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Actions Against Racism
Dear Members of the CMU Community: Last week, President Farnam Jahanian reached out to reaffirm Carnegie Mellon's solidarity with our Black and African-American community in the wake of the tragic...
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Researchers Aim To Improve Cancer Treatments Via Data Science
Carnegie Mellon University is collaborating with the pharmaceutical company Novartis to develop new statistical methods that could improve personalized medical treatments. Joel Greenhouse, professor of...
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"I Will Prove You Wrong"
It started with the Easter Bunny. Dressed as the holiday favorite, Ming-Na Wen started to take the stage at her third-grade play when she tripped and fell. The audience erupted into laughter. Some...
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Peter Adams Named Head of Carnegie Mellon's Engineering and Public Policy...
Peter Adams, a Carnegie Mellon University professor and leading researcher in the field of air quality and environmental policy, has been named head of the Department of Engineering and Public Policy...
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Richard Grenell joins IPS as a Senior Fellow
Richard Grenell, the former United States ambassador to Germany and former acting director of National Intelligence (DNI), has joined Carnegie Mellon University's Institute for Politics and Strategy as...
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Students Animated To Showcase Moving Art
Carnegie Mellon University students are part of two online efforts to show student work in the field of animation. The International Animated Film Society (ASIFA) through its Hollywood Animation...
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Dickert Named Assistant Dean for Educational Experience Assessment
Carnegie Mellon University has appointed Joanna Dickert assistant dean for educational experience assessment, effective July 1. In this newly expanded role, she will be responsible for the leadership...
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Self-Driving Cars That Recognize Free Space Can Better Detect Objects
It's important that self-driving cars quickly detect other cars or pedestrians sharing the road. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have shown that they can significantly improve detection...
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Applying Computer Graphics Techniques to Soft Robots
Motion picture animation and video games are impressively lifelike nowadays, capturing a wisp of hair falling across a heroine’s eyes or a canvas sail snapping crisply in the wind. Collaborators from...
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The Future of Pesticides and Fertilizers
The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization predicts that by 2050 the world population will have reached almost 10 billion people, increasing global food demand by 70 percent. With little...
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"Looking Out"
Since March, life has been far from normal. The pandemic has opened up a space for reflection, a platform for awakening and as evidenced by the recent protests in support of the Black Lives Matter...
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Electricity for All
Organizations like the World Bank imply that equality is an important aspect of their goals for expanding electricity access in developing countries. Yet few studies have actually addressed how to...
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CMU Portugal Program Announces $23M Funding for R&D Projects
A new round of research and development funding has been announced by CMU Portugal. More than $23 million will go to new projects that partner Portuguese companies with research institutions including...
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Zazzle Using MHCI Capstone Ideas To Create New Products
Wuyang Wang knew she got lucky last year. As part of the Human-Computer Interaction Institute's (HCII) master's degree program (MHCI), the Carnegie Mellon University student was assigned to a capstone...
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Schwartz Named Head of Computational Biology Department
Martial Hebert, dean of Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science, has named Russell Schwartz the new head of the Computational Biology Department, effective July 1. Schwartz, a professor...
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Shaping the Research That Informs Inclusive Policy
Octavio Mesner is fascinated by ripple effects — or, as epidemiologists call them, casual pathways. For instance, he never imagined being diagnosed with a language processing disorder as a child would...
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Recovering from COVID-19
Carnegie Mellon University's Wilton E. Scott Institute for Energy Innovation hosted three energy experts for a webinar on how social, environmental and technical resiliency frameworks can better...
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Li Named Finalist for Jack Nicklaus Award
Jason Li is relentless. In just three years, he has shattered most of the records for men's golf at Carnegie Mellon University. For his latest accolade, Li was named a finalist for the NCAA Division...
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CMU Method Makes More Data Available for Training Self-Driving Cars
For safety's sake, a self-driving car must accurately track the movement of pedestrians, bicycles and other vehicles around it. Training those tracking systems may now be more effective thanks to a new...
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Brain Hitches Bows to Patterns
Robert Mason and Marcel Just's new research at Carnegie Mellon University have decoded the step-by-step processing that takes place in the brain when various knots are tied. Their work was published...
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