June
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Carnegie Mellon University's Erica Fuchs was awarded a five-year, $624,517 Career Young Investigator Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to research the global impact of economic downturns on the direction of innovation.
Press Release: CMU's Erica Fuchs Earns NSF Career Young Investigator Award For Research About Rethinking National Innovation Systems
Carnegie Mellon University's Erica Fuchs was awarded a five-year, $624,517 Career Young Investigator Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to research the global impact of economic downturns on the direction of innovation.Tuesday, June 28, 2011
The gift will be used to endow the Bajaj Family Chair, which will be held by a Tepper School of Business professor to be named by the university's president and provost. The gift will support teaching and research in a field selected by the chair recipient. MORE
Press Release: Carnegie Mellon, Kushagra Nayan Bajaj Announce $2.5 Million Gift To Endow Chair at Tepper School of Business
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Carnegie Mellon University's M. Granger Morgan will receive the Chester F. Carlson Award at a special awards ceremony June 29 at the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference and Exposition at the Vancouver Convention Center in Vancouver.
Press Release: Carnegie Mellon's M. Granger Morgan Receives Prestigious Award For Academic Innovation From American Society for Engineering Education
Carnegie Mellon University's M. Granger Morgan will receive the Chester F. Carlson Award at a special awards ceremony June 29 at the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference and Exposition at the Vancouver Convention Center in Vancouver. Friday, June 24, 2011
As part of President Barack Obama's visit to Carnegie Mellon last Friday (June 24), it was announced that the National Science Foundation (NSF) will take the lead with NASA and two other federal agencies to support the administration's National Robotics Initiative (NRI).
News Brief: CMU Applauds National Robotics Initiative
As part of President Barack Obama's visit to Carnegie Mellon last Friday (June 24), it was announced that the National Science Foundation (NSF) will take the lead with NASA and two other federal agencies to support the administration's National Robotics Initiative (NRI).Friday, June 24, 2011
Carnegie Mellon University was honored to welcome President Barack Obama to campus today (June 24), as he launched the Advanced Manufacturing Partnership (AMP), a national effort bringing together industry, universities, and government to invest in emerging technologies, create sustainable new businesses, and enhance U.S. competitiveness. AMP is made up of what the President called some of the "most advanced engineering universities, like Carnegie Mellon, Georgia Tech, Stanford, Berkeley, Michigan and innovative manufacturers, from Johnson & Johnson to Honeywell, Stryker to Allegheny Technologies."
News Brief: Obama Launches Manufacturing Partnership From CMU
Carnegie Mellon University was honored to welcome President Barack Obama to campus today (June 24), as he launched the Advanced Manufacturing Partnership (AMP), a national effort bringing together industry, universities, and government to invest in emerging technologies, create sustainable new businesses, and enhance U.S. competitiveness. AMP is made up of what the President called some of the "most advanced engineering universities, like Carnegie Mellon, Georgia Tech, Stanford, Berkeley, Michigan and innovative manufacturers, from Johnson & Johnson to Honeywell, Stryker to Allegheny Technologies." Wednesday, June 22, 2011
While Marcellus Shale is recognized as one of the greatest economic opportunities for Pennsylvania, the drilling and processing of natural gas poses both challenges and threats to local infrastructure, the environment and public safety. MORE
News Brief: PDD To Use Deliberative Theater To Explore The Marcellus Shale Debate
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Published in Neuron, the study shows that language areas located in the right and left sides of the brain are less synchronized in toddlers with autism than in toddlers displaying either language delay problems or typical development.
Press Release: New CMU Research Shows Weaker Brain "Sync" May Be Early Sign of Autism
Published in Neuron, the study shows that language areas located in the right and left sides of the brain are less synchronized in toddlers with autism than in toddlers displaying either language delay problems or typical development.Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Driver assistance technologies, such as adaptive cruise control and automatic braking, promise to someday ease traffic on crowded routes and prevent accidents. Proving that these automated systems will work as intended is a daunting task, but computer scientists at Carnegie Mellon University have now demonstrated it is possible to verify the safety of these highly complex systems.
Press Release: Carnegie Mellon Methods Keep Bugs Out Of Software For Self-Driving Cars
Driver assistance technologies, such as adaptive cruise control and automatic braking, promise to someday ease traffic on crowded routes and prevent accidents. Proving that these automated systems will work as intended is a daunting task, but computer scientists at Carnegie Mellon University have now demonstrated it is possible to verify the safety of these highly complex systems.Tuesday, June 21, 2011
News Brief: President Obama To Address the U.S. From CMU
The following Official Communications was sent by Michael Murphy, Vice President for Campus Affairs, earlier today.
Monday, June 20, 2011
President Barack Obama will visit Carnegie Mellon's Pittsburgh campus next Friday to highlight the importance of manufacturing to the U.S. economy. A White House official said the president will speak about steps that government, industry and universities will take together to create new industries and new jobs. He will discuss cross-cutting technologies meant to enhance the global competitiveness of U.S. manufacturing and speed up the process of bringing ideas to fruition.
News Brief: President Obama To Speak at CMU Friday, June 24
President Barack Obama will visit Carnegie Mellon's Pittsburgh campus next Friday to highlight the importance of manufacturing to the U.S. economy. A White House official said the president will speak about steps that government, industry and universities will take together to create new industries and new jobs. He will discuss cross-cutting technologies meant to enhance the global competitiveness of U.S. manufacturing and speed up the process of bringing ideas to fruition.Friday, June 17, 2011
Carnegie Mellon University's College of Engineering will host six top journalists June 19-21 at the fifth annual CIT Information Technology Media Fellowship. MORE
Media Advisory: Carnegie Mellon's College of Engineering To Showcase Novel Information Technology To National Media
Friday, June 17, 2011
"Turning off a single large nuclear power plant could require dozens of coal and gas-fired plants to ramp up production to make up the difference," said Paul Fischbeck, a professor of social and decision sciences and engineering and public policy at Carnegie Mellon. "These plants use fossil fuels, cost more to operate, and emit pollution that can lead to acid rain and ozone, and CO2, a greenhouse gas." MORE
Press Release: Shutting Down U.S. Nuclear Plants Would Have Daunting Effect on Economy and Environment, Says Carnegie Mellon Expert
Friday, June 17, 2011
The new device, the size of a single strand of human hair, generates energy from the metabolism of bacteria on thin gold plates in micro-manufactured channels. The fuel cell recruits necessary bacteria to create a biofilm that utilizes natural organic compounds as fuel to generate power. MORE
Press Release: Carnegie Mellon Engineering Professors Create World's Smallest Fuel Cell Powered By Biology
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Carnegie Mellon University's Pradeep K. Khosla will participate in a panel, titled "Cybersecurity, Freedom and Policy," at the 21st Annual Conference on Computers, Freedom & Privacy: "The Future Is Now." The panel will explore the roles governments, companies, users and advocates can and should play in attempting to create a free and safe Internet. MORE
Media Advisory: Carnegie Mellon's Engineering Dean Pradeep K. Khosla To Participate in Cybersecurity Panel Discussion
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Astrobotic Technology Inc. and Carnegie Mellon University researchers have completed structural assembly of the lunar landing craft that will deliver the Red Rover robot to the moon in 2014.
Press Release: CMU and Astrobotic Technology Complete Structural Assembly of Lunar Lander
Astrobotic Technology Inc. and Carnegie Mellon University researchers have completed structural assembly of the lunar landing craft that will deliver the Red Rover robot to the moon in 2014.Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Western Pennsylvania’s space program takes another significant step as Astrobotic Technology Inc. and Carnegie Mellon University complete structural assembly of the lunar spacecraft that will deliver the Red Rover robot to the moon’s surface in 2014. MORE
Media Advisory: Carnegie Mellon and Astrobotic Technology Unveil Lunar Lander for X Prize Mission
Thursday, June 9, 2011
It looks like it's time to get a new periodic table of the elements. The Joint Working Party for the Discovery of New Elements, chaired by Carnegie Mellon Chemistry Professor Paul Karol, confirmed the discovery of two new elements in a paper published online in the journal Pure and Applied Chemistry.
News Brief: Setting a New Table
It looks like it's time to get a new periodic table of the elements. The Joint Working Party for the Discovery of New Elements, chaired by Carnegie Mellon Chemistry Professor Paul Karol, confirmed the discovery of two new elements in a paper published online in the journal Pure and Applied Chemistry.Thursday, June 9, 2011
The Joint Working Party for the Discovery of New Elements, chaired by Carnegie Mellon Chemistry Professor Paul Karol, confirmed the discovery of two new elements in a paper published online in the journal Pure and Applied Chemistry. MORE
Press Release: Modules for Dual-Degree Executive MBA Program in Asset and Wealth Management Begin in Switzerland
Thursday, June 9, 2011
“When it comes to smoking, our students studied the challenges surrounding both the functional nicotine addiction and the need to modify the emotion-based behavioral addiction as well,” said Jonathan Cagan, a professor of mechanical engineering at Carnegie Mellon. MORE
Press Release: Carnegie Mellon Students Help Industry Find New Ways To Promote Products by Tapping Into Consumer Emotions
Friday, June 3, 2011
After a comprehensive international search and unanimous decision by the search committee, the Carnegie Mellon University School of Music has appointed David Harding as its new associate professor of viola.
Press Release: Carnegie Mellon School of Music Appoints David Harding Associate Professor of Viola
After a comprehensive international search and unanimous decision by the search committee, the Carnegie Mellon University School of Music has appointed David Harding as its new associate professor of viola.Friday, June 3, 2011
The Tony Award-winning musical “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” and a special visit by renowned German director Peter Kleinert are among the highlights of the 2011-2012 season for Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Drama. MORE
Press Release: Carnegie Mellon School of Drama's New Season Features Tony Award-Winning Play, Internationally Acclaimed Director
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Carnegie Mellon University’s Steinbrenner Institute for Environmental Education and Research (SEER) will host eight top journalists for the ninth annual Steinbrenner Institute Environmental Media Fellowship. MORE
Media Advisory: Carnegie Mellon's Steinbrenner Institute To Showcase University's Novel Environmental Research to National Media
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Ready to make their mark on the world, seven recent Carnegie Mellon University graduates have accepted Fulbright Scholarships to study, research or teach in Africa, Asia, Australia and Europe. MORE
Press Release: Carnegie Mellon Breaks Record for Most Fulbright Scholars in One Year
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Greenlighting Startups, a portfolio of five new and existing campus incubators, is uniquely designed to further speed the organic growth of company creation at CMU. This initiative creates multiple portals through which the university can help turn research from award-winning professors and world-class students into thriving companies that provide new jobs and solve real-world problems. MORE
Press Release: Carnegie Mellon Launches "Greenlighting Startups" Initiative
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Northrop Grumman Corporation and three of the nation's leading cybersecurity research universities, Carnegie Mellon University, The Massachusetts Institute of Technology ( MIT) and Purdue University, announced today the progress they have made in developing solutions for pressing cybersecurity threats during a briefing at the National Press Club. MORE