4/11 Issue 5 B UHL L ECTURER L OOKS FOR L IMITS TO Q UANTUM C OMPUTING Directing the Future 5 CMU R ESPONDS TO J APAN C RISIS 6 P ITTS B URGH S UPERCOMPUTING C ENTER C ELE B RATES 25 Y EARS 12 C HEF S IZZLES AT R EGIONAL C ULINARY C OMPETITION Armitage Recognized Among Best Educators n Heidi Opdyke To see the impact Professor Bruce Armitage has had on chemistry EN L U education at Carnegie Mellon and A across the country, one only needs to Y TIM K B see the numerous letters of support O T that include former students who are O H now teaching their own chemistry P courses. C M U A L U MN U S A ND A W ar D - WINNING H OLLYWOOD P R OD uc E R J OHN W ELLS INTE rac TS WITH ST U DENTS D ur ING A R E C ENT EVENT C ELEB ra TING HIS T ra NSFO R M A TION A L GIFT TO THE S C HOOL OF D ra M A ’ S DI R E C TING P R OG ra M . F O R MO R E INFO R M A TION ON THE Armitage, a professor of GIFT A ND W ELLS , SEE P A GE 3 . chemistry and co-director of the C ONTIN U ED ON P A GE NINE Students Hit the Spring Carnival Road To Tackle Marketplace, Memory Lane Add to Midway Offerings Social Media n Maria Zayas will notice on Midway is the addition of artwork, jewelry and T-shirts. Organiza- A time machine will be part of campus the Midway Marketplace. tions also may use the space for projects, Challenges soon. “This year, the focus was on mak- discussions and more. For example, the It won’t hurl anyone into the distant ing something completely new for Spring Online Gaming Society is planning to host n Ken Walters future or the pre-historic past, but it will Carnival, rather than to augment it, and I a video game competition. think Marketplace was borne out of that,” Additional changes the student The course “Measuring Social walk attendees through the 91-year his- Yu said. Carnival Committee implemented include Initiatives” at Heinz College is taking tory of Carnegie Mellon’s annual Spring What used to be a small concert tent updating booth construction guidelines, students everywhere from executive Carnival, which takes place April 14-16. will have tables for student organizations said Nick Harper, chair of the student boardrooms to truck stops. An entry into the Midway will sport and individual students to display and sell Carnival Committee. Now in its third semester, the collages of images from past Spring merchandise and creative work. Merchan- The Carnival Committee has worked course is popular with students Carnivals as far back as 1920 in a fitting dise will include items such as student and gaining attention from major tribute to the Carnival theme, “When I C ONTIN U ED ON P A GE FO ur corporations. Student teams work with Was Your Age.” companies to create solutions to help “The entryway used to be this businesses capitalize on social media wooden card that just said ‘carnival’ trends and technology. and maybe had our opening hours,” said “Companies are investing Chun Yu, publicity co-chair on the Car- resources into social communities nival Committee. “We wanted to bring and channels to help build and engage something elaborate to Midway.” audiences, but find they don’t always The display also will include icons meet their objectives,” said Ari representing student organizations and Lightman, practice professor of digital their booths. C ONTIN U ED ON P A GE EIGHT The second major change attendees O NE Q&A: Wallach, Staff Aid Students’ Quest for Scholarship n Abby Houck previous award winners to help current Stephanie Wallach and her staff love students. We often have them read the working closely with students. And stu- applications, and they advise students dents love working with them. before they are interviewed. For ex- Wallach is assistant vice provost for ample, we draw on the Truman experi- undergraduate education and has directed ences of alumni such as Terry Babcock- the Fellowships and Scholarships Office Lumish, Amy Cyphert, Cameron Brown and Undergraduate Research Office since and Amy Nichols. 2006. Since that time she and her staff Swati Varshey, who won the have helped CMU students acquire more Churchill last year, spoke with Rebecca EN L Krall about what to expect during phone than 30 prestigious fellowships and schol- U A arships, such as the Fulbright, Goldwater, interviews. Swati is in Cambridge this year and connected two of our finalists Churchill, Udall, Truman and Marshall. Y TIM K B O for the Gates-Cambridge Scholarship T The Piper visited with Wallach to O find out more about the role she plays. PH with pervious award winners she met abroad. Although our candidates did not S TEPH A NIE W A LL ac H H A S DI R E C TED THE FELLOWSHIPS A ND S C HOL ar SHIPS A ND In October, you were selected to win, being a finalist is a big deal. U NDE R G ra D ua TE R ESE arc H OFFI C ES SIN C E 2 0 0 6 . participate in a two-week trip to Germany through a Fulbright What scholarship and fellowship There were a lot of different views professor in Modern Languages, and International Educators Award. How announcements will take place of higher education, which present op- Chris Menand, study abroad coordinator has the experience helped you? soon? portunities for our students. I learned in the Office of International Education, There was a great diversity of participants We had 22 applicants for Fulbright about different university structures to help us find and prepare students for in this Fulbright opportunity, with 17 scholarships this year, and 11 are final- by visiting universities in Berlin and international awards. other administrators representing major ists. The Fulbright is a good fit for us Leipzig. I also went with a group to We have made a very concerted research universities like the University because it is research driven. This is the Chemnitz University of Technology, effort to draw faculty directly into the of Pennsylvania to community colleges largest group of Fulbright finalists we’ve which has grown tremendously but also process. For example, a campus com- out West. Germany has a very rich ever had, and I think it’s really a result struggles to attract students to its remote mittee must approve every Fulbright research and higher education landscape, of a better-managed process on our location. I also visited Universität der and it offers opportunities for our Bundeswehr München, outside of undergraduate research students and Munich, which primarily trains military national fellowships. officers and officer cadets. S T ELL A R S C HOL A RS Stephanie Wallach’s team advises students throughout the How do you identify candidates for application process for national and international fellowships national and international awards? and scholarships. Her team has celebrated the success of nine We have so many fabulous students, but award winners this academic year and is awaiting the results of on a decentralized campus it is difficult the Udall competition and additional Fulbright announcements. PIPER to find students and for students to find 4/11 Issue us. It’s a combination of both an inter- So far this academic year, winners include: P UBLISHER est on the student’s part and making a Teresa Thomas Rebecca Krall, MCS senior Marianna Sofman, CIT senior good fit. We have worked very hard at E DI T OR Churchill Scholarship DAAD Scholarship Bruce Gerson developing better ways to figure out who Fulbright Scholarship these students are and also to let them Mackenzie Smith, H&SS senior M A N A GING E DI T OR to Germany Heidi Opdyke know about us. Luce Scholarship Benjamin Cowley, CIT junior W RI T ERS The first thing that we did was join John Cooper, H&SS senior Jocelyn Duffy Byron Spice together undergraduate research and Goldwater Scholarship Bruce Gerson Chriss Swaney German Chancellor’s Award Abby Houck Ken Walters national fellowships. They have been Stephanie Guerra, Heidi Opdyke Maria Zayas under one umbrella for a while, but Jane Herriman, H&SS/MCS senior Shilo Raube Andrea L. Zrimsek H&SS/MCS junior (Science (Science and Humanities Scholar) they didn’t really function in a way that and Humanities Scholar) D ESIGNER allowed them to draw on each other. Fulbright Scholarship Melissa Stoebe Goldwater Scholarship Communications Design Group Students who engage in undergraduate to Switzerland research now become part of the cohort Robert Tisherman, CIT junior P HO T OGR A PHY Eda Akyar, H&SS/MCS senior Ken Andreyo of students that receives messages about Goldwater Scholarship Stephen Baden (Science and Humanities Scholar) Tim Kaulen scholarship opportunities. Fulbright Scholarship The Communications Design and We’ve developed the Odyssey Photography Group to Indonesia program, which invites a select group of To contact The Piper staff, call 412-268- 2900 or email [email protected]. sophomores to participate in a three-day Carnegie Mellon University does not discriminate and Carnegie candidate. We bring in research and end. We’ve helped students determine Mellon University is required not to discriminate in admission, workshop before the spring semester. employment, or administration of its programs or activities teaching faculty who have expertise in country placements that fit their needs on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex or handicap in We also work closely with Student violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the areas of interest to the student.