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Using Social Media For Large Behavioral Studies Is Fast and Cheap, But...
By Byron Spice / 412-268-9068 PITTSBURGH—The rise of social media has seemed like a bonanza for behavioral scientists, who have eagerly tapped the social nets to quickly and...
View ArticleCarnegie Mellon and Heinz Endowments To Demonstrate New Technology Enabling...
By Byron Spice, Carnegie Mellon / 412-268-9068 (office) / 412-559-8501 (cell) John Ellis, The Heinz Endowments / 412-338-2657 PITTSBURGH—Carnegie Mellon University's CREATE Lab and The Heinz...
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Carnegie Mellon Animation Software, "Alice," Supports Computing Curricula in...
By D. Murry Evans / +974 4454 8490 DOHA, Qatar—A team of faculty and students from Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar recently introduced "Alice Middle East," 3-D interactive educational...
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Carnegie Mellon, Pitt Collaborate To Enhance Library Services
In an email to the Carnegie Mellon University and University of Pittsburgh communities today (Dec. 2), CMU President Subra Suresh and Pitt Chancellor Patrick Gallagher announced a collaboration among...
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Carnegie Mellon Researchers Discover Brain Representations of Social Thoughts...
By Shilo Rea / 412-268-6094 PITTSBURGH—Psychiatric disorders — including autism — are characterized and diagnosed based on a clinical assessment of verbal and physical behavior. However, brain imaging...
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Breathe Cam Lets Citizens Document Pittsburgh's Visual Air Pollution and Its...
By Byron Spice / Carnegie Mellon / 412-268-9068 John Ellis / The Heinz Endowments / 412-338-2657 PITTSBURGH—A system of four cameras, called Breathe Cam, now keeps a...
View ArticleCarnegie Mellon Students To Present Surveillance Policy Recommendations to...
By Shilo Rea / 412-268-6094 From drones to traffic cameras to body cameras, technology is giving law enforcement officials many new options to watch and protect citizens. However, their use raises...
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Carnegie Mellon, Partners Launch Alliance For Maker Education
By Ken Walters / 412-268-1151 A group of higher education institutions at the forefront of the Maker movement, including universities, community colleges, art and design schools, announced the creation...
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Media 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...
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Society for Judgment and Decision Making Presents Carnegie Mellon's Alex Imas...
By Shilo Rea / 412-268-6094 The Society for Judgment and Decision Making has selected Carnegie Mellon University's Alex Imas as the 2014 winner of its Hillel Einhorn New...
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Carnegie Mellon University Press Publishes "The Collected Stories of Gladys...
By Shilo Rea / 412-268-6094 Born in Pittsburgh in 1909, Gladys Schmitt was known for achieving many things. Her award-winning novels, including "David the King," "Rembrandt" and...
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White House Official Announces Launch of Higher Education Alliance for Maker...
By Abby Simmons, 412-268-4290 John Holdren, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, announced the launch of the Make Schools Alliance this week while visiting Atlanta....
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Carnegie Mellon's Andreea Deciu Ritivoi Receives NEH Fellowship
By Shilo Rea / 412-268-6094 The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has awarded Carnegie Mellon University's Andreea Deciu Ritivoi a research fellowship to explore how...
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Carnegie Mellon Lunar Rover Wows XPRIZE Judges, Wins First Milestone Prize...
By Byron Spice / 412-268-9068 The Google Lunar XPRIZE announced today that Andy, a four-wheeled lunar rover designed and built by Carnegie Mellon University, is the...
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José M. F. Moura Named Fellow of National Academy of Inventors
By Krista Burns / 412-268-5316 José M. F. Moura of Carnegie Mellon University's Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering has been named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI)....
View ArticleCarnegie Mellon's Adam Feinberg Develops Key Method for Manipulating Cells in...
By Daniel Tkacik 412-268-1187 Carnegie Mellon University Professor Adam Feinberg and his colleagues have developed a new method to control how cells organize themselves on surfaces, a key process...
View ArticleCarnegie Mellon's Venkat Viswanathan Develops Solution to Lithium Air...
By Tara Moore / 412-268-9673 Carnegie Mellon University's Venkat Viswanathan and a team of researchers have reduced the problem of sudden death in lithium air batteries through the addition of water,...
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Hugs Help Protect Against Stress and Infection, Say Carnegie Mellon Researchers
By Shilo Rea / 412-268-6094 PITTSBURGH—Instead of an apple, could a hug-a-day keep the doctor away? According to new research from Carnegie Mellon University, that...
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Six Carnegie Mellon Faculty Members Elected Fellows of American Physical Society
By Jocelyn Duffy / 412-268-9982 Six Carnegie Mellon faculty members have been elected fellows of the American Physical Society (APS). This represents the largest group of APS Fellows Carnegie Mellon...
View ArticleAndrew W. Mellon Foundation Grants Carnegie Mellon $2 Million To Transform...
By Shilo Rea / 412-268-6094 PITTSBURGH—Technology is rapidly changing teaching and research in the humanities. Computational methods are enabling research that was impossible to...
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