<p>You may want to know that [Dr. Subra Suresh](<a href=“Subra Suresh - Wikipedia”>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subra_Suresh</a>), the current Director of the National Science Foundation and former Dean of the School of Engineering at MIT, has been selected as the [next President of Carnegie Mellon University](<a href=“Press Release: Carnegie Mellon Names NSF Director as its Ninth President - News - Carnegie Mellon University”>http://www.cmu.edu/news/stories/archives/2013/february/feb5_ninthpresident.html</a>). Dr. Suresh will take over from the outgoing president, Dr. Jared Cohon, on July 1, 2013.</p>
<p>Yes, an Indian president of CMU! As a south asian, this really makes me happy.</p>