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Discuss “President's State of the University Address”

On Thursday, University President Jared L. Cohon delivered his biannual State of the University Address in the Posner Center conference room. His agenda included discussions about the student body, CMU Qatar, sponsored research, this year?s financial highlights, Phase I of the Capital Campaign, and recent highs and lows of the University.

President Cohon began his speech by addressing his concerns that Carnegie Mellon University was ?still largely a second choice school,? especially among competitors such as Princeton University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cornell University, the University of Pennsylvania, and Johns Hopkins University. This year marked the lowest number of applications in five years, and a correspondingly high...

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