Award

• Ronald D. Blanton, professor of electrical and computer engineering at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, will be awarded a 2006 Emerald Award by Science Spectrum magazine at an awards dinner at the Baltimore Convention Center this September. The award recognizes Professor Blanton’s leadership in recruiting and mentoring blacks and other minorities for graduate study in the sciences and technology.

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