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RoboTutor Team Awaits Global Learning XPRIZE Results

Team members of RoboTutor LLC, who have spent years developing open-source software that children can use to teach themselves basic reading, writing and mathematics, are anxiously awaiting word on the...

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CMU Climbing Team Ascends to New Heights

Months after tearing a tendon in her ankle at a National Cup Series bouldering competition, Carnegie Mellon University junior Erika Giuse pulls on her climbing shoes. She's healed, and back in the...

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Ou's Work Lights the Way

Graduating senior Christina Ou has a head start on making an impact in the real world. The electrical and computer engineering student traveled to Zimbabwe with Engineers Without Borders to complete a...

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CMU’s Traffic21 Names Winners of Second Smart Mobility Challenge

Transportation difficulties faced by North Huntingdon Township and the Airport Corridor Transportation Association (ACTA) have been selected as winners of the Second Mobility Challenge, sponsored by...

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Couple Graduates From CMU a Second Time

Graduate school is unlike any other experience. That uniqueness grows even more when your spouse joins the same cohort in an MBA program. "Before coming to business school, I knew we were a great team,...

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Leslie Odom, Jr. To Give Keynote Address at CMU Commencement

Tony and Grammy Award-winning actor and singer Leslie Odom, Jr. will deliver the keynote address at Carnegie Mellon University's 122nd Commencement. Odom, Jr., who earned his bachelor's degree from...

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Caps & Gowns, Hoods & Cords: A Guide to Commencement

This Sunday, several thousand people will process through Gesling Stadium for Carnegie Mellon University’s 122nd Commencement Ceremony. Among them will be faculty, students, university leaders and...

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Carnegie Mellon Launches Executive Program in Behavioral Economics

Carnegie Mellon University will launch a new opportunity to help senior executives leverage insights from the field of behavioral economics. The inaugural Executive Program in Behavioral Economics,...

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Carnegie Mellon Educational Software Slated for Pilot Project in Zambia

RoboTutor LLC, a team based at Carnegie Mellon University that was a finalist in the $15 million Global Learning XPRIZE, has announced that its educational apps will be used to teach 10,000 children...

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Learning to Play the Pipes at Carnegie Mellon

Class of 2019 graduates Elim Zhang (master's, electrical and computer engineering) and Min Hwang (computer science) had never played the bagpipes prior to their first day on campus as freshmen at...

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Seth Henry: CMU Hoops Player Allows Others to Compete

Seth Henry is a Carnegie Mellon University basketball player and a 2019 graduate in economics. This year he was the competition director for the Western Pennsylvania Spring Sectional Games for Special...

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Leslie Odom, Jr. Tells CMU Graduates To Live Intentionally

Carnegie Mellon University celebrated its 122nd Commencement on Sunday, May 19. President Farnam Jahanian told the Class of 2019 it has made the university into a stronger community. "I want to thank...

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Bess, Dempo Join CMU Board of Trustees

Two Carnegie Mellon University alumni are the newest members of the university’s board of trustees. Lane Bess, a 1983 graduate of the Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences, and Shrinivas...

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Bacteria Change Behavior To Tackle Tiny Obstacle Course

It's not exactly the set of TV's "American Ninja Warrior," but a tiny obstacle course for bacteria has shown researchers how E. coli changes its behavior to rapidly clear obstructions to food. Their...

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Graduate Course Shines Light on Energy Market Opportunities

A new mini-course energized graduate students in Carnegie Mellon University's Tepper School of Business to learn about the challenges of the modern electricity market. The course, "Management in...

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CMU Researchers Identify How Learning and Decision-Making Share a Common...

In a pair of recently published papers, researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, along with local and international collaborators, shed light on how specific circuits in the brain can simultaneously...

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Mellon College of Science Students Named Goldwater Scholars

Two Carnegie Mellon University students have been named 2019 Goldwater Scholars. William Fahy, and Jung Joo Suh, both students in CMU's Mellon College of Science, are among this year's 496 recipients...

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Pitt, CMU Receive Department of Defense Contracts To Create Autonomous...

The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Carnegie Mellon University each have been awarded four-year contracts totaling more than $7.2 million from the U.S. Department of Defense to create...

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2019 Excellence in Theatre Education Award Winner Creates Inclusive Environment

The Tony Awards announced today that Theater Director Madeline Michel from Monticello High School in Charlottesville, Virginia, will receive the 2019 Excellence in Theatre Education Award. The...

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Team Receives $19 Million from DARPA To Create Noninvasive Brain Interface

A team of researchers from Carnegie Mellon University has received a $19.48 million grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to design a noninvasive neural interface that can be...

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