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Team Creates Software To Optimize Pharmaceutical Development
The development of a new medication is an incredibly complex process. From laboratory research, to testing for safety and efficacy, to setting up manufacturing and obtaining regulatory approval, the...
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Tantalizing Tantalum Actuators and Sensors
Accelerometers in mobile phones, microprocessors in laptops, and gyroscopes that balance drones each rely on microelectromechanical systems, or MEMS for short. Within these small systems are even...
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Tartan Journeys Start With Move-In Day
Staff and volunteers helped incoming first-year and transfer students settle into Carnegie Mellon University residence halls. The annual event marks the beginning of Orientation week for the class of...
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Orientation Highlights
Orientation helps both undergraduate and graduate students chart their CMU experiences. From day one, students begin building the foundations for academic success, community, well-being and pride in...
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CMU President Welcomes Class of 2025+
Carnegie Mellon University President Farnam Jahanian welcomed the class of 2025+ and their families in a livestreamed broadcast event on Aug. 22, 2021. "To the Class of 2025+, on behalf of the entire...
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Playfair Returns to the Cut
With minor modifications — like masks and more hand sanitizer — Playfair returned to the Cut for this year's Orientation at Carnegie Mellon University. Playfair is a series of icebreakers that give...
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Heading-Grant Delivers CMU's First Community Day Keynote
Wanda Heading-Grant is starting the school year with her heart and mind wide open. Like the 1,911 students in the class of 2025+, she just became a Tartan, too. In her keynote speech on diversity,...
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Carnegie Mellon, University of Washington to Pioneer Platforms that Harness...
Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Washington have announced an expansive, multi-year collaboration to create new software platforms to analyze large astronomical datasets generated by...
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Community Collage 2021
First-year students watch their peers put their talents on display, highlighting the rich diversity of Carnegie Mellon in each year's Community Collage. The event mixes music, dance and storytelling to...
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Convocation: Embark on a Journey
Carnegie Mellon University President Farnam Jahanian surveyed the first-year students gathered in McConomy Auditorium for Convocation, the formal academic ceremony marking the start of their CMU...
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Dynamic Heart Model Advances Engineered Heart Tissue
Efforts to understand cardiac disease progression and develop therapeutic tissues that can repair the human heart are just a few areas of focus for the Feinberg research group at Carnegie Mellon...
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House Wars 2021
House Wars brings the resident hall communities onto the Cut for a competition unlike any other. A chance for some serious fun, the winning house secures bragging rights for an entire year.
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METALS Students See Their Future in Alumni Mentors
High-quality, personalized feedback for students is one of the hallmarks of Carnegie Mellon University's learning engineering approach. Learning engineers integrate such feedback into everything from...
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Carnegie Mellon University and Emerald Cloud Lab to Build World's First...
Carnegie Mellon University and Emerald Cloud Lab (ECL) have entered into a partnership to build the world's first cloud lab in an academic setting. The remote-controlled lab will provide a universal...
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LTI Master's Student Urges NLP Focus on Signed Languages
Advancements in natural language processing (NLP) enable computers to understand what humans say and help people communicate through tools like machine translation, voice-controlled assistants and...
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Machine Learning Algorithm Revolutionizes How Scientists Study Behavior
To Eric Yttri, assistant professor of biological sciences and Neuroscience Institute faculty at Carnegie Mellon University, the best way to understand the brain is to watch how organisms interact with...
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CMU Spinoff RobotWits Helps Pave Waymo's Way in Pittsburgh
When Waymo opens its office in Pittsburgh, it will do so partly with the team and expertise of a Carnegie Mellon University spinoff company. Waymo announced last month it would open an engineering...
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Orientation Day of Service Instills Sense of Community
With no cover from the sun, Jesse Ding knelt in the dirt for hours. Alongside fellow first-year Carnegie Mellon University students, she pulled weeds from a tomato patch at the Hilltop Urban Farm in...
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How Human Problem-Solving Can Inspire Better AI Scheduling
When scheduling an appointment, Carnegie Mellon University junior Elchanan Haas said most people make decisions quickly. How long will the activity take? Where will it occur? Is travel time needed? Is...
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Team Establishes Roots for New Musical
Creating a new musical is a years-long process. Broadway shows that originated at Carnegie Mellon University like John-Michael Tebelak's "Godspell" and Stephen Schwartz's "Pippin," or even "In the...
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