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PhD Student Lin to present on E-Prescribing (E-Rx)
Release Date: Oct 03, 2008
Description: Ph.D. student Yi-Chin Lin is presenting her research work at the following conference, including her paper with Rema Padman, Keith Kanel, and Toni Fera.

Heinz MSPPM in DC Program Opens Admissions for Fall 2009 to Current Students
Release Date: Oct 03, 2008
Description: Earlier this year, the Heinz School opened a Washington DC office and launched a new track for its MSPPM Program featuring a second year in Washington DC.

Blumstein Testifies at U.S. Senate Hearing on Combating Violent Crime
Release Date: Oct 03, 2008
Description: Alfred Blumstein, the J. Erik Jonsson University Professor of Urban Systems and Operations Research and former Dean of the Heinz School testified at the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary hearing on "New Strategies for Combating Violent Crime: Drawing Lessons from Recent Experience" on Wednesday, September 10, 2008.

First PPND Fellowship
Release Date: Oct 03, 2008
Description: MSPPM student Joseph L. Dickerson III is the recipient of the first Pittsburgh Partnership for Neighborhood Development (PPND) Heinz School Fellowship.

Stokes to Attend 2008 Success Series
Release Date: Oct 03, 2008
Description: MPM student Ryan Stokes will attend the October 2008 Success Series Conference of the Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM) Institute.

World Record Holder in Making People Smile
Release Date: Oct 01, 2008
Description: What do you get when you mix Carnegie Mellon, Harvard, uni-cycling, juggling while running marathons, and social activism? Zach Warren.

The Green Ranger
Release Date: Oct 01, 2008
Description: A Former Airborne Officer Fights a New War

Scholars in Local Government
Release Date: Oct 01, 2008
Description: The Department of Human Services selected its first class for the Scholars in Local Government Program with generous support of the Human Services Integration Fund.

PGH Party for a Purpose
Release Date: Oct 01, 2008
Description: It's safe to say that 20-somethings love to party. Fresh out of college, some of us aren't quite ready to throw in the towel and become "real adults" just yet. It's also safe to say that 20-somethings (myself included) believe they can have an impact and change society for the better.

A Capitol Experience
Release Date: Oct 01, 2008
Description: Training a new breed of public interest leaders, Carnegie Mellon's H. John Heinz III College recently launched a new version of its Master of Science in Public Policy and Management program (MSPPM) — with a second year of study in Washington, D.C.

The Evolution of Criminal Behavior
Release Date: Oct 01, 2008
Description: It's summertime. Children are out and about — swimming in pools, swinging at playgrounds, playing ball in the backyard. Given all the activity, someone will inevitably get hurt. One tot will push her way to the head of a line at the slide or another will decide it's his turn on the swing.

Monitoring for Disease Outbreaks
Release Date: Oct 01, 2008
Description: Communicable and infectious diseases often move stealthily, claiming one victim after another — sometimes with astonishing speed. But they also leave behind a little trail of breadcrumbs. If detected early enough, these breadcrumbs can help officials implement strategies to control them.

Community Design & Public Health
Release Date: Oct 01, 2008
Description: Obesity is a challenge front of mind for many in the United States. Kristen Kurland, a H. John Heinz II College faculty member and expert in Geographic Information Systems (GIS), believes that thoughtful community design can offer some solutions.

Immersing Students in the Entertainment Industry
Release Date: Oct 01, 2008
Description: It was an unusual idea: students relocating to North Hollywood for their second year of study. But 10 adventurous students did exactly that. They were the first graduating class in the Master of Entertainment Industry Management (MEIM) program — a unique program jointly offered by the Heinz College and the College of Fine Arts.

Heinz Student is Miss Pennsylvania
Release Date: Oct 01, 2008
Description: It's not every day you see a student walk into class at the H. John Heinz III College wearing a tiara. But Kendria Perry was preparing for a speech she would later give in the Miss Pennsylvania competition on the importance of the arts. Her attention to detail paid off — she took home the crown and the title.

Grad Reflects on Relief Effort
Release Date: Oct 01, 2008
Description: Two years after the devastating Indian Ocean Tsunami took more than 200,000 lives, Emily Eelman, an alumna of the H. John Heinz III College, is reflecting on the time she spent in Sri Lanka helping to rebuild.

Planting Renewal
Release Date: Oct 01, 2008
Description: Andrew Butcher (HNZ '07) and Chris Koch (HSS '04, HNZ '07) were walking to their cars after a meeting when Butcher answered his cell phone. "We were hooting and hollering in the parking lot," said Butcher, explaining their reaction upon learning they'd just been awarded an Echoing Green Fellowship for their work with GTECH, a start-up committed to community revitalization.

Future Tenant
Release Date: Oct 01, 2008
Description: Noise from the passing cars and buses mingle on a busy downtown street. Business suits and T-shirts share the sidewalk with the crisp white uniforms of culinary students on break from their school next door.

Global challenge
Release Date: Oct 01, 2008
Description: Heinz College Australia student, Xiayun “Sandy” Tan, is on the prestigious organizing committee for the Education without Borders Conference in Dubai.

From Niches to Riches
Release Date: Oct 01, 2008
Description: You want a book on cowboy poetry. So while you're out one day, you decide to stop by the big chain bookstore and see what it has. The selection is tiny — no more than a few — and none of them pique your interest. So you go home, get online, search Amazon.com and viola! 761 book titles and 18 song titles pop up.

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