Soon-To-Be #cmugrad(s) Tell Their Stories Through Social Media
By Julianne Mattera Eight graduating students participated in the #cmugrad social media ambassador project. From left to right, they are Sarah Gutekunst, Susheel Khetarpal, Nate Biggs, Roja...
View ArticleStudy Reveals First Fine Structure of Complete Vertebrate Brain
By Ken Chiacchia Thousands of electron microscopic images viewed on edge are combined to recreate the eye, ear, brain, nose and several vertebrae of a zebrafish. Scientists have generated the first 3D...
View ArticleSix Students Receive Fulbright Awards To Study Abroad
By Julianne Mattera Six graduating seniors have been named 2017 Fulbright Award winners. From left to right, they are: Kayla Lee, Melanie Diaz, Philip Nantawisarakul, Timothy Gao, Rudina Morina and...
View ArticlePrint Isn’t Dead: Students Prefer It Over Digital for Academic Reading, Study...
By Shannon Riffe Millennials grew up using technology at an early age, but when it comes to academic reading they prefer print materials over digital formats. The finding comes from a study conducted...
View ArticleCarnegie Mellon Offers New Master's Degree in Product Management
By Byron Spice A new master's degree program at Carnegie Mellon University aims to teach computer scientists and engineers to become product managers, much sought-after specialists in technical...
View ArticleWhitman To Speak at 120th Commencement
By Abby Simmons Meg Whitman, president and chief executive officer of Hewlett Packard Enterprise, will be the speaker at Carnegie Mellon University's 120th Commencement. Whitman will receive an...
View ArticleDoctors Should Be Paid By Salary, Not Fee-for-Service, Argue Behavioral...
By Shilo Rea In a Journal of the American Medical Association Viewpoint article, Carnegie Mellon University's George Loewenstein and the University of California, Los Angeles' Ian Larkin outline the...
View ArticleCMU Algorithm Wins International Strong Lens-Finding Challenge
By Jocelyn Duffy In the center of this image, taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, is the galaxy cluster SDSS J1038+4849. In this "happy face," the two eyes are very bright galaxies, and the...
View ArticleCould an App Help End Pre-Term Birth?
By Adam Dove Approximately one out of every 10 children born in the United States is born pre-term — prior to 37 weeks of gestation. A team of Carnegie Mellon University decision scientists has...
View ArticleHill Worked To Support Students, Promote Inclusion
By Bruce Gerson Gloria Hill, an adviser and mentor to thousands of students at Carnegie Mellon University for more than three decades, and a champion for diversity and inclusion at the university, died...
View ArticleCarnegie Mellon Qatar Graduates Largest Class
By Angela Ford Maher Khan earned degrees in both computer science and information systems from Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar, which celebrated graduation on May 1. Carnegie Mellon University in...
View ArticleThree Professors Earn Highest Faculty Distinction
Three Carnegie Mellon University faculty members, Alan Frieze, Martin Gaynor and Susan Tsu, have been named University Professors, the highest designation a faculty member can achieve. The faculty...
View ArticleGraduates Urged To Stand for Truth, Find Their Purpose
Commencement Speaker Meg Whitman, president and chief executive officer of Hewlett Packard Enterprise, encouraged graduates at Carnegie Mellon University's 120th Commencement to stand for truth, free...
View ArticleStudents Invited to Meeting with 31 Nobel Laureates
By Emily Payne Mellon College of Science graduate students Krista Freeman, Michael Polen and Chenjie Zeng are graduate students talk about the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting. Carnegie Mellon University...
View ArticleNeuroHackathon Competitors Race Clock To Study the Brain
By Jennie Dorris CMU's NeuroHackathon challenges students from a variety of fields to find new perspectives on data sets related to brain research. A team of students and recent graduates of Carnegie...
View ArticleSuresh To Step Down as President of Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University President Subra Suresh will be stepping down from his post as president, Chairman of the Board of Trustees James E. Rohr announced Thursday. Rohr said that in coming weeks,...
View ArticleCMU Technology Wins Le Monde International Smart Cities Competition
A Carnegie Mellon University professor has won an international competition for work that combines artificial intelligence and traffic theory. Surtrac, an innovative, real-time traffic signal control...
View Article2017 Excellence in Theatre Education Award Winner Inspires Students in Oregon
By Pam Wigley Students from Hood River Valley High School helped teacher Rachel Harry of Hood River, Oregon, celebrate her win as this year's Excellence in Theatre Education Award winner. The Tony...
View ArticleStatement About CMU-Qatar
Following the news that several countries have severed diplomatic ties with Qatar, Carnegie Mellon University officials are monitoring the situation and conferring with the U.S. State Department about...
View ArticleEncore Performance: CMU Alumni Are Leading Actor, Actress in Year's Most...
By Ken Walters CMU alumni Josh Groban and Denée Benton star in "Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812." For the second consecutive year, Carnegie Mellon University alumni are nominated for best...
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