Qatar Academy Wins CMU-Q's Botball
The 14th annual Botball competition went down to the wire, with Qatar Academy narrowly edging out Doha Secondary and the Lebanese School to take the overall title. Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar...
View ArticleCarnegie Mellon University Acquires William H. Putch Archives
A collection of materials from Carnegie Mellon University alumnus William H. Putch documenting his career as the artistic director of the Totem Pole Playhouse has been gifted to the Carnegie Mellon...
View ArticleGreeks Sing, Dance To Support Families Coping with Cancer
Carnegie Mellon University's Greek community is singing and dancing their way to support children whose parents are stricken with cancer. Greek Sing, an annual musical production written, performed and...
View ArticleBuilding a Path to Empowerment
In a small Muslim community in eastern India, about 4,000 miles from Pittsburgh, information technology is transforming the lives of young women and their families, thanks to the concept of digital...
View ArticleCMU Artists Present "IMMUTABLE STAGE"
"IMMUTABLE STAGE," Carnegie Mellon University School of Art's 2018 MFA Thesis Exhibition, features large-scale installations, two dimensional works, sculpture, video and sound from graduate student...
View ArticleApplicants to Carnegie Mellon Surge to Record High, Building in Quality and...
Carnegie Mellon University attracted a record-breaking 24,351 applicants for admission to the Class of 2022, a 19 percent increase over last year's pool. It is the largest year-to-year increase and the...
View ArticleTaylor Puts New Twist on Measuring Stress in Materials
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Rebecca Taylor funding to develop "nanosprings" that could stick to soft materials or be sprayed onto metals to estimate the...
View ArticleAlumnus Honors Mister Rogers Legacy
As a graduate student at Carnegie Mellon University in 1999, Junlei Li was literally Fred Rogers' neighbor. In fact, he could spot Rogers' apartment building on the edge of campus from his office...
View ArticlePipe-crawling Robot Will Help Decommission DOE Nuclear Facility
A pair of autonomous robots developed by Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute will soon be driving through miles of pipes at the U.S. Department of Energy's former uranium enrichment plant...
View ArticleThe Brain is Less Flexible Than Previously Thought
New research from Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh reveals that the brain reorganizes its neural activity when learning over the course of a few hours and that when learning...
View ArticleResearcher Says Good Traffic Estimates Today Can Create Better Roads for...
Carnegie Mellon University's Zhen (Sean) Qian, an assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, is driving to make a smoother road for urban planners by creating more accurate ways to...
View ArticleSeshan Named New Head of Computer Science Department
Andrew Moore, dean of Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science, has appointed Srinivasan Seshan head of the Computer Science Department, the school's oldest and largest department,...
View ArticleHumanities Advocates Take to the Hill
Carnegie Mellon University faculty David Shumway and Christopher Warren were among the more than 200 members of the National Humanities Alliance who recently met in Washington, D.C., to urge support...
View ArticleCMU Energy Week Features San Juan, Pittsburgh Mayors on Smarter Cities
San Juan Mayor and Carnegie Mellon University alumna Carmen Yulín Cruz spoke with Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto about the energy challenges and opportunities their cities face in a panel discussion...
View ArticleNew Technique Speeds Up Production of Protein Nano-armor
Carnegie Mellon University researchers have developed methods that speed up the process of developing chemically linked synthetic and biological molecules by more than 10 times in natural conditions....
View ArticlePhilanthropist and Investment Icon David Tepper Will Deliver Keynote Address...
David A. Tepper, founder of one of the most successful hedge funds in the world and among Carnegie Mellon University's greatest benefactors, will be the keynote speaker at Carnegie Mellon's 121st...
View ArticleSoftware Automatically Generates Knitting Instructions for 3-D Shapes
Carnegie Mellon University computer scientists have developed a system that can translate a wide variety of 3-D shapes into stitch-by-stitch instructions that enable a computer-controlled knitting...
View ArticleCMU Spinoff Hosts "Jobs That Pay" Tour
Carnegie Mellon University spinoff Simcoach Games hosted leaders from Pennsylvania State departments as part of Governor Tom Wolf's "Jobs That Pay" Tour. "At the state level, one of the biggest...
View ArticleGender Equality at Work Should Address "Thankless Tasks" for Women
Gender discrimination in the workplace goes beyond differences in salary. Necessary job and office duties that come with little or no thanks and have no relevance for career growth or promotions are...
View ArticleDeconstructing Inequality
First-year Carnegie Mellon University students are examining different demonstrations of inequality as part of the Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences' Grand Challenge Seminars. The...
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