Krishnan Elected to Top Leadership Spot at INFORMS
INFORMS, the leading international association for operations research and analytics professionals, announced today that Ramayya Krishnan, Ph.D., dean of Carnegie Mellon University's Heinz College of...
View ArticleMe and My Shadow
Ed Shriver, architect and principal at Pittsburgh-based design firm Strada, was not sure what to expect when he was partnered with Boyan Zhang, a statistics major from Carnegie Mellon University's...
View ArticleDSF Charitable Foundation Gives $4M To Life Science Research
The DSF Charitable Foundation (DSF) has given $4 million to Carnegie Mellon University's Mellon College of Science (MCS) to support the creation of an innovative block grant program that will fund...
View ArticleCMU Changes Department of Statistics' Name
Carnegie Mellon University has changed the name of its Department of Statistics to the Department of Statistics & Data Science. The new name reflects the broad reach of statistics at Carnegie...
View Articlewats:ON? Festival Returns to Carnegie Mellon Nov. 2-4
The wats:ON? Festival returns to Carnegie Mellon University Thursday-Saturday, Nov. 2-4, with visual, sensual and perceptual exhibits and performances. Spike Wolff, wats:ON? artistic and executive...
View ArticleAt 96, Alumnus Makes Racing History
Carnegie Mellon University alumnus Jerry Bozzo is enjoying life at the racetrack. Bozzo, who will be 97 on Oct. 25, owns a thoroughbred stable, and three of the horses he trains have made nearly a...
View ArticleBoeing Invests in Robotics Institute Autonomous Flight Spinoff
Boeing has announced an investment in Near Earth Autonomy, a spinoff of Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute that focuses on autonomous flight technology, and a partnership to explore...
View ArticleToday, We Work
Andrew Carnegie famously said, "My heart is in the work." Here at Carnegie Mellon University, we think about work a little differently...
View Article"Frankenstein"'s 200th Anniversary Inspires Discussions on Technology, AI
Carnegie Mellon University faculty and students are exploring the influence of technology on modern life through a 200-year-old lens: Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein." Shelley's novel, which explores the...
View ArticleAnderson Recalls History of Horror
Carnegie Mellon University's Barbara Anderson designed costumes in six George Romero films, but one moment stands out. During the filming of the anthology movie "Creepshow," Anderson, a School of Drama...
View ArticleDigital Drama Causing "Conversations in L.A."
The digital drama series "Conversations in L.A.," written, produced and starring Carnegie Mellon University alumna Anne Marie Cummings, is becoming the talk of the town. The dark comedy received rave...
View ArticleFuture of Manufacturing To Rise Within Abandoned Steel Mill
A view of downtown Pittsburgh is visible through the beams of the Hazelwood Green site. Download hi-res image. Two major advanced manufacturing initiatives founded by Carnegie Mellon University will...
View ArticleHodgins Elected President of SIGGRAPH
Jessica Hodgins, professor of computer science and robotics, has been elected president of SIGGRAPH, the Association for Computing Machinery's Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics and...
View ArticleCMU Study: Mindfulness Meditation App Works, But Acceptance Training Crucial
For the millions of mindfulness meditation mobile app users, there is good news: New research shows they can reduce the body's response to biological stress. A Carnegie Mellon University-led study...
View ArticleCMU, Pitt Brain Imaging Science Identifies Individuals With Suicidal Thoughts
Researchers led by Carnegie Mellon University's Marcel Just and the University of Pittsburgh's David Brent have developed an innovative and promising approach to identify suicidal individuals by...
View ArticleAzevedo Participates in Climate Panel
Inês Azevedo, professor of engineering and public policy and co-director of Carnegie Mellon University's Climate and Energy Decision Making Center, participated in a panel discussion at the 36th...
View Article"I-Cut-You-Choose" Cake-Cutting Protocol Inspires Solution to Gerrymandering
Getting two political parties to equitably draw congressional district boundaries can seem hopeless, but Carnegie Mellon University researchers say the process can be improved by using an approach...
View ArticleBenger Named Campbell Trophy Finalist as a Top Scholar-Athlete
Carnegie Mellon University senior running back Sam Benger was named one of 13 national finalists for the National Football Foundation (NFF) and College Hall of Fame's 2017 William V. Campbell Trophy,...
View ArticleUnique Fusion of Economics, Psychology Drives Carnegie Mellon's Approach to...
Companies, organizations and even governments — including the United States following former President Barack Obama's 2015 executive order to incorporate behavioral insights to better serve the...
View ArticleCMU Volunteers To Package 150,000 Meals for Madagascar
Event: Nearly 900 Carnegie Mellon University volunteers will package 150,000 dehydrated meals scheduled for shipment to Madagascar, an African nation facing a deadly plague outbreak. This is the third...
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