Lisa Tetrault’s “The Myth of Seneca Falls” Named 2015 Most Original Book in...
By Shilo Rea / 412-268-6094 The Organization of American Historians (OAH) has named “The Myth of Seneca Falls: Memory and the Women’s Suffrage Movement, 1848-1898” by Carnegie Mellon University’s Lisa...
View ArticleCarnegie Mellon and 90.5 WESA Launch “Energy Bite” To Raise Awareness for...
By Greg Faist / 412-268-1469 / faist@cmu.edu Carnegie Mellon University’s Wilton E. Scott Institute for Energy Innovation, a university-wide research institute leveraging the expertise of more than 100...
View ArticleMedia Advisory: U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx To Discuss...
By Abby Simmons / Carnegie Mellon / 412-268-4290 Jon Romano / U.S. Department of Transportation / 617-435-6613 Event: U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx will deliver remarks at Carnegie...
View ArticleLarge Synoptic Survey Telescope Taps Carnegie Mellon Statistician To Lead...
By Shilo Rea / 412-268-6094 Starting in 2022, the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) will digitally image the sky every night for a decade. The massive camera will gather roughly 30 terabytes — or...
View ArticleCarnegie Mellon Professor Alessandro Acquisti Awarded Fellowship from...
By Ken Walters / 312-268-1151 / walters1@andrew.cmu.edu Carnegie Mellon University Professor Alessandro Acquisti was named today to the inaugural class of the Andrew Carnegie Fellows by the Carnegie...
View ArticleBecome a World Changer. In Plaid.
By May 1, about 1,450 prospective CMU undergrads will make their decision to #TurnTartan. Let's hear from a few who have already committed. For Morgan Morrison, the decision to enroll at Carnegie...
View ArticleAlan Alda To Give Keynote Address at Carnegie Mellon Commencement, May 17
By Ken Walters / 412-268-1151 / walters1@andrew.cmu.edu Alan Alda, an acclaimed actor, writer and director who has a passion for science and technology, will be the keynote speaker at Carnegie Mellon...
View ArticlePresident Suresh Addresses University Challenges and Opportunities
President Subra Suresh presented his first update on the university yesterday (April 22) to several hundred in McConomy Auditorium and to a global audience on a live webcast. He said he wants to close...
View ArticleBrains Vs. Artificial Intelligence: Carnegie Mellon Computer Faces Poker Pros...
By Ken Walters / CMU / 412-268-1151 / walters1@andrew.cmu.eduand Emily Watts / For Rivers Casino / 717-507-3754 / emily@hornercom.com In a contest that echoes Deep Blue’s chess victory over Garry...
View ArticleCarnegie Mellon’s CyLab Biometrics Center Wins Gold at Edison Awards
By Daniel Tkacik / 412-268-1187 / dtkacik@andrew.cmu.edu Carnegie Mellon’s CyLab Biometrics Center won Gold at last night’s 2015 Edison Awards in the category of Applied Technology. Since 2008, the...
View ArticleNational Security Agency Director Admiral Mike Rogers To Deliver Address on...
By Shilo Rea / 412-268-6094 The ever-increasing reliance on information technology systems and networked operations has saturated almost every aspect of our daily lives. This dependence, which does...
View ArticleCMU President Subra Suresh, Collaborators Discover New Mechanism Behind...
By Jocelyn Duffy / 412-268-9982 A team of researchers from four universities has pinpointed one of the mechanisms responsible for the progression of malaria, providing a new target for possible...
View ArticleCarnegie Mellon Project Divides Everyday Tasks, Expenses In Ways...
By Byron Spice / 412-268-9068 / bspice@cs.cmu.edu The next time you share a cab, get a little help on splitting the fare from a Nobel laureate in economics. That’s possible as of today through Carnegie...
View ArticleExperiments, Brave Statements Featured in “Some Preservatives,” Carnegie...
By Lauren Goshinski / 412-268-1533 / laurengo@andrew.cmu.edu / and Pam Wigley / 412-268-1047 / pwigley@andrew.cmu.edu Thirty-six student artists from the Class of 2015 will present their final work in...
View ArticleResearchers Analyze Economic Effects of EPA’s Carbon Emission Guidelines
By Tara Moore / 412-268-9673 / tararaemoore@cmu.edu Researchers in Carnegie Mellon University’s College of Engineering demonstrate in a recent paper that states may not have the incentive to cooperate...
View ArticleCarnegie Mellon Congratulates Borle, Schwartz on Tony Awards Recognition
By Ken Walters / 412-268-1151 / walters1@andrew.cmu.edu / and Pam Wigley / 412-268-1047 / pwigley@andrew.cmu.edu Carnegie Mellon University congratulates alumni Christian Borle and Stephen Schwartz,...
View ArticleCarnegie Mellon’s Marlene Behrmann Elected To National Academy of Sciences
By Shilo Rea / 412-268-6094 / shilo@cmu.edu Carnegie Mellon University’s Marlene Behrmann, the George A. and Helen Dunham Cowan Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience and CMU co-director of the Center for...
View ArticleMusician and Life Coach
When Lance LaDuke was studying music as a euphonium player, his college advisor was emphatic — he needed to have an education degree, because there weren't many performance opportunities on euphonium...
View ArticleAlumni, Students Organize Earthquake Relief Efforts
CMU alumni and students are creating and supporting numerous relief efforts for victims of the 7.8-magnitude earthquake that hit Nepal on Saturday, April 25. Here are examples of efforts underway:...
View ArticlePoker Pros Lead at Halfway Point of "Brains Vs. Artificial Intelligence"
By Ken Walters / CMU / 412-268-1151 / walters1@andrew.cmu.edu and Emily Watts / Rivers Casino / 717-507-3754 / emily@hornercom.com Today marks the halfway point of an 80,000-hand journey in the “Brains...
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