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Google Chairman, CEO Eric Schmidt To Give Keynote Address at Carnegie Mellon Commencement, May 17

Eric Schmidt, chairman of the board and chief executive officer for Google Inc., will speak at Carnegie Mellon University’s 112th commencement ceremony in Gesling Stadium on the university campus. Schmidt, who will be awarded an honorary doctorate in science and technology, will share the commencement platform with four other honorary degree recipients. They are:

Thomas Detre, M.D., Doctor of Humane Letters. Detre has served for 30 years at the University of Pittsburgh and was instrumental in the creation of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, a world-renowned medical center and research institution. He is the Emeritus Distinguished Senior Vice Chancellor for the Health Sciences and Emeritus Distinguished Service Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh.

Keith Lockhart (MFA ‘83), Doctor of Fine Arts. As conductor of the Boston Pops, music director of the Utah Symphony, and artistic director and principal conductor of the summer institute and festival at the Brevard Music Center, Lockhart is a force in the music world. Lockhart recently conducted the Carnegie Mellon Philharmonic during a program in New York City’s Carnegie Hall.

Phylicia Rashad, Doctor of Fine Arts. Rashad has earned many awards for her acting roles on stage, in films and on television. Among her Broadway credits is a Tony Award for Best Actress for her performance in “A Raisin in the Sun.” She is well known from her television roles as Claire Huxtable on “The Cosby Show,” and as Ruth Lucas on “Cosby.”

Harold Shapiro, Doctor of Public Policy. A former president of Princeton University and the University of Michigan, Shapiro is currently a professor of economics and public affairs at Princeton, a trustee of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, chairman of the board at DeVry Inc., and a key member of many national public policy committees and boards.

More than 3,400 undergraduate and graduate degrees will be conferred at this year¹s commencement. The ceremony will be broadcast live at www.cmu.edu/commencement <http://www.cmu.edu/commencement> .

Concurrent Technologies Corporation Receives Technology Product of the Year Award

Published May 11, 2009 General , Knowledge Center , News , PTC Member Leave a Comment
Tags: business, Concurrent technologies Corporation, Pittsburgh, Technology, TechQuest Pennsylvania

Happy Monday everyone! Thought we’d share some exciting news from Council member company Concurrent Technologies Corporation (CTC).

Looks like they just received the Technology Product of the Year Award from TECHQuest Pennsylvania. Companies were nominated for the honor based on their development of new products that demonstrate use of ground-breaking innovation and technology.

CTC’s Real-time Avatars and Environments Learning technology, referred to as REAL technology, claimed the top prize. In 2008 CTC successfully developed and released two new 3D interactive technology products for the U.S. Department of Defense and PA Department of Corrections. Using ground-breaking simulation game technology, the products have broad appeal and represent the future of computer-based training rooted in behavioral science. REAL technology immerses the trainee into real-life situations. After the training, the REAL technology permits immediate review between trainer and trainee to improve all aspects of the training, including much longer retention of skills learned and reinforced.

CTC President & Chief Executive Officer Edward J. Sheehan, Jr. views the Technology Product of the Year Award not only as a great honor, but also as recognition for CTC’s hard work and drive to develop industry-leading innovation. “The CTC team that developed REAL technology has provided a creative solution to transform the training environment. This award recognizes CTC’s dedication to developing advanced and in-depth training tools for our clients.”