Prof. Tom Donnelly, Brendan Folie '11, Bill Gates

Students and faculty enjoyed the undivided attention of computer scientist and philanthropist Bill Gates Thursday, March 10. Gates spent four hours on the HMC campus having a casual lunch with students, meeting with President Maria Klawe and listening to faculty and student research presentations.

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The HMC Board of Trustees recently approved the appointment of two new members who will join 35 other board members to direct the policies and funds of the College.

James Bean '77 is the senior vice president and provost at the University of Oregon. He was formerly the Harry B. Miller professor and dean of the Lundquist College of Business at Oregon and spent 24 years at the University of Michigan. A recent winner of the George E. Kimball medal, Bean serves on the regional board for U.S. Bank and is chair-elect of the Arts and Business Alliance of Eugene.

Tayloe Stansbury is senior vice president and chief technology officer of Intuit, responsible for all product development. He has more than 27 years of experience in the software industry, most recently as chief information officer of VMware, with responsibility for information technology and research and development shared services. He has held executive engineering and general management roles at Calico Commerce and Xerox.

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Debra Mashek

Neighborhood Watch programs are known to be effective in reducing the incidence of crime. But how can more participation be encouraged? Iris and Howard Critchell Assistant Professor of Psychology Debra Mashek has been awarded a Faculty Fellowship from the Los Angeles-based Haynes Foundation to study strategies for motivating participation in Neighborhood Watch programs in Pomona, Calif.

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The first Sacred SISTAHS math and science conference, held on March 26, focused on empowering young African American girls by introducing them to successful academic and professional role models. "My desire is that they will begin to imagine themselves in our positions in the future," said keynote speaker Talithia Williams, assistant professor of mathematics at HMC, shown far right.

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One team in the Top 25. Seven students in the Top 200. HMC once again had a strong showing in the annual William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition.

Thirty-nine HMC students took the challenging six-hour exam, which requires a unique blend of cleverness and problem-solving skills.  Nationwide 4,296 students competed, and, this year, the median score was 2 out of a total of 120 points. In the team competition, Palmer Mebane '12, Jennifer Iglesias '12 and Peter Fedak '13 placed 21st (out of 546 universities). Only five other schools (Harvard, MIT, Caltech, Stanford and Waterloo) could claim more students in the Top 200.

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The Athenas added a fourth All-American relay in the final two days as the 400 free relay team of Helen Liu, Emma Jones, Jenni Rinker '11 and Michele Kee finished seventh. Rinker, who competed all four years, has qualified for the national meet each year. The Athenas finished 7-2 overall and are SCIAC champions.

The Stags had two All-American performances, including one by Vincent Pai '12, who finished third in the 200 breaststroke. Pai, who was unable to compete in last year's final SCIAC competition due to injury, also earned Honorable Mention All-American honors in the 100 breaststroke. Honorable Mention All-American honors were also earned by the 800 free relay team of Blake Weber, Nick Ostreim, Jeff McNerney and Devin Bowers '13, which set the CMS record with a time of 6:46.94.  The Stags finished 6-3 overall and are SCIAC champions. 

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In seeking to build a recruiting pipeline within The Claremont Colleges, Intuit initiated a cross-functional, 5-C "dream team" for the first-ever "IdeaJam" at the undergraduate colleges. IdeaJams bring together creative people to harness their energy and innovation on a specific issue. Three Mudders--Matt McDermott '14, David Lingenbrink '14 and Logan Kroloff '13--participated in the challenge to help Intuit determine how to increase use of its GoPayment software. Kroloff and his teammates from CMC were chosen as one of the top three teams. 

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A magnitude 9 earthquake cannot happen in Southern California, explained physics Professor Greg Lyzenga '75 during a special forum March 25 on campus. During the talk, "The Japanese Disaster: A Primer for the Public on Geophysics and Radioactivity," Lyzenga discussed how California's seismic activity differs from Japan's and reviewed the recent Japanese earthquake and tsunami. Peter Saeta, professor of physics, discussed the basics of nuclear power and the challenges facing the Japanese as they seek to regain control of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

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HMC Receives Another Best Value Nod 

Harvey Mudd College has been named one of the nation's 50 "Best Value" private colleges and universities according to The Princeton Review, a well-known education services company. The Princeton Review Best Value Colleges for 2011 were reported Feb. 22 on the USA TODAY and Princeton Review websites.

20 Mudders,
One Wheel  

About 20 fearless and well-balanced unicyclists, both current students and alumni, will make the annual pilgrimage to Donut Man/Foster's in Glendora Apr. 2, 8 a.m. To join the fun or to help, contact gonzo-unicycle-l@hmc.edu.

Physics
on the Edge...
of Philosophy  

Modern physics has raised many philosophical questions that challenge our notions of existence, time and infinity. In a series of five lectures, Vatche Sahakian (Physics Department, Harvey Mudd College) and Julie Sushytska (Philosophy Department, University of Redlands) discussed recent discoveries in cosmology, astrophysics, string theory, particle physics and quantum physics--while reflecting upon their philosophical implications. All talks are now available for viewing.
 

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