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Carnegie Mellon Unveils Third Athletics Hall of Fame Class

Four individuals and one team will be enshrined in the Carnegie Mellon University Athletics Hall of Fame, as the new class of Tartan legends was announced today. The list of five honorees includes a...

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Universities Partner To Make Chemistry More Equitable

On average, Black, Latino and Indigenous students fail or withdraw from general education courses in their first year of college more often than their white peers. Similar trends are observed between...

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CMU Contingent Shows Pride at Downtown Parade

On Saturday, June 4, a contingent of Carnegie Mellon University community members joined the thousands of people gathered in Downtown Pittsburgh for the Pittsburgh Pride Revolution March. CMU Alumnus...

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Faculty, Students Top Off Costumes for 'The Music Man'

Hugh Hanson, associate teaching professor of costume production in Carnegie Mellon University's School of Drama, has worked with acclaimed designer Santo Loquasto for more than 20 years on productions...

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Fulbrights Put Nine Tartans on Global Path

The Fulbright U.S. Student Program has awarded grants to nine Carnegie Mellon University students and recent alumni to teach English or pursue research on four continents. Richelle Bernazzoli, director...

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Three Carnegie Mellon Alumni Win Six 2022 Tony Awards

On the hallowed stage of Radio City Music Hall, the Tony Awards just delivered one of the most robust productions of its 75-year history. The four-hour celebration of Broadway's finest kicked off with...

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U.S. Department of Energy Partners With Carnegie Mellon to Launch the 2022...

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced its partnership with Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) to launch and host the 2022 Global Clean Energy Action Forum (Global Energy Forum) in...

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From Ads to X-rays, Alumnus Harnesses the Power of AI

On the cutting edge of a frontier, Ophir Tanz approached his moment in history with vision — specifically, computer vision. Tanz (right), a Carnegie Mellon University alumnus, announced earlier this...

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When Parenting Style Predicts Political Leanings

Parenting style — helicopter parenting (disciplinarian) versus free-range explorer (nurturing) — may be a key to the country's political future. A new study out of Carnegie Mellon University has found...

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Remembering Tung Au

Tung Au, emeritus professor in the Carnegie Mellon Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) and Engineering and Public Policy Departments, passed away on May 31, 2022, at 98 years old. Au served on...

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Pour Me a Glass

A horse, a zebra and artificial intelligence helped a team of Carnegie Mellon University researchers teach a robot to recognize water and pour it into a glass. Water presents a tricky challenge for...

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Tweeting a Help Wanted Sign

Want to be popular with lots of friends? Get out there and tweet. That advice holds true for open-source software projects as well, according to a new study from researchers in the Carnegie Mellon...

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University Libraries Appoints G. Sayeed Choudhury to New Role Supporting...

G. Sayeed Choudhury, currently the associate dean for digital infrastructure, applications, and services and Hodson Director of the Digital Research and Curation Center at the Sheridan Libraries of...

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Conrad Zapanta Named College of Engineering Associate Dean for Undergraduate...

Conrad Zapanta, a teaching professor in the Carnegie Mellon University Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME), has been appointed the new associate dean for Undergraduate Studies, effective July 1,...

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Students Match Soundscape Scores to 'Monet in Bloom'

Collaboration blooms between Carnegie Mellon University and its neighbor, Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens. Students in the Experimental Sound Synthesis course sculpted sounds to accompany...

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Innovation at Core of Swartz Center Program

Coleman Isner and Roshni Surpur, two members of the recently announced 2024 class of Innovation Scholars at Carnegie Mellon University's Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship, have something in common....

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Meg Richards and the Unplanned Path

Meg Richards wants young people to know there is no magic formula for being successful. "New graduates tend to get a lot of advice, especially early in their career. I want to make sure they know that...

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Carnegie Mellon Professor Launches ESG Index

Investing according to environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria has gained considerable momentum in recent years. While most existing metrics focus on physical emissions rather than their...

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Experts Study Marine Mammals To Learn About Human Hearing

Many hearing loss patients have the same complaint: They have trouble following conversations in a noisy space. Carnegie Mellon University’s Barbara Shinn-Cunningham has spent her career conducting...

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Tkacik Named Scott Institute Executive Director

Daniel Tkacik has been appointed as the new executive director of the Wilton E. Scott Institute for Energy Innovation. Tkacik succeeds Anna Siefken in this role, as she is on leave with the U.S....

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