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Danks Wins 2017 Andrew Carnegie Fellowship To Explore Trust, Autonomous...
By Shilo Rea Carnegie Corporation of New York has named Carnegie Mellon University’s David Danks a 2017 Andrew Carnegie Fellow. Each of the 35 new fellows will receive $200,000, for a total of $7...
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Looking to the Sky: CMU Advances Cloud’s Capacity for Video Analytics
By Byron Spice Carnegie Mellon University is leading a research effort sponsored by Intel Corp. that will enable cloud-based services to process a rapidly increasing volume of online video and put new...
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Game Puts You in Berlin During 1943 Women’s Protest of Nazi Germany
By Julianne Mattera It is Feb. 27, 1943, in Berlin. Anneliese Edelman returns home with some fish, a rare treat for dinner. Her husband, Max, should be back from his double shift at the factory, but...
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Meeting of the Minds Explores Students' Talents, Passion for Research
By Heidi Opdyke Research can take on many shapes and sizes. Sometimes that means 40 yards of fabric and a motorized skirt. Lauren Valley's "Body Electric" skirt is an instrument to create music based...
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Carnegie Mellon Drama Alumni Nominated for 2017 Tony Awards
By Abby Simmons and Pam Wigley Three Carnegie Mellon University alumni garnered Tony Award nominations this morning during a live segment on “CBS This Morning” and a webcast on TonyAwards.com. Denée...
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Restricting Pharmaceutical Reps’ Marketing Tactics Changes Physician...
By Shilo Rea New research shows that limiting how pharmaceutical sales representatives can market their products to physicians changes their drug prescribing behaviors. A team, led by the University of...
View ArticleTiny Books on Display in Hunt Library
By Julianne Mattera Books that fit into the palm of your hand are on display on the fourth floor of Carnegie Mellon University's Hunt Library. The miniature books, many of which are just a few inches...
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Baruch Fischhoff Elected to National Academy of Sciences
By Shilo Rea Carnegie Mellon University's Baruch Fischhoff, a renowned expert in decision science and risk analysis, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences. NAS membership is one of the...
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Pittsburgh Steeler, CMU Grad Student Urges Tartans To Reach Full Potential
By Mark FisherAlejandro Villanueva talks with CMU football players (l-r) Stanley Bikulege, Sam Benger and Quinn Zsido. Pittsburgh Steeler Alejandro Villanueva told fellow Carnegie Mellon University...
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Students Create Art Installations Hidden in Plain View
By Heidi Opdyke Graduate student Davey Steinman and Drama senior Joe Mertz sit on The Conversation Bench, a project created for a School of Drama Class called “Mediated Reality.” Dramatic experiences...
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Contest Connects Students, Lifts Spirits
By Ann Lyon Ritchie One hundred balloons recently helped float the idea of random acts of kindness at Carnegie Mellon University. Students from the Asian Student Association and SPIRIT handed out the...
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Three-Minute Thesis Exhibition in Posner Center
By Shannon Riffe Juliann Reineke works on her exhibit in the Posner Center. Juliann Reineke is bringing her thesis to life. Last year, the Carnegie Mellon University Ph.D. student in English celebrated...
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CMU Says "Yes" to Special Olympians
By Laura Kelly More than 600 athletes competed in the Western Pennsylvania Spring Sectionals of the Special Olympics at Carnegie Mellon University on Saturday, April 29. Weather caused the cancellation...
View ArticleCMU Creating Touchpads With Can of Spray Paint
By Byron Spice Touch sensing is most common on small, flat surfaces such as smartphone or tablet screens. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, however, turn surfaces of a wide variety of shapes...
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Researchers Discover Neuronal Targets That Restore Movement in Model of...
By Jocelyn Duffy A flourescent image of the exernal globus pallidus Researchers working in the lab of Carnegie Mellon University neuroscientist Aryn Gittis have identified two groups of neurons that...
View ArticleChemistry Senior Recognized for Student Service
By Emily Payne A chemistry major and Japanese minor in Carnegie Mellon University's Science and Humanities Scholars (SHS) program, Zak is a familiar face on campus through his involvement in a number...
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Allan H. Meltzer, Monetary Policy Expert and Historian of Political Economy,...
Internationally renowned economist and Carnegie Mellon University Professor Allan H. Meltzer, author of the seminal text "Why Capitalism?" and a magisterial two-volume history of the Federal Reserve,...
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Researchers Unveil New Meter To Help Create Stronger Passwords
By Daniel Tkacik One of the most popular passwords in 2016 was “qwertyuiop,” even though it is considered weak by most password meters. The problem is no existing meters offer any good advice to make...
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Scientists Move Closer To Understanding Glue That Holds Matter Together
By Jocelyn Duffy At the J-Lab Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility, Curtis Meyer stands on the GlueX platform. Scientists are one step closer to understanding the strong force that binds...
View ArticleInternet of Things Made Simple: One Sensor Package Does Work of Many
By Byron Spice Ubiquitous sensors seem almost synonymous with the internet of things (IoT), but some Carnegie Mellon University researchers say ubiquitous sensing — with a single, general purpose...
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