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Rate University holds H1N1 vaccination clinics

Original at CMU The Tartan Online external link    Sun, Nov 1

Carnegie Mellon University has held clinics for students, faculty, and staff to receive the seasonal flu shot and the vaccine for H1N1.

Rate Carnegie Mellon named “Best Neighbor” to Pgh

Original at CMU The Tartan Online external link    Mon, Oct 26

Carnegie Mellon was ranked 19th in the presentation entitled “Saviors of Our Cities: A Survey of Best College and University Civic Partnerships."

Rate Boffins fawn over dirt cheap server clusters

Original at Register external link    Sun, Oct 18

Fast array of wimpy nodes A team of researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have been studying how they can make cheap, low-powered, and relative unimpressive server nodes gang up and do more work than the two-socket x64 server that is the workhorse of the IT industry. And they have come...

September of 2009

 

Rate Lee awarded scholarship

Original at CMU The Tartan Online external link    Sat, Sep 26

Carnegie Mellon student Elaine Lee has been awarded the Vanguard Women in Information Technology Scholarship for her work in math and computer science.

Rate Night march for education

Original at Pitt News external link    Wed, Sep 23

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By Erik Hinton Erik Hinton Managing Editor Blog Images:  DSC_0258.jpg DSC_0225.jpg DSC_0304.jpg DSC_0336.jpg DSC_0374.jpg DSC_0392.jpg DSC_0427.jpg DSC_0481.jpg DSC_0518.jpg DSC_0535.jpg DSC_0541.jpg DSC_0544.jpg DSC_0570.jpg DSC_0577.jpg At 11 p.m., protesters in support of education marched down Fo...

Rate Campus News in Brief

Original at CMU The Tartan Online external link    Fri, Sep 18

Carnegie Mellon graduates were recently named recipients of the prestigious U.S. Student Fulbright Scholarship.

Rate CMU-founded company purchased by Google

Original at post-gazette.com external link    Wed, Sep 16    1 related articles

ReCAPTCHA Inc., a company founded by a Carnegie Mellon University computer science researcher, has been bought by Google Inc., it was announced yesterday.

Year 2009

 

Rate DSSC To Host Fall Review Sept. 17

Original at ece.cmu.edu external link    Mon, Aug 3

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The Data Storage Systems Center will hold its 2009 Fall Technical Review on Thursday, Sept. 17, in the Singleton Room of Roberts Engineering Hall on the Carnegie Mellon campus. The fall review will follow the successful one-day model introduced at the Spring 2009 Technical Review, and wi...

Rate McCune Foundation to resume offers of funding

Original at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review external link    Mon, Jun 15

 PA McCune has contributed to organizations such Carnegie Mellon University and Geneva College, the YMCA of Pittsburgh and the North Side Christian Health Center, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust and Quantum Theatre and the Allegheny Conference on Community ...

Rate Carnegie Science Center adds Roboworld to permanent exhibits

Original at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review external link    Wed, Jun 10

 PA Many of the exhibits showcase products from Pittsburgh's thriving, cutting-edge robotics industry, like Aethon's medical helper-bot "Tug." Contributions from Carnegie Mellon University, the University of Pittsburgh and California University of ...

Rate Agile project management: Estimating the unknown

Original at Tech Republic external link    Fri, Jun 5

 KY Opponents of agile methods, deeply committed to the structured and predictive techniques championed by the Project Management Institute (PMI) and the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) at Carnegie Mellon University, point to this difficulty as the ...

Rate State to start 'thumping' roads this summer

Original at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review external link    Thu, May 28

 PA Scientists from the University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University and the US Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory in South Park will be among several committee members who will weigh in on the state's findings.

Rate Infosys BPO gets certificate from Cornegie Mellon University

Original at Sakaal Times external link    Tue, May 26

 India BENGALURU: Infosys BPO, a subsidiary of IT major Infosys Technologies, today announced that it has earned the highest rating, Level 5, for e-Sourcing Capability Model (eSCM-SP) by Carnegie Mellon University's IT Services Qualification Center. ...

Rate Is your online secret question easy to hack?

Original at TV external link    Tue, May 19

 TX This week, researchers from Microsoft and Carnegie Mellon University will show that the password reset functions are insecure on a variety of websites. On Yahoo for instance, hackers can easily figure out what the ID is, that's the first part of your ...

Rate Answers to "Secret Questions" too easy to guess

Original at FierceCIO external link    Tue, May 19

 DC In a study involving 130 people, researchers from Microsoft and Carnegie Mellon University found that 28 percent of the people who were trusted by the study's participants correctly guessed the answers to the participants' secret questions. ...

Rate Robot Hall of Fame expands to include Da Vinci, Terminator, Roomba

Original at Engadget external link    Mon, May 11

 CA For those unaware, the Robot HOF is maintained by Carnegie Mellon University and the Carnegie Science Center, and an international jury of researchers, writers, and designers has just selected five new bots to join the cast: Mars rovers Spirit and ...

Rate Opinion: LACMA curator to head Carnegie Museum of Art

Original at latimesblogs.latimes.com external link    Fri, May 1

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Zelevansky is a native of New York who was educated at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh and Pratt Institute and New York University's Institute of Fine Arts, both in Manhattan. She started her career as a university professor of art in New York ...

Rate Carnegie Mellon morphs 'pop-up buttons' onto multi-touch display

Original at Engadget external link    Tue, Apr 28

 CA For that you can travel to Pittsburgh to count the rivers or just hit the read link below for the video. Please keep your comments relevant to this blog entry. Email addresses are never displayed, but they are required to confirm your comments. ...

Rate Carnegie Mellon, Pitt Receive $25 Million Federal Grant to Study ... - PR Newswire

Original at sev.prnewswire.com external link    Mon, Apr 27    3 related articles

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PITTSBURGH, April 27 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Science Foundation has renewed a five-year, $25 million grant to continue the work of the Pittsburgh Science of Learning Center (PSLC), founded by Carnegie Mellon University and the University of ...

Rate CMU Announces Robot Hall of Fame Inductees

Original at Robots.net external link    Tue, Apr 21

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Pittsburgh Post Gazette  TX PITTSBURGH, April 21, 2009 — Carnegie Science Center and Carnegie Mellon University announced today the 2010 class of inductees into the Robot Hall of Fame® at a press preview of roboworld™, the Science Center's new robotics exhibition opening June 13 ...

Rate Carnegie Science Center Unveils Details for the World's Largest ... - PR Newswire

Original at sev.prnewswire.com external link    Fri, Apr 17

PR Newswire (press release), NY Unveil the roboworld(TM) experience list, detailing the several dozen hands-on exhibits and features of this one-of-a-kind robotics exhibition. Announce the new members of the Robot Hall of Fame(R), powered by Carnegie Mellon. ...

Rate How To: 'Logic bricks' proposed as simpler IC design elements

Original at EETimes.com external link    Wed, Apr 8

s (SRC) Focus Center Research Program and Carnegie Mellon University have developed simple design elements called "logic bricks" for use in IC design libraries. Logic bricks exploit chip design methodologies and how IC patterns are best printed using ...

Rate Research, Relevance Reaffirmed at DSSC Spring Review

Original at ece.cmu.edu external link    Fri, Apr 3

Nearly 100 members of academia and industry gathered in Roberts Engineering Hall at Carnegie Mellon University on March 24 for the Data Storage Systems Center's (DSSC) Spring Technical Review. Held twice each year, the center's technical reviews provide an opportunity for the DSSC to...

Rate Carnegie Mellon Engineering Scholar Alfred A. Thiele Leaves Legacy of Innovative Research for University Community

Original at ece.cmu.edu external link    Wed, Apr 1

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Alfred A. Thiele, a distinguished scholar in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department's Data Storage Systems Center, died suddenly March 26 in Pittsburgh. Thiele, 71, contributed to the fundamental understanding of the physics behind magnetic bubble domains and invented...

Rate DSSC Featured in Carnegie Mellon Engineering Magazine

Original at ece.cmu.edu external link    Fri, Mar 27

The Data Storage Systems Center was one of several College of Engineering research centers featured in the spring 2009 issue of Carnegie Mellon Engineering magazine. In the article "Returns on Investment," author Sherry Stokes outlines the college's long, prosperous relationship w...

Rate Opinion: Artist activists bring ideas to Carnegie Mellon

Original at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review external link    Sat, Nov 29

 PA - Nov 29, 2008 On the third floor of the gallery, for example, the largest wall contains a mural in the form of an apocalyptic version of Pittsburgh. ... Too many messages can overpower art Pittsburgh Tribune-Review all 2 news articles

Rate How To: Thomson Reuters Forecasts Nobel Winners

Original at Physics and Physicists external link    Wed, Oct 1

By ZapperZ Chemistry - Charles Lieber of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, who figured out how to build and use tiny, molecular-scale nanowires. - Krzysztof Matyjaszewski of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh who used electric ...

Rate Newsmaker: Duen Horng 'Polo' Chau

Original at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review external link    Thu, Jun 12

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 PA - By Tim Puko Education: Master's degree in human-computer interaction, Carnegie Mellon University; bachelor's degree in information engineering, ...

Rate Opinion: Carnegie Mellon University

Original at CollegeRecruiter.com external link    Mon, Jun 9

By Candice A Out-of-state tuition for this private university is $35580. According to Prinecton Review, "the workload at Carnegie Mellon is pretty daunting, so it's no surprise that students say the typical undergraduate is 'extremely studious and ...

Rate How To: Monkeys learn to feed themselves with robot arm

Original at smart-machines (Blogspot) external link    Wed, May 28

By Joe In a report published in “Nature” that describes the experiment, scientists working at the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University taught the pair of simians how to use a prosthetic arm using a joystick to feed ...

Rate Opinion: Man who helped transform CMU retires

Original at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review external link    Wed, May 28

 PA - By Bill Zlatos In 38 years at Carnegie Mellon University, Bill Elliott helped transform it from a respectable regional school to a national and even ... Can't you beam up another name for Scotty? Pittsburgh Tribune-Review all 5 news articles

Rate Opinion: Quantum still edgy in 2008-09 season - Pittsburgh Post Gazette

Original at Pittsburgh Post Gazette external link    Tue, May 13

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Quantum still edgy in 2008-09 season  PA - Even more to the Quantum point, these will variously involve the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University, overlapping audience seatings, flamenco, ... TRIBUNE-REVIEW THEATER CRITIC Pittsburgh Tribune-Review all 3 news articles

Rate Opinion: Woman sexually assaulted at Carnegie Mellon - Pittsburgh Post Gazette

Original at post-gazette.com external link    Mon, Apr 21

Pittsburgh Post Gazette, PA - An 18-year-old woman was sexually assaulted early Sunday morning at Carnegie Mellon University, according to campus police. In a campus crime alert, ... Man sought in sex assault on CMU campus Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Rate Robots do a little networking - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Original at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review external link    Tue, Apr 8

Robots do a little networking  PA - a facial recognition system for robotic toys. But it isn't Kee's first visit here. He has been to Carnegie Mellon University several times in the past year.

Rate CMU appoints College of Science dean - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Original at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review external link    Sun, Apr 6

CMU appoints College of Science dean  PA - By The Tribune-Review Carnegie Mellon University appointed Fred Gilman as dean of its Mellon College of Science, effective April 1. ... MCS appoints new dean CMU The Tartan Online all 2 news articles

Rate Magnetic Levitation Haptic Interface

Original at Medgadget.com external link    Mon, Mar 10

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Unlike most other haptic interfaces that rely on motors and mechanical linkages to provide some sense of touch or force feedback, the device developed by Ralph Hollis, research professor in Carnegie Mellon's Robotics Institute, uses magnetic levitation and a single moving part to gi...

Rate Women's basketball beats CMU, falls to Rochester

Original at Case Western Reserve University Observer external link    Thu, Feb 28

By observer@case.edu (Rishi Jain) Horton recorded her 11th double-double of the season in the second game of the weekend, as her Spartans overcame a tough crowd in Pittsburgh and defeated Carnegie Mellon University 63-49 on Sunday in another UAA matchup. Horton finished with 16 points and a game-high 14 rebounds.

Rate Opinion: Annual cost of attending CMU soars past $50000 - Pittsburgh Post Gazette

Original at post-gazette.com external link    Fri, Feb 22

Pittsburgh Post Gazette, PA - Feb 22, 2008 By Eleanor Chute and Bill Schackner, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette For the first time, the total cost of attending Carnegie Mellon University will top $50000 a ... CMU hikes tuition according to class Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Rate CMU stuns nation's No. 1 team, 86-55 - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Original at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review external link    Sun, Feb 3

CMU stuns nation's No. 1 team, 86-55  PA - By The Tribune-Review The Carnegie Mellon University men's basketball team scored one of the biggest victories in school history today on its home court, ...

Year 2007

 

Rate Theater: New take on an old musical - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Original at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review external link    Wed, Nov 28

Theater: New take on an old musical  PA - But the guys and dolls of the Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama will be infusing it with their youthful spirits and fresh performing skills in a ...

Rate CMU professor stumps his doctors - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Original at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review external link    Tue, Oct 23

CMU professor stumps his doctors  PA - Oct 23, 2007 By Allison M. Heinrichs Celebrated Carnegie Mellon University professor Randy Pausch still expects to die, but maybe not as soon as doctors predicted. ...

Rate India's ex-president lauded by CMU - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Original at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review external link    Wed, Oct 17

India's ex-president lauded by CMU  PA - Kalam tapped into that resource yesterday when he addressed more than 600 students, faculty and Indian-American families at Carnegie Mellon University. ...

Rate Tech hub expansion for CMU in works - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Original at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review external link    Wed, May 23

 PA - May 23, 2007 Carnegie Mellon University scored what is believed to be a national first two years ago by attracting researchers from three technology industry giants ... Good Decision-Makers May Be Made, Not Born, Says Carnegie Mellon Study Medical News Today (press release)

Rate Pittsburgh colleges have disaster plans - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Original at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review external link    Mon, Apr 16

Pittsburgh colleges have disaster plans  PA - Pitt and neighboring Carnegie Mellon University -- along with Chatham College, Carlow University, Duquesne University, Point Park University and the ...

Rate CMU team computes to compete in Tokyo - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Original at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review external link    Fri, Mar 9

CMU team computes to compete in Tokyo  PA - In a classroom full of computers, three Carnegie Mellon University students huddled around just one. Nathan Bauernfeind, Lawrence Tan and Young Sub Bae were ...

Rate The Future is now - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Original at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review external link    Fri, Feb 23

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The Future is now  PA - A co-op between Carnegie Mellon University and the Cultural Trust, which donates the space, Future Tenant offers art students an opportunity to manage a ...

Year 2005

 

Rate Pitt, CMU students sued over copyrighted music - Pittsburgh Tribune

Original at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review external link    Wed, Nov 30

Pitt, CMU students sued over copyrighted music  PA - Six people at the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University accused of illegally distributing copyrighted music over the Internet have been sued ...

Rate Carnegie Mellon Announces Establishment of Heinz School Branch in ...

Original at Yahoo! News (press release) external link    Tue, Nov 29

29 /PRNewswire/ -- Carnegie Mellon University Provost and Senior Vice President Mark Kamlet has signed an agreement with South Australian Premier Mike Rann to ... Carnegie Mellon plans Australia branch Pittsburgh Post Gazette CMU goes Down Under for an Aussie first Pittsburgh Tribune-...

Rate Severinsen trumpets enthusiam for music - Pittsburgh Tribune

Original at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review external link    Sat, Nov 12

Severinsen trumpets enthusiam for music  PA - is a generous musician who is donating his time on Saturday for a master class at "Trumpet Day in Pittsburgh," a public event at Carnegie Mellon University. ...

Rate Smackdown! Carnegie Mellon Prof v. RIAA

Original at essays & effluvia external link    Tue, May 10

By ritholtz It pleased us immensely to see Carnegie Mellon Professor Roger Dannenberg calling out RIAA President Cary Sherman on the hypocrisy of their position: Cary Sherman's opinion piece on Sunday, "Mellifluous Discord: Universities' High-Speed ...

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