January 2008 News Headlines

CSDiary
Peter Lee, Head of the Computer Science Department, shares his perspective with the world.

Carnegie Mellon professor shares in Nobel Peace Prize
Professor Ed Rubin of Carnegie Mellon's Engineering and Public Policy (EPP) and Mechanical Engineering departments is among the recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize granted to the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Vice President Al Gore.

Linguistics Competitors Wanted
Carnegie Mellon will host the North American Computational Linguistics Olympiad Feb. 5, 2008.

Alarm Clock Tells Kids when it's Time to Stay in Bed
School of Design Associate Professor John Zimmerman creates a "reverse alarm clock" to help teach children responsible decision making.

Confluence '08
The School of Design will host its 13th annual Design Career Days event Feb. 21-22.

Using Speech and Music to Inspire Others
ABC's "World News with Charles Gibson" honors Randy Pausch