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...
View ArticleCMU 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...
View ArticleOu'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...
View ArticleCMU’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...
View ArticleCouple 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,...
View ArticleLeslie 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...
View ArticleCaps & 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...
View ArticleCarnegie 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,...
View ArticleCarnegie 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...
View ArticleLearning 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...
View ArticleSeth 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...
View ArticleLeslie 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...
View ArticleBess, 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...
View ArticleBacteria 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...
View ArticleGraduate 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...
View ArticleCMU 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...
View ArticleMellon 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...
View ArticlePitt, 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...
View Article2019 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...
View ArticleTeam 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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