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Lifting the Burden of Brain Disorders
Understanding how the brain works is one of the toughest puzzles left to solve. And it can’t happen soon enough. Consider these facts: If you’re lucky enough to reach age 85, you have a 50 percent...
View Article“Making” Connections
Hunt Library has been a collaborative learning hub since it was built in 1961. This year, new design studios and lab spaces are taking that collaborative experience to the next level, as Hunt becomes...
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Effort in Efficiency
The days of completing green paper time sheets, manually keeping track of your PTO and remembering yet another password to view your pay stub are gladly coming to an end. Workday, a web-based, human...
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Global Stage
In a world deluged with data and increasingly sophisticated methods for collecting and analyzing it, scientists are focused on how they can use all of this information to improve our lives. Four...
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Meet Miss Pennsylvania
Amanda Smith has stage presence. That and her jaw-dropping singing voice — qualities she’s learned and nurtured at Carnegie Mellon’s School of Drama the past two years — helped the junior musical...
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Former Skater’s Recipe for Success
As a competitive figure skater from the age of 6, Rebecca Gilbert was used to pushing herself through pain. But the body has its limits, and Gilbert's right knee let her know that loud and clear in...
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Happy Returns
After 26 years of working in the Carnegie Mellon Provost’s Office, Edna Jackson has decided to pack it up and see the world. Her first stop … Doha. Jackson, who has been a mainstay on the sixth floor...
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Uplifting
Team captains lead by example, and such is the case with Brock Kitterman, a 9-year-old who is the youngest Tartan football player and co-captain in school history. Brock, who “officially” became a...
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A Hot Topic
Richard Caruso (right), fire safety manager for Carnegie Mellon’s Environmental Health & Safety Department, conducted two mock dorm room fires last month on the CFA lawn to help spread the word to...
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#HashtagInventor
The hashtag. Love it or loathe it, the little pound sign is preceding words and phrases everywhere. By turning any words that directly follow it into a clickable link, hashtags initially made it...
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“The Book of Mormon” Gives Back to Drama
Carnegie Mellon’s School of Drama has given a lot of talent to the hit Broadway production “The Book of Mormon.” And over the past couple of weeks, “The Book of Mormon” has been giving back. Since it...
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Cohon University Center
After receiving a new name and months of preparation and anticipation, the Jared L. Cohon University Center addition will soon begin in earnest. The start is tentatively scheduled for late November...
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Innovation Palooza
Forecasts of another particularly cold winter have raised concerns about space in Pittsburgh’s homeless shelters, which contain only 375 beds. There are an estimated 1,500 homeless individuals in the...
View ArticleOpen Enrollment Begins Nov. 3
Open Enrollment for 2015 benefits will take place from Monday, Nov. 3 until 5 p.m. (ET) on Monday, Nov. 17. During this time, employees have the opportunity to review benefit options and make new...
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Form and Function
Bodies in motion tend to stay in motion. Even for 100 years. That law of physics appropriately rings true for two members of the Physics Department, who enjoyed the distinction of winning Andy Awards...
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Back Home
By Mike Yeomans Since leaving Pittsburgh to attend Columbia University, Rick Siger’s career has been on a fast track. His rapid progression shaping public policy in the areas of science, technology...
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CMU Crowdfunding
By Bruce Gerson If students have a university-related project, or an idea for one, but need funding to get it going, there’s a new program at Carnegie Mellon that just might fit the bill. Or help pay...
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Just Breathe
By Kelly Saavedra Here comes the hustle and bustle of the holiday season. It’s a time of planning, preparing food, shopping for gifts, visiting with friends and family … and a whole lot of stress. So,...
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Necessary Investment
By Bruce Gerson Out of sight, but definitely not out of mind. While some campus construction projects are very visible to passersby, such as Scott Hall and the Cohon University Center addition,...
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Rising Star
By Jordan Markley Kenny Chesney was a valet. Toby Keith played football. Merle Haggard was in jail. And Dan Smyers? Before the rising country star took to the stage with songwriting partner Shay...
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