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2012 Social Innovation Solutions Challenge
Release Date: Feb 09, 2012
Description: The second annual Social Innovation Solutions Challenge, a competition for graduate students at Carnegie Mellon University who are interested in applying social innovations to some of the world’s biggest problems relating to basic human needs, was held last week. Organized by CMU's Institute for Social Innovation and Project Olympus, the competition featured teams of students from across the University competing for cash prizes.

Megan DuBois (MAM '11) Joins Maryland Symphony Orchestra as Operations Manager & Education Coordinator
Release Date: Feb 09, 2012
Description: The Maryland Symphony Orchestra has announced the recent appointment of Megan DuBois (MAM '11) as Operations Manager and Education Coordinator.

Bryan O'Connell (MEIM '13) Works on Film Selected by Vail Film Festival
Release Date: Feb 08, 2012
Description: Bryan O’Connell (MEIM 2013) was delighted to hear that the short film RolePlay, on which he worked as an Editor last year has been officially selected to the Vail Film Festival.

CIO Institute Expands Offerings in Nation's Capital
Release Date: Feb 07, 2012
Description: Carnegie Mellon University’s Chief Information Officer (CIO) Institute is known for delivering innovative, federally-authorized education designed specifically for business-technology executives. As IT shifts from functional and reactive to strategic and proactive, the right training plays an increasingly important role.

Alumni Spotlight: Aditi Varma, MSPPM (Australia) 2010
Release Date: Feb 02, 2012
Description: Aditi Varma, a 2010 graduate of CMU Australia's MSPPM program, is an analyst at Independent Market Operator.

Practitioner's Edge Workshop Series Wraps Up
Release Date: Jan 31, 2012
Description: The Center for Economic Development’s Practitioner’s Edge series wrapped up after delivering three well received workshops and seminars.

Heinz College Alumnus Profile: Laurie Ellington, MSPPM, 2008
Release Date: Jan 28, 2012
Description: Laurie Ellington (MSPPM, 2008) is a Legislative Assistant in the Office of Congressman Ed Pastor (D-Arizona).

High On Research
Release Date: Jan 24, 2012
Description: I’m eager to meet with Jonathan Caulkins and don’t want to be late. I think I know where I’m going, too, thanks to his easy-to-follow directions. His office is in the south end of the east wing of Hamburg Hall, which houses classrooms and offices for Carnegie Mellon’s Heinz College on the Pittsburgh campus. As I make my way through hallways dotted by clusters of students, I lose my bearings and hurriedly revisit his directions. Back on track, I reach his office and knock on the door. The H. Guyford Stever Chair in Operations Research and Public Policy opens it and cordially greets me. As I glance around the room, I’m struck by its orderly, pristine appearance. Later, as we talk, I’ll realize that the state of his office and the directions he gives are indicative of how his mind works, especially when it comes to his writing.

Redemption Research: Kiminori Nakamura (Ph.D. '10)
Release Date: Jan 19, 2012
Description: Background checks have become increasingly common in the employment process. Many employers have to decide if they should hire someone with a criminal record. Or not. Enter Kiminori Nakamura (HNZ'10), whose research is helping employers make more informed decisions.

Roxanne Benjamin (MEIM, 2009) Produces Film, Debuts at Sundance Film Festival
Release Date: Jan 17, 2012
Description: Roxanne Benjamin is no stranger to the film industry. As head of acquisitions at Bloody Disgusting Selects, the 2009 graduate of the Master of Entertainment Industry Management program at Carnegie Mellon University’s H. John Heinz III College is immersed in the horror genre. Benjamin is responsible for acquiring niche festival and genre titles; however, she is entering new territory with the release of V/H/S, Bloody Disgusting’s first original production and Benjamin’s first stab as producer.

New Book by Heinz College Professor and Former US Envoy to Africa Jendayi Frazer Focuses on "Preventing Electoral Violence in Africa"
Release Date: Jan 11, 2012
Description: Recent elections in sub-Saharan Africa show that no country is immune to having violence mar the electoral process and its outcomes. In March 2010, Carnegie Mellon University’s Center for International Policy and Innovation (CIPI) and the Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) convened 38 high-level participants representing 10 countries, the United Nations and 26 diverse organizations in Accra, Ghana, to participate in the Conference on Preventing Electoral Violence and Instituting Good Governance.

Heinz College Students Partner with U.S. Secret Service on Digital Forensics Capstone Project
Release Date: Jan 10, 2012
Description: Six students currently enrolled in the School of Information Systems and Management at Carnegie Mellon University’s H. John Heinz III College have teamed up with the United States Secret Service on a capstone project that could potentially help the agency bridge disconnected investigations.

Karen Clay Co-Authors New Book, "The Evolution of a Nation"
Release Date: Jan 05, 2012
Description: Drawing on rich evidence about the development of the American states from the mid-nineteenth to the late twentieth century, this book documents the mechanisms through which geographical and historical conditions--such as climate, access to water transportation, and early legal systems--impacted political and judicial institutions and economic growth.

Asako Moriya (Ph.D. '11) Co-Authors Paper Published by the National Bureau of Economic Research
Release Date: Jan 03, 2012
Description: Asako Moriya may have moved on from Carnegie Mellon University after earning her Ph.D. in economics and public policy at the H. John Heinz III College, but research she worked on during her time in Pittsburgh is just now beginning to receive accolades.

Dean Ramayya Krishnan Delivers Keynote at International Conference on Information Technology, Systems and Management
Release Date: Dec 20, 2011
Description: Aiming to provide an international platform for researchers and practitioners to meet and share their ideas on recent developments in the area of information technology, systems and management, the Indian Institute of Management is hosting a two-day international conference on information technology, systems and management (ITSM 2011)

Ed Barr Receives 2011 Distinguished Educator Award by the American Marketing Association
Release Date: Dec 16, 2011
Description: Ed Barr, former associate professor of marketing and professional writing at Carnegie Mellon University’s H. John Heinz III College and current chief marketing officer (CMO) at iCarnegie, was recently awarded the 2011 Distinguished Educator award by the American Marketing Association’s Pittsburgh Chapter.

Alumni Spotlight: Pattra Reakatanan, MISM 2005
Release Date: Dec 13, 2011
Description: Pattra Reakatanan (MISM, 2005) is the founder and CEO of Jubkoo, an online dating website for Thai people.

Healthcare Analytics: Transformation & Innovation for the Public Good
Release Date: Dec 08, 2011
Description: Carnegie Mellon University’s H. John Heinz III College recently partnered with IBM’s Institute for Electronic Government to present Healthcare Analytics: Transformation & Innovation for the Public Good, a workshop that focused on the use of data analytics in the health care industry to improve clinical quality, operational efficiency and patient safety.

Managing Misperceptions
Release Date: Dec 05, 2011
Description: Your first management position may not be what you expect. This was the wisdom shared by Dr Ruth Zaplin, Adjunct Faculty at Carnegie Mellon University and Assistant Director to the Key Executive Leadership Program, at a recent Convocation for students at Carnegie Mellon University – Australia titled The Leaders We Need: What Got You Here Won’t Get You There.

Heinz College Hosts "When It Rains: A Discussion Panel on the Future of Our Region's Water Infrastructure"
Release Date: Dec 01, 2011
Description: Carnegie Mellon University’s H. John Heinz III College recently hosted a discussion panel on the future of our regions’s water structure. Presented by the Smart Growth Club at Heinz College, “When it Rains” was moderated by CMU President Dr. Jared L. Cohen.

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