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Making America's Infrastructure "Future-Proof"
America's roads, bridges, waterways and energy systems are worn, torn and weathered. After years of neglect, Costa Samaras says it's time to invest in smart transportation and energy systems that can...
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Alumnus Uses Data Science for Social Good
Rayid Ghani, one of the first Machine Learning graduates from Carnegie Mellon University, is working to improve public health, education, economic development and public safety. Ghani is director of...
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Obama, Leading Scientists Explore Frontiers at CMU
President Barack Obama made his fifth visit to Carnegie Mellon University today, this time for The White House Frontiers Conference, a large gathering of national thought-leaders, to discuss building...
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President Suresh Co-Authors Science Magazine Editorial
Earlier this year, a number of leaders from major U.S. corporations gathered at Sunnylands in California to discuss the critical importance of basic scientific research. For decades, the private sector...
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Martin Gaynor Elected to National Academy of Medicine
By Kelly Saavedra Martin Gaynor, the E.J. Barone Professor of Economics and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University and former director of the Bureau of Economics at the Federal Trade Commission,...
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Repurposed Sensor Enables Smartwatch To Detect Finger Taps and Other...
By Byron Spice / 412-268-9068 / bspice@cs.cmu.edu Thanks to new functionality developed by Human-Computer Interaction Institute researchers, smartwatches can recognize objects and activities by...
View ArticleColbert Drops by CMU, Offers President Obama Resume Tips
President Barack Obama received some unsolicited career advice during his visit to Carnegie Mellon University for the White House Frontiers Conference. Stephen Colbert, host of CBS' "The Late Show...
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Digital Archive Shares In-Depth Stories of Black America
Heidi Opdyke / opdyke@andrew.cmu.edu / 412-268-7521 With stories from President Barack Obama, Gen. Colin Powell, B.B. King Langston Hughes' assistant and more than 2,700 others, The HistoryMakers is...
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Scholarship Lets Students Immerse in Research
Drama senior Iris Beaumier participated in a research dive in Wakatobi National Park in Indonesia. A trip to Indonesia helped Carnegie Mellon University senior Iris Beaumier merge her passions. In...
View ArticleCMU’s Matyjaszewski Is Co-Winner of Benjamin Franklin Medal in Chemistry
By Jocelyn Duffy / 412-268-9982 / jhduffy@andrew.cmu.edu The Franklin Institute in Philadelphia announced that Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, the J.C. Warner Professor of Natural Sciences at Carnegie Mellon...
View ArticleCMU Taking Precautionary Effort To Test Water Quality
Carnegie Mellon University’s Environmental Health and Safety Department is proactively testing the drinking water in all campus buildings built before 1986 for elevated levels of lead. Lead pipes and...
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CMU’s Rich Lackner Reaches Coaching Milestone
By Mark Fisher / 412-268-3087/ mwfisher@andrew.cmu.edu With Carnegie Mellon University’s 49-33 victory over Thiel College Saturday (Oct. 22), Head Coach Rich Lackner became the 79th football coach in...
View ArticlePress Release: Carlow University Launches Satellite of Carnegie Mellon...
Contact: Byron Spice / (412) 268-9068 / bspice@andrew.cmu.edu PITTSBURGH—Carlow University has received a $205,000 grant commitment from the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation to establish a...
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Carnegie 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 ArticleCarnegie Mellon Marks Launch of Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship
Carnegie Mellon University will officially launch the Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship on Tuesday, Oct. 25, as part of the annual LaunchCMU event. In addition to remarks from venture capitalist...
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CMU To Co-Host Colloquium on Digital Governance and Security Oct. 31
The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and Carnegie Mellon University will host the first session of their joint Colloquium on Digital Governance and Security on Oct. 31 in Washington, D.C. The...
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Semi-Volatile Organic Compounds Diffuse Between Atmospheric Particles
By Jocelyn Duffy / 412-288-9982 / jhduffy@andrew.cmu.edu Researchers led by Carnegie Mellon University’s Neil M. Donahue have shown that semi-volatile organic compounds can readily diffuse into the...
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New Gene-Editing Technology Cures Genetic Blood Disorder in Mice
By Jocelyn Duffy / 412-268-9982 / jhduffy@andrew.cmu.edu A next-generation gene-editing system developed by Carnegie Mellon University and Yale University scientists has cured a genetic blood disorder...
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Students Celebrate Inaugural Scotty Saturday
By Danielle Lehmann Students started a new Carnegie Mellon University tradition Saturday. “Scotty Saturday,” a student-created event for students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends, premiered...
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Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship Open for Business
More than 350 people gathered to mark the official launch of the Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship on Tuesday, Oct. 25 at Carnegie Mellon University, where they heard from venture capitalist James R....
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