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Former "MythBusters" Star Inspired by IDeATe Maker Spaces
By Julianne Mattera Adam Savage talks with Shaun Burley, who is pursuing a master's degree in the Human-Computer Interaction Institute. Carnegie Mellon University's IDeATe Network will be featured in a...
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CMU Goes to Final Four in Urban Design Competition
By Pam Wigley From left, Shannon Iacion, Varun Patel, Ernest Bellamy, Shruti Srikar and Lola Ben Alon will represent CMU in a national design competition in April. For the first time, a team from...
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Greek Sing
By Abby Simmons "Mama Mia" is performed during Greek Sing 2016. Photo by Jason Chen Carnegie Mellon University's Greek community is stepping up to help children cope while their parents battle cancer....
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TEDxCMU Speakers To Urge Pushing Boundaries
By Julianne Mattera Jenn Lim spoke at TEDxCMU in 2013. Lim is the CEO and chief happiness officer of Delivering Happiness, a company cofounded with Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh to inspire science-based...
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Short and Simple Is Key in Three Minute Thesis Competition
By Heidi Opdyke Michael Craig is hoping the third time will be the charm for him in Carnegie Mellon University's Three Minute Thesis competition. Craig, a doctoral student in the College of...
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Finding Faces in a Crowd
By Byron Spice An automated face detection method developed at Carnegie Mellon University enables computers to recognize faces in images at a variety of scales, including tiny faces composed of just a...
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Research Suggests Noninvasive Way To Suppress Epileptic Seizures
By Sammi Jamison This wearable device would noninvasively stop the progression of seizure activity in the brain by launching a random spatio-temporal pattern of ultrasonic waves from outside of the...
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CyLab Challenges Young Students To Give Hacking a Try
By Daniel Tkacik Carnegie Mellon University's CyLab is teaching middle- and high-school students the basics of hacking. CyLab, CMU's Security and Privacy Institute, is hosting its third annual picoCTF...
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Capstone Design Project Explores Evolution of Pittsburgh Community
By Brendan Donovan Rev. Tim Smith, the executive director of Center of Life, leads students on a walking tour through the neighborhood of Hazelwood. Students in Carnegie Mellon University's School of...
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Student Startups Earn Investments in McGinnis Venture Competition
By Katelyn Howard John Choi, a senior in computer science and arts, demonstrates an educational robotics platform created by his company, Choitek. Choi was among the finalists for this year's McGinnis...
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Lecture Series Focuses on Cultural Climate, Women in Architecture
By Danielle Lehmann Vanessa Keith, principal of StudioTEKA who discussed her book "2100: A Dystopian Utopia — The City After Climate Change" as part of this year's School of Architecture lecture...
View ArticleAtmospheric Chemist Neil Donahue Wins Esselen Award for Contributing to the...
By Jocelyn Duffy Neil M. Donahue, the Thomas Lord Professor of Chemistry, professor of chemical engineering and engineering and public policy, and director of Carnegie Mellon University’s Steinbrenner...
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Neuroscientists Lay Groundwork for Identifying Algorithm Behind Information...
By Jocelyn Duffy Alison Barth says knowing that algorithm is critical to understanding the role the neocortex plays in many vital functions. Neuroscientists at Carnegie Mellon University have...
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Junior Chemistry Major Earns Goldwater Scholarship
By Emily Payne Christina Cabana has won a 2017 Barry Goldwater Scholarship to help her pursue a research career. Christina Cabana, a junior chemistry major at Carnegie Mellon University's Mellon...
View ArticlePROGRESS Teaches Girls To Speak Up For Themselves
The Program for Research and Outreach on Gender Equity in Society (PROGRESS) encourages girls and young women to use their voices to advocate and speak up on behalf of themselves. On April 1, Duquesne...
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Carnegie Mellon Artificial Intelligence Takes on Chinese Poker Players
By Byron Spice A version of CMU's Libratus, which in January became the first AI agent to defeat top poker pros at Heads-Up, No-Limit Texas Hold'em, will compete in China April 6-10. The AI will run on...
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CMU Takes First Place in Putnam Math Competition; Three Students in Top Five...
By Jocelyn Duffy Seniors Thomas Swayze and Samuel Zbarsky and junior Joshua Brakensiek have been named Putnam Fellows. Carnegie Mellon University placed first in the Mathematical Association of...
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Carnegie Mellon Artificial Intelligence Beats Chinese Poker Players
By Byron Spice Artificial intelligence once again triumphed over human poker players as a program developed by Carnegie Mellon University researchers beat six Chinese players by $792,327 in virtual...
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Klatzky, Morgan Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Carnegie Mellon University faculty members Roberta Klatzky and M. Granger Morgan have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, joining the world’s most accomplished scholars,...
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Student Team Takes Top Prize in HP, Intel Design Challenge
By Kelly Saavedra A cross-disciplinary student team from Carnegie Mellon University has won the top prize in HP and Intel’s Design Challenge: Life in Space for creating a wearable exercise system for...
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