Improving a Vaccine Delivery System for COVID and Beyond
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University'sĀ College of Engineering and the University of Pittsburgh's School of Medicine have been awarded a grant from the Richard King Mellon Foundation to develop and...
View ArticleComputer History Museum Honors Tech Legend Raj Reddy
The Computer History Museum (CHM) has announced that Raj Reddy, the Moza Bint Nasser University Professor of Computer Science and Robotics at Carnegie Mellon University, is among its 2021 Fellow Award...
View ArticleCMU Robotics Alumnus Leads Development of Critical Landing Technology
"LVS Valid" The message would sound cryptic to most people, but for Andrew Johnson, a principal robotics system engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, receiving it from Mars on Thursday meant...
View ArticleOdd Find Rattles Reader
Readers expect to find tales, not tails, in books. This story is about the latter. A Carnegie Mellon University Libraries patron discovered a bagged, flattened snake in a copy of Brenda Shaughnessy's...
View ArticleCMU Researchers Win NSF-Amazon Fairness in AI Awards
Three Carnegie Mellon University research teams have received funding through the Program on Fairness in Artificial Intelligence, which the National Science Foundation sponsors in partnership with...
View ArticleAI May Mistake Chess Discussions as Racist Talk
"The Queen's Gambit," the recent TV mini-series about a chess master, may have stirred increased interest in chess, but a word to the wise: social media talk about game-piece colors could lead to...
View ArticleFinding the Hidden Gems of the Modern Photography World
One student's vision is bringing focus to a group of photographers who are sometimes left out of the picture. James Wang, a senior majoring in statistics and machine learning at Carnegie Mellon...
View ArticleMorgan Chairs Congressional Briefing on Future of U.S. Electrical Grid
Granger Morgan, Carnegie Mellon University professor of engineering and public policy and electrical and computer engineering, will chair a briefing by a National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and...
View ArticleCMU Highlighted in New American Theatre Wing Documentary
The American Theatre Wing (ATW) is featuring Carnegie Mellon University in an episode of "Working in the Theatre," the Wing's Emmy-nominated documentary series. CMU is one of three schools to be...
View ArticleGbemi Disu Named Executive Director of Carnegie Mellon University in Africa
Gbemi Disu has joined Carnegie Mellon University in Africa as executive director, effective Feb. 1, 2021. As a member of the leadership team, Disu will work in partnership with the director of Carnegie...
View ArticleAI Identifies Social Bias Trends in Bollywood, Hollywood Movies
Babies whose births were depicted in Bollywood films from the 1950s and 60s were more often than not boys; in today's films, boy and girl newborns are about evenly split. In the 50s and 60s, dowries...
View ArticleTCS Hall on Carnegie Mellon Campus Earns LEED Gold Certification
Carnegie Mellon University's TCS Hall has achieved LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council for its energy efficiency and...
View ArticleResearch Shows How Wildfires May Have Larger Effects on Cloud Formation and...
As the frequency and size of wildfires continues to increase worldwide, new research from Carnegie Mellon University scientists shows how the chemical aging of the particles emitted by these fires can...
View ArticleHonoring Carnegie Mellon Visionary Computer Scientist Howard Wactlar
Carnegie Mellon University lost a remarkable visionary Monday with the passing of Howard Wactlar, who pioneered computing on campus for nearly half a century while advancing the nation's research...
View ArticleSCS Names First Assistant Dean for Entrepreneurship Initiatives
Katharine "Kit" Needham has been named the inaugural assistant dean for entrepreneurship initiatives for Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science. Needham, who also serves as the...
View ArticleDeveloping CMU's Newest Student Leaders
On Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021, more than 60 Carnegie Mellon University first-year students logged in to a four-hour virtual event to kick off this year's Emerging Leaders program, a 20-year-old CMU...
View ArticleCMU Recognized for Commitment to First-Gen Students
Carnegie Mellon has been designated a First-Gen Forward university for its commitment to improve the college experience for first-generation students. CMU received the honor from theĀ Center for...
View ArticleCMU Resources Instrumental to Musician/Entrepreneur
Oboe reeds can be a challenge for new and experienced musicians alike. The oboe is a double reed instrument whose sound is produced by two pieces of cane vibrating against each other, which can easily...
View ArticleCMU Graduate Student Cracks Mars Rover Code
Down here on Earth, nearly 130 million miles from Mars, Adithya Balaji eagerly watched high definition video of Perseverance and its successful descent onto the red planet. From his desk in Raleigh,...
View ArticleCMU Film Festival Showcases Chinese Film "So Long, My Son"
"So Long, My Son," the next title in the Carnegie Mellon University's International Film Festival'sĀ "Faces of Home" series, is a deep and moving generational drama from visionary Chinese director Wang...
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