November 3, 2011 � Vol. 22, No. 18
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Biotech Innovator, University Trustee To Speak
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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.
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Cans Across the Cut Takes Place Nov. 9 |
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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.
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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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