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A New Executive Director for Sakai

7/11/2007

Michael Korcuska will become the Sakai Foundation’s new executive director later this month, leading the Sakai community in the continued development of its open source collaboration and learning environment.

UT-SA Assistant Prof Wins NSF 'Up and Comer' Grant

6/26/2007

The National Science Foundation awarded Carola Wenk, an assistant professor of computer science at the University of Texas-San Antonio, a five-year, $400,000 "Faculty Early Career Development" award to study "geometric shape handling."

Artificial Intelligence Pioneer Joins WPI Game Faculty

6/19/2007

Worcester Polytechnic Institute announced that computer intelligence pioneer Charles Rich, associate director of the Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories (MERL) in Cambridge, MA, will join the university's "Interactive Media and Game Development" faculty July 1.

MIT Names Materials Science Prof Dean of Engineering

6/19/2007

MIT appointed Subra Suresh, a professor of engineering in the its Department of Materials Science and Engineering, as the next dean of the MIT School of Engineering. Suresh, who succeeds Professor Thomas Magnanti, will take over July 23.

UC Santa Barbara Appoints First Chief Information Officer

6/18/2007

Following a national search, the University of California, Santa Barbara has appointed Thomas Putnam its associate vice chancellor for information technology and chief information officer. Putnam, whose appointment followed a national search, will start Aug. 15.

Ohio U CIO Presents $8 MM Plan to Bolster Campus Tech

6/12/2007

Ohio University Chief Information Officer Brice Bible presented the Ohio U board of trustees a proposal for strengthening the university's central information technology systems at a cost of $8 million over five years.

Arizona's Jackson New CIO at U of Illinois-Urbana

5/22/2007

University of Arizona Chief Information Officer Sally Jackson was named CIO at the University of Illinois, where she is an alumna. Jackson, who will start this week (May 21), will hold a joint appointment as a professor of speech communications.

UW Madison Narrows Field to 3 in CIO Search

5/21/2007

The University of Wisconsin-Madison last week narrowed its search for a new chief information officer and vice provost for information technology to three finalists.

Carnegie Mellon Engineering Policy Chief Elected to NAS

5/7/2007

Granger Morgan, head of Carnegie Mellon's Department of Engineering and Public Policy, was named to the National Academy of Sciences in honor of his research work over the years.

Indiana University Picks Schnabel as Informatics Dean

4/10/2007

Indiana University named Robert B. ("Bobby") Schnabel, considered a national leader in the uses of computers in education, as dean of the IU School of Informatics.

CMU Engineering Dean Honored for Global Edu Vision

4/3/2007

Pradeep Khosla, dean of Carnegie Mellon University's College of Engineering, was given the "Cyber Education Champion Award" from the Business Software Alliance, an association of software companies.