November 3, 2011 � Vol. 22, No. 18

 

Biotech Innovator, University Trustee To Speak   

Jonathan Rothberg (E '85), whose work on DNA sequencing may lead to treatments for genetic disorders, will speak at 4:30 p.m. today (Nov. 3) in  Rashid Auditorium, Hillman Center.

Rothberg will appear as part of The Innovator's Forum, a new series sponsored by CMU's Greenlighting Startups initiative, which connects top entrepreneurs with the university community.

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Facebook Founder To Visit CMU Nov. 8  

Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook, will meet with faculty and students and give a talk to an invitation-only audience.

Carnegie Mellon is one of three campuses he is visiting during an East Coast college tour.

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It's the Great PumpkinBot, Charlie Brown 

For Halloween, the CORAL Lab's CoBot2 robot donned a pumpkin costume to deliver candy bars to 300 delighted denizens of floors 6 through 8 of the Gates and Hillman centers, stopping at open doors and saying "knock knock" outside closed doors.
 
For CoBot, which has been running errands for people for more than a month, assuming the role of Great PumpkinBot represented a new technical challenge, said Manuela Veloso, professor of computer science.


Cans Across the Cut Takes Place Nov. 9

 


Benefits Open Enrollment Ends Nov. 14 

During this two-week period, employees can use HR Connection to review their benefit options and rates, and make their elections for 2012. If you don't actively make new elections, many of your 2011 benefits will carry over to 2012. However, active enrollment is required to participate in the Health Care and/or Dependent Care Spending Accounts for 2012.

 

Couldn't attend Benefits Specialist Lori Bell's presentation at the Benefits Open Forum Sessions sponsored by Staff Council? Her slides are available online at the Staff Council website


Report Finds Internet Privacy Tools Are Confusing

Internet users who want to protect their privacy by stopping advertisers and other companies from tracking their online behavior will have great difficulty doing so with commonly available "opt-out" tools, researchers at Carnegie Mellon report.

 

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London Appointed to International Commission  

Alex John London, an expert in bioethics, has been selected to serve on the International Commission on Missing Persons' Steering Committee on Forensic Science Programs.

ICMP works to secure the cooperation of governments and other authorities in locating and identifying persons missing as a result of armed conflicts, other hostile situations or violations of human rights.

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Calendar Highlights 

Friday, Nov. 4

1 p.m.

Toys for Tots Kick Off 

 

8 p.m.

Carnegie Mellon Night at the PSO

  

Tuesday, Nov. 8

9 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Blood Drive

 

Wednesday, Nov. 9

7:30 p.m.

Osher Evening Lecture

 

Thursday, Nov. 10

4 p.m. 

Katayanagi Prize in Computer Science

 

4:30 p.m.

"Political Expressionism and Other Fallacies of Political Art" 

 

Tuesday, Nov. 15

4:30 p.m.

Jewelry Making Workshop

 

Wednesday, Nov. 16

6:30 p.m.

Real Life Stories - Stranger Than Fiction

 

Thursday, Nov. 17

3 - 6 p.m. 

Flu Vaccine Clinic 

 

Read about these events and more.  

 


Personal Mentions
 This issue features:

Gloriana St. Clair
Kamal Nigam
Christopher Warren
Jay Whitacre

News Briefs
United Way Campaign Update

2012-2013 Academic Calendar Available

Gates and Hillman Centers' Entrances Close Briefly for Repairs

Dining Services Launches "Plaidly Serving You" Program 
 
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust Discounts
 
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