CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY NEWS

Press Release: Carnegie Mellon Startups To Exhibit New Technologies at International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas (Click Here to View) scs
The CMU booth provides visitors with a sneak peek of future technologies that one day they may find on store shelves.

 

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Press Release: How Stress Influences Disease: Carnegie Mellon Study Reveals Inflammation as the Culprit
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Stress wreaks havoc on the mind and body. For example, psychological stress is associated with greater risk for depression, heart disease and infectious diseases. But, until now, it has not been clear exactly how stress influences disease and health.


Press Release: Carnegie Mellon University's Jonathan A. Malen Receives Career Award From National Science Foundation
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Malen is being recognized for his innovative work with hybrid materials in plastics and semiconductors.


News Brief: LTI Spin-out Safaba Awarded $500,000 SBIR Grant
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The National Science Foundation has awarded a $500,000 Phase II Small Business Innovation Research grant to Safaba Translation Solutions LLC, a company spun out of the Language Technologies Institute.


Press Release: Carnegie Mellon's Raj Rajkumar Named to Prestigious U.S. Transportation Advisory Committee for Smart Highways
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The U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood has named Carnegie Mellon University's Raj Rajkumar to the Intelligent Systems Program Advisory Committee. The ITSPAC acts in an advisory capacity to the secretary of transportation on matters relating to the study and development of intelligent transportation systems in the United States.


Photo Advisory: Pittsburgh Neighborhoods, Nonprofits Get a Hand With Spring Cleaning, March 31
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Carnegie Mellon students, faculty, staff and alumni will be working at more than 30 sites around Pittsburgh.


Press Release: Research on Cash Payments To Promote Health: Carnegie Mellon's Alex John London Says Ethical Concerns May Be Misplaced
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London argues that when incentives are used to encourage people to engage in healthy activities from which they are likely to benefit, and with which they are already familiar, ethical concerns about the use of incentives may be out of place.


Press Release: Carnegie Mellon's Heinz College Developing Data Scientists To Help Meet Hollywood's Growing Digital Needs
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"There is a real need for data scientists — professionals who not only understand where the data comes from, such as social network sites, blogs, and twitter for example — but also understand how that data can be used by various business units to make better decisions about their marketing and operations," said Ari Lightman, distinguished service professor of digital media and marketing at Heinz College. 


Press Release: Carnegie Mellon Celebrates School of Music's Centennial Anniversary With Concerts in Pittsburgh and New York City
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The concerts, featuring illustrious alumni and world-class students in Carnegie Mellon's Philharmonic, Repertory Chorus and Concert Choir, will be at 8 p.m., Saturday, March 31 at Pittsburgh’s Benedum Center for the Performing Arts and at 7 p.m., Monday, April 2 at New York’s Carnegie Hall.


Press Release: CMU "Mathletes" Place Second in Prestigious Putnam Competition
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The team of three first-year students gives CMU its best showing in the definitive math competition for undergraduates in North America.


Media Advisory: Carnegie Mellon's College of Engineering Showcases Academic Excellence at National Society of Black Engineers' Convention
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The college will host an information booth featuring interactive robots and the autonomous Chevy Tahoe Boss.


Press Release: Two CMU Students Selected Public Policy & International Affairs Fellows
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Juniors Christian Aponte and Nicole Hamilton will attend summer institutes at a top-ranked university to sharpen the students' quantitative, analytic and communication skills.


Press Release: CMU Students To Transform Bakery Square Into Art Exhibit and Fundraiser March 30
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Master of Fine Arts and Master of Arts Management students will showcase the annual first- and second-year MFA show and celebrate Future Tenant Gallery’s 10th anniversary.


Media Advisory: CMU To Host Animation Symposium April 1-2
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Three of the biggest names in the animation industry are coming to Pittsburgh to share their films and experiences. Carnegie Mellon's Center for the Arts in Society and School of Art and Pittsburgh Filmmakers will present an Animation Symposium April 1-2 to look at the role of the individual in animation.


News Brief: Series of Events Focus on the "Drug War" in Mexico: Who is Who?
In the U.S., we tend to see the violence in Mexico from a distance as the product of a war between drug trafficking groups and the Mexican government. Unfortunately, reality is not so clear-cut or black and white. A series of Carnegie Mellon University events explores issues surrounding the "Drug War" from a variety of perspectives.


Press Release: Keck Award Enables Carnegie Mellon and Stanford To Dramatically Expand Crowdsourced RNA Design
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Support from the W.M. Keck Foundation will make it possible for researchers to test thousands of player-designed molecules each month.


Press Release: Carnegie Mellon University Taps Top-Ranked Korean Alumnus for New Mechanical Engineering Fellowship
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A longtime Carnegie Mellon supporter, Nam Pyo Suh received a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from CMU in 1964 and an honorary doctorate in science and technology in 2008.


News Brief: Blum, Veloso and Wing Make "Famous Women in Computer Science" List
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Lenore Blum, Manuela Veloso and Department Head Jeannette Wing are among 55 computer scientists who are technological pioneers, as well as those who are leaders or founders of technical companies, and who have achieved success and recognition beyond their home organizations.


News Brief: Computerworld Honors HCII’s MILLEE Project
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The Human-Computer Interaction Institute’s Mobile and Immersive Learning for Literacy in Emerging Economies, or MILLEE, project is using educational mobile phone applications to help children in the developing world acquire language literacy in a game-like environment.


Press Release: Carnegie Mellon Presents Jill Watson Festival Across the Arts April 12-14
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Amazing transformations from humble beginnings is the theme of this year's Jill Watson Festival Across the Arts at Carnegie Mellon University. wats:ON? 2012: TRANSFORMER, will be held April 12-14 at CMU's College of Fine Arts (CFA).


Press Release: CMU’s Center for the Arts in Society To Host Acclaimed Filmmaker Tom Kalin
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Kalin's visit, March 29-30, marks the launch of the center's "Gender/Sexuality/Media" project.


News Brief: Graduate Study Programs Retain #1 Ranking in US News
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The information and technology management course of study at the Heinz College and the multimedia/visual communications track at the College of Fine Arts are ranked #1 in the 2013 edition of U.S. News & World Report's "America's Best Graduate Schools."


Statement From Carnegie Mellon President Jared L. Cohon on Proposed U.S. Network for Manufacturing Innovation and Pilot Manufacturing Institute
President Cohon says, "Working together, American universities, industry, community colleges, economic development partners and startup companies can launch entirely new manufacturing industries around innovations in advanced materials, flexible electronics and a new generation of robotics."


Press Release: Carnegie Mellon CyLab Researchers Develop New Smartphone App To Protect Consumers From Cybercriminals and Unsafe Communications
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Carnegie Mellon University CyLab researchers have developed a new smartphone app that leverages the growing proliferation of these devices to establish a secure basis for Internet communications.


News Brief: Girls of Steel Qualify for FIRST Championship
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The robotics team composed of high-school-age girls, and their robot, Watson, won awards for Website and Engineering Inspiration at the 10th Pittsburgh Regional FIRST Robotics Competition, March 8-10, at the University of Pittsburgh's Petersen Events Center.


Press Release: "The You Inside of Me": Carnegie Mellon School of Art's MFA Thesis Exhibition Opens March 23
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Seven Carnegie Mellon University Master of Fine Arts (MFA) candidates will present their final thesis exhibition, titled "The You Inside of Me," March 23 through April 22 at CMU's Miller Gallery in the Purnell Center for the Arts on the Pittsburgh campus.


Press Release: CMU’s International Film Festival Brings Two Sundance Winners to Pittsburgh
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Running March 22 through April 15, “Faces of Others“ uses a record 20 films to explore the concept of the other — or anything that is not us. The Sundance winners featured in the festival are "Putin's Kiss" and "5 Broken Cameras."


Press Release: Future Tenant Art Space Celebrates Decade of Pushing Boundaries With Fundraiser on March 30
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Future Tenant, an experimental downtown Pittsburgh art space managed by Carnegie Mellon University students, will celebrate its 10th anniversary with a fundraiser 7 p.m. on Friday, March 30 that expands its own boundaries to Bakery Square. Founded in 2002, Future Tenant is a joint project of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Carnegie Mellon's College of Fine Arts, and the Master of Arts Management program at Carnegie Mellon's Heinz College.


Press Release: Carnegie Mellon's Marija Ilic Leads Team Developing New Smart Grid Models and Tools for Low-Cost Green Islands
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Remote island communities from the Azores to Nome, Alaska, could experience drastic reductions in the cost of electricity and CO2 emissions by using new smart energy grid technology developed by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University's Electric Energy Systems Group.


Press Release: Carnegie Mellon's National Robotics Engineering Center Offers Professional Education on Robot Capabilities
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Engineers and managers responsible for research and new product development can learn how and where robotic technology can be applied successfully.


Carnegie Mellon Performs First Large-Scale Analysis of "Soft" Censorship of Social Media in China
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Researchers in CMU's School of Computer Science analyzed millions of Chinese microblogs, or "weibos," to uncover a set of politically sensitive terms that draw the attention of Chinese censors.


Carnegie Mellon University Students Win Competition That Promotes Energy-Efficient Buildings
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A team of graduate students won “best proposal” in the U.S. Energy Department’s 2012 Better Building Challenge for developing an energy-efficient plan for a case study involving Walter Reed Army Medical Center.


Press Release: Two Carnegie Mellon Faculty Members Receive Newly Endowed Cooper-Siegel Professorships
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Eric Paulos, associate professor in SCS's Human-Computer Interaction Institute, will fill the first Cooper-Siegel Professorship of Computer Science, and Richard Pell, assistant professor of art, will hold the first Cooper-Siegel Professorship in Art.


Press Release: Unlocking Autism's Mysteries: CMU's Marcel Just Uses New Brain Imaging and Computer Modeling To Predict Autistic Brain Activity and Behavior
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New research from Carnegie Mellon University's Marcel Just provides an explanation for some of autism's mysteries — from social and communication disorders to restricted interests — and gives scientists clear targets for developing intervention and treatment therapies.


News Brief: CMU's Nicole Hassoun's New Book Examines "Globalization and Global Justice"
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Hassoun, assistant professor of philosophy within the Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences, argues that there are significant obligations that must be met to aid the impoverished.


Press Release: Renowned Condensed Matter Physicist Marvin L. Cohen To Receive Carnegie Mellon's Prestigious Dickson Prize in Science
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Cohen's work, which focuses on developing theories to predict and explain the properties of materials, has had a significant impact in the fields of nanotechnology and materials science. He will lecture on "Einstein, Condensed Matter Physics, Nanoscience & Superconductivity" at 4:30 p.m., Thursday, March 8 in the University Center's McConomy Auditorium.


News Brief: Newt 2012 Names CMU's Kiron Skinner as National Co-Chair for its Women With Newt Coalition
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Skinner, associate professor of social and decision sciences and director of CMU's Center for International Relations and Politics, will provide Newt 2012 with expertise in the areas of international relations, security policy and political strategy.


Press Release: CMU's Children's School To Host Family Healthy Mind & Body Festival
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Americans are struggling with weight and health-related issues at an alarming rate. First Lady Michele Obama is championing the battle against childhood obesity, and now Carnegie Mellon University's Children's School is joining the fight.


Carnegie Mellon Art Professor Launches New Center for PostNatural History
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Richard Pell is the director and curator of the CPNH, a new permanent facility dedicated to the research and exhibition of life forms that have been intentionally altered by humans, from the dawn of domestication to contemporary genetic engineering.


News Brief: Carnegie Mellon President Receives Honorary Degree from KAIST
President Jared L. Cohon received the degree in recognition of his professionalism and dedication to science, technology and higher education. CMU and the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) have been operating joint research projects, student and faculty exchanges, and a dual-degree program since 2007.


Press Release: Evolution by the Numbers: CMU Professor’s New Book Examines How Biology Became Infused With Mathematical Arguments
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Most people assume that mathematics and science always go hand in hand, but James Wynn shows that was not always the case.


News Brief: CMU's Stephen Fienberg Receives Research Grant From National Science Foundation and U.S. Census Bureau
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Fienberg and his team will conduct research on three basic issues of interest related to collecting census data: privacy, costs and response rates.


Media Advisory: Carnegie Mellon University's Mechanical Engineering Students To Host NASA Astronaut Catherine "Cady" Coleman
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NASA Astronaut Catherine "Cady" Coleman will discuss her career and the importance of engineering and science education to members of Carnegie Mellon's new student chapter of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics at 4 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 23 in Room 224, Scaife Hall.


Statement From Jared L. Cohon, President of Carnegie Mellon University, in Reaction to U.S. President Barack Obama's Proposed Budget
The proposed budget continues President Obama's bold vision to re-ignite job growth and foster long-term competitiveness by investing in innovation and research. It is a budget that also reflects the important role of America’s universities in sparking regional economic growth.


Visual Attention: CMU Neuroscientists Identify How The Brain Works To Select What We (Want To) See
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If you are looking for a particular object — say a yellow pencil — on a cluttered desk, how does your brain work to visually locate it? For the first time, a team led by Carnegie Mellon University neuroscientists has identified how different neural regions communicate to determine what to visually pay attention to and what to ignore. This finding is a major discovery for visual cognition and will guide future research into visual and attention deficit disorders.


News Brief: GigaPan-like Photomosaic Reveals Prehistoric Elephant Behavior
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Two members of the Fine Outreach for Science Fellows program used the photomosaic techniques promoted by the Carnegie Mellon University program to study the long trackway of a herd of prehistoric elephants, resulting in new insights into the social behavior of these creatures.


News Brief: A Great Day for the School of Music
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Feb. 28 is a great day for music in the city of Pittsburgh. That's because the Council of the City of Pittsburgh, by proclamation, will declare next Tuesday "The Carnegie Mellon School of Music Day."


News Brief: Two CMU Students Named Facebook Fellows
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Facebook launched the fellowship program in 2010 to foster ties with the academic community and support the research of promising computer science Ph.D. students.


News Brief: Joe W. Trotter Co-Authors Book On Legendary Photographer Teenie Harris; Book Launch Party Feb. 28
"Teenie Harris, Photographer" was published in collaboration by the University of Pittsburgh Press and the Carnegie Museum of Art and reflects the art museum's archive of Harris' photography. Part of the museum's permanent collection, the photographs represent one of the most important documentaries of 20th century African-Americans and their communities.


Press Release: Carnegie Mellon University and Penn Engineering Receive $3.5 Million for Innovative Transportation Research
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Through this new University Transportation Center, Carnegie Mellon and Penn will explore cutting-edge technologies that could influence everything from the safety of vehicles and roads to the analysis of traffic flow. The consortium also will establish a workforce development program to train graduate students in modern transportation-related technologies and policymaking.


Press Release: Carnegie Mellon Sets Tiered Tuition For Incoming and Current Students in 2012-2013
Carnegie Mellon University will increase tuition by 4 percent for its incoming 2012-2013 class. This year's increase, and those of the previous three years, is among the university's smallest since 1975.


Press Release: CMU's School of Drama Opens 2012-2013 Season With British Comedy "The Rivals," Guest Director Annie Tyson
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In addition to "The Rivals," the School of Drama's Subscriber Series includes the Tony Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning "Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches" by Tony Kushner; the new musical version of "Spring Awakening" by Frank Wedekind with music and lyrics by Duncan Sheik and Steven Stater; a modernized version of William Shakespeare's "Romeo & Juliet"; "Macbett" by Eugene Ionesco; and "As You Like It or Make it Hurt," adapted from Shakespeare by Jessica Mills.


Press Release: Carnegie Mellon Team Finds Hurricanes Pose Potential Risks to Offshore Wind Turbines
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The team found that offshore wind turbines may be vulnerable to hurricanes because the maximum wind speeds in these storms can exceed the design limits of current wind turbines. Current wind turbines are designed to withstand wind speeds seen in category 1 hurricanes.


News Brief: NITRD Symposium Features Wing and Scherlis
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Faculty and alumni will help celebrate 20 years of achievements by the federal Networking and Information Technology Research and Development program Thursday, Feb. 16, at the Newseum in Washington, D.C.


Press Release: Startups and Emerging Companies Look to Carnegie Mellon's TechSpark To Find New Talent
More than 20 startup companies from across the U.S. will attend a new recruiting event at CMU that brings together emerging businesses and students and alumni interested in working for such companies. TechSpark takes place from 5 to 9 p.m., Monday, Feb. 13 in the University Center's Rangos Ballroom.


Press Release: "Magpies," Published By Carnegie Mellon University Press, Wins Gold Medal At Florida Book Awards
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"In a time of broad 'experimentation' in short fiction, what is refreshing about Lynne Barrett is that her stories have honest-to-goodness plots. Reading stories which actually tell stories is a satisfying thing," said Gerald Costanzo, professor of English at CMU and founder and director of CMU Press.


Press Release: Carnegie Mellon's Information Networking Institute Launches Novel Online Information Assurance Program for Global Leaders
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The Executive Master of Science in Information Assurance (ExecMSIA) Program offers a concentration in cyber forensics and incident response or resilience management.


News Brief: Two Ph.D. Students Honored by Microsoft Research
Yubin Kim, a Ph.D. student in the Language Technologies Institute, and Julia Schwarz, a Ph.D. student in the Human-Computer Interaction Institute, have received recognition and support through two programs sponsored by Microsoft Research.


Hear Me Project Connects USA Network with Clairton School
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Students at Clairton High School who are working with Carnegie Mellon University's Hear Me project interact with the Pittsburgh Steelers' Hines Ward in "NFL Characters Unite," a documentary that premieres at 7 p.m. Friday on the USA Network.


Media Advisory: Culinary Historian Michael W. Twitty Cooks To Explain African-American History
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Twitty will discuss food’s critical role in the development and definition of African-American civilization and the politics of consumption and cultural ownership. He will prepare three dishes that highlight these issues: okra soup, the root of gumbo; chebudniebe, a black-eyed pea dish; and plasas, leafy greens served with onions and garlic.


Media Advisory: Bettye Collier-Thomas, Acclaimed African-American Women’s History Expert, To Speak at Carnegie Mellon
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Collier-Thomas will discuss “The Nexus: Women, Religion, Race and Civil Rights, 1920-1965.” Her talk is presented by Carnegie Mellon’s Center for Africanamerican Urban Studies and the Economy (CAUSE).


Media Advisory: Carnegie Mellon's Timothy Haggerty Calls Proposition 8 Repeal a "Significant Milestone"
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Proposition 8, California's same-sex marriage ban, was ruled unconstitutional today by a federal appeals court. Haggerty, director of CMU's Humanities Scholars Program and a leading expert on cultural roles for men and policy issues concerning sexuality, applauds the court's decision.


Press Release: Carnegie Mellon University Biology Student Receives Churchill Scholarship To Study in England
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Senior Judy Savitskaya, a computational biology major and Science and Humanities Scholar, is one of 14 students in the U.S. to earn the award. This is the third consecutive year that a student from CMU’s Mellon College of Science has been among the winners.


Press Release: Quarter of Tweets Not Worth Reading, Twitter Users Tell Researchers
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Twitter users choose the microblogs they follow, but that doesn't mean they always like what they get. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Georgia Institute of Technology found that users say only a little more than a third of the tweets they receive are worthwhile.


Media Advisory: Prominent Pittsburgh Journalists To Discuss How New Media Is Changing the Aesthetics of News
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How are innovations like the iPad and smartphone, and platforms such as Twitter, Facebook and Tumblr affecting the "art" of the news industry?


Press Release: Carnegie Mellon University Computer Scientist Wins International Prize for Computational Biology
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The Overton Prize is awarded annually to an early- to mid-career scientist who has made a significant contribution to the field of computational biology. In recognition of the award, Ziv Bar-Joseph will give a keynote address this July at the annual International Conference on Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology in Long Beach, Calif.


Media Advisory: CMU To Host World Bank President Robert B. Zoellick
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Robert Zoellick, president of the World Bank, will speak on global economic issues at an event from 4:30 to 6 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 9 in Kresge Theatre. The event will be moderated by Professor Kiron Skinner and is sponsored by the Center for International Relations and Politics, The Thomas M. Kerr Jr. Prelaw Program and the Global Studies Major.


Press Release: Carnegie Mellon University Announces the School of Music's Centennial Anniversary
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The celebration kicks off Thurday, Jan. 26 in New York City's Doubles Club, followed by two extraordinary concerts — March 31 at Pittsburgh's Benedum Center and April 2 in New York's Carnegie Hall.


Obituary: Professor Paul S. Goodman Was World-Renowned Psychologist, Researcher, Author and Filmmaker at Carnegie Mellon
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Goodman, who dedicated himself to the globalization of Carnegie Mellon, passed away at his home in Pittsburgh on Jan. 24 after suffering a stroke earlier this year. He was 74.


Press Release: Carnegie Mellon University's Nadine Aubry Elected Fellow Of American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
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Carnegie Mellon University's Nadine Aubry has been awarded the distinction of fellow of the American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) for her outstanding work in the field of aerospace through her pioneering contributions to fluid dynamics.


Press Release: Carnegie Mellon Mechanical Engineering Students Win Communitas Award for Food Fundraiser
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Communitas awards, supported by the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals, recognize exceptional organizations, businesses and individuals that give unselfishly to benefit their communities.


Press Release: CMU's Center for the Arts in Society Launches New Media Initiative
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The center will explore the role that new media — digital, networked, computer-mediated and social media — now play in social life, cultural politics and political mobilizations.


Press Release: CMU Drama Students Explore Theatrical Boundaries in "Playground: Festival of Independent Student Work"
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Students will produce and present more than 60 original works in three days, Feb. 2-4.


Press Release: Carnegie Mellon's Christopher Bettinger Receives National Academy of Sciences' Research Award
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The assistant professor of materials science and engineering and biomedical engineering is being honored for his innovative work to improve implanted medical devices.


Press Release: Carnegie Mellon Names Charles A. Kennedy Chief Investment Officer
Kennedy has served as CMU's interim CIO since Edward J. Grefenstette resigned in March 2010 to become CIO of The Dietrich Charitable Trusts.


Press Release: Carnegie Mellon University's Philip LeDuc Joins Medical and Biological Engineering Elite
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LeDuc has been named a fellow by the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) for outstanding contributions to the field of cell and molecular biomechanics and bioengineering.


Press Release: Carnegie Mellon University Study Reveals Potential Of Manganese in Neutralizing Deadly Shiga Toxin
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Carnegie Mellon University researchers have discovered that an element commonly found in nature might provide a way to neutralize the potentially lethal effects of a compound known as Shiga toxin.


Press Release: CMU, State of Qatar Exemplify Innovation, Pioneering Spirit
Following a lecture on the power of sports as a means of socio-economic development, the Secretary General of Qatar 2022 Supreme Committee signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Carnegie Mellon Qatar.


Press Release: Carnegie Mellon University Working With Kenya To Create Professional Certification for Software Developers
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Just as airline pilots, heart surgeons and lifeguards earn their professional credentials by demonstrating on-the-job skills, the examination for the new Software Developer Certification will be what’s known as an authentic exam, in that it will require people taking it to perform the kind of tasks encountered in an actual work environment.


Press Release: Carnegie Mellon Electrical and Computer Engineering Students Host Third Annual Festival Showcasing Creative Project Prototypes
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The energy and ingenuity of electrical and computer engineering students will be on display from 3 to 5 p.m., Friday, Jan. 20 in Hamerschlag Hall.


Press Release: CMU's School of Drama Takes a Sharp Cut at "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street," Feb. 23 - March 3
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The production will be directed by guest artist Joe Calarco, an award-winning writer and director of "Shakespeare's R&J," which won the Lucille Lortel Award and ran for a year off-Broadway, the longest-running production of any version of "Romeo & Juliet" in New York City.


News Brief: Noah Smith Receives Finmeccanica Chair
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Noah Smith, associate professor in the Language Technologies Institute, has been awarded a three-year Finmeccanica Career Development Chair.


Press Release: CMU's Jane McCafferty Tackles Challenges of Marriage in Her New Novel, "First You Try Everything"
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Set in Pittsburgh, McCafferty uses both main characters' perspectives to explore the challenges each face now that their once tight bond over shared ideals has evaporated.


News Brief: Edward H. Deets III, Former Commander of Naval Network Warfare Command, Joins CERT Leadership
Rear Admiral (retired) Deets joined the Software Engineering Institute as CERT deputy director, Defense Cyber Solutions. In this new role, Deets will manage the development and execution of CERT activities related principally to national defense.


Press Release: The Illusion of Courage: New Research Explains Why People Mispredict Their Behavior in Embarrassing Situations
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Whether it's investing in stocks, bungee jumping or public speaking, why do we often plan to take risks but then "chicken out" when the moment of truth arrives?


Media Advisory: "Macrowikinomics" Co-Author Don Tapscott To Speak at Carnegie Mellon
Named one of the world's most influential management thinkers by Thinkers50, Tapscott is a leading authority on innovation, media, and the economic and social impact of technology. He will share his 2012 predictions and thoughts on his latest book.


Press Release: Carnegie Mellon University's Chris Hendrickson Appointed To Serve On Prestigious National Transportation Research Board Executive Committee
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Carnegie Mellon University's Chris T. Hendrickson has been appointed to the executive committee of the Transportation Research Board (TRB), which provides expert advice on national transportation policy and leadership in transportation innovation.


Press Release: Carnegie Mellon Startups To Exhibit New Technologies at International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas
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The CMU booth provides visitors with a sneak peek of future technologies that one day they may find on store shelves.


Press Release: Carnegie Mellon Alum Charles Geschke Endows Directorship of Human-Computer Interaction Institute
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Geschke, who earned his Ph.D. in computer science at CMU in 1973, co-founded Adobe Systems in 1982 with John Warnock, creating software that helped launch the desktop publishing revolution and establishing a company that remains a leader in software and technologies for communications and collaboration.


Media Advisory: New Book by CMU Professor and Former US Envoy to Africa Jendayi Frazer Focuses on "Preventing Electoral Violence in Africa"
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Edited by Frazer, director of the Center for International Policy and Innovation and distinguished public service professor at CMU, and E. Gyimah-Boadi, executive director of the Ghana Center for Democratic Development, the book offers timely guidance on what can be done to prevent violence from disrupting elections in Africa.


Press Release: Researchers Begin To Read Largest Map of the Universe
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A group Led by Carnegie Mellon’s Shirley Ho uses SDSS-III data to calculate the power spectrum of the universe.


News Brief: Kiron Skinner on the Iowa Caucuses and Why Political Artistry Matters
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All political eyes are on the Iowa caucuses today, the first major electoral event to nominate U.S. presidential candidates. Kiron Skinner, director of CMU's Center for International Relations and Politics and foreign policy advisor to Newt Gingrich and his 2012 presidential campaign, wrote an opinion piece for Advancing a Free Society that explains how even though success in Iowa does not guarantee future wins, candidates and their campaign advisors must pay attention to caucus outcomes.


Press Release: BNY Mellon Announces $1 Million Gift to Extend Finance Professorship
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BNY Mellon, the global leader in investment management and investment services, has announced an award of $1 million to the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University to continue funding for a named professorship in the field of finance.


News Brief: Forbes Names CMU Community Members To 30 Under 30
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Forbes recently released its 30 disrupters under 30, in each of 12 fields making a difference. Seven Carnegie Mellon students and alumni are featured.


News Brief: Murphy Appointed to NIH Council of Councils
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Robert F. Murphy, director of the Ray and Stephanie Lane Center for Computational Biology, has been appointed to the National Institutes of Health Council of Councils.


Press Release: Chinese Academy of Sciences Names CMU's Veloso As One of 20 Einstein Chair Professors for 2012
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The Chinese Academy of Sciences has named Manuela Veloso, the Herbert A. Simon Professor of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University, as an Einstein Chair Professor for 2012. She is one of 20 prominent international scientists so honored.


News Brief: CMU's Kathy M. Newman On How Christmas Inspires Labor Discussions
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Kathy M. Newman, associate professor of English at Carnegie Mellon University and labor issues expert, looks at the Christmas season a little differently than most. She sees it as a season filled with opportunities to discuss iconic characters such as Santa, Rudolph and Frosty in the context of work, capitalism and the working class.


Press Release: Teaching Old (Toy) Robots New Tricks; Device Adds Bluetooth Link for Toys, TVs
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Toy robots and other gadgets can gain new capabilities — and perhaps some intelligence — by use of a device called Brainlink, developed by CMU spin-off BirdBrain Technologies.


News Brief: CMU Joins Presidents' Conference in Football
The Tartans, who will remain in the University Athletic Association, will re-join the PAC as an affiliate member beginning with the 2014 season.


Press Release: Carnegie Mellon's Pop Cabaret Gets "Frostbite" With Festive Winter Celebration at Andy Warhol Museum Dec. 16
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Students in CMU's School of Art return to the stage with a rollicking winter variety show featuring misfit toys, yule logs and holiday calamity.


News Brief: CMU Student Honored at White House
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Ranika Kejriwal,a junior electrical and computing engineering major, was recognized for earning one of six National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT) awards for Aspirations in Computing while in high school.


News Brief: CMU Engineering Dean Calls for Overhaul of Higher Ed in India
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Pradeep Khosla encourages India to adopt the model of higher education in the United States in an opinion piece published in the Mint.


Media Advisory: CMU's Marcel Just Applauds NTSB's Proposed Ban on Cell Phones While Driving
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Just is a leading neuroscientist who has studied how using cell phones impairs driving ability. His research shows that simply listening to someone speak on the other end of a cell phone reduces by 37 percent the amount of brain activity associated with driving, compared to driving alone.


News Brief: Tracing Siri's DNA to Carnegie Mellon
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When iPhone4S users ask a question of the smartphone's female-voiced personal assistant app, they are tapping into technologies that can be traced, in part, to CMU.


News Brief: College Magazine Names CMU #9 Most Hipster Campus
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Carnegie Mellon University, perhaps best known for its top engineering and computer science programs, can now add another accolade to its long list as one of the country’s most hipster campuses


Press Release: CMU Graduate Student, Dan Hussain, Tackles Shale Gas and Watershed Issues With New Entrepreneurial Tech Startup
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The civil and environmental engineering grad student is launching HydroConfidence, a new company dedicated to improving the productivity of the shale gas industry while reducing its environmental impact.


Press Release: Early Black Holes Grew Big Eating Cold, Fast Food
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The largest cosmological simulation to date, conducted by researchers at CMU's Bruce and Astrid McWilliams Center for Cosmology, explains how supermassive black holes came into existence shortly after the Big Bang.


Press Release: IEEE Confers Prestigious Fellow Status on Two Carnegie Mellon Faculty Members
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William L. Scherlis and Ragunathan "Raj" Rajkumar have been named 2012 Fellows of the Institute for Electronic and Electrical Engineers (IEEE), the world's largest technical professional association.


Press Release: Carnegie Mellon Researchers Use NMR to Determine Whether Gold Nanoparticles Exhibit "Handedness"
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An old and simple nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) concept is making a 21st century splash. Carnegie Mellon University's Roberto R. Gil and Rongchao Jin have successfully used NMR to analyze the structure of infinitesimal gold nanoparticles, which could advance the development and use of the tiny particles in drug development.


Press Release: CMU's Terrance Hayes Appointed to President Obama's National Student Poets Program
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Award-winning poet and Carnegie Mellon University English Professor Terrance Hayes has been chosen to serve as a panelist for President Barack Obama's new National Student Poets Program, the country's highest honor for young poets presenting original work. Hayes is one of four literary leaders who will judge students who received a National Scholastic Art & Writing Award for poetry. Five high school students will be selected to serve for a year as national poetry ambassadors.


Media Advisory: CMU's Information Systems Students To Present Software Solutions for Best of Batch Foundation, BusBurgh iPhone App, Free Ride Pittsburgh and More
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Working with a select group of nonprofits, the students get the opportunity to build real-world applications while learning teamwork, project management and other valuable skills.


Press Release: Carnegie Mellon University's Diana Marculescu Receives Prestigious Computer Engineering Honor
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Carnegie Mellon University's Diana Marculescu has been named a distinguished scientist for her significant impact on the computing field by the Association for Computing Machinery.