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Monday, April 29, 2013

Carnegie Mellon Neuroscientists Use Statistical Model To Draft Fantasy Teams of Neurons

This past weekend teams from the National Football League used statistics like height, weight and speed to draft the best college players, and in a few weeks, armchair enthusiasts will use similar measures to select players for their own fantasy football teams. Neuroscientists at Carnegie Mellon University are taking a similar approach to compile “dream teams” of neurons using a statistics-based method that can evaluate the fitness of individual neurons. MORE


Tuesday, April 30, 2013

John Mackey Wins William H. and Francis S. Ryan Award for Meritorious Teaching

What could cause majors and non-majors alike to pack a mathematics lecture hall? Or recruit the best young mathletes to attend Carnegie Mellon? Or contribute to the number of math majors at CMU to almost doubling in 10 years? “Call it the ‘Mackey Effect’.”

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Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Gregg Franklin and Giovanni Leoni Win Mellon College of Science Awards for Education

Gregg Franklin and Giovanni Leoni—winners of this year’s Mellon College of Science awards for education—will be recognized at the University Celebration of Education ceremony on April 30. Their accomplishments will be further celebrated at the Mellon College of Science annual meeting on May 6. MORE
Monday, April 22, 2013

Biology Student Receives 2013 Carnegie Mellon Women’s Association Scholarship

Catherine Byrd, a senior biological sciences major with a history minor, received a Carnegie Mellon Women’s Association Scholarship, which recognizes outstanding senior undergraduate women. MORE
Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Associate Director of SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory To Deliver Carnegie Mellon's 2013 Buhl Lecture April 23

Norbert Holtkamp, associate laboratory director for the accelerator directorate at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, will present Carnegie Mellon University's annual Buhl Lecture at 4:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 23 in the Mellon Institute Auditorium, 4400 Fifth Ave., Oakland. His lecture "Particle Accelerators: Ships of Discovery - Tools for a Better Life - Technologies for the Future" is free and open to the public.  MORE

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