Future Tenant Receives Proclamation from Pittsburgh City Council
Release Date: Mar 21, 2012
Future Tenant, a laboratory for artists, arts managers and audiences to explore relationships with art in downtown Pittsburgh, recently received a proclamation from Pittsburgh City Council declaring March 20, 2012, to be Future Tenant Day....
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MSPPM Student Farhad Farahmand Helps Multidisciplinary CMU Team Win "Best Proposal" in Department of Energy Case Competition
Release Date: Mar 20, 2012
A team of Carnegie Mellon University graduate students have won “best proposal” in the U.S. Energy Department’s 2012 Better Building Challenge, a prestigious national competition that challenges college students to develop novel solutions to boost energy-efficiency of buildings nationwide. The CMU team won for developing an energy-efficient plan for a case study involving Walter Reed Army Medical Center....
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Heinz College Moves Up in U.S. News and World Report Rankings
Release Date: Mar 16, 2012
The 2013 rankings for U.S. News and World Report's Best Grad Schools in Public Affairs were recently released and Carnegie Mellon University's H. John Heinz III College has moved up on the prestigious list. Consistently a top-ten school, Heinz College placed ninth overall, one position higher than its #10 ranking in 2008....
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Alumni Spotlight: Lesley Williamson (MAM, 2010)
Release Date: Mar 13, 2012
Lesley Williamson, MAM 2010, is the Director of the Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts in Ithaca, NY....
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Alumni Spotlight: Gary Williams (MISPPM, 1997)
Release Date: Mar 08, 2012
Gary Williams, a 1997 graduate of the Master of Information Systems in Public Policy and Management (MISPPM) program, is a lithography area manager for Intel Corporation...
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CMU Presents Innovation in Health Care Technology Conference
Release Date: Mar 07, 2012
Increasing health care costs and demand for health care services resulting from an aging and ailing population has made health care unaffordable and has undermined US businesses’ competitiveness in the global economy. Recently enacted health reforms aim to increase access to health care, decrease costs, and improve the quality of care. Innovation in health care technology—ranging from the implementation and use of HIT to the development of new medical devices—will change business models, improve...
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CMU and The Sprout Fund - Ten Years and Growing
Release Date: Mar 06, 2012
When Matt Hannigan (HNZ, 2002) and Cathy Lewis Long (CMU, 1991) started The Sprout Fund ten years ago, they set out with a vision to create a lasting positive impact on the City of Pittsburgh. A decade later, The Sprout Fund continues to support innovative ideas that are catalyzing change—making the Pittsburgh community a better place to live, work, play, and raise a family....
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Mike Smith and Rahul Telang Partner on New Paper Analyzing Effects of French Piracy Law
Release Date: Mar 01, 2012
Mike Smith and Rahul Telang are no strangers to digital media and online piracy research. The digital rights dream team at Carnegie Mellon University's Heinz College has worked together numerous times, most recently publishing a paper that attempts to address new questions by analyzing how France's HADOPI law, also known as the Creation and Internet Law, affected digital music sales on the iTunes music store....
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Alumni Spotlight: Pablo Larrimbe (MSIT 2010)
Release Date: Feb 28, 2012
Pablo Larrimbe, a 2010 graduate of CMU Australia's MSIT program, is a Corporate Operation Engineer at Google Inc. in Buenos Aires, Argentina....
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Federal Budget 101: Heinz DC Experience Merges Curriculum and Practice to Enhance Learning
Release Date: Feb 23, 2012
Kira Fatherree arrived in Washington, DC six months ago to begin her second year at the Heinz College School of Public Policy and Management. Since then, she has been immersed in the federal budget....
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Alumni Spotlight: Rocio Nogales Muriel (MAM 2000)
Release Date: Feb 21, 2012
Rocio Nogales Muriel (MAM 2000) is the founder of Eyephoneography, an online and traveling exhibition of mobile international photography....
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MEIM Experiences at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival
Release Date: Feb 16, 2012
The theme for the 2012 Sundance Film Festival was “Look Again,” and if the views of the snow covered mountains and the film stars hadn’t made me do so, the sheer enthusiasm in the air certainly did. Last month, a group of 16 Master of Entertainment Industry Management students journeyed to Park City as part of our second year of the program....
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MPM Students Selected to Compete in International Case Competition
Release Date: Feb 14, 2012
When Ketaki Desai learned the application process had opened for the 2012 Hult Global Case Challenge, she was excited about the possibility of participating in the prestigious competition. Desai quickly assembled a team of fellow Master of Public Management students, which included Reggie Cox, Beth Cullinan and Tim Kelly. Shortly after, they began work on, and submitted, a proposal. The diversity of the group, Desai believed, in addition to the connections and educational foundation provided by ...
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2012 Social Innovation Solutions Challenge
Release Date: Feb 09, 2012
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....
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Megan DuBois (MAM '11) Joins Maryland Symphony Orchestra as Operations Manager & Education Coordinator
Release Date: Feb 09, 2012
The Maryland Symphony Orchestra has announced the recent appointment of Megan DuBois (MAM '11) as Operations Manager and Education Coordinator....
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Bryan O'Connell (MEIM '13) Works on Film Selected by Vail Film Festival
Release Date: Feb 08, 2012
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. ...
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CIO Institute Expands Offerings in Nation's Capital
Release Date: Feb 07, 2012
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....
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Alumni Spotlight: Aditi Varma, MSPPM (Australia) 2010
Release Date: Feb 02, 2012
Aditi Varma, a 2010 graduate of CMU Australia's MSPPM program, is an analyst at Independent Market Operator....
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Practitioner's Edge Workshop Series Wraps Up
Release Date: Jan 31, 2012
The Center for Economic Development’s Practitioner’s Edge series wrapped up after delivering three well received workshops and seminars....
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Heinz College Alumnus Profile: Laurie Ellington, MSPPM, 2008
Release Date: Jan 28, 2012
Laurie Ellington (MSPPM, 2008) is a Legislative Assistant in the Office of Congressman Ed Pastor (D-Arizona)....
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