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Simon Initiative Work in Rural Panama Begins
Carnegie Mellon University learning engineers are heading to rural Panama to help teachers improve student outcomes in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) courses. Greg Bunyea, a recent...
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Obituary: Jennifer Church was a Caring, Compassionate Champion for Students
Jennifer (Church) Hightower, a beloved former dean of Student Affairs at Carnegie Mellon University, died Jan. 16 in Phoenix due to complications from cancer. She was 50. At CMU, Hightower was known...
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Experts: Design to impact climate change, AI in 2020
Two Carnegie Mellon University professors anticipate 2020 will bring more opportunities for designers to address impacts from climate change and help humanize artificial intelligence.Bruce Hanington,...
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CMU Joins Universities in Open Access Deal with ACM
Carnegie Mellon University has joined three leading universities in entering into transformative open access agreements with the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). Carnegie Mellon reached the...
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Major Decisions
A major can have a significant impact on a student's future. One would think that this decision would warrant thoughtful deliberation, but for many students this decision may hinge on the time of day a...
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Two Alumni Win at 62nd Grammy Awards
Two Carnegie Mellon University alumni took home awards on Sunday night from the 62 annual GRAMMY Awards. Alumnus Dan Smyers, who graduated from the Tepper School of Business in 2010 with a bachelor's...
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She's on a Roll
Spring 2020 will mark the 100th year Buggies roll through Carnegie Mellon University, a tradition where student groups build vehicles to race around the twisting hillsides of the Pittsburgh campus. For...
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One Million Minutes Meditated
Morgan Boddorf always wanted to complete a triathlon. Until she started the Headspace sports training meditation course, she never quite managed to reach her goal. In 2018, Carnegie Mellon University...
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Hebert Installed as SCS Dean
It's fitting that the installation of School of Computer Science Dean Martial Hebert would begin with a musical intro from Carnegie Mellon University's robot bagpiper, McBlare. After all, Hebert spent...
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Librarians Receive Grant to Explore Geography Education
Emma Slayton and Jessica Benner, GIS Specialists at the University Libraries at Carnegie Mellon University, recently received a grant to explore the role of libraries in geography and GIS education...
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Conceptual Artist Lowry Burgess Reached For The Stars
Professor Emeritus Lowry Burgess, former dean of the College of Fine Arts, passed away Tuesday, January 28, at his home in Melbourne, Florida. Burgess also was a Distinguished Fellow in the...
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Making Memes Accessible for People With Visual Impairments
People with visual impairments use social media like everyone else, often with the help of screen reader software. But that technology falls short when it encounters memes, which don’t include...
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Then and Now: 100 Years of Buggy
This year marks the 100th anniversary of Buggy, officially known as "Sweepstakes," at Carnegie Mellon University. Since 1920, student teams have organized to compete in the annual student-led relay...
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Shen Creates Tiny Polymer Switch With Big Abilities To Control Heat
Carnegie Mellon University's Sheng Shen, an associate professor of mechanical engineering, and his team have developed a new polymer thermal regulator that can quickly transform from a conductor to an...
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Deep Learning Helps Tease Out Gene Interactions
Carnegie Mellon University computer scientists have taken a deep learning method that has revolutionized face recognition and other image-based applications in recent years and redirected its power to...
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A (climate change) tale of 115 cities
Has the city where I live gotten hotter? Does it rain more or has it gotten drier? Are there more days of extreme heat? In short, what's going on with climate change in my specific location? "That is...
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Jim Herbsleb Will Lead CMU's Institute for Software Research
Martial Hebert, dean of Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science, has named Jim Herbsleb as the new director of its Institute for Software Research (ISR). A faculty member for 17 years,...
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CMU Uses Technology To Empower Citizens
Predicting fires and landslides. Optimizing public transportation. Rooting out hate speech. Fighting opioid addiction and deaths. Curbing algorithmic bias. Technology is a powerful tool that can help...
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Revolutionizing Education
Like any committed instructor who finds students struggling to grasp a difficult concept, Amy Burkert wants to do everything in her power to help. At Carnegie Mellon University, where Burkert also...
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Team Explorer Adds Capabilities for Latest DARPA Robotics Contest
Maneuvering wheeled robots up and down stairwells and flying drones slim enough to slip through narrow doorways and tough enough to survive collisions are among the new capabilities Team Explorer has...
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