said. W h at : l e a r n i n g a n d d e v e l o P m e n t s e s s i o n o n
strategies and approaches to help them This L&D session is just one of the “ c o m m u n i c at i n g m o r e e f f e c t i v e ly i n a m u lt i c u lt u r a l
deal more effectively with cross-cultural many offerings of the ICC, which primar- environment”
misunderstandings they might encounter ily equips international students with
W h e r e : m c K e n n a /P e t e r /W r i g H t r o o m , uc
on the job. The free, two-hour course is the skills they need to succeed in their
aimed for faculty and staff of all back- academic programs. The center assisted W h e n : 1 P . m ., t H u r s d ay , m a r c H 18
grounds. more than 850 students in the 2008-2009
register online: WWW.cmu.edu/Hr/learning/
“This session is not solely intended academic year through 32 workshops,
for people from the U.S. You could be classes and seminars, and individual
Stalking Dark Energy
Dickson Prize Winner exPlores Mysteries of e x Pa n D i n g U n i v e r s e
n Jocelyn D u ff y the American Astronomical Society
“Saul Perlmutter pioneered the
Saul Perlmutter, a widely acclaimed idea of using supernovae as standard and the International Antonio Feltrinelli
astrophysicist best known for the candles for studying the expansion of Prize. He shared the Padua Prize, the
revolutionary finding that the universe the universe,” said Lincoln Wolfenstein, Shaw Prize in Astronomy and the Gru-
is expanding at an accelerating rate, has University Professor and professor ber Cosmology Prize.
been named the recipient of the 2009 emeritus in the Department of Physics, A prolific author, Perlmutter has
photo courtesy of saul perlmutter
Dickson Prize. in his nomination letter. “There are now written more than 100 papers in the field
The Dickson Prize in Science is a number of major projects studying of physics, astrophysics and cosmology,
awarded by Carnegie Mellon to an these supernovae and trying to better addressing such topics as the cosmologi-
individual who has made outstanding understand dark energy.” cal constant, dark energy, supernovae,
contributions to science in the United The Supernova Cosmology Project pulsars, gravitational lenses, massive
States. The annual award has been researchers observed light coming from compact halo objects and advanced de-
given since 1970. Perlmutter, who is a distant exploding stars, called super- tector systems for astrophysics. Perlmut-
professor in the University of California nova. From that light they were able ter is an elected member of the National
at Berkeley’s Department of Physics to gain valuable information about the Academy of Sciences and the American
and a senior scientist at the Lawrence universe’s history and future. Prior to Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a Astrophysicist sAul perlmutter
Berkeley National Laboratory, will give the group’s analysis, it was thought fellow of the American Physical Society will deliver the dickson prize
the Dickson Prize Lecture, titled “Stalk- that the expansion of the universe was and the American Association for the lecture on mArch 17.
ing Dark Energy and the Mysteries of decelerating, and eventually the universe Advancement of Science.
the Expanding Universe,” at 4:30 p.m., would stop growing altogether. In their
groundbreaking research, Perlmutter and
Wednesday, March 17 in McConomy
Auditorium. his colleagues found the opposite to be
Alumni Help Staff University c o n t i n u e d f r o m pA g e e l e v e n
Perlmutter is leader of the Superno- true — the universe was expanding at Kim credits her work in software development for CAMT as the catalyst for her
va Cosmology Project, an international faster and faster rates with no apparent pursuit of the MSIT degree.
collaboration of research teams from end to its growth. The findings implied “After moving here from Korea, I didn’t really expect to stay in Pittsburgh
seven countries that are measuring the that the mysterious dark energy first very long,” Kim said. “But I felt comfortable here, and I liked the job I had after the
expansion history of the universe. The hypothesized by Einstein in his “cos- MAM degree.”
group is best known for discovering that mological constant” was counteracting The MSIT program was created specifically for working IT professionals seek-
the universe is growing at an increasing gravity, causing the universe to swell. ing a master’s degree without having to leave the workforce or relocate. Students in
speed, contrary to what previously had For this research, Perlmutter has this program select one of three curriculum tracks — information technology man-
been believed. The observations, which received numerous awards and honors, agement, information security and assurance, or software design and management.
could be due to Einstein’s cosmological including the E.O. Lawrence Award in “I wanted to study more about technology, and I liked working for Carnegie
constant, were named Science Maga- Physics from the U.S. Department of Mellon so the (MSIT) degree made sense,” Kim said.
zine’s 1998 Breakthrough of the Year. Energy, the Henri Chretien Award from University employees may be eligible for tuition remission and should contact
T w e lv e Human Resources for specific information.