News Brief: NY Times Poetry Chronicle Calls Carnegie Mellon University Press’...
Contact: Shilo Rea / 412.268.6094 / shilo@cmu.edu The New York Times Poetry Chronicle reviewed “Birds of the Air,” the latest book of poems published by Carnegie Mellon University Press, and called it...
View ArticlePress Release: Associate Director of SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory To...
Contact: Jocelyn Duffy / 412-268-9982 / duffyjh@andrew.cmu.edu PITTSBURGH-Norbert Holtkamp, associate laboratory director for the accelerator directorate at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory,...
View ArticleNews Brief: Message from President Jared L. Cohon
Carnegie Mellon University President Jared L. Cohon sent the following message to the university community today following the tragic events in Boston and at the Iran/Pakistan border. Dear Members of...
View ArticlePress Release: Carnegie Mellon School of Art POP Cabaret Presents “SPRUNG,”...
Contacts: Lauren Goshinski / School of Art / 412-268-1533 / laurengo@andrew.cmu.edu Pam Wigley / Media Relations / 412-889-6238 / pwigley@andrew.cmu.edu PITTSBURGH—You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll be...
View ArticlePress Release: Carnegie Mellon School of Drama Presents Modern-Day "Romeo &...
Contacts: Dennis Schebetta / 412-268-2068 / dschebetta@andrew.cmu.edu Pam Wigley / 412-268-1047 / pwigley@andrew.cmu.edu PITTSBURGH—The Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama will present William...
View ArticleNews Brief: Two From Carnegie Mellon Named 2013 Robert Bosch Foundation Fellows
Contact: Shilo Rea / 412-268-6094 / shilo@cmu.edu PITTSBURGH—The Robert Bosch Foundation Fellowship Program, designed to provide young American leaders with a yearlong professional exchange program in...
View ArticlePress Release: Silly Phone Game Puts Illiterate Pakistanis In Touch With...
Contact: Byron Spice / 412-268-9068 / bspice@cs.cmu.edu PITTSBURGH-A silly telephone game that became a viral phenomenon in Pakistan has demonstrated some serious potential for teaching poorly educated...
View ArticlePress Release: Carnegie Mellon Civil and Environmental Engineers Work To...
Contact: Chriss Swaney / 412-268-5776 / swaney@andrew.cmu.edu PITTSBURGH-A team of Carnegie Mellon University civil and environmental engineering faculty and students have teamed up with the U.S. Army...
View ArticlePress Release: Carnegie Mellon Researchers Find Modest Rebound Effects From...
Contact: Chriss Swaney / 412-268-5776 / swaney@andrew.cmu.edu PITTSBURGH-Don't trash the insulation or double-paned windows yet. Those energy efficient items can still help to save energy and lower the...
View ArticlePress Release: Carnegie Mellon's Nancy Ko Awarded Prestigious...
Contact: Chriss Swaney / 412-268-5776 / swaney@andrew.cmu.edu PITTSBURGH-Carnegie Mellon University's Nancy Ko has been selected to participate in the 30th annual Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange for...
View ArticlePress Release: Carnegie Mellon Art Student Drops Minivan To Illustrate...
Contacts: Lauren Goshinski / School of Art / 412-268-1533 / laurengo@andrew.cmu.edu Pam Wigley / Media Relations / 412-889-6238 / pwigley@andrew.cmu.edu PITTSBURGH—Carnegie Mellon University School...
View ArticleNews Brief: Oracle and Curriki Release Curriculum for Alice
The Oracle Academy, an educational initiative of Oracle, and Curriki, a nonprofit, global community for sharing educational resources, are working to make a curriculum for Carnegie Mellon University's...
View ArticleMedia Advisory: Carnegie Mellon's Alex John London To Speak at Presidential...
Contact: Shilo Rea / 412-268-6094 / shilo@cmu.edu Event: Carnegie Mellon University's Alex John London, an internationally renowned expert on research ethics, will speak at the Presidential Commission...
View ArticleMedia Advisory: Carnegie Mellon Co-Presents AfricAméricas Week To Explore...
Contact: Shilo Rea / 412-268-6094 / shilo@cmu.edu Event: Carnegie Mellon University will co-present AfricAméricas Week, a series of events to explore racism in Cuba and Afro-Latin culture, history and...
View ArticleNews Brief: Hear Me Launches School Climate Campaign
The Hear Me Project of the Robotics Institute's CREATE Lab will launch a new four-month campaign focused on the theme of School Climate with an open house on Friday, April 26, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Big...
View ArticleNews Brief: With Wave of the Hand, Carnegie Mellon Researchers Create...
Contact: Byron Spice / 412-268-9068 / bspice@cs.cmu.edu PITTSBURGH-Researchers previously have shown that a depth camera system, such as Kinect, can be combined with a projector to turn almost any...
View ArticleNews Brief: Carnegie Mellon's NREC's Robotic Paint-stripping System Is Edison...
A robotic paint-stripping system being developed by Carnegie Mellon University's National Robotics Engineering Center and Concurrent Technologies Corporation of Johnstown, Pa., was named a Gold winner...
View ArticlePress Release: Four Earn Highest Faculty Distinction at Carnegie Mellon
Contacts: Ken Walters / 412-268-1151 / walters1@andrew.cmu.edu Mark Burd / 412-268-3486 / mdburd@andrew.cmu.edu Jocelyn Duffy / 412-268-9982 / jhduffy@andrew.cmu.edu Shilo Rea / 412-268-6094 /...
View ArticlePress Release: Carnegie Mellon and Pitt Professors Share Prestigious...
Contacts: Chriss Swaney / 412-268-5776 / swaney@andrew.cmu.edu / Carnegie Mellon University Paul Kovach / 412-624-0265 / pkovach@pitt.edu / University of Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH-Carnegie Mellon...
View ArticlePress Release: Engaging Online Crowds in the Classroom Could Be Important...
Contact: Byron Spice / 412-268-9068 / bspice@cs.cmu.edu PITTSBURGH-Online crowds can be an important tool for teaching the ins and outs of innovation, educators at Carnegie Mellon University and...
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