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Roadside Innovation
A shiny new Cadillac with a hidden talent — driving itself; headlights that can direct beams between snowflakes to improve visibility; a snowplow that projects on the windshield a clear-weather image...
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Krzysztof Matyjaszewski Wins Dreyfus Prize
By Jocelyn Duffy / 412-268-9982 / jhduffy@andrew.cmu.edu Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, the J.C. Warner University Professor of Natural Sciences at Carnegie Mellon University, has won the 2015 Dreyfus Prize...
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Entrepreneurial Inspiration
CMU students don't just have big dreams — they make big things happen. Courtney Williamson (TPR'12, '15), a Tepper School of Business Ph.D. candidate, is determined to improve the quality of life for...
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CMU Researchers Make Key Discovery To Improve Pharmaceuticals Production
A pair of Carnegie Mellon researchers have made a key discovery about amino acids, the most basic building blocks of life. For centuries, scientists have been perplexed by the fact that amino acids in...
View ArticleTeens Probably Won’t Like Self-Driving Cars, But Their Parents Will
By Sherry Stokes / 412-268-5976 / stokes@cmu.edu If consumers have their way, self-driving cars will enable parents to keep tighter reins on teen motorists. A survey conducted by the College of...
View ArticleCarnegie Mellon Researchers Find More Sex Doesn't Lead To Increased Happiness
By Shilo Rea / 412-268-6094 / shilo@cmu.edu Countless research and self-help books claim that having more sex will lead to increased happiness, based on the common finding that those having more sex...
View ArticlePoker Pros Rake In More Chips Than Carnegie Mellon's Artificial Intelligence...
By Byron Spice / CMU / 412-268-9068 / bspice@cs.cmu.eduand Emily Watts / Rivers Casino / 717-507-3754 / emily@hornercom.com Four of the world's best players of Heads-up No-limit Texas Hold'em amassed...
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Printing the Future
Additive manufacturing, also known as 3D printing, is becoming common enough that consumers can buy desktop printers. Carnegie Mellon University is ensuring all of its students — from its engineers to...
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Bragging: Researchers Find Self-Promotion Often Backfires
By Shilo Rea / 412-268-6094 / shilo@cmu.edu Bragging to coworkers about a recent promotion, or posting a photo of your brand new car on Facebook, may seem like harmless ways to share good news....
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Scholarly Soldier
John Graham (CS'05) has served in many roles for the Army, including deputy commander of forces in Kabul, Afghanistan. He credits Carnegie Mellon University with teaching him skills that apply from the...
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118th Commencement
Carnegie Mellon University will confer more than 3,000 bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees Sunday, May 17 at its main commencement ceremony in Gesling Stadium. That figure includes the largest...
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Alan Alda To Deliver Keynote Address at Commencement, May 17
By Ken Walters / 412-268-1151 / walters1@andrew.cmu.eduand Abby Simmons / 412-268-4290 / abbysimmons@cmu.edu Alan Alda, an acclaimed actor, writer and director who has a passion for science and...
View ArticleEmbrace Uncertainty
Embrace uncertainty. That was the message delivered by speakers at Carnegie Mellon University's 118th Commencement, where 3,000 graduates and their families convened in CMU's Gesling Stadium....
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Project Uses Machine Learning To Help Apartment Hunters Estimate Utility Costs
By Byron Spice / 412-268-9068 / bspice@cs.cmu.edu A new online resource from Carnegie Mellon University seeks to help people find the perfect rental property by using tools such as a machine learning...
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Small Changes, Big Savings
Changing the size of vaccine vials can significantly decrease the cost of vaccine distribution, helping to leverage limited funding in low-income nations and the entire world, according to a new...
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UDream Program Receives AIA National Diversity Award
By Pam Wigley / 412-268-1047 / pwigley@andrew.cmu.edu This past March, UDream was recognized by the AIA at its Grassroots Leadership and Legislative Conference. Pictured (l-r) are: Elizabeth Chu...
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Suicide Trends in School-Aged Children Reveal Racial Disparity
By Shilo Rea / 412-268-6094 / shilo@cmu.edu While suicide rates in children younger than 12 have remained steady for the past 20 years, a new study published in JAMA Pediatrics is the first to observe...
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CMU Phone Service Uses Funny Recordings To Make Anti-Ebola Health Messages...
By Byron Spice / 412-268-9068 / bspice@cs.cmu.edu Halting the Ebola outbreak in West Africa is no laughing matter, but a phone information service developed by Carnegie Mellon University researchers is...
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MakeSchools Alliance, Dremel Sponsor Student Maker Competition
By Abby Simmons / 412-268-4290 / abbysimmons@cmu.edu Students enrolled at Carnegie Mellon and other MakeSchools Alliance member institutions are invited to submit their creations to the MakeSchools...
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Seven CMU Alumni, One Undergrad Receive Fulbright Awards
By Abby Simmons / 412-268-4290 / abbysimmons@cmu.edu Seven recent Carnegie Mellon University graduates will be making a global impact through this year’s Fulbright U.S. Student Program. In addition,...
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