Everything about energy—sources, applications, outcomes, and possibilities—touches our lives today, whether you’re a politician, scientist, environmentalist, or teenager searching for gas money. Carnegie Mellon has traditionally developed and advanced groundbreaking energy initiatives. There is a new presence on campus that will build upon and strengthen that pursuit.   

Sherman Scott's father didn't pass down to his son the keys to a successful family business. Instead, Wilton Scott passed down to his son traits that could be lead to great success. Those traits were followed by Sherman Scott. The ultimate beneficiary is anyone who flips an on/off switch.

Students who excel in communication design have become hot commodities in the job market, especially for social media companies such as Facebook and Twitter. But for design student Justin Edmund, any hopes for the future were tempered by the struggle to get passing grades at Carnegie Mellon. Would he make it?

As the fall semester unfolds on Carnegie Mellon's Pittsburgh campus,serious medical conditions are festering nearly 2,000 miles away in Honduras. By next spring, help will be on the way, thanks in part to a group of global medical brigades student volunteers. They're also helping to improve the health of their Pittsburgh neighbors.