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LUMS recently released a newsletter on their National Outreach Programme (NOP). It gives a nice overview of the motivation, current progress, and future ambitions of the NOP initiative. LUMS is actively seeking funding support for this programme. You can view the newsletter as a PDF file here: NOP Newsletter 2009 If you wish to make any donations, you can find a pledge form at the end of the newsletter. |
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| Syed Babar Ali missed the reunion with the North America alumni last June due to an unavoidable clash of meetings. To make up for his lapse, he is coming again! Alumni, their spouse and friends are also welcome (everybody pays for self and accompanying members). What? Dinner with Syed Babar Ali When? Saturday, October 10, 2009 Time? 6:00pm - 8:30pm City? New York, NY Location? Ali Baba's Terrace, 862 Second Avenue - (46th and 2nd) Why? Because SBA rocks. Email address for RSVP: 
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To keep alumni informed about the developments at LUMS as well as alumni news/achievements, the alumni department has developed a midyear newsletter. The first edition of this newsletter is embedded at the end of this post. Alternatively, a PDF version is also available: LUMS Alumni Newsletter 2009 |
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Continue reading LUMS Alumni Newsletter 2009.
| Some LUMS and GIKI alumni have launched a new social gaming network - Varsity Heroes. The idea seems quite interesting and within a few days of launch they have attracted hundreds of users. In their own words, "Varsity Heroes is a more fun way of social networking where you get to diss other networks, take up guns against them and remind them of their grannies. All that in 2 minutes a day". Check out Varsity Heroes here. Continue reading this post to read a comic about their story. They have a facebook page as well. |
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Continue reading Varsity Heroes: Time for Major Ownage.
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DreamFly is giving poor kids in Pakistan, living on less than 50 cents a day, a chance of going to school. These children have no access to education and yet they dare to dream of becoming doctors, engineers, and entrepreneurs. Recently, DreamFly organized a successful fund raiser at the Harvard Business School. And also met their goal of raising $100,000 for the first DreamFly school. Help this venture in any way you can. More information about DreamFly is here. This initiative has LUMS roots. |
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LUMS published their Alumni Magazine for 2008 in December. This year the central theme was the alumni perspective of the workplace. The magazine is embedded at the end of this post. Alternatively, a PDF version is also available:
With the growing size of the alumni body, the class notes are fast becoming a big dead tree on paper. Maybe they need to re-invent that section. |
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Last January, LUMS Career Development Office hosted a session on graduate studies. They invited a few alumni to share their experience with current students. The session covered topics like admissions, funding, and PhD vs. Masters debate. Below are the slides used at the LUMS graduate session:
There is also a similar talk given at UC Berkeley by Jacob Scott. A copy of Jacob's slides are here. Students may find these two talks useful. |
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Another LUMS-related startup is in the air. Jahanzeb Sherwani (Bsc 2002) is done with his PhD from CMU and is recently hitting the spotlight for his innovative iPhone application. Jaadu is a VNC client that lets you control your computer from your iPhone. This is, apparently, the first time that Apple has included a software written by a Pakistani on their iTunes store. Jehan Ara has a more detailed story on Jaadu and J. here. |
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| There is a cool new startup by some LUMS graduates targetted at mobile services in the region - Mangoparty.com. Mango is a SMS-based social network. You can join groups of common interest e.g., euro2008 or create private groups of friends e.g., for making coffee plans on the fly. Check it out! |
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