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Financing a CMU Education
When Ricardo Tucker decided to pursue a degree in computer science, his parents, Lorena and Richard, were excited for their son, but felt concerned about the high cost of college. Once Ricardo fell in...
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Nexus of Excellence
Sitting at the nexus of data science, computer vision, and machine learning, artificial intelligence (AI) has the promise to provide insights from large, high-dimensional datasets that can stay...
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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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Researchers Build a Better Lung Model
Computational biologists at Carnegie Mellon University, working with colleagues at Boston University, have used machine learning techniques to develop an improved protocol for generating lung cells...
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Carnegie Mellon Will Compete in Abu Dhabi Robotics Challenge
A group of Carnegie Mellon University students and faculty is among 30 teams from around the world that will compete at the biennial Mohamed Bin Zayed International Robotics Challenge (MBZIRC), one of...
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Chouldechova, Zhu Awarded Research Grant on Fairness in Artificial Intelligence
The National Science Foundation (NSF) and Amazon announced that two Carnegie Mellon University researchers have been awarded a research grant as part of NSF's Program on Fairness in Artificial...
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Collaboration Clusters Connect Pittsburgh Neuroscientists
Deepshikha Acharya adjusts the leads on a black EEG cap strapped to the head of a volunteer test subject in a research lab in Carnegie Mellon University's Scott Hall. Researchers from CMU and the...
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Evolution in the Air
Two studies led by faculty in Carnegie Mellon University's Center for Atmospheric Particle Studies show how aerosol optical tweezing can allow scientists to scrutinize the components of the atmosphere...
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CMU Costume Studio Creates Onstage Magic Behind the Scenes
The storytelling that happens on stage goes beyond an actor's performance — it begins in the very fabric of their costumes. At the Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama, costume design and...
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Exploring a Genome's 3D Organization Through a Social Network Lens
Much as groups of sailors work together with ropes to accomplish tasks aboard ship, collections of transcription factor proteins work with sections of chromosomes as a community in the nucleus of a...
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"Lure of the Boards" Pulls Blair Underwood Back to Broadway
After eight years, Blair Underwood returned to Broadway in January, starring as Capt. Richard Davenport in "A Soldier's Play." The Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama alumnus accepted the...
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Pre-College Prepares High School Students for Campus Life
Carnegie Mellon University's Pre-College Programs offer high school students opportunities to explore college life. "It gives students the ability to test drive what they think they want to major in as...
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Weaving Heart into Our Work
Twenty years ago, John Woolford was teaching molecular biology students at Carnegie Mellon University about a complicated RNA pathway. Woolford was attempting to draw it on the board with chalk when he...
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Global Challenges Competition Tackles Income Inequality
The second annual Carnegie Mellon University Global Challenges Competition invited students from across the university to develop solutions focusing on income inequality. The 24-hour hackathon began on...
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Jaime Carbonell Pioneered Use of Computers for Translation
Jaime Carbonell foresaw a world where people could freely communicate with each other, no matter what language they spoke. He knew that making this dream a reality would require automation, so he spent...
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Lunar Gala Looks to “Yesterday” To Celebrate Forward Fashion
Carnegie Mellon University's 24th annual Lunar Gala highlighted the theme "Yesterday," on March 2 with 16 lines of fashion designs. From designers to models and production and creative teams working...
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Behrmann Honored for Contributions to Science
Carnegie Mellon University's Marlene Behrmann, Thomas S. Baker University Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience, has received the Cognitive Neuroscience Society's Fred Kavli Distinguished...
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Safety Helmet for Firefighters
Imagine firefighters trying to navigate through an unfamiliar, burning building full of suffocating smoke and deafening noise. Firefighting is exceedingly dangerous, and the ability for first...
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Early CAREER Faculty Shine
Four College of Engineering faculty have been awarded CAREER awards by the National Science Foundation (NSF). The awards, which are part of the Faculty Early Career Development Program, are given to...
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New Software Agents Will Infer What Users Are Thinking
Personal assistants today can figure out what you are saying, but what if they could infer what you were thinking based on your actions? A team of academic and industrial researchers led by Carnegie...
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