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Transcendence
Students in Carnegie Mellon University's Entertainment Technology Center (ETC) created a game to help children who have experienced trauma. The game earned an honorable mention from the United Nations...
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CMU Study Finds Chinese Consumers May Adopt Electric Vehicles First,...
By Tara Moore / 412-268-9673 A new study by Carnegie Mellon University researchers finds that mainstream Chinese car buyers are more willing to adopt pure electric vehicles than American consumers. CMU...
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Olympic Feat
Barra Olympic Park, Rio de JaneiroThe International Olympic Committee recently launched a new "invitation phase" to work with potential 2024 contenders ahead of the Sept. 15 deadline for formal...
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Biomedical Engineering Department To Create Heart Science Program
By Daniel Tkacik / 412-268-1187 Carnegie Mellon University's Department of Biomedical Engineering has been awarded a grant from the American Heart Association to create a program to train undergraduate...
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American Society of Civil Engineers Honors CMU’s James H. Garrett, Jr. and...
By Tara Moore / 412-268-9673 The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Pittsburgh Chapter has recognized Carnegie Mellon University’s College of Engineering Dean James H. Garrett, Jr. and...
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The Game of Life
Rachel Franklin (S'91) merged lifelong loves of math and film in her job at Electronic Arts (EA). Franklin produces video games as the executive producer of "The Sims 4." She weaves big data into...
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Three Carnegie Mellon Professors Win Sloan Research Fellowships
By Jocelyn Duffy / 412-268-9982 / and Byron Spice / 412-268-9068 Three Carnegie Mellon University faculty members have been named recipients of 2015 Sloan Research Fellowships. Mathematician Boris...
View ArticleCarnegie Mellon Team Finds Exporting Natural Gas Will Not Increase, But Lower...
By Tara Moore / 412-268-9673 Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University’s College of Engineering have determined that exporting natural gas to Asia or Europe will not cause increased greenhouse gas...
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Math & Humanity
Manil Suri (S'80, '83) and Michele Osherow (DC'88) didn't expect that their academic careers would lead to them performing around the country. Suri, a math professor at the University of Maryland,...
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Carnegie Mellon Study Shows Electric Vehicle Range and Emissions Vary With...
By Tara Moore / 412-268-9673 A new study by Carnegie Mellon University researchers finds that electric vehicles have shorter range and more emissions in regions with extreme weather. Mechanical...
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Carnegie Mellon’s Top-Rated Statistics Department Among Fastest-Growing
By Shilo Rea / 412-268-6094 It looks like Google Chief Economist Hal Varian’s 2009 prediction that “the sexy job in the next 10 years will be statisticians” was right on the money. According to numbers...
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Startup Gets Bite on "Shark Tank"
On Feb. 6, Bobbie Rhoads (TPR'93) appeared on Shark Tank to pitch her company, FunBites.Rhoads entered the Tank with hopes that the "sharks" would invest in her product — food cutters that slice meals...
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Intermediary Neuron Acts as Synaptic Cloaking Device, Says Carnegie Mellon Study
By Jocelyn Duffy / 412-268-9982 Neuroscientists believe that the connectome, a map of each and every connection between the millions of neurons in the brain, will provide a blueprint that will allow...
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Carnegie Mellon Receives Three Gifts Totaling $17 Million for Tepper Quad,...
By Ken Walters / 412-268-1151 / and Abby Simmons / 412-268-4290 Carnegie Mellon University has received three gifts for a total of $17 million this week to support the David A. Tepper Quadrangle and...
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The Sky's The Limit
Photo by NASA: Hubble's Sharpest View of the Orion NebulaThe sky has been the limit for David P. Radzanowski's (HNZ'90) career.The Heinz College alumnus was confirmed by the Senate as NASA's chief...
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Carnegie Mellon BrainHub Announces Recipients of ProSEED Funding
By Jocelyn Duffy / 412-268-9982 / jhduffy@andrew.cmu.edu / and Shilo Rea / 412-268-6094 / shilo@cmu.edu Carnegie Mellon University has funded eight new neuroscience projects through its ProSEED grant...
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Tickets On Sale for First-Ever Pittsburgh Humanities Festival
By Shilo Rea / 412-268-6094 / shilo@cmu.edu Carnegie Mellon University’s Humanities Center and the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust are joining forces to bring the first-ever Pittsburgh Humanities Festival to...
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CMU’s School of Drama To Welcome Guest Directors Patrick Wilson and Sasha...
By Erin Keane Scott / 412-268-2068 / ekscott@andrew.cmu.edu / and Pam Wigley / 412-268-1047 / pwigley@andrew.cmu.edu Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Drama, the oldest degree-granting...
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Carnegie Mellon Neuroscientists Identify New Way Several Brain Areas Communicate
By Shilo Rea / 412-268-6094 / shilo@cmu.edu Carnegie Mellon University neuroscientists have identified a new pathway by which several brain areas communicate within the brain’s striatum. Published in...
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Tony Awards and Carnegie Mellon Announce Judges for First Theatre Education...
By Carnegie Mellon's Ken Walters / 412-268-1151 / and Pam Wigley / 412-268-1047 and Shawn Purdy and Alyson Ahrns / 212-235-6813 of the Tony Awards The Tony Awards and Carnegie Mellon University today...
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