Meg Whitman Named Commencement Speaker
Meg Whitman, president and chief executive officer of Hewlett Packard Enterprise, will be the speaker at Carnegie Mellon University’s 120th Commencement at 11 a.m. Sunday, May 21, in Gesling Stadium...
View ArticleCarnegie Mellon and Tata Consultancy Services Break Ground on Global Research...
Carnegie Mellon University and Tata Consultancy Services, a leading global IT services, consulting and business solutions organization, today took another historic step in their partnership by...
View ArticlePolicymakers “Flying Blind” Into Future of Work
By Byron Spice Tom Mitchell says there is a dramatic shortage of information and data about the exact state of the workforce and automation. Will a robot take away my job? Many people ask that...
View ArticlePassionate About Public Service, Carnegie Mellon Junior Wins Truman Scholarship
By Shilo Rea Mikaela Wolf-Sorokin, a Carnegie Mellon University junior majoring in global studies and Hispanic Studies, has won a 2017 Harry S. Truman Scholarship. Selected from 768 candidates,...
View ArticleStatement on the Passing of Henry Hillman
From Carnegie Mellon University President Subra Suresh Henry Hillman (center) with CMU Chairman of the Board James Rohr and President Subra Suresh. (October 2015) Along with the entire Carnegie Mellon...
View ArticleMedia Advisory: Carnegie Mellon Celebrates Spring Carnival
By Abby Simmons Event: Carnegie Mellon University’s annual Spring Carnival is set for April 20–22. Many events are free and open to the public, and a full schedule is available online. Follow the...
View ArticleSchool of Art’s Senior Exhibition, “Roll Call,” Opens May 5
By Lauren Goshinski and Pam Wigley The School of Art at Carnegie Mellon University will feature the work of 34 graduating students in “Roll Call,” the senior art exhibition in CMU’s Miller Gallery. The...
View ArticleSpring Carnival Serves Up Entertainment for Everyone
By Heidi Opdyke The 103rd edition of Spring Carnival is serving up entertainment in a new way ... on the tennis courts. This will be the first time tennis courts will house a stage for performances....
View ArticleA Grand Challenge
By Abby Simmons The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) gathered for a regional meeting and symposium at Carnegie Mellon University's Software Engineering Institute to discuss cybersecurity, which is...
View ArticleSelf-Driving Buggies Reach Historic Milestone
By Emily Durham From left to right, Antonio Garcia-Smith, Danielle Quan, Sean Reidy, Abha Agrawal and Adam Zeloof are members of the RoboBuggy team. For the first time in history, two self-driving...
View ArticleSchool of Architecture Senior Exhibition, “What Do We Know?” Opens April 27
Miller Gallery and the School of Architecture at Carnegie Mellon University will jointly present “What Do We Know?” in the Miller Gallery from Thursday, April 27, through Saturday, April 29. The...
View ArticleCMU Embraces Special Olympics
By Laura Kelly For the second consecutive year, Carnegie Mellon University will host the Pennsylvania Special Olympics Western Sectional Spring Games on Saturday, April 29. More than 600 special...
View ArticleNIH Awards Team $7 Million for Autism Genetics Research
By Shilo Rea A research team, including scientists at Carnegie Mellon University, has received a $7 million grant from the National Institutes of Mental Health (NIMH) to extend the work of the Autism...
View ArticleCarnegie Mellon Recognized as a Top Tech Transfer University
By Ken Walters Carnegie Mellon was recognized as one of the best universities for technology transfer, ranking 10th out of more than 200 universities, according to a new report from the Milken...
View ArticlePozzi Earns NSF CAREER Award To Help Optimize Data Collection from Sensors
By Adam Dove Matteo Pozzi sees great potential in sensors and robotic technology that collect data to help inform decision-making. The National Science Foundation sees great potential in him. The NSF...
View ArticleCarnegie Mellon Africa Students Attended Facebook Conference
Four students from Carnegie Mellon University Africa (CMU-Africa) attended the Facebook Developer Conference F8 in San Jose, Calif., where they showcased their messenger bots to some of the world’s...
View ArticleIDeATe Lab Featured on "Adam Savage's Maker Tour"
Carnegie Mellon University's IDeATe Network recently was featured in Adam Savage's Maker Tour series on Tested.com. Savage, the former co-host of "MythBusters" and current editor-in-chief of...
View ArticleCohen-Karni Studies Electrical Activity of Neurons
By Alexandra George Imagine using the electrical properties of neurons to illuminate aspects of neural diseases. Imagine screening for drugs using the electric signals of the brain. Imagine devices...
View ArticleChoset, Snakebot Visit NBC's Tonight Show
Watch the video. One of Carnegie Mellon University Robotics Professor Howie Choset's famous snake-like robots crawled up the even more famous leg of comedian Jimmy Fallon during an April 25 appearance...
View ArticleAAU Report Highlights Efforts to Combat Sexual Misconduct at CMU, Other...
A new report by the Association of American Universities (AAU) documents significant investments and improvements that its members, including Carnegie Mellon and other leading universities, have made...
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