Technology + Robotics

One Moore Milestone

December 26, 2014

CMU’s School of Computer Science recently celebrated its 25th anniversary, though the school’s history goes back much further. The cumulative past has created a school that today is regarded as one of the world’s preeminent computer science programs. Now it’s up to Andrew Moore to build on all that’s come before.

Arts & Culture + Entertainment

More Than a Pretty Face

December 26, 2014

All he has to do is bat his baby-blue eyes, flash a smile, or turn on the charm and the girls swoon. But Carnegie Mellon alumnus Ian Harding, a very popular television actor, takes his career, and his causes, seriously. The results are inspiring—and that’s no pretty little lie.

Science + Technology

BrainHub

December 25, 2014

Psychiatric and neurological disorders—from Alzheimer’s disease and autism to strokes and Parkinson’s disease—have devastating consequences. To better understand the brain and develop new treatments, Carnegie Mellon has launched the BrainHub Initiative. It brings together world-renowned researchers from CMU and several international institutions. The initiative has captured the attention of President Barack Obama.

Engineering + Technology

Engineering Success

December 26, 2014

The business and technology news website Business Insider set out to find “22 of the most powerful women engineers in the world.” When the dust settled, two Carnegie Mellon alumnae were prominent on the list: Merline Saintil and Carolyn Duran. Both are role models for women and men.

Public Policy + Engineering

Cybersecurity

December 27, 2014

Brandon Wolfe intently writes computer code at the Software Engineering Institute—he’s a Carnegie Mellon student, so that should be no surprise, right? More surprising: His code is helping to build internal network defense to secure government data.

Golf Lesson

December 27, 2014

CMU men’s golf team works hard to compete against others on the links.

Science + Technology

Master Cyclist

December 27, 2014

Jim Turner has had a rewarding career since the math major graduated from Carnegie Mellon in 1961.

Arts & Culture + Entertainment

Statuesque

December 27, 2014

Backstage at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles, a flurry of excitement focuses on a Carnegie Mellon alumna and her colleagues.

Science + Innovation

Numerically Speaking

December 27, 2014

Looking at Carnegie Mellon by the numbers could mean many different things: 35,846 admission applications; 5,982 admitted students; 90 different programs and majors; 19 Nobel Prize winners.

Science + Innovation

Thinking Outside the Galaxy

December 27, 2014

A young woman visits Santa Fe, N.

Technology + Energy

Scientific Recognition

December 27, 2014

Jessica Hammer felt socially awkward around her fourth-grade classmates, but when she started planning boutique birthday party games for some of them, suddenly she no longer felt alone.

Arts & Culture + Engineering

Crossing Borders

December 27, 2014

With guards standing nearby, Paulina Reyes stares at the fence dividing the United States from Mexico.

Education + Technology

Googled

December 27, 2014

Students all over the world are sitting down, logging on, and learning online.

Arts & Culture + Science

Scotch 'n' Software

December 27, 2014

Jeff Kunins’ career has made him worthy of CMU’s Alumni Achievement Award. Yet, if you ask him, his “core experience” on campus had nothing to do with his major.

Education + Innovation

Rising Star

December 27, 2014

A few years ago, Vivienne Ming received an unexpected invitation.

Public Policy + Education

60 Seconds With...

December 27, 2014

Bella Gerlich (HNZ’99) was recently appointed by the governor of Alaska to the state’s Advisory Council on Libraries, which guides, develops and evaluates library services throughout the state.

Robotics + Innovation

Panoramic

December 27, 2014

Michael Rondinelli has given video cameras a whole new view

Technology + Arts & Culture

"We Wore the Masks"

December 27, 2014

The high-school senior stands in front of Walking to the Sky, the iconic sculpture on Carnegie Mellon’s campus.

Science + Technology

Code Red

December 27, 2014

Three intrepid Carnegie Mellon computer science students find themselves sequestered in a windowless building near the mountainous Russian frontier.

Engineering + Arts & Culture

Built to Last

December 27, 2014

The cramped airplane rattled through 20 minutes of turbulence while Mounir Sheikh anxiously awaited landing in Nepal for the first time.

Street Talk

December 27, 2014

On Mondays through Fridays on his summer “vacation,” Braden Kelner (DC’15) wakes up at 8am in Bucks County, a suburb northeast of Philadelphia.

Head in the Cloud

December 27, 2014

Four software engineers, dressed in shorts—looking much like the millennials they are—sit around a table in a Silicon Valley conference room.

Arts & Culture + Entertainment

Pitch Perfect

December 27, 2014

When he walks onstage, David Buzzell (CMU’17) has just one thought.

Snow Man

January 7, 2015

Shepard Emerson is no stranger to ski slopes

First Word

December 27, 2014

Carnegie Mellon Today has a New Year’s resolution.

Technology + Robotics

Last Word

December 27, 2014

When I joined the Robotics Institute in 1984, I realized quickly that I wasn’t merely joining a research unit like any other unit at any other academic institution.

Education + Business

Vintage Education

December 27, 2014

The Frenchman left behind the country he dearly loved for an educational opportunity at Carnegie Mellon. In so doing, he jumpstarted his career.

Arts & Culture + Technology

IDeATe

March 19, 2015

Late in the fall semester, Lauren Valley is busy in the studio working on a final project for a 3D media course. Using a digital cutting machine, she’s building a giant robotic-looking spider, part of an installation piece she’s developing that explores the interaction between humans and machines.