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Media Advisory: Carnegie Mellon Experts Available To Discuss Net Neutrality

Carnegie Mellon University experts are available to provide comment as the Federal Communications Commission prepares to vote on net neutrality rules this Thursday, Dec. 14. Two faculty members, David...

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Augmented Reality App Puts Museum Visitors in Touch with Architectural History

With the tap of a tablet, a Carnegie Mellon University-created augmented reality app puts museum visitors in touch with the stories behind historical plaster casts like those taken from The Tower of...

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Student Team Creates Test To Lessen Environmental Impact of Offshore Oil...

A team of students at Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar was awarded the Bronze Achievement Award at the International Genetically Engineered Machines (iGEM) competition hosted by the Massachusetts...

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New Study Finds Carbon Capture and Utilization Won't Mitigate Global Warming

A study by four international scientists, including Carnegie Mellon University's Edward S. Rubin, questions the effectiveness of a proposed plan to mitigate global warming by using carbon dioxide (CO2)...

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Bhagavatula Named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors

Carnegie Mellon University's Vijayakumar Bhagavatula, the U.A. and Helen Whitaker Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has been named a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI)....

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Colwell Named Jack G. Buncher Chair, Reappointed Head of CMU's School of Music

Associate Professor Denis Colwell has received the Jack G. Buncher Chair and has been reappointed head of Carnegie Mellon University's School of Music, a position he has held since 2012. "I look...

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Student-Athletes Honored at Fourth Annual Academic Achievement Celebration

Commitment, determination and dedication were frequent words spoken during this year's academic achievement celebration hosted by Carnegie Mellon University's Department of Athletics. Twenty-nine...

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Carnegie Mellon Reveals Inner Workings of Victorious AI

Libratus, an artificial intelligence that defeated four top professional poker players in no-limit Texas Hold'em earlier this year, uses a three-pronged approach to master a game with more decision...

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Carnegie Mellon Launches First Behavioral Economics Ph.D. Program

Smartly designed and implemented behavioral interventions change the way people make decisions, alter the way organizations operate and influence how policies are put into place. Now, students looking...

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Learning by Doing Good

Carnegie Mellon University students love to create cool new technologies, but as students discovered in a course that debuted this fall, sometimes it can be even more rewarding to apply existing...

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2017 in Review

From a record-number of women in the first-year class to groundbreakings for buildings that will be home to future innovative work and learning, the news has been filled with stories about researchers...

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Machine Learning Will Change Jobs

Machine learning computer systems, which get better with experience, are poised to transform the economy much as steam engines and electricity have in the past. They can outperform people in a number...

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Host Families Provide “Comforts of Home” to International Students

When Anit Kumar Sahu returns from Winter Break to resume his doctoral studies at Carnegie Mellon University, he will be 10,000 miles from his family in India. But thanks to his host family in...

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Happy New Year!

For the third year, the talents of the Carnegie Mellon University community are on display in an original arrangement of "Auld Lang Syne," this time by the Tartan Tuba Band. Assistant Teaching...

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CMU Responds to COVID-19

As the world experiences an unprecedented situation due to coronavirus, the CMU community is responding with innovative approaches to education, impactful research and a commitment to service. If you...

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CMU Helps Provide Free Wi-Fi to Area Students

Carnegie Mellon University has joined with Meta Mesh Wireless Communities, the University of Pittsburgh, and the Keystone Initiative for Network-based Research (KINBER) in an unprecedented partnership...

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Carnegie Mellon School of Drama Students to Host Virtual Cabaret: 'Bring Me...

The Junior Musical Ensemble of Carnegie Mellon University's School of Drama will be hosting its annual Cabaret at 7 p.m. Sunday, November 22. This year, the audience can enjoy it right from the comfort...

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Thunder Nation Records Inaugural Powwow CD at CMU

A drum group brought its beat to Carnegie Mellon University earlier this year. Alexa Woloshyn, an assistant professor of musicology in CMU's School of Music, said this was the first time that powwow...

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Student Researchers Work To Advance Sustainable Development

Carnegie Mellon University students with a passion for public service are learning analytical skills and management strategies through the lens of the world's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a...

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CMU Students Light Up The Stage Remotely

Let there be light. Carnegie Mellon University students now can light on-campus theatrical projects from the comfort of their homes. Implemented in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the upgrades to...

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