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Carnegie Mellon Chosen To Host Beckman Scholars Program
The Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation has selected Carnegie Mellon University as a recipient of a 2020 Beckman Scholars Program Award. "We are excited to announce our 2020 Beckman Scholars Program...
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Computing at the Edges of the Earth — and Beyond
Smaller than a playing card, a ChipSat is a tiny new type of satellite, equipped to sense its environment, compute and communicate. A 1.5x1.5x0.4 centimeter ChipSat costs about $50 to make — compared...
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The Future of Human Healing Lies in the Brain of a Starfish
The incredible benefits of stem cell therapy have been widely known for decades. It can alleviate the pain of arthritis and help patients heal exponentially faster after surgery. But stem cell...
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Carnegie Mellon Reimagines the English Degree
Carnegie Mellon University has relaunched its undergraduate English degree as the Bachelor of Arts in Literature & Culture. The new program reflects a new vision for the humanities as well as the...
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Safety Top of Mind for Baranowski
CMU students Joanna Baranowski and Ian Suzuki discuss their work on goalie helmets during internships at Covestro. Joanna Baranowski's head is in the game. As an integral member of the "Rethink the...
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412 Food Rescue CEO Leah Lizarondo Named Global Leader
Later this year, six remarkable women from around the world will receive the 2020 Vital Voices Global Leadership Awards. Leah Lizarondo, an alumna of Carnegie Mellon University's Heinz College of...
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CMU's Tricking Club Flips, Kicks and Twists for Fun
Evan Zhang takes two fast, powerful steps and hurdles forward onto his hands. He'll rotate upside down three times before completing a roundoff back handspring back tuck on the opposite side of the...
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Team Explorer Finishes Second In DARPA Competition
Team Explorer from Carnegie Mellon University and Oregon State University battled to the end in the DARPA Subterranean Challenge's Urban Circuit competition, ultimately finishing second. Explorer was...
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Carnegie Mellon Silicon Valley Moves All Courses Online Until Further Notice
Carnegie Mellon University Silicon Valley (CMU-SV) is moving to remote teaching until further notice in response to increasing cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in the County of Santa Clara,...
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To Predict an Epidemic, Evolution Can’t be Ignored
When scientists try to predict the spread of something across populations — anything from a coronavirus to misinformation — they use complex mathematical models to do so. Typically, they will study the...
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Carnegie Mellon Extends Forecasting of Flu-Like Illness
The flu season peaked weeks ago and the Delphi Research Group at Carnegie Mellon University normally would plan to halt its national and regional forecasts of influenza-like illness by the end of May....
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Experts Discuss the Implications of Coronavirus
The impact of the global rise in cases of the new coronavirus (COVID-19) has had ripple effects through all areas of life, from education to the economy. Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University...
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CMU Offers Free Resources To Support Remote Teaching
Carnegie Mellon University's Open Learning Initiative (OLI) is making its courseware materials available for free for the rest of the semester for institutions impacted by the COVID-19 outbreak....
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Pittsburgh Welcomes Women in Data Science
Initiated at Stanford University, the Women in Data Science (WiDS) Conference now boasts more than 150 satellite conferences across the world every year "to inspire and educate data scientists...
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Rashmi Vinayak Wins NSF CAREER Award
Rashmi Vinayak, an assistant professor in the Carnegie Mellon University Computer Science Department, has won a five-year, $650,000 Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award, the National Science...
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Keenan Crane Receives NSF CAREER Award
Keenan Crane, assistant professor in the Computer Science Department and Robotics Institute, has been awarded a four-year, $519,000 Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award, the National Science...
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Online Misinformation About COVID-19 Can Take Many Forms
Can spraying chlorine on your body prevent you from contracting the novel coronavirus? Is COVID-19 only as severe as the common flu? A number of stories containing inaccurate or misleading information...
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Researchers Donate Equipment to Allegheny County Health Department
Keith Cook drove up to the Allegheny County Emergency Services building on March 20 barely able to see out of his rearview mirror. His passenger seat, rear seats and trunk were packed with unused...
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Po-Shen Loh Provides Free Daily Math Lessons
Associate Professor of Mathematical Sciences Po-Shen Loh invites you to "Ask Math Anything." Every day, Loh streams live on YouTube to give what he likes to call "mathematician office hours," amid...
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Shah Earns NSF CAREER Award
Nihar Shah, an assistant professor in the Carnegie Mellon University School of Computer Science's Machine Learning and Computer Science departments, has received a National Science Foundation Faculty...
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