When Geo Bivins was growing up, he never considered a career in the music business. He didn’t even know there was business to music. All he knew was that he loved to listen to the urban sounds of bands like “Parliament Funkadelic.” Now, the Carnegie Mellon alumnus helps determine what becomes a hit.

Online companies like Amazon, Facebook, and Google have become part of our everyday lives.
For those companies to respond instantaneously to every click, some mind-boggling energy consumption occurs, taking a toll on both profit margins and the environment. Could there be a better way? Carnegie Mellon’s Dave Andersen thinks so.

Philip LeDuc is a professor of mechanical engineering, and Mary Beth Wilson is a PhD candidate in biomedical engineering. Noble pursuits, for sure, but hardly appetizing from a culinary perspective. Yet the two are partnering on a project that could help find a deliciously simple solution to global hunger.

Sir Winston Churchill once said, “The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see.” For Carnegie Mellon senior Judy Savitskaya, her past has led to her future, which is why Churchill would no doubt welcome her to be part of his legacy.