Not All Divorces Are Equal for Children’s Longterm Health
By Shilo Rea A team led by Carnegie Mellon University psychologists has found that adults whose parents separated and did not speak to each other during their childhood were three times as likely to...
View ArticleCMU-Africa Graduates 100th Student
Carnegie Mellon University Africa celebrated graduation in Kigali, Rwanda on June 6. Carnegie Mellon University Africa hosted its fourth graduation ceremony June 6 in Kigali, Rwanda, for 33 students...
View ArticleDress is a Work From the Heart
By Pam Wigley CMU alumna Sophie Hood (left) created a Carnegie Mellon-inspired ensemble for the Tony Awards red carpet worn by fellow alumna Brit McCandless. Carnegie Mellon University added some...
View ArticleCMU, Tony Awards Honor Theatre Educator Rachel Harry
Rachel Harry, a teacher at Hood River Valley High School in Hood River, Oregon, was presented with the 2017 Excellence in Theatre Education Award during the 71st annual Tony Awards broadcast on CBS....
View ArticleStempfley Named Director of Software Engineering Institute's CERT Division
By Richard Lynch Roberta Stempfley has been named the director of the Software Engineering Institute's CERT Division. Carnegie Mellon University's Software Engineering Institute today announced the...
View ArticleJahanian Appointed Interim President of Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University’s Board of Trustees has appointed Farnam Jahanian, currently provost and chief academic officer, to serve as interim president of the university, effective July 1. James E....
View ArticleDIY Robot Design
By Byron Spice A new interactive design tool developed by Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute enables both novices and experts to build customized legged or wheeled robots using 3-D-printed...
View ArticleScience and Art Unite at Invisible Jazz Labs
By Emily Payne Science and performance art come together in an improvisational tango at the Invisible Jazz Labs in the Space Upstairs, a warehouse gallery loft in Pittsburgh. The labs, a collaboration...
View ArticleSmell Something, Say Something
By Byron Spice Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University's CREATE Lab are rolling out new features in Smell PGH, a smartphone app that helps Pittsburgh area residents collectively report foul odors and...
View Article"Mind Field" Aims To Raise Awareness of Subtle Racism
By Julianne Mattera A student-created interactive film explores the potential for subtle racism in questions as commonplace as, "Where are you from?" Carnegie Mellon University undergraduate and...
View ArticleCarnegie Mellon's RoboTutor Advances to Global Learning XPRIZE Semifinals
By Shilo Rea RoboTutor, technology developed at Carnegie Mellon University that teaches children basic math and reading skills, has been named a semifinalist in the $15 million Global Learning XPRIZE...
View ArticleCMU Drives Smart Mobility Challenge
By Scott Barsotti Carnegie Mellon University's Traffic21 and Mobility21 are sponsoring a challenge that will transform southwestern Pennsylvania into a test bed for mobility innovation. Municipalities...
View ArticleCMU Delegation at World Economic Forum in China
By Heidi Opdyke Robotics Professor Illah Nourbakhsh leads a discussion on Asia’s Industrialization using visualizations created by his CREATE Lab from Landsat imagery in 2015 at the World Economic...
View ArticleCarnegie Mellon Solidifies Leadership Role in Artificial Intelligence
By Byron Spice Rachel Holladay recently graduated from Carnegie Mellon with a bachelor's degree in computer science and robotics. Her work is in the intersection of motion planning and human-robot...
View ArticleTepper School of Business Ranked #8 in Financial Times Ranking of Global MBA...
The Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University was recognized as the eighth best MBA program for entrepreneurship in the 2017 Financial Times global rankings. The ranking is based on...
View ArticleLaurie Weingart Appointed Interim Provost of Carnegie Mellon University
Laurie Weingart, a faculty member since 1989 and senior associate dean of education in the Tepper School of Business, has been named interim provost of Carnegie Mellon University, effective...
View ArticleMaking Good on "Ideas for Good"
By Byron Spice Joshua Schapiro and Mike Taylor have created a solar-powered ventilation system to clear unhealthy cooking smoke from single-room homes. What began as a marketing campaign for an...
View ArticleComputer Reads Body Language
Robotics Institute researchers Gines Hidalgo Martinez and Hanbyul Joo demonstrate how a real-time detector understands hand gestures and tracks multiple people. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon...
View ArticleSmell Something, Say Something
By Byron Spice Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University's CREATE Lab are rolling out new features in Smell PGH, a smartphone app that helps Pittsburgh area residents collectively report foul odors and...
View ArticleMath Olympians Develop "Intellectual Fearlessness" at CMU
By Jocelyn Duffy The world's best high school math students visited CMU to participate in the annual Mathematical Association of America's Mathematical Olympiad Summer Program. For the third...
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