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Thursday, January 31, 2013
News Brief: Kyrölä Wins VMWare Graduate Fellowship
Aapo Kyrölä is one of three recipients this year of the fellowship, which begins in September and includes a stipend of $35,000, plus full tuition and fees. The fellowship supports outstanding students who are pursuing research related to VMWare's business interests, such as core machine virtualization and work related to cloud computing.
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Press Release: CMU Professor Krzysztof Matyjaszewski To Receive Inaugural AkzoNobel North America Science Award
The AkzoNobel North America Science Award was created to recognize outstanding scientific contributions by an individual in the fields of chemistry and materials research conducted in the U.S. or Canada. The AkzoNobel Science Award was first presented in the Netherlands in 1970 and then extended to Sweden (1999), China (2010) and the U.K. (2012).
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Press Release: Carnegie Mellon University's Onur Mutlu Receives Prestigious Academic Accolade
Mutlu has been appointed the Dr. William D. and Nancy W. Strecker Early Career Professor in the top-ranked Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
Press Release: Carnegie Mellon Business School Faculty Working With City To Optimize Metered Street Parking Near Oakland Campus
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Press Release: Carnegie Mellon Business School Faculty Working With City To Optimize Metered Street Parking Near Oakland Campus
Mark Fichman and Stephen Spear are working with Pittsburgh officials to institute a rate schedule that fluctuates each month based on usage. Initially, the hourly rate will drop from $2 to $1 on Margaret Morrison Street and portions of Schenley Drive adjacent to Carnegie Mellon. The rate will remain unchanged on Frew Street and Tech Street.
Press Release: Carnegie Mellon Mechanical Engineering Students Are Finalists in ImagiNations Design Competition
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Press Release: Carnegie Mellon Mechanical Engineering Students Are Finalists in ImagiNations Design Competition
The CMU team is showcasing an interactive adventure called "Legenda Emas" in a nationwide design competition this week (Jan. 28 - Feb. 1) created by Walt Disney Imagineering.
Press Release: Carnegie Mellon's Frank-Ratchye STUDIO for Creative Inquiry Receives NEA Grant To Support Artist Residencies
Monday, January 28, 2013
Press Release: Carnegie Mellon's Frank-Ratchye STUDIO for Creative Inquiry Receives NEA Grant To Support Artist Residencies
The STUDIO's $30,000 grant will support artist residencies that emphasize the creation of work in new media arts and emerging art forms. Artists will spend 10 to 100 days in the STUDIO and receive housing, travel and project funding as well as access to world-class science and engineering departments.
News Brief: SCS Celebrates Second Annual Founders' Day
Saturday, January 26, 2013
News Brief: SCS Celebrates Second Annual Founders' Day
Founders' Day, a new tradition that focuses on the achievements of the School of Computer Science and its faculty and staff, will be celebrated at 4 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 31 in the Hillman Center's Rashid Auditorium.
News Brief: Carnegie Mellon's Joseph B. Kadane To Again Urge Congress To Stop Argentina From Repressing Statisticians
Saturday, January 26, 2013
News Brief: Carnegie Mellon's Joseph B. Kadane To Again Urge Congress To Stop Argentina From Repressing Statisticians
Carnegie Mellon University's Joseph B. (Jay) Kadane will return to Washington, D.C., on Thursday, Jan. 31 to again brief lawmakers on how Argentina's government is repressing statisticians from reporting accurate inflation numbers. The briefing will take place from 12:30 -1:30 p.m. in room B-339 of the Rayburn House Office Building at Independence Avenue and South Capitol Street.
News Brief: MCS Postdoctoral Fellow Dahlia Haynes to Appear on UNCF An Evening of Stars
Saturday, January 26, 2013
News Brief: MCS Postdoctoral Fellow Dahlia Haynes to Appear on UNCF An Evening of Stars
Dahlia Haynes, a postdoctoral research fellow in the department of chemistry, will be recognized as a rising star on the 34th Annual UNCF An Evening of Stars.
Press Release: Carnegie Mellon University's David Brumley Receives New Prestigious Faculty Appointment
Friday, January 25, 2013
Press Release: Carnegie Mellon University's David Brumley Receives New Prestigious Faculty Appointment
Carnegie Mellon University's David Brumley has been appointed the Gerard G. Elia Career Development professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
Press Release: Choice Names Carnegie Mellon University's Joseph B. Kadane's "Principles of Uncertainty" A 2012 Outstanding Academic Title
Friday, January 25, 2013
Press Release: Choice Names Carnegie Mellon University's Joseph B. Kadane's "Principles of Uncertainty" A 2012 Outstanding Academic Title
Press Release: Carnegie Mellon Sets Tiered Tuition for Incoming and Current Students for 2013-2014
Friday, January 25, 2013
Press Release: Carnegie Mellon Sets Tiered Tuition for Incoming and Current Students for 2013-2014
Carnegie Mellon University will increase tuition by 4 percent for its incoming 2013-2014 class. This continues a four-year trend of among the lowest tuition increases by the university since 1975.
Press Release: Grammar Undercuts Security Of Long Computer Passwords
Thursday, January 24, 2013
Press Release: Grammar Undercuts Security Of Long Computer Passwords
When writing or speaking, good grammar helps people make themselves be understood. But when used to concoct a long computer password, grammar - good or bad - provides crucial hints that can help someone crack that password, researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have demonstrated.
Press Release: Carnegie Mellon University’s Michael E. McHenry Awarded Distinguished Lecturer Status by IEEE Magnetics Society
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Press Release: Carnegie Mellon University’s Michael E. McHenry Awarded Distinguished Lecturer Status by IEEE Magnetics Society
McHenry will tour the world in 2013 giving more than 30 talks on the important potential of nanocomposite materials for a variety of industry sectors.
Press Release: PNC Announces New Center for Financial Services Innovation at Carnegie Mellon University
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Press Release: PNC Announces New Center for Financial Services Innovation at Carnegie Mellon University
Speaking to a standing-room-only crowd of students, faculty and administrators at Carnegie Mellon University's Tepper School of Business, PNC Financial services Group chairman and CEO James E. Rohr announced his company's support for the creation of the PNC Center for Financial Services Innovation at Carnegie Mellon. Rohr made the announcement today during his presentation as part of the Tepper School's W.L. Mellon Speaker Series.
Press Release: Carnegie Mellon University's Daniel Schnitzer Recognized By Forbes Magazine For Novel Clean Energy Solutions
Friday, January 18, 2013
Press Release: Carnegie Mellon University's Daniel Schnitzer Recognized By Forbes Magazine For Novel Clean Energy Solutions
Daniel Schnitzer, a Ph.D. student in CMU's Department of Engineering and Public Policy, is helping to reinvent the world. That's the headline describing his recent honor as one of Forbes Magazine's innovators in its "30 Under 30" listing of tomorrow's brightest stars.
Press Release: Carnegie Mellon Offers First-of-its-Kind Program In Learning Science and Engineering
Friday, January 18, 2013
Press Release: Carnegie Mellon Offers First-of-its-Kind Program In Learning Science and Engineering
The new Learning Science and Engineering Professional Master's Degree Program at CMU will teach students how to use and analyze "big data" to develop and evaluate educational programs in a variety of settings, including schools, workplaces, museums and other locations.
Press Release: Carnegie Mellon University’s Gabriela Hug Earns Prestigious National Science Foundation Career Award
Thursday, January 17, 2013
Press Release: Carnegie Mellon University’s Gabriela Hug Earns Prestigious National Science Foundation Career Award
Hug, an assistant professor in electrical and computer engineering and engineering and public policy, was awarded a five year, $400,000 grant to make the electric power grid more secure and flexible.
News Brief: SCS Alum Wins Oscar for Technical Achievement
Thursday, January 17, 2013
News Brief: SCS Alum Wins Oscar for Technical Achievement
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced that Drew Olbrich (CS '92) will receive an Academy Award for his role in creating the Light system for computer graphics lighting, which has been used for Shrek, Madagascar and other animated DreamWorks features. Former faculty member Doug James also will receive an award.
Media Advisory: Carnegie Mellon Electrical and Computer Engineering Students Host Fourth Annual Festival Showcasing Creative Project Prototypes
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Media Advisory: Carnegie Mellon Electrical and Computer Engineering Students Host Fourth Annual Festival Showcasing Creative Project Prototypes
More than 140 Carnegie Mellon engineering students will display a cache of tech savvy prototype products - from a robotic first-aid kit to a bicycle sporting an automatic transmission - from 2 to 5 p.m., Friday, Jan. 18 in the Singleton Room of Roberts Engineering Hall.
Press Release: Carnegie Mellon Art Professor Exhibits Work in International Collection Focusing on “The Art of Citizen Space Exploration”
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Press Release: Carnegie Mellon Art Professor Exhibits Work in International Collection Focusing on “The Art of Citizen Space Exploration”
Considered by many to be one of the few pioneers of the burgeoning Space Art movement, Lowry Burgess created the first official art payload taken into outer space on the Shuttle Discovery by NASA in 1989.
Press Release: New Carnegie Mellon Research Reveals Exactly How the Human Brain Adapts to Injury
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Press Release: New Carnegie Mellon Research Reveals Exactly How the Human Brain Adapts to Injury
For the first time, scientists at CMU's Center for Cognitive Brain Imaging (CCBI) have used a new combination of neural imaging methods to discover exactly how the human brain adapts to injury. The research, published in Cerebral Cortex, shows that when one brain area loses functionality, a "back-up" team of secondary brain areas immediately activates, replacing not only the unavailable area but also its confederates.
Press Release: Carnegie Mellon Celebrates Martin Luther King Jr. and Inauguration Day, Jan. 21
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Press Release: Carnegie Mellon Celebrates Martin Luther King Jr. and Inauguration Day, Jan. 21
Students from preschool to college will headline performances at Carnegie Mellon celebrating Martin Luther King Jr.'s global impact. Events also will include CMU President Jared L. Cohon's State of Diversity Address, the Martin Luther King Jr. Writing Awards, an Arts Greenhouse Hip-Hop Performance and Workshop, student speaker André Lewis (far left) and keynote speaker Binta Niambi Brown (left).
Press Release: Carnegie Mellon's 2013 Martin Luther King, Jr. Writing Awards Depict Students' Struggles With Race, Discrimination
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Press Release: Carnegie Mellon's 2013 Martin Luther King, Jr. Writing Awards Depict Students' Struggles With Race, Discrimination
For the 14th consecutive year, Carnegie Mellon University invited Pittsburgh-area high school and college students to compete in the Martin Luther King, Jr. Writing Awards. The contest, which encourages students to explore personal experiences with race and discrimination through poetry and prose, attracted nearly 200 entries from public and private high schools across western Pennsylvania as well as several colleges and universities.
News Brief: Registration Open for TartanHacks
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
News Brief: Registration Open for TartanHacks
Registration is open for TartanHacks, the 24-hour hackathon run by the student group ScottyLabs. This year's event, which will include teams from the University of Pittsburgh, University of Pennsylvania and Princeton University, begins at 6 p.m. Jan. 25 on the fourth floor of the Gates and Hillman centers.
Press Release: Did Your Smartphone Flashlight Rat You Out? Crowdsourcing Privacy Concerns of Mobile Apps
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Press Release: Did Your Smartphone Flashlight Rat You Out? Crowdsourcing Privacy Concerns of Mobile Apps
Carnegie Mellon researchers have found that people are often surprised to learn that popular mobile applications on their smartphones are sharing their location, contact lists and other sensitive information.
Press Release: Carnegie Mellon University Welcomes Back Pennsylvania Governor's School for the Sciences
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Press Release: Carnegie Mellon University Welcomes Back Pennsylvania Governor's School for the Sciences
Fifty-six of the state's brightest incoming high school seniors will spend five weeks at Carnegie Mellon University this summer learning about biology, chemistry, computer science, math and physics from some of the area's leading science professors as the Pennsylvania Governor's School for the Sciences (PGSS) returns to the university's Pittsburgh campus.
News Brief: Panel Explores Impact of Mobile and Social Webs on Privacy
Monday, January 14, 2013
News Brief: Panel Explores Impact of Mobile and Social Webs on Privacy
Carnegie Mellon University will observe Data Privacy Day, Jan. 28, with a panel discussion about the ways that mobile phones and social networks make it harder for people to maintain their privacy.
Press Release: Carnegie Mellon School of Art’s Spring Lecture Series Features Artistic Pioneers and Emerging Stars Across Disciplines
Monday, January 14, 2013
Press Release: Carnegie Mellon School of Art’s Spring Lecture Series Features Artistic Pioneers and Emerging Stars Across Disciplines
The spring lectures feature internationally acclaimed artists whose work spans a variety of approaches to performance, sculpture, video, film and photography.
Press Release: Outrage! New Carnegie Mellon Book Explores Art, Controversy and Society
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Press Release: Outrage! New Carnegie Mellon Book Explores Art, Controversy and Society
Edited by Carnegie Mellon's Andreea Deciu Ritivoi and Judith Schachter, along with Richard Howells of King's College London, "Outrage!" includes essays by 17 contributors - most with a direct connection to CMU - in fields ranging from art and visual studies to philosophy, literature and social sciences. There will be a book launch and signing event at 4:30 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 23 in the University Center's Danforth Lounge.
Press Release: Anglo American PLC and Carnegie Mellon University Sign Master Agreement for Robotics Development
Wednesday, January 09, 2013
Press Release: Anglo American PLC and Carnegie Mellon University Sign Master Agreement for Robotics Development
CMU's Robotics Institute (RI), through its National Robotics Engineering Center (NREC) and Field Robotics Center (FRC), will design, build and deploy mining robots, robotic tools and autonomous technologies in partnership with one of the world's largest mining companies.
Press Release: Carnegie Mellon's College of Engineering Names Allen L. Robinson To Head Dynamic Mechanical Engineering Department
Wednesday, January 09, 2013
Press Release: Carnegie Mellon's College of Engineering Names Allen L. Robinson To Head Dynamic Mechanical Engineering Department
Robinson, who returns to CMU from Colorado State University, is known for his research, passion for teaching and commitment to professional service. Over the past several years he has led the development of a major new research thrust to quantify how unconventional gas development impacts the climate and air quality.
Press Release: Frank Pfenning Named Head of Carnegie Mellon’s Computer Science Department
Tuesday, January 08, 2013
Press Release: Frank Pfenning Named Head of Carnegie Mellon’s Computer Science Department
Pfenning, a CMU alumnus, played a key role in the recent update of the department's introductory computer science curriculum. His research focuses on applications of mathematical logic in computer science, which includes the design of programming languages, systems for reasoning about computer programs and logics for ensuring computer security.
Press Release: Carnegie Mellon Receives Funding From Eden Hall Foundation for New Energy Building
Tuesday, January 08, 2013
Press Release: Carnegie Mellon Receives Funding From Eden Hall Foundation for New Energy Building
Carnegie Mellon has received a $2 million grant from the Eden Hall Foundation to expand its research capacity in a new energy building slated to house scholars focused on improving energy efficiency and developing novel sustainable energy sources.
Press Release: Fiscal Cliff Bill Tax Credits for Electric Vehicle Chargers Found Not Cost Effective
Monday, January 07, 2013
Press Release: Fiscal Cliff Bill Tax Credits for Electric Vehicle Chargers Found Not Cost Effective
The "fiscal cliff" bill passed by the U.S. Congress includes extensions to energy tax credits, including credits for installing electric vehicle chargers. But a new study by Carnegie Mellon University's Jeremy Michalek suggests that chargers are among the least cost-effective ways to save gasoline.
Press Release: Carnegie Mellon’s Lori Holt Wins National Academy of Sciences Troland Research Award
Monday, January 07, 2013
Press Release: Carnegie Mellon’s Lori Holt Wins National Academy of Sciences Troland Research Award
The award, one of only two presented each year, was given to Holt for "studies advancing our understanding of the sensory and cognitive processes that are fundamental to the perception of speech."
Press Release: Carnegie Mellon University’s James H. Garrett Jr. Named Dean of College of Engineering
Monday, January 07, 2013
Press Release: Carnegie Mellon University’s James H. Garrett Jr. Named Dean of College of Engineering
Garrett, head of the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department since 2006, is known for his leadership, innovative research, teaching excellence and building successful partnerships with industry.
Press Release: Carnegie Mellon’s Open Field Entrepreneurs Fund Awards Investments to Six “Greenlighting Startups” Companies
Monday, January 07, 2013
Press Release: Carnegie Mellon’s Open Field Entrepreneurs Fund Awards Investments to Six “Greenlighting Startups” Companies
The OFEF has awarded $300,000 to six startup companies to assist them in growing their business ventures. The fund, established by CMU alumnus and Flip Video Camera creator Jonathan Kaplan and his wife, Marci Glazer, provides early-stage business financing and support to alumni who have graduated from CMU in the last five years.
Press Release: Carnegie Mellon University's Miller Gallery Continues Exhibition Of Award-Winning "Imperfect Health" Through February 24
Thursday, January 03, 2013
Press Release: Carnegie Mellon University's Miller Gallery Continues Exhibition Of Award-Winning "Imperfect Health" Through February 24
Called the "Exhibition of the Year" by Design Observer, "Imperfect Health: The Medicalization of Architecture," will conclude its only U.S. tour stop at the Miller Gallery at Carnegie Mellon University on Sunday, Feb. 24.
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