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Faculty Members Present Software Engineering Seminar in Kazakhstan... Gil Taran and Mel Rosso-Llopart, faculty members in the Institute for Software Engineering International's Master of Software Engineering program, spent 10 days in Kazakhstan during spring break, presenting software engineering seminars to local professionals. The visit was arranged by Kanat Abirov (CS'04), one of the lead developers in the IT department of KazCommerce Bank, the largest private bank in Kazakhstan. Taran said the seminars help bridge gaps in the understanding of the latest software engineering principles. The seminars on best practices, processes and techniques in requirements management, planning and tracking marked the first presented in Kazakhstan by faculty of a top U.S. school. For more, see www.cmu.edu/PR/releases06/060405_kazakh.html.

Architecture Course Encourages Cross-Disciplinary, Real-World Experiences... The School of Architecture has created "Passport," an interdisciplinary course that encourages students to attend events on campus and in the city of Pittsburgh. The course, implemented last fall, provides students with the opportunity to attend lectures, workshops, exhibits, films, readings and performances sponsored by Carnegie Mellon or other institutions that stimulate a relationship between a student's academic pursuits and real-world experience. Students select the type and schedule of events they attend from a list of more than 100 regional happenings. They keep a journal of their "Passport" experience and attend small discussion sessions. During its first semester, "Passport" attracted 50 students from seven disciplines and departments. For more, visit www.cmu.edu/PR/releases06/060330_passport.html.

CEE Celebrates Centennial... The university celebrated 100 years of excellence in civil and environmental engineering on April 28 with a daylong series of events and activities. The day began with the Advanced Infrastructure Systems Symposium in the Singleton Room of Roberts Hall of Engineering. A reception was held in the Tung Au lab in Porter Hall, and members of the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department concluded the festivities with a trip to PNC Park for a Pirates game. The day also honored the centennial of Porter Hall, which was rededicated in a ceremony on Frew Street that featured the unveiling of an artistic rendering created by local artist James Sulkowski. For more, see www.ce.cmu.edu/Centennial/centennial.html.

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INI, CyLab Partner With Alta Associates To Create Initiatives for Female Students... The Information Networking Institute (INI) and Carnegie Mellon CyLab announced a new partnership with Alta Associates' Executive Women's Forum (EWF) on Information Security, Risk Management and Privacy that will advance partnerships between EWF participants and women in the INI. It will also create three full-tuition scholarships to be awarded over the next three years to a female student enrolling in the Master of Science in Information Security Technology and Management (MSISTM) program. The scholarship recipient will also be named an EWF fellow and will be mentored by a female EWF participant. Alta Associates will also collaborate with Women@INI, a new organization for women graduate students, to create a mentoring program. For more, see www.cmu.edu/PR/releases06/060420_cylab.html.

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