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April
Lecture Spotlight
For years science fiction writers have dreamed up fanciful possibilities for what quantum computers can do, including jettisoning characters into parallel universes or creating their own alternate realities. Computer scientist Scott Aaronson is more interested in what quantum computers can’t do.
Watson Too Quick For Students
Research won the day as IBM’s Watson added Carnegie Mellon and University of Pittsburgh students to the list of humans it has soundly defeated in the game of “Jeopardy!”Q&A: Wallach, Staff Aid Students' Quest for Scholarship
Stephanie Wallach and her staff love working closely with students. And students love working with them.Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center Celebrates 25 Years of Cutting-Edge Technology
The Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (PSC) started from an idea over lunch in 1984.CMU Responds to Japan Crisis
The trip to the Tokyo stock exchange wasn’t quite what they expected. A group of students from the Tepper School of Business was in Tokyo when the massive earthquake struck Japan’s northeastern coast on March 11.
Directing the Future
Hollywood executive producer John Wells has made giving back to his alma mater a priority in his life.Campaign Update
Chef Sizzles at Regional Culinary Challenge
Good things often come in threes. One of those is CulinArt Chef Aldo Ramirez’s award-winning recipe for tri-tip beef.CMU, Shrinivas Dempo Announce $3 Million Gift
Frankly Speaking
Students can now get motherly advice every Tuesday night without even calling home. “What Would Your Mother Say?” a candid talk show in its first season on WRCT 88.3 FM, Carnegie Mellon’s student radio station, brings students together with a mother — unrelated to them — to discuss everything from dating, relationships and marriage, to social networking, academic stress, money and roommate etiquette.
Reveling in Robot Innovations
Students Hit the Road To Tackle Social Media Challenges
Workshop Aims To Create Female Negotiators of All Ages
Educators Recognized for Work Inside and Outside Classroom
Spring Carnival: Marketplace, Memory Lane Add to Midway Offerings
A time machine will be part of campus soon. It won’t hurl anyone into the distant future or the pre-historic past, but it will walk attendees through the 91-year history of Carnegie Mellon’s annual Spring Carnival, which takes place April 14-16.