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CMU Today Not to toot our own horn here, but … CMU's online MBA program took the No. 6 notch from U.S. News & World Reports among similar programs nationwide, with top marks for faculty credentials and student engagement. If you're looking for a convenient option for earning an advanced degree … hint hint. • Building the future Construction on CMU's newest campus addition, the Biosciences Building, is slated to begin in summer 2014, opening in fall 2017. The $89.4 million facility is the largest capital project ever for the university. Located east of the Education and Human Services Building, site plans call for a four-story, 158,000-square-foot building, with space for classrooms, laboratories and an auditorium. "In 2009, 450 CMU students majored in biosciences. Today, it's 920, and more than 7,500 students a year take biology classes," says President George E. Ross. "Over the past decade, tenuretrack biology faculty have increased 71 percent and external grant funding increased nearly 10-fold. This will create another student learning, research, high-tech, cutting-edge academic center that will contribute to the future needs of our students and faculty." • 6 centralight summer '13 Student research gains traction in Alzheimer's, other areas CMU students made gains in a variety of areas of research this year, including Alzheimer's disease, Type 1 diabetes and the effects of unemployment on crime. They presented their findings in the spring Student Research and Creative Endeavors Exhibition. Students Sarah Hall and Amanda Erwin researched the cause of Alzheimer's disease in a project that explored protein aggregates that form tangles in the brain. "It's socially significant," says Erwin. "Alzheimer's disease affects 35 million people worldwide. Our research could improve their quality of life." Hall does not intend to stop her research efforts once she graduates. "I'm not sure what I'm going to do when I leave CMU, but I know it's going to involve research," Hall says. "This has definitely solidified my need to do something for a greater cause in the world." •