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Six Degrees of Francis Bacon Awarded Coveted NEH Grant
By Shilo Rea / 412-268-6094 / shilo@cmu.edu Six Degrees of Francis Bacon — the interactive online tool that allows anyone to trace the personal relationships among figures like Bacon, William...
View ArticleHow Pokémon Go Could Affect Our Daily Lives
International gaming sensation Pokémon Go is a “game changer” for augmented reality, which uses technology to modify what people see around them through digital overlays. Jeffrey Bigham, associate...
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Alumni Tune Up Car Museum
By Laura Kelly / 412-268-4831 / laurak@andrew.cmu.edu Picture yourself behind the wheel of Steve McQueen’s 1956 Jaguar. That’s the excitement you’d get at the newly detailed Petersen Automotive Museum...
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Photo Advisory: Carnegie Mellon Students Arrive On Campus; Will Engage With...
By Abby Simmons / 412-268-4290 / abbysimmons@cmu.edu The Class of 2020 will come together for the first time at Playfair, a giant icebreaker, at 8 p.m., Monday, Aug. 22. Carnegie Mellon University will...
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Traffic Advisory: Three Oakland Streets to Close Aug. 20 as CMU First-Year...
By Abby Simmons / 412-268-4290 / abbysimmons@cmu.edu First-year students will move into their residence halls on Saturday, Aug. 20. Three Oakland streets adjacent to Carnegie Mellon University will be...
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New Project Helps K-12 Students Become Fluent with Data and Technology
__ --> --> --> --> --> By Byron Spice / 412-268-9068 / bspice@andrew.cmu.edu The future success of today’s students hinges more than ever on their ability to think critically, and...
View ArticleTips for New Tartans
For students, getting into Carnegie Mellon University is the first step in a very long journey. To help new students get acclimated to school, 11 alumni offer advice to the class of 2020. The alumni...
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Not Your Average Ride
By Julianne Mattera / 412-268-2902 / jmattera@cmu.edu Many students hop a bus to school, but few can say they rode across the United States in one they helped convert into a home. But Darian Cohen can....
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Miller Gallery Hosts Works by Renowned French Architect and Le Corbusier...
By Pam Wigley / 412-268-1047 / pwigley@andrew.cmu.edu Margaret Cox / 412-268-4754 / mc94@andrew.cmu.edu Jose Oubrerie, The Chapel of the Mosquitoes, 2015 The Miller Gallery and the School of...
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Three Scientific Tips for Going Back-to-School
By Shilo Rea / 412-268-6094 / shilo@cmu.edu With more than 205 trillion ways to teach and learn, it's easy to understand why going back to school can be overwhelming for students and their instructors....
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Welcome Class of 2020!
Carnegie Mellon University welcomed the Class of 2020 to the Pittsburgh campus on Saturday, Aug. 20. This year's class of more than 1,500 freshmen is from 25 countries, 44 states, the District of...
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Students Win Geothermal Design Challenge
By Joe Lyons / 412-268-7298 / jwlyons@cmu.edu Marisa Lu, Tiffany Lai and Susie Lee, three rising sophomores from Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Design, won the grand prize in the 2016...
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Jean Yang Named to Prestigious “Innovators Under 35” List
By Byron Spice / 412-268-9068 / bspice@cs.cmu.edu Jean Yang, who is joining the Carnegie Mellon University Computer Science Department as an assistant professor this fall, has been named by MIT...
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Convocation Cheers a New Beginning
Heidi Opdyke / 412-268-7521 / Opdyke@andrew.cmu.edu Carnegie Mellon University faculty, administrators and upperclassmen welcomed the Class of 2020 at Convocation, and speakers encouraged each one of...
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Craig Street Crawl Engages Students, Builds Community
Julianne Mattera / 412-268-2902 / jmattera@cmu.edu Genevieve Parker carried comic books under a tray filled with pots of bok choy, kale and a purple pansy flower Saturday afternoon as she walked...
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Shakespeare, Austen and the Cult of Celebrity
By Shilo Rea / 412-268-6094 / shilo@cmu.eduPhoto courtesy of Ben Lauer at the Folger Shakespeare Library In today’s narcissistic, celebrity-obsessed world, it’s hard to imagine we don’t actually know...
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Alumnus Puts College Athletes’ Mental Health Top of Mind
By Bruce Gerson / 412-268-1613 / bgerson@cmu.edu Vince Sonson talks about the app his company is creating to help student-athletes.At 45, Vince Sonson made his fortune in the software industry and...
View ArticleCenter for Iranian Music To Host Persian Traditional Music Concert
By Zahra Mohebbi / zahramohebbi@gmail.com The Center for Iranian Music (CFIM) at Carnegie Mellon University presents a concert of Persian traditional music by the Ensemble Zakhmeh-Del at 8 p.m.,...
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Researchers Make Key Discovery Toward Engineering Functional Breast Tissue
By Daniel Tkacik / 412-268-1187 / dtkacik@andrew.cmu.edu Each year, tens of thousands of women receive mastectomies as a way to treat or prevent breast cancer. Many of them opt to receive...
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Your TV Guide to CMU's Alumni Network
Erin Scott / 412-268-2068 / ekscott@andrew.cmu.edu Judith Light This fall, and throughout the year in television, Carnegie Mellon University alumni will take to the small screen in all of its...
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