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Mellon and we look forward to seeing you at Family Weekend. Family Weekend You’re Invited! We look forward to seeing you at Family Weekend 2007, which will be held on Nov. 2-4. This weekend of events allows families to experience Carnegie Mellon through the eyes of the students… Learn more » Words to Live By Randy Pausch’s Childhood Dreams Lecture With equal parts humor and heart, Carnegie Mellon Professor Randy Pausch recently delivered a one-of-a-kind last lecture that first moved an overflow crowd on campus — and is now moving audiences around the globe. In his lecture entitled "Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams," Pausch first introduces the elephant in the room: he has terminal cancer. What follows is an inspiring journey through his childhood dreams to groundbreaking achievements he made working with students and colleagues here at Carnegie Mellon University… Read story » Order a DVD copy of Randy’s lecture online » Our CS Focus on Women in Research More than 70 women undergraduates came from as far away as Denmark and Qatar to attend a recent conference at Carnegie Mellon focused on computer science research opportunities for female students… Read story » Solar Decathalon 2007 Sustainable Solar Design The competition is underway as Carnegie Mellon students and professors are in Washington, D.C., Oct. 12-20, participating for a third time in the environmentally focused Solar Decathlon… Read story » Mobile Museum Bringing Art to the People Ally Reeves (A '08) hasn't changed much since she was a kid. Once a fourth grader who equipped her bike with cardboard storage devices to carry snacks, she is now founder of the Mobile Museum — a bike cart carrying the work of local artists into Pittsburgh's neighborhoods… Read story » Girls & Negotiation 101 Linda Babcock, Girl Scouts Team Up Resisting Girl Scout cookies is getting more difficult. Linda Babcock, professor of economics in Carnegie Mellon's Heinz School and author of "Women Don't Ask," is working with the Girl Scouts of America on a pilot program that teaches girls negotiation skills… Read story » How Cool Is That Introducing the Gigapan Camera After a two-year collaboration with colleagues at NASA's Ames Research Center, Carnegie Mellon University scientists unveil their Gigapan camera system this week. It's a robotic device that attaches to any digital camera. The device enables the public to shoot interactive, multi-billion pixel panoramas that can be explored in great depth on the Internet… Read story » New in Doha Qatar Campus Launches New IS Degree Program Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar is adding a third undergraduate degree to its course offerings. Information Systems (IS) is an internationally recognized, bachelor-of-science degree for students who want to understand and solve information problems for organizations… Read story » |
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