Four Ways To Make Your New Year's Resolutions Stick
New Year's resolutions are mostly about making better choices with a singular goal in mind. Eat less sugar. Make time to exercise daily. What seems so simple can actually be hard to do. Carnegie Mellon...
View ArticleMartin Luther King, Jr. Day Writing Award Winners Address Contemporary Social...
For the 19th year, high school and college students from across western Pennsylvania addressed topics of difference and diversity in Carnegie Mellon University's Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Writing...
View ArticleCarnegie Mellon’s Miller Gallery Hosts “Faith Wilding: Fearful Symmetries”...
Carnegie Mellon University’s Miller Gallery presents “Faith Wilding: Fearful Symmetries,” the first retrospective exhibition of the influential feminist artist, Saturday, Jan. 20, through Sunday, Feb....
View ArticleThe Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing Institute Board Announces Appointment...
The Board of the Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing Institute has appointed Byron C. Clayton, an experienced leader in public-private partnerships and technology commercialization, as chief executive...
View ArticleSpring Drama Season Opens with “The Drowsy Chaperone”
On stage this spring at Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Drama will be a mix of farce and dark political satire, providing humor and food for thought to Pittsburgh audiences. “From political...
View ArticleBiochemist Doudna Wins CMU’s Dickson Prize in Science
Carnegie Mellon University has awarded its Dickson Prize in Science to Jennifer A. Doudna, professor of chemistry and molecular and cell biology at the University of California, Berkeley. Doudna is...
View ArticleNew Center Headquartered at Carnegie Mellon Will Build Smarter Networks To...
Carnegie Mellon University will lead a $27.5 million Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) initiative to build more intelligence into computer networks. Researchers from six U.S. universities will...
View ArticleSheldon Cohen Named American Psychosomatic Society's 2018 Distinguished...
Much of what is known about the connections between biology and psychology is because of Carnegie Mellon University's Sheldon Cohen. To recognize Cohen for sustained career contributions to our...
View ArticleAlumna Produces Two Movies at Sundance
In 2016, Rachel Xiaowen Song graduated from Carnegie Mellon University's Masters of Entertainment Industry Management (MEIM) program. One year later, she signed on to produce for two feature films, "A...
View ArticleNew Carnegie Mellon Dynamic Statistical Model Follows Gene Expressions Over Time
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have developed a new dynamic statistical model to visualize changing patterns in networks, including gene expression during developmental periods of the brain....
View ArticleCMU Leaders Head to World Economic Forum
A contingent of Carnegie Mellon University faculty, led by Interim President Farnam Jahanian, will attend the 2018 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 23-26. This year's theme, "Creating a...
View ArticleStatement on Pittsburgh Being Named Amazon HQ2 Finalist
Amazon's recognition of Pittsburgh as one of 20 finalists for its second headquarters is a testament to the cutting-edge innovation and world-class research happening in our region. Carnegie Mellon...
View ArticleComputer Science Professors Named ACM Fellows
Mor Harchol-Balter The Association for Computing Machinery has selected Mor Harchol-Balter and Venkatesan Guruswami, both professors in the Computer Science Department, as ACM Fellows in recognition of...
View ArticleComputational Method Speeds Hunt for New Antibiotics
A team of American and Russian computer scientists has developed an algorithm that can rapidly search databases to discover novel variants of known antibiotics — a potential boon in fighting antibiotic...
View ArticleWorld Economic Forum Taps Heinz College Students for "Future of Work"...
A team of students from Carnegie Mellon University's Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy has compiled insights and recommendations for firms about the future of work. Their findings...
View ArticleMendelson To Lead Heinz College in Washington, D.C.
Sarah E. Mendelson has been appointed distinguished service professor of public policy and head of Carnegie Mellon University's Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy campus in...
View ArticlePa. Congressional Map Declared Unconstitutional
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has declared the state's congressional map is unconstitutional, thanks in part to expert testimony given by Carnegie Mellon University Associate Professor of Mathematical...
View ArticleCreativity, Curiosity and Engineering Intersect at Build18
Build18 provides Carnegie Mellon University students with a risk-free environment to pursue personal engineering challenges, limited only by their ingenuity. Originally named after the Electrical and...
View ArticleLTI Students Named Bosch SCS Graduate Research Fellows
Jonathan Francis Language Technologies Institute students Jonathan Francis and Juncheng (Billy) Li are the inaugural recipients of Bosch SCS Graduate Research Fellowships. The fellowships were made...
View ArticlePittsburgh Preschool Advances Research
Three-, four-, and five-year-olds interact with science kits on knee-high tabletops. A smartboard displays a lesson on "Animals in the Wild," and iPads send children's photos and messages to parents...
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