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On behalf of the Carnegie Mellon Parents Leadership Committee,
we hope you enjoy this issue of the Family Newsletter. Here you will
find monthly updates of stories from www.cmu.edu as well as a variety
of helpful university links. Thanks to all those parents who supported our students by making a gift to Carnegie Mellon last year. If you're interested in becoming involved with the Parents Leadership Committee, please contact Christy Thomas, Director of the Parents Leadership Program.   Drs. Bruce and Mary Jane Short, P 2009 Co-Chairs, Carnegie Mellon Parents Leadership Committee Don’t Throw That Away! Students Create Beauty, Functionality from Trash Turn trash into treasure. That was the goal of sophomore School of Design students in Melissa Cicozi's recent Design and Social Change course. Instructed to think about what local business, neighbors and they, themselves, throw away, the students set out to find trash they could re-create into something beautiful and useful… Read story » Summer Livin’ Relaxation is His Business Many a vacationer has relaxed under the shade of a tree and thought, "If only I could bottle this feeling and sell it." Well, one Carnegie Mellon student made it his business—by selling hammocks… Read story » Monkey Business Chiropractic Meets Primatology Carnegie Mellon's Matthew Ward (HS '09) has spent the last year involved in a unique research project — investigating how chiropractic care might benefit gibbon monkeys and other primates… Read story » Jolts ‘N’ Volts Catapulting Kids’ Minds into Science When Carnegie Mellon alumnus John Cohn (E '91) takes center stage, elementary school kids across the country can expect a show like no other. Even when presenting to a packed audience at Walt Disney World, he takes the "ordinary" out of electricity and turns it upside down for all to see… Read story » New IT Scholarships Telstra Supports Heinz Students in Australia Telstra, a leading Australian telecommunications company, recently announced it will fund approximately $1.7 million to support information technology research at Carnegie Mellon's Heinz School in Adelaide over the next six years… Read story » Illustrating Success Fulltime Freelancer Juliette Borda Inspiration can strike in any number of places. For Carnegie Mellon University alumna Juliette Borda (A '89), it happened during a slideshow of past and contemporary artists in Professor Susanne Slavick's class… Read story » Viva La Pittsburgh Initiative to Keep Talent in Region When it comes to developing technology talent, one could say that what happens in Pittsburgh doesn't always stay in Pittsburgh. Carnegie Mellon hopes to change that through Project Olympus. The initiative, launched with a grant from the Heinz Endowments, is designed to create and sustain computing innovation in Western Pennsylvania… Read story » |
Family News Homecoming Planning to be in Pittsburgh from October 25-28? Join us for Carnegie Mellon's Homecoming. Learn more » Family Weekend Hold Nov. 2 through Nov. 4 for Family Weekend 2007. This weekend of events allows families to experience Carnegie Mellon through the eyes of the students. Learn more » RSS Feeds Interested in subscribing to a feed for Carnegie Mellon homepage stories or news releases? Visit our RSS Feeds page to sign up for these and other university news feeds. Learn more » For more news, visit our Parents & Family page. |
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