<rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Mellon College of Science News</title><link>http://www.cmu.edu/mcs/news/pressreleases/index.html</link><description>Science news from the Mellon College of Science at Carnegie Mellon University</description><item><title>Biology Student Receives 2012 Judith A. Resnik Award</title><link>http://www.cmu.edu/mcs/news/pressreleases/2012/0521-savitskaya-resnik.html</link><description><![CDATA[Judy Savitskaya, a 2012 graduate with a B.S. in computational biology, received the Judith A. Resnik Award during commencement weekend. The award honors Carnegie Mellon alumna and space shuttle Challenger astronaut Dr. Judith A. Resnik.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Mandelbaum Receives Department of Energy Early Career Award for Dark Matter and Dark Energy Research</title><link>http://www.cmu.edu/mcs/news/pressreleases/2012/0511-Mandelbaum_Early_Career.html</link><description><![CDATA[Carnegie Mellon University physicist&#160;<a href="http://www.cmu.edu/physics/people/faculty/mandelbaum.html">Rachel Mandelbaum</a>&#160;was awarded a five-year, $750,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to study the elusive dark matter and dark energy that make up the majority of the universe.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Physics</category><category>Cosmology</category><category>Mandelbaum</category><category>award</category></item><item><title>MCS Students Earn Education and Research Awards</title><link>http://www.cmu.edu/mcs/news/pressreleases/2012/0508-mcs-edu-res-awards.html</link><description><![CDATA[The Mellon College of Science (MCS) presented its awards for education and research during the college&#8217;s annual faculty meeting on Monday, May 7. Winners included Lisa Alexander, Brian Kell, Duff Neill, Udom Sae-Ueng and Mingjiang Zhong.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>awards</category></item><item><title>Alumna Sara Stanford Stitches a Memory</title><link>http://www.cmu.edu/mcs/news/pressreleases/2012/0507-sara-stanford-quilt.html</link><description><![CDATA[If there is a gene for sewing, Sara Stanford inherited it. She started sewing when she was a little girl under the tutelage of her mother, who has a bachelor of science degree in clothing, textiles, and interior design. Since then, Stanford, a 2011 chemistry graduate, has made everything from purses and baby blankets to formal dresses and a business suit.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>MCS Postdoctoral Fellow and Ph.D. student Receive UNCF-Merck Fellowships</title><link>http://www.cmu.edu/mcs/news/pressreleases/2012/0502-UNCF_Merck.html</link><description><![CDATA[Dahlia Haynes, a post-doctoral research associate in the department of chemistry, and Elizabeth Ransey, a doctoral student in the department of biological sciences, have received fellowships from the UNCF-Merck Science Initiative. The prestigious UNCF-Merck fellowships are given to approximately 10 post-docs and 12 doctoral students nationwide each year.&#160;]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 15:59:59 GMT</pubDate><category>Scholarships</category><category>Students</category></item><item><title>What’s CO2 Got To Do With It?</title><link>http://www.cmu.edu/mcs/news/pressreleases/2012/0430-co2_artfence.html</link><description><![CDATA[Carnegie Mellon boasts another fence that&#8217;s attracting some attention. But instead of being locked in the middle of campus, this one spans a stretch of real estate along Forbes Avenue and has recently been transformed into a timeline going back hundreds of thousands of years into the Earth&#8217;s past.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Carnegie Mellon University Researchers Use New Fluorescent Biosensor To Reveal Mechanism Critical to Immune System Amplification </title><link>http://www.cmu.edu/mcs/news/pressreleases/2012/0423-Biosensor-Immune-Amplification.html</link><description><![CDATA[Using a new fluorescent biosensor they developed, researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have discovered how a key set of immune cells exchange information during their coordinated assault on invading pathogens. The immune cells, called dendritic cells, are harnessed by cancer vaccines and other therapeutics used to amplify the immune system. The finding marks the first time that scientists have visualized how antigens are transferred in the immune system between dendritic cells.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>MBIC</category><category>Bruchez</category><category>research</category><category>biological sciences</category><category>chemistry</category></item><item><title>Director of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey III To Deliver 2012 Buhl Lecture </title><link>http://www.cmu.edu/mcs/news/pressreleases/2012/0419-Buhl-Lecture-2012.html</link><description><![CDATA[Daniel Eisenstein,&#160;director of the third phase of the&#160;Sloan Digital Sky Survey, will present Carnegie Mellon University's annual&#160;Buhl Lecture&#160;at 4:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 24 in the Mellon Institute Auditorium, 4400 Fifth Ave., Oakland. His lecture "Dark Energy and Cosmic Sound" is free and open to the public.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 15:59:59 GMT</pubDate><category>Physics</category><category>Buhl Lecture</category></item><item><title>Chemists Create Mimic of Disease-Fighting Cyclic Peptide</title><link>http://www.cmu.edu/mcs/news/pressreleases/2012/0416-Mimic-Cyclic-Peptide.html</link><description><![CDATA[Carnegie Mellon University chemists have created a synthetic form of a cyclic peptide known for its remarkable ability to combat a wide variety of pathogens, including HIV and SARS. Synthetic peptides like the one developed at Carnegie Mellon could provide an exciting new class of pharmaceuticals aimed at combatting hard-to-treat diseases. Furthermore, the manufacturing technique developed by Associate Professor of Chemistry&#160;<a href="http://www.chem.cmu.edu/faculty/ly.html">Danith Ly</a>&#160;could further the study of cyclic peptides by making the molecules easier and less expensive to produce.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Chemistry</category><category>CNAST</category><category>Danith Ly</category></item><item><title>Danith Ly and Jon Minden Win Mellon College of Science Awards for Education</title><link>http://www.cmu.edu/mcs/news/pressreleases/2012/0411-edu-awards.html</link><description><![CDATA[Danith Ly and Jon Minden&#8212;winners of this year&#8217;s Mellon College of Science awards for education&#8212;will be recognized at the University Celebration of Education ceremony on April 25. Their accomplishments will be further celebrated at the Mellon College of Science annual meeting on May 7.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>awards</category><category>education</category></item></channel></rss>
