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Monday, May 6, 2013

Press Release: National NMR Center in Czech Republic Named for Carnegie Mellon Emeritus Professor Josef Dadok

dadokThe Central European Institute of Technology (CEITEC) in Brno, Czech Republic has named their national NMR center after Carnegie Mellon University Emeritus Professor of Chemistry Josef Dadok. MORE
Monday, May 6, 2013

Press Release: Unique Wave Flume Facility Allows Scientists To Study How Sea Spray Seeds Clouds

Sea SprayAn international group of researchers, including Carnegie Mellon's Ryan Sullivan, is studying the chemistry of sea spray aerosols, which can impact cloud formation and climate. Their findings are published online in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. MORE
Monday, April 29, 2013

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

Like NFL teams this past weekend, CMU scientists are attempting to compile “dream teams” of neurons using a statistics-based method that can evaluate the fitness of individual neurons. MORE
Tuesday, April 16, 2013

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

HoltkampNorbert 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
Thursday, April 11, 2013

Press Release: Carnegie Mellon "Mathletes" Place Fifth in 2012 Putnam Competition

maaCarnegie Mellon University has placed fifth in the Mathematical Association of America's 73rd William Lowell Putnam Competition, the premier mathematics contest for undergraduate students. This marks the second consecutive year that a Carnegie Mellon team has placed among the top five teams. Only 15 other universities have placed in top five more than once since 1990. MORE
Friday, April 5, 2013

Press Release: Governor Corbett, Carnegie Mellon University Announce Acceptance of Students into the Governor's School for Sciences Summer 2013 Program

Governor Tom Corbett and Carnegie Mellon University announced that 56 Pennsylvania high school juniors have been selected to attend the Pennsylvania Governor's School for the Sciences summer program. MORE