2012
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Nora Swisher, a Ph.D candidate studying physics in Carnegie Mellon University's Mellon College of Science, has been selected as one of six crew members who will spend two weeks at the Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS) in Utah.
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Mars Adventure
Saturday, December 1, 2012
The work of members of the Bruce and Astrid McWilliams Center for Cosmology has been highlighted recently in the December issue of Science Connection. MORE
Guide to the Universe
Friday, November 16, 2012
Carnegie Mellon University Emeritus Professor of Physics Luc Berger has been named a winner of the 2013 Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize by the American Physical Society. MORE
Prof. Luc Berger Wins Prestigious Buckley Condensed Matter Prize From American Physical Society
Monday, October 22, 2012
A team of researchers from Carnegie Mellon University's Bruce and Astrid McWilliams Center for Cosmology and The Pennsylvania State University have been awarded a $300,000 New Frontiers in Astronomy & Cosmology Grant from the John Templeton Foundation.
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CMU, Penn State Researchers Awarded $300,000 New Frontiers in Astronomy & Cosmology Grant
Monday, October 15, 2012
Graduate student Michelle Ntampaka has been awarded a M.Hildred Blewett Fellowship from the APS.
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Michelle Ntampaka receives M. Hildred Blewett Fellowship from the APS
Monday, October 1, 2012
Physics Professor Curtis Meyer has been appointed the associate dean for faculty and graduate affairs for the Mellon College of Science. MORE
Prof. Curtis Meyer Named MCS Associate Dean for Faculty and Graduate Affairs
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
The National Science Board (NSB) of the National Science Foundation (NSF) has given the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) project approval to advance to the final design phase. MORE
NSF Advances Large Synoptic Survey Telescope to Final Design Stage
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Carnegie Mellon University physicist, Manfred Paulini, was planted in front of his home computer at 3 a.m. on July 4, 2012, to watch the CERN announcement of the discovery of the Higgs boson. MORE
Higgs boson discovery announced
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
The 115th commencement at Carnegie Mellon University took place May 19-20, 2012. Patrick Wilson, a 1995 graduate of the Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama and a widely talented and successful performer, delivered the keynote address. MORE
Degrees and awards presented at Commencement 2012
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Every summer during family vacations in the Adirondack Mountains,Ashley Disbrow (MCS'14) and her father would go out to the dock by the lake and stargaze. MORE
Stargazing
Saturday, May 12, 2012
PITTSBURGH—Carnegie Mellon University physicist Rachel Mandelbaum was awarded a five-year 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. MORE
Mandelbaum Receives Department of Energy Early Career Award for Dark Matter and Dark Energy Research
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Daniel Eisenstein, director of the third phase of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, will present Carnegie Mellon University's annual Buhl Lecture Tuesday, April 24. MORE
Director of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey III To Deliver Carnegie Mellon's 2012 Buhl Lecture April 24
Saturday, April 7, 2012
The research activities of undergraduate student Ashley Disbrow have been highlighted in the April 2 issue of the Tartan. MORE
Physics Student Ashley Disbrow Highlighted in the Tartan
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Graduate students Udom Sae-Ueng and Mingjiang Zhong have been awarded the Astrid and Bruce McWilliams Fellowships in the Mellon College of Science. MORE
Graduate Students Receive Astrid and Bruce McWilliams Fellowships
Monday, March 5, 2012
PITTSBURGH—Carnegie Mellon University will award its 2011 Dickson Prize in Science to Marvin L. Cohen, one of the most influential condensed matter physicists in the world. MORE
Renowned Condensed Matter Physicist to Receive Dickson Prize in Science
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Assistant Professor of Physics Rachel Mandelbaum was presented with the 2011 Annie Jump Cannon Award at the semi-annual meeting of the American Astronomical Society held in January 2012. MORE
Physicist Rachel Mandelbaum Receives the Annie Jump Cannon Award
Monday, January 9, 2012
Researchers, led by Shirley Ho, have analyzed a trillion pixel map of the universe to create the most accurate calculation of the power spectrum of the universe over the past six billion years. MORE
Researchers Begin To Read Largest Map of the Universe
Friday, January 6, 2012
At a high school in the capital city of Kigali, Michelle Ntampaka shares her knowledge about how to use commonly available items as instructional tools with 80 science teachers charged with training other teachers throughout Rwanda. MORE