CMU Delegation on West Coast Trip
President Subra Suresh is leading a Carnegie Mellon University delegation that includes Provost Farnam Jahanian and many of the academic deans on a trip to California this week to meet with CMU's...
View ArticleMathematical Theorem Finds Gerrymandering in Pennsylvania Congressional...
By Jocelyn Duffy The slider above shows the current districting map for Pennsylvania and the map produced by an algorithm using a series of small random changes. Pennsylvania's congressional district...
View ArticleCutting-Edge Entertainment: CMU Heads to South by Southwest
By Laura Kelly Skyline of Austin Texas Carnegie Mellon University faculty, staff and students will once again participate in South by Southwest (SXSW), the premier annual entertainment and technology...
View ArticleSharing the Secrets to "Creative Chaos"
By Julianne Mattera ETC students pictured from left are Jacob Rosenbloom, Brynn Gelerman, Jibran Khan and Prdnesh Patil during a recent improvisational class. When diverse designers, artists and...
View ArticleInformation Avoidance: How People Select Their Own Reality
By Shilo Rea We live in an unprecedented "age of information," but we use very little of it. Dieters prefer not to look at the calories in their tasty desert, people at high risk for disease avoid...
View ArticleKrishnan Honored with IIT Madras Distinguished Alumnus Award
By Michael Cunningham Ramayya Krishnan Ramayya Krishnan, dean of the Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy, and the William W. and Ruth F. Cooper Professor of Management Science and...
View ArticleEnergy Week To Focus on Innovation, Workforce and Culture March 27-31
By Amanda King Carnegie Mellon University boasts more than 130 energy experts — many of whom will tackle issues facing all of us as part of Energy Week, March 27-31. Hosted by CMU's Wilton E. Scott...
View ArticleCMU Honors Renowned Feminist Artist Birnbaum with New Award
By Pam Wigley Dara Birbaum speaking at the Whitney Museum. Photograph by Tiffany Oelfke, curtesy of the Whitney Museum of American Art Carnegie Mellon University's School of Art has created the...
View ArticleGrandma Knows Best: Research Explains How Family Members Can Impact Autism...
By Shilo Rea Early detection is critical for improving treatment for those with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). And often, those closest to a child notice the first signs. New research reveals that...
View Article“Faces of Identity” Brings 16 Award-Winning Films to Pittsburgh, March 23 -...
By Shilo Rea "Don't Call Me Son" screens at 7 p.m., March 29, in CMU's McConomy Auditorium. Identity is something people from every walk of life grapple with in some way. Carnegie Mellon University’s...
View ArticleArtist Puts a Face on CMU Film Festival
By Danielle Lehmann This year’s International Film Festival, titled “Faces of Identity,” has a face of its own. Commissioned by festival director Jolanta Lion, local artist Baron Batch has created a...
View Article#CMUatSXSW
By Laura Kelly Master of Entertainment Industry Management class of 2018 student Jordan Hiebner captures his record label's showcase during SXSW. We're Trying Records is the name of the label. Image...
View ArticleAdult Subcortex Processes Numbers With Same Skill as Infants
By Shilo Rea Despite major brain differences, many species from spiders to humans can recognize and differentiate relative quantities. Adult primates, however, are the only ones with a sophisticated...
View ArticleSchool of Art Graduate Students Exhibit “The Very Best Deserts” at Pittsburgh...
By Lauren Goshinski and Pam Wigley Carnegie Mellon University School of Art first- and second-year graduate students present “The Very Best Deserts on Planet Earth,” an annual Master of Fine Arts...
View ArticleTests Show CMU Water Supplies Are Safe
Following extensive testing, Carnegie Mellon University has determined that drinking water supplies throughout its campus facilities are safe and free of elevated lead levels. In August of 2016, The...
View ArticleSoftball To Join Roster for CMU Athletics
Softball is coming to Carnegie Mellon University. The university has announced its intention to add softball as an intercollegiate sport, beginning with the 2019 spring season. Like Carnegie Mellon's...
View ArticleCarnegie Science Awards Honor CMU Faculty and Students
The Carnegie Science Center will recognize eight Carnegie Mellon University faculty members and students at its 21st annual Carnegie Science Awards celebration on May 12at Carnegie Music Hall in...
View ArticleCarnegie Mellon To Launch Index Measuring Carbon Dioxide Emissions in U.S.
By Adam Dove A new index that will measure carbon dioxide emissions from U.S. electric power producers has been created by Carnegie Mellon University and Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems. The Carnegie...
View ArticleAthletes, Actors Sport Dramatic Connections
By Brendan Donovan Although they may seem worlds apart, drama students and student-athletes are performers, and at Carnegie Mellon University they are connecting now more than ever. Thanks to a...
View ArticleArts Greenhouse Shares Power of Art, Music with Local Youth
By Pam Wigley Arts Greenhouse participant Destiny Calloway works on a song in the lahakis Recording Studio. Shad Ali may not have a green thumb, but things are thriving in his greenhouse. Ali is the...
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