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CMU’S NEWS SOURCE FOR FACULTY & STAFF 3/14 ISSUE 2 D IETRICH C OLLEGE A LUMNI S H A RE E XPERIENCE S W ITH S TU D ENT S 3 V ENTURE C A PITA LI S T M A KE S A New Twist on Health & Wellness M A JOR I N V E S TMENT 5 C A RNI va L C OMMITTEE S EEK S N E W L OC ATION FOR 2015 1 2 S ERIE S P A GE S T HROUGH CMU A UTHOR S Decade in Doha Faculty, Staff Reflect on Experience n Sarah Nightingale When the first employees signed on with Carnegie Mellon Qatar a decade ago, they arrived to little more than a contract between Qatar Foundation and the university. There was no CMU-Q building, no website and no students. The first faculty and staff had to “jump in with both feet and get to work,” recalled Gloria Khoury, as- sistant dean for student affairs. “We always call the first class the pioneers, but I think we felt like we were pioneers too.” PHOTO BY KEN ANDREYO Khoury is one of a handful of “ E XPLORING H EALTH , D I sc OVERING W ELLNE ss ,” A FIR S T - OF - IT S - KIND INTERA C TIVE EVENT FOR THE C ARNEGIE M ELLON people hired to set up Carnegie Mellon C O mm UNITY , FEATURED S EVERAL A C TIVITIE S AI M ED AT REDU C ING S TRE ss , IN C LUDING AN INFLATABLE T WI S TER GA M E . P I C TURED Qatar and is still working on the ABOVE ( L - R ) ARE S TUDENT S H ENRY L IU ( D C ’ 1 4 ) , C OLIN M ERET ( D C ’ 1 4 ) , P HILIP D O M INI C I ( D C ’ 1 7 ) , J ANET L ORENZ campus today. ( E , BXA’ 1 4 ) S ANGEETHA S ANKARAN ( S ’ 1 7 ) AND P RIYAN S H C HORDIA ( E ’ 1 5 ) . R EAD M ORE ABOUT THE EVENT ON PAGE 6 . C ONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT “Academic Restoration Project Idols” Crowned Alumni House Makeover Feels Like Home n Kelly Solman Alumni House has just undergone years, said the house still feels like home. here in this room the brothers would a renovation to better serve visiting “The floor here in the entryway was hold Greek Sing rehearsals.” alumni, many of whom remember the black and white tile,” Lonna recalled, as The impromptu tour took them campus landmark as the old Theta Xi the couple embarked on a sneak preview down memory lane and into the basement, fraternity house. during a recent trip to Pittsburgh. The where they discovered original fireplaces “We are looking forward to the couple resides in San Jose, Calif. “Over that still remained and enough of the old improved perception that alumni will there in that room on the left is where brick walls to reconstruct in their minds have when they experience the house the cook prepared the meals, and over C ONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR firsthand,” said Andy Shaindlin, associ- ate vice president for Alumni Relations & Annual Giving. “Feeling welcomed and recognized translates into positive attitudes toward an alma mater.” D AVID R OLLIN S ON AND HI S THE S I S “R OBOT S It was February 1966 when Lonna IN THE W ILD !” WON FIR S T PLA C E IN THE (Holstein) Smith (A’69) and Michael T HREE M INUTE T HE S I S C O M PETITION , WHI C H Smith (E’68) shared their first dance in C HALLENGED P H .D. C A N D I D AT E S TO BOIL the party room of the Theta Xi house on DOWN YEAR S OF RE S EAR C H INTO J U S T THREE Forbes Avenue in Oakland. M INUTE S . S EE THE S TORY ON PAGE NINE . The Smiths, now married nearly 45 O NE Conference Gives Students Look at Innovations in Health Care n Jennie Dorris been acquired by Jawbone). BodyMedia Emily Sale (HNZ’14) and Thomas Innovation in health care technol- was founded by two CMU graduates, Romanoff (HNZ’14), both public policy ogy could mean microbial vigilantes, Astro Teller (CS’98) and John “Ivo” and management students, presented mannequins that scream when injected Stivoric (A’93, ’98). research on how nursing homes for with too much epinephrine or a future Among the health care profession- rural communities could be revamped in which 80 percent of doctors provide als and information technology experts to provide a floor plan that is conducive virtual services. were students interested in health care, to community, as well as a design for All of these topics were discussed such as Kyle Buescher (HNZ’14). high-tech watches for residents to at Carnegie Mellon’s third annual In- Buescher was drawn to the panel communicate needs to the staff. Others novation in Health Care Technology on the digitization of medicine, which discussed CMU research about phage Conference. Women’s Health Inc., a company that featured Dan Pellegrini (HNZ’12) and therapy helping bacterial strains that Hosted by the BioPharma and helps couples struggling with infertil- Stivoric, where panelists and audience are resistant to antibiotics. Healthcare Club of the Heinz College ity. He was joined by Curtis Stratman members discussed the benefits and Shaw was pleased with the diver- and Tepper School of Business in Feb- (TPR’08), a senior product manager at problems of virtual care delivery. sity of perspectives represented at the ruary, participants explored “innovative Omnyx, which digitizes slide imaging “I like hearing a different perspec- conference. disruption” in the field. for pathologists diagnosing cancer, and tive, especially the physicians’ perspec- “There’s a lot of strong opinions in “It’s all about thinking differently. Steve Fleck (TPR’04), CEO and presi- tive, because I’m going to work for health care,” Shaw said. “When people Instead of trying to make something dent of Proximedics, which he describes Epic [Systems Corp.] after graduation, open their eyes, that’s when disruption better, maybe it should be totally dif- as the “agile tech-savvy partner to large and I’ll be on the other side of it,” and innovation happens. Hopefully [the ferent,” said conference co-chair Ruth pharma organizations.” The final mem- Buescher said. conference] fosters new collaborations, Shaw (HNZ’14), a student in the Health ber of the panel was Christine Robins, Student research also touches and it leads to better health care in the Care Policy and Management program. CEO of BodyMedia (which has since on a number of health care fronts. future for everybody.” Disruption was explored by the more than 250 attendees through panel discussions addressing topics from the digitization of medicine to analyzing “Under Construction” the future of the pharmaceutical indus- try. Alan J. Russell, head of CMU’s Dietrich College Alumni Share Experiences With Students Disruptive Health Care Innovation In- stitute, and William Bria, chief medical J ULIE W IL S ON ( D C ’ 9 9 ) TALK S TO information officer of the HCI Group, D IETRI C H C OLLEGE S TUDENT S ABOUT delivered the keynotes. HER WORK A S THE A ss O C IATE GENERAL Despite not having a medical C OUN S EL AT THE N ATIONAL T REA S URY school, CMU is a leader in health care. E M PLOYEE S U NION . W HILE AT C M U , Faculty members as well as alumni S HE WA S PART OF THE P RE - L AW shared their stories. S O C IETY , DIRE C TED BY D IETRI C H Steve Bollinger is an adjunct C OLLEGE A ss O C IATE D EAN J AY D EVINE . faculty member at Heinz’s Biotech- nology and Management Program and CEO and president of Rinovum as ‘who we are’ than ‘what we do.’” • “Regardless of where we are in our lives and careers, we’re all under construction.” Babcock-Lumish said she would PHOTO BY DAN MOHAN have enjoyed participating in an event PIPER such as “Under Construction” as a student. 3/14 Issue n Melissa Silmore “At CMU, we all map out our own P UBLISHER Ken Walters Nearly 60 alumni returned to Carnegie to education and politics. Numerous paths,” she said, using her own career E DI to R M ANAGING E DI to R Mellon’s Dietrich College of Humani- alumni from each field were on hand twists as examples. “CMU taught me Bruce Gerson Heidi Opdyke ties and Social Sciences to support to share personal stories and answer how to problem-solve, to be resource- W RI T ERS Mark Burd Sarah Nightingale 150 students and help them build their questions. ful… We can’t plan for life; we have Cindy Carroll Heidi Opdyke careers. “There are many, many career to be open.” Jennie Dorris Shilo Rea Jocelyn Duffy Melissa Silmore The second annual “Under Con- paths and developing a plan can be Through lectures, panels and Bruce Gerson Kelly Solman struction: Building Your Future” event a major challenge,” Dietrich College informal discussions, students engaged Dan Mohler Byron Spice encouraged students to explore the Dean John Lehoczky told attendees. alumni from as far as Houston and San “It’s easy to learn the overall goals Francisco. D ESIGNER diverse fields available after graduation. Melissa Stoebe “The alumni are extremely inspi- of a job but difficult to explain day-to- Kristin Gilmore (DC’02), a U.S. Communications Design and Photography Group rational,” said Juan Acosta (DC’15), day life,” said Max Goetchel (DC’16).

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