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- Valerie Smith-director of exhibitions, Queens Museum of Art; curator of
"Down the Garden Path: Artists' Gardens Since 1960" (on view at QMA,
June 2-October 9 , 2005)

- Michael Van Valkenburgh-principal, Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates;
Charles Eliot Professor in Practice of Landscape Architecture at
Harvard Design School; landscape architect of the Kraus Campo

- Meg Webster-sculptor and creator of A New California Garden at Stanford
University and Kitchen Garden at the Contemporary Arts Museum in
Houston. In
grappling with the intersection of art, nature and the environment, they have
redefined art and re-visioned landscapes-producing 'gardens' that are
inherently exercises in optimism, even idealism. For scheduling, artist
biographies and additional information about the Kraus Campo
visit http://www.

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Scheduled to take place at the Qatar Academy gym on Saturday, May 21, 2005
from 10 a.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20020422/CMULOGO )
Botball is a unique approach to robotics curriculum that emphasizes
learning through practical application.
"It's a wonderful opportunity to have the world's best teaching our
students," said Chris Connellan, deputy director of the International School
of Choueifat. Previous challenges have seen students designing line-following
robots, robots that run freely over tables without falling off the edge, as
well as robots that can sumo wrestle each other.cmu. Featured
speakers will include:
- Julie Bargmann (A '80)-principal designer of D.cmu.

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For only CMU student, faculty and staff URLs.

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International Botball is the brainchild of Charles Thorpe, dean of the
Qatar campus, who started robotics clubs in October 2004 with the help of his
son, Leland.m.

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m. A reception follows the presentations at 4:30 p.

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Botball Challenge slated for 21 May 2005

DOHA, Qatar, Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar is
pleased to announce it will conclude its first robotics club program with a
tournament featuring teams from area schools. Leland, a Botball
enthusiast and former participant in Botball tournaments in the U . Carnegie Mellon is
a front-runner in the emerging discipline of art and the environment.I.cmu.

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In August 2004 Carnegie Mellon Qatar began offering its
internationally recognized undergraduate programs in business and computer
science at the invitation of the Qatar Foundation. "No Stone Unturned " provides an overview of
gardens as social, political, and philosophical sites.
"No Stone Unturned" brings together a distinguished group of artists,
landscape architects and other experts in this emerging field.R.
The symposium is free and can accommodate an audience of 400.cmu.

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to 2 p.qatar. (Design
Investigations Reclaiming Terrain); assistant professor and director of
the Landscape Architecture Program at the University of Virginia

- Bob Bingham -environmental artist and associate professor of art at
Carnegie Mellon University

- Mel Bochner (A '62)-Conceptual artist and designer of the Kraus Campo

- Robert Irwin -artist and designer of gardens at the Getty Center in
Los Angeles and Dia:Beacon in New York .

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With an eye toward hosting a competition, together they
established clubs in five of Doha's secondary schools. A panel moderated by Queens Museum director Smith will
be the final event at 7 p.

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Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar Launches First International Botball Robotics Club

, the contest will be judged by faculty from the
university's main campus. Joining Texas A+M, Virginia
Commonwealth and Weill Cornell Medical College, Carnegie Mellon plans to open
a new facility on the Education City campus in 2007.edu .

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The upcoming Botball Robotics
Challenge will be the first international competition of its kind ever held.S.
Using Lego kits provided by Carnegie Mellon Qatar to create the robots,
students write the programs in C language, one of the most popular computer
languages used in science and business.

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The Campo
is the creation of Mel Bochner (A '62), conceptual artist , and Michael Van
Valkenburgh, one of America's leading landscape architects.

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m. All sessions for the event will be held
in the McConomy Auditorium at the University Center on Carnegie Mellon's
campus .
"No Stone Unturned" is part of the celebration of the opening of the Kraus
Campo, a new public space unique to Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon.cmu.

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Throughout the day,
speakers will present projects and creative approaches that exemplify the
intersection of art, landscape design and the natural or built environment.
Symposium presentations will address questions such as: What is a garden
and how does it function? How does a garden differ from a park? How does
design respond to historical contexts? What role does ecology play? Are
modernist and post-modernist attitudes still viable in transforming large-
scale public sites?
"No Stone Unturned: Artists + Gardens" is free and open to the public.T.

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As a build-up to the final challenge in April, Leland sets a challenge
every week.
(Logo: http://www. April 11.

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Mel Bochner and Michael Van Valkenburgh Create Garden Carnegie Mellon to Host Symposium Monday April 11

edu/cfa/garden.

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by the KISS Institute for Practical Robotics (KIPR) ( http://www.
"We are particularly proud of Leland's leadership in this project as he is
the first former Botball student to initiate and implement a new Botball
region himself ," said Cathryne Stein, KIPR executive director and co-founder.

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(Logo: http://www .com/cgi-bin/prnh/20020422/CMULOGO )
Symposium speakers will discuss the continuing evolution of the garden
through a variety of recent and prominent projects, examining developments
within art and design communities.m. To register, call
(412) 268-2409 or by e-mail at nostone@andrew.

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"It reflects well on his personal experience in the program as well as his
enterprise, vision and integrity in going to great efforts to give something
valuable back to his local community.

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The program was developed in 1993 in
the U.edu ."
Planners say that by addressing these topics and others , the symposium
will foster a lively discussion between practitioners of widely differing
philosophies . Attendees
must register on a first come, first serve basis.

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and this is the first international chapter to host a competition. More information can be
found at http://www. PITTSBURGH, On Monday , April 11, 2005, Carnegie
Mellon University's School of Art will host a symposium, "No Stone Unturned:
Artists + Gardens," the first symposium to investigate the garden as art
through the perspectives of some of the nation's leading artists and landscape
designers.edu.

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Sessions begin at 9:30 a . They have
created and considered inanimate objects, arranged ephemera, manipulated live
matter and designed spaces that combine all of the above," said Susanne
Slavick, head of the School of Art . in the Regina
Gouger Miller Gallery.html .edu or call (412)-268-3877. For more information on
the Kraus Campo, contact Eric Sloss at (412) 268-5765 or by e-mail at
ecs@andrew.

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, leads
the weekly after-school club meetings.newscom. For more information on the symposium,
e-mail jstrayer@andrew .

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About Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar:
Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar is the first international branch
campus operated by Carnegie Mellon University, a private American research
university with a distinctive mix of programs in computer science, robotics,
engineering , the sciences, business, public policy, fine arts and the
humanities.

"The artists, architects , designers, and thinkers in this symposium
represent many points along the continuum between art and design. "Their pioneering works have graced
gallery interiors, public spaces and remote sites around the world.