Press Release: Chemists Identify Key Step in Biosynthesis of Carbapenem...
Contact: Jocelyn Duffy / 412-268-9982 / jhduffy@andrew.cmu.edu PITTSBURGH—A team of researchers, including Carnegie Mellon University's Yisong Guo, have revealed a key step in the biosynthesis of...
View ArticlePress Release: Carnegie Mellon Researchers Discover Social Integration...
Contact: Shilo Rea / 412-268-6094 / shilo@cmu.edu PITTSBURGH—It is well established that being involved in more social roles, such as being married, having close friends, close family members, and...
View ArticlePress Release: Carnegie Mellon Alumni Zachary Quinto of "Star Trek," Matt...
Contacts: Ken Walters / 412-268-1151 / walters1@andrew.cmu.edu Pam Wigley / 412-268-1047 / pwigley@andrew.cmu.edu Shawn Purdy - SLATE PR / For the Tony Awards /...
View ArticlePress Release: Carnegie Mellon's NREC and Sikorsky Aircraft Will Pair...
Contact: Byron Spice / 412-268-9068 / bspice@cs.cmu.edu PITTSBURGH—Carnegie Mellon University's National Robotics Engineering Center (NREC) and Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. are working with the U.S. Army...
View ArticlePress Release: NSF Grant Supports Carnegie Mellon I-Corps Site To Train...
Contacts: Mark Burd / 412-268-3486 / mdburd@andrew.cmu.edu Byron Spice / 412-268-9068 / bspice@andrew.cmu.edu PITTSBURGH—The National Science Foundation has awarded...
View ArticlePress Release: Women Comprise 40 Percent of Computer Science Majors Among...
Contact: Byron Spice / 412-268-9068 / bspice@cs.cmu.edu PITTSBURGH—Women, who historically have been under-represented among computer science majors nationwide, will make up 40 percent of the incoming...
View ArticlePress Release: Carnegie Mellon To Air its First Prime-time TV Commercial...
Contact: Ken Walters / 412-268-1151 / walters1@andrew.cmu.edu PITTSBURGH—Just weeks after announcing that it has become the Tony Awards® first exclusive higher education partner, Carnegie Mellon...
View ArticleNews Brief: Chinese Academy of Sciences Honors Carnegie Mellon President...
Contact: Abby Simmons / 412-268-4290 / abbysimmons@cmu.edu PITTSBURGH—Carnegie Mellon University President Subra Suresh was among four non-Chinese scientists honored for induction into the Chinese...
View ArticlePress Release: Carnegie Mellon's Franco Sciannameo Co-edits Book Examining...
Contact: Pam Wigley / 412-268-1047 / pwigley@andrew.cmu.edu PITTSBURGH—Franco Sciannameo, the associate dean of interdisciplinary initiatives at Carnegie Mellon University's College of Fine Arts (CFA),...
View ArticlePress Release: Carnegie Mellon Names Anind Dey Director of Human-Computer...
Contact: Byron Spice / 412-268-9068 / bspice@cs.cmu.edu PITTSBURGH—Randal E. Bryant, dean of the Carnegie Mellon University School of Computer Science, has appointed Anind K. Dey as the new Charles M....
View ArticlePress Release: Carnegie Mellon's "Let's Go" Automated Phone Line Offers...
Contact: Byron Spice / 412-268-9068 / bspice@cs.cmu.edu PITTSBURGH—"Let's Go," Carnegie Mellon University's innovative automated phone line that has provided after-hours transit information to riders...
View ArticlePress Release: Carnegie Mellon Recognized for Excellence in Cybersecurity...
Contact: Sherry Stokes / 412-268-5976 / stokes@cmu.edu PITTSBURGH—After a rigorous review process, Carnegie Mellon University has been issued designations as a National Center of Academic Excellence in...
View ArticleNews Brief: John Woolford Named Acting Head of Biological Sciences
Contact: Jocelyn Duffy / 412-268- 9982 / jhduffy@andrew.cmu.edu PITTSBURGH—John Woolford, professor of biological sciences, has been named acting head of the Department of Biological Sciences,...
View ArticlePress Release: Carnegie Mellon's Jim Ray Daniels Tells "Eight Mile High" Stories
Contact: Shilo Rea / 412-268-6094 / shilo@cmu.edu PITTSBURGH—Eight Mile Road, the infamous stretch of concrete that divides Detroit racially and culturally, is the setting and main character in Jim Ray...
View ArticlePress Release: Carnegie Mellon Announces New Investments In Maker Education,...
Contacts: Abby Simmons / 412-268-4290 / abbysimmons@cmu.edu Ken Walters / 412-268-1151 / walters1@andrew.cmu.edu PITTSBURGH—Words will jump off the page of a special letter President...
View ArticlePress Release: Carnegie Mellon's Leadership and Negotiation Academy for Women...
Contacts: Abby Simmons / 412-268-4290 / abbysimmons@cmu.edu Mark Burd / 412-268-3486 / mdburd@andrew.cmu.edu PITTSBURGH—The Carnegie Mellon Leadership and Negotiation Academy for Women...
View ArticlePress Release: Pittsburgh Civic Leader Richard Simmons Donates $7.5 Million...
Contact: Ken Walters / 412-268-1151/ walters1@andrew.cmu.edu PITTSBURGH—Richard P. Simmons, the Pittsburgh civic leader and philanthropist, has announced a $7.5 million gift to Carnegie Mellon...
View ArticleObituary: Carnegie Mellon Alumna and Hall of Fame Inventor Stephanie Kwolek...
Carnegie Mellon University alumna Stephanie Kwolek, the inventor of Kevlar®, the essential ingredient in body armor, died Wednesday, June 18 in Wilmington, Delaware. She was 90. Kwolek, who earned her...
View ArticleNews Brief: Researchers Determine How Much Energy Storage Must Cost For Its...
Contact: Sherry Stokes / 412-268-5976 / stokes@cmu.edu PITTSBURGH—In a paper in "Energy Policy," Carnegie Mellon University researchers quantify how cheap energy storage must be in order for it to be...
View ArticlePress Release: Carnegie Mellon Creates Programming Library for Developing...
Contact: Byron Spice / 412-268-9068 / bspice@cs.cmu.edu PITTSBURGH—Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University's Human-Computer Interaction Institute in collaboration with Adobe Research have created a...
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