Carnegie Mellon's Alex Imas Wins CESifo Young Economist Award
By Shilo Rea / 412-268-6094 PITTSBURGH—Carnegie Mellon University's Alex Imas has won the Distinguished CESifo Affiliate Award given annually to a young economist for displaying...
View ArticleCarnegie Mellon To Host Hockey Analytics Workshop
By Shilo Rea / 412-268-6094 PITTSBURGH—Hockey fans who want to learn more about the numbers behind hockey, including goals against average, points per game, save...
View ArticleCarnegie Mellon Project Uses “Provably Fair” Methods To Help People Split...
By Byron Spice / 412-268-9068 PITTSBURGH—The need to divide things among people is an aspect of daily life filled with potential pitfalls. Whether the deal involves land, an...
View ArticleProfessors Boatwright and Peña Earn Faculty Chairs at Carnegie Mellon
By Mark Burd / 412-268-3486 PITTSBURGH—In recognition of their outstanding research contributions, two Carnegie Mellon University Tepper School of Business professors have...
View ArticleComputer Vision Expert Martial Hebert Named Director of Carnegie Mellon...
By Byron Spice / 412-268-9068 PITTSBURGH—Martial Hebert, a leading researcher in computer vision and robotics at Carnegie Mellon University since 1984, will become director of the university's Robotics...
View ArticlePrinceton's Neta Bahcall Will Present Bennett-McWilliams Lecture in Cosmology...
By Jocelyn Duffy / 412-268-9982 PITTSBURGH—Prominent astrophysicist Neta Bahcall, who was the first head of the Hubble Space Telescope's Science Program Selection Office, will present Carnegie Mellon...
View ArticleDo Your Smartphone Apps Invade Your Privacy? Carnegie Mellon Offers an Online...
By Byron Spice / 412-268-9068 PITTSBURGH—Smartphones wouldn't be so smart without their apps, yet many free apps pinpoint a user's location to deliver targeted ads or share contact lists with third...
View ArticleMedia Advisory: Nalo Hopkinson to Present at Carnegie Mellon's Young Adult...
By Jocelyn Duffy / 412-268-9982 Event: Carnegie Mellon University and Parsec, Pittsburgh's premier science fiction and fantasy organization, will host young adult author Nalo Hopkinson as...
View ArticleCMU's School of Drama presents "Trojan Women: A Love Story" by Charles L....
By Erin Keane Scott / 412-268-2068, Pam Wigley / 412-268-1047 PITTSBURGH—Carnegie Mellon University's School of Drama brings a new adaptation of a Greek classic to the Philip Chosky Theater when...
View ArticleCMU Congratulates GE on Plans for New Manufacturing Facility
By Ken Walters / 412-268-1151 PITTSBURGH—Carnegie Mellon University congratulates the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and GE on the company's plans to build a new advanced manufacturing facility in the...
View ArticleStudent-Developed Communication Device Aids People with Lou Gehrig's Disease
PITTSBURGH—Abhishek Sharma and Douglas Rew, master's degree students in software engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, have developed a device that enables people with amyotrophic lateral...
View ArticleCarnegie Mellon School of Music Renames Recording Studio in Recognition of...
By Dana Casto / 412-268-4921 / and Pam Wigley / 412-268-1047 PITTSBURGH—The recording studio in Carnegie Mellon University's School of Music has been renamed The Vlahakis Recording Studio in honor...
View ArticleCarnegie Mellon Computer Scientist Mary Shaw Receives National Medal of...
By Byron Spice / 412-268-9068 (office) / 412-559-8501 (mobile) PITTSBURGH—Mary Shaw, the Alan J. Perlis University Professor of Computer Science in Carnegie Mellon University's Institute for Software...
View ArticleCarnegie Mellon's College of Engineering Marks 30th Birthday of Self-driving...
By Sherry Stokes / 412-268-5976 PITTSBURGH—The College of Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University celebrates 30 years of self-driving car technology today (Nov. 20). Carnegie Mellon is the birthplace...
View ArticleMedia Advisory: Carnegie Mellon To Unveil New Lunar Rover, "Andy"
By Byron Spice / 412-268-9068 Event: Carnegie Mellon University will unveil Andy, a four-wheeled robot designed to scramble up steep slopes and survive the temperature swings and high radiation...
View ArticleGo Behind the Scenes at Carnegie Mellon School of Art Open Studio, Dec. 5
By Pam Wigley / 412-268-1047 / and Lauren Goshinski / 412-268-1533 PITTSBURGH—The School of Art at Carnegie Mellon University will host its seventh annual Open Studio from...
View ArticleCarnegie Mellon Unveils Lunar Rover "Andy"
By Byron Spice / 412-268-9068 PITTSBURGH—Carnegie Mellon University today unveiled Andy, a four-wheeled robot designed to scramble up steep slopes and survive the temperature...
View ArticleCarnegie Mellon's CoBot Robots Reach 1,000-Kilometer Milestone of Autonomous...
By Byron Spice / 412-268-9068 PITTSBURGH—For three years, a group of robots, known as CoBots, has been navigating the corridors of Carnegie Mellon University's Gates and Hillman...
View ArticleCarnegie Mellon's Miller Gallery Opens Armin Hofmann Exhibition, Sponsored by...
By Pam Wigley / 412-889-6238 PITTSBURGH—The Miller Gallery at Carnegie Mellon University now features "Armin Hofmann: Farbe / Color," presented by the CMU School of Design,...
View ArticleReading Harry Potter: Carnegie Mellon Researchers Identify Brain Regions That...
By Byron Spice / 412-268-9068 PITTSBURGH—Some people say that reading "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" taught them the importance of friends, or that easy...
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