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Zhou Named Paul and Daisy Soros Fellow
Helen Zhou, a Ph.D. student in Carnegie Mellon University's Machine Learning Department, has received a Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans. She is one of 30 students to be named a 2019...
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Two Research Projects To Close Opportunity Gap for Students
A pair of separate, but complementary, research projects led by Carnegie Mellon University will use cutting-edge research in motivation, thinking, culturally affirming teaching and human-computer...
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Mandelbaum Elected Spokesperson for LSST Dark Energy Science Collaboration
Carnegie Mellon University Associate Professor of Physics Rachel Mandelbaum has been elected as the spokesperson for the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope's (LSST) Dark Energy Science Collaboration...
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Students Confront Food Insecurity on College Campuses
One in three college students doesn't get enough to eat. Schools such as Carnegie Mellon University have opened food pantries to help students in need but agree that it's only the start. To tackle the...
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MoBot Turns 25
Other Spring Carnival events might receive more hoopla. Buggy and Booth participants likely spend more time preparing for and working on them. But MObile roBOTs (commonly called "Mobot") enthusiasts...
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Town Hall Gets to the Heart of Humanities at CMU
A recent gathering in Carnegie Mellon University's Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences drew about 100 faculty, staff and students to discuss the state of the humanities and how to create...
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CMU Historian Receives Guggenheim Fellowship
Edmund Russell, a renowned historian of the environment and technology who joined Carnegie Mellon University this year, has been named a recipient of a 2019 Guggenheim Fellowship. "The Guggenheim...
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Witchner, Wood Roll Into Buggy Royalty
Trophies and awards are often named for legendary figures. At Carnegie Mellon's Spring Carnival this year, alumni Anne Witchner and Tom Wood became living legends. Witchner, associate dean of Student...
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Carnegie Mellon Ph.D. Students Named Hertz Graduate Fellows
The Fannie and John Hertz Foundation announced today that Carnegie Mellon University student Ben Eysenbach and incoming student Bailey Flanigan will receive 2019 Hertz Fellowships. Eysenbach and...
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Behrmann, Glymour, Trotter Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Carnegie Mellon University faculty members Marlene Behrmann, Clark Glymour and Joe William Trotter, Jr., have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, joining the world's most...
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Abalos Researches Music Through Storytelling
Carnegie Mellon University student Theresa Abalos wants to help people feel the world through sound. "Sometimes, you can't articulate why the world is so complex, but you can engage with it by creating...
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Platforms Are Letting Us Binge-Watch, But Maybe They Shouldn't
One of the biggest draws of streaming services, such as Netflix and Hulu, is the ability to binge-watch massive amounts of content. But Heinz College Professor Pedro Ferreira warns that encouraging...
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Researchers Release Security Software To Defend Against Cyberattacks
With every text message sent, every email, every item purchased online, consumers blindly rely on the process of encryption, the scrambling of data that protects it from unwanted eyes. But encryption...
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BXA Kaleidoscope To Showcase Student and Alumni Creative Work
The BXA Intercollege Degree Programs at Carnegie Mellon University give students a chance to pursue creative projects which span two or more disciplines. Students and alumni from the interdisciplinary...
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Sensational Singing: A Capella Group Heads to Nationals
The Originals, an all-male a capella group at Carnegie Mellon University, is headed to The Varsity Vocals International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella (ICCA). The content team caught up with...
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CMU Partners with protocols.io to Enable Scientific Practices Sharing
Carnegie Mellon University Libraries has announced its partnership with protocols.io, an open access service for academic and industry scientists to record and share detailed up-to-date protocols for...
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CMU Students Coach High Schoolers Through Financial Lessons
Every week Carnegie Mellon University first-year students Elizabeth Carney, a math major, and Claire Lee, a business administration major, take a rideshare to Pittsburgh Public School's Student...
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Life@CMU Measures Student Stress, Depression
Carnegie Mellon University is turning to its strength in research to help enhance the student experience. Commissioned by the Office of the Provost and the Task Force on the CMU Experience, the...
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A New Way To Learn About Learning
As a baby listens to her parents talk, her brain somehow sorts the sounds into specific sound categories. This happens even though mom and dad say the word "hello," slightly differently because of...
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Sensational Singing: A Cappella Group Heads to Nationals
The Originals, an all-male a cappella group at Carnegie Mellon University, is headed to The Varsity Vocals International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella (ICCA). The content team caught up with...
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