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Center for Human Rights Science Secures Over $1M for Video, Image Analysis
By Emily Stimmel / 412-268-1788 / estimmel@andrew.cmu.edu Taksim Gezi Park protest photo by Alan Hilditch Smartphones and Internet access make it easier than ever to disseminate information. Ordinary...
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Research Team Finds Detailed Record of Mysterious Fast Radio Burst
By Jocelyn Duffy, CMU / 412-268-9982 / jhduffy@andrew.cmu.edu and Charles Blue, NRAO / 434-296-0314 / cblue@nrao.edu Artist impression of a Fast Radio Burst reaching Earth. Photo credit: Jingchuan Yu,...
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Not Mere Trickery: Effects of Behavioral Nudges Persist Despite Disclosure
By Shilo Rea / 412-268-6094 / shilo@cmu.edu Nudging people toward particular decisions by presenting one option as the default can influence important life choices. However, many policymakers and some...
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Center for Iranian Music Hosts Segâh Festival of Persian and Turkish Music
By Pam Wigley / College of Fine Arts / 412-268-1047 / pwigley@andrew.cmu.eduand Zahra Mohebbi / Center for Iranian Music / zahramohebbi@gmail.com The Center for Iranian Music (CFIM) at Carnegie Mellon...
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Cranor Named Chief Technologist of Federal Trade Commission
By Byron Spice / 412-268-9068 / bspice@cs.cmu.edu Federal Trade Commission Chairwoman Edith Ramirez has appointed Carnegie Mellon University's Lorrie Faith Cranor, professor of computer science and...
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Lehoczky, Rajkumar and Sha To Receive IEEE Simon Ramo Medal
By Shilo Rea / 412-268-6094 / shilo@cmu.eduand Sherry Stokes / 412-268-5976 / stokes@cmu.edu IEEE, the world’s largest technical professional organization, will award Carnegie Mellon University faculty...
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Nearby Nature Project Empowers Students To Monitor Their Environment
By Byron Spice / 412-268-9068 / bspice@cs.cmu.edu Carnegie Mellon University’s CREATE Lab will launch an educational project next year called Nearby Nature that will enable middle school and high...
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Miller Gallery’s “Mind the Matter” Features Culmination of CMU Design...
By Margaret Cox / Miller Gallery / 412-268-4754 / mc94@andrew.cmu.eduand Pam Wigley / College of Fine Arts / 412-268-1047 / pwigley@andrew.cmu.edu The Miller Gallery and the School of Design at...
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In A Galaxy [Not] So Far Away...
Droids, Jedis and Stormtroopers mingle on a remote planet that serves as a trading post. Visitors take a break from behind the controls of the Millennium Falcon, one of the most recognizable ships in...
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Study Finds Simple Ways To Increase Participation in Earned Income Tax Credit
By Shilo Rea / 412-268-6094 / shilo@cmu.edu It is estimated that roughly seven million Americans each year – or 25 percent of those eligible – fail to claim the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), the...
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Student Team Wins Grand Prize at Facebook Global Hackathon
By Joe Lyons / 412-268-7298 / jwlyons@cmu.edu A Carnegie Mellon University student team won the $10,000 grand prize at the 2015 Facebook Global Hackathon by creating a new digital product that supports...
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Energy Education
Students at Elizabeth Forward Middle School demonstrate a dome that projects planetarium videos, which was created by a project team from the Entertainment Technology Center. Elizabeth Forward Middle...
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Vegetarian and “Healthy” Diets Could Be More Harmful to the Environment
By Shilo Rea / 412-268-6094 / shilo@cmu.edu Contrary to recent headlines — and a talk by actor Arnold Schwarzenegger at the United Nations Paris Climate Change Conference — eating a vegetarian diet...
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Researchers Find Hospital Prices Vary Significantly for Privately Insured
By Abby Simmons / 412-268-4290 / abbysimmons@cmu.eduA new “Big Data” project from researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, Yale University, the University of Pennsylvania and the London School of...
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Whitacre Named Fellow of National Academy of Inventors
By Tara Moore / 412.268.9673 / trmoore@andrew.cmu.edu Jay Whitacre, a professor of engineering and public policy and materials science and engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, has been named a...
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Social Stress: Brain Circuitry Fails To Connect in Children With Autism
By Shilo Rea / 412-268-6094 / shilo@cmu.edu The holidays can be difficult for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), particularly because of new or different social situations. One reason...
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CMU Makes Facial Image Analysis Software Available to Researchers
Byron Spice / 412-268-9068 / bspice@cs.cmu.eduCMU's advanced software for tracking facial features can measure audience reaction in real-time. Carnegie Mellon University’s Human Sensing Laboratory will...
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iGEM Gold
Five biologists and five engineers from Carnegie Mellon University came up with a bright idea for this year's International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) competition. The competition aims to...
View ArticleCMU Behavioral Economists: Health Insurance Complexity Leads to Costly Mistakes
By Shilo Rea / 412-268-6094 / shilo@cmu.edu If you dread the annual ritual of choosing a health insurance plan, you are not alone. While insurance exchanges were designed to benefit consumers by...
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Even With 24/7 Access, Investors Tend To Put Their Heads In The Sand When...
By Shilo Rea / 412-268-6094 / shilo@cmu.edu and Chuck Finder / 412-268-3486 / cfinder@andrew.cmu.edu Even with 24/7 access to financial data, investors avoid looking at their portfolios when markets...
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