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Scotty Goes Green
By Bruce Gerson Carnegie Mellon has always prided itself on being environmentally responsible, but there’s a new movement afoot that’s challenging the university community to further reduce its carbon...
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Silver Anniversary
By Byron Spice Little hoopla surrounded the creation of the School of Computer Science. Carnegie Mellon President Richard Cyert told faculty and staff on Dec. 13, 1988, that the new school would begin...
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Top Brass
By Kelly Saavedra From the feel-good vibe of 1950s Swing to the solemn sound of “Taps” at military funerals, brass instruments in capable hands can eloquently express the range of human emotions....
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Passionate About Puppet Design
By Erin Keane Scott When Louis Henry Mitchell took the stage in Philip Chosky Theater, he was laughing. Naturally. The jovial creative director of character design for Sesame Workshop — the non-profit...
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Shaping Our Own Destiny
By Michael Yeomans How does a university renowned for its role in inventing the future shape its own destiny? That was the challenge issued at the first university-wide town hall meeting for the 2015...
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by Abby Simmons Carnegie Mellon is welcoming a group of emerging STEM superstars to its Pittsburgh campus Nov. 21–22. This is the university’s 12th year hosting the Siemens Competition in Math, Science...
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Actor Michael Keaton Discusses His New Role at the ETC
by Kelly Saavedra Award-winning actor Michael Keaton won’t be changing careers any time soon, but he will be going back to school on occasion. As the Entertainment Technology Center’s new visiting...
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Davos 2015
CMU Leading Integrated Intelligence by Greg Faist Ever since Carnegie Mellon’s Nobel Laureate Herbert Simon and Turing Award winner Allen Newell pioneered the concepts of artificial intelligence and...
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Giving Props
by Kelly Saavedra A glass slipper landed Cinderella her Prince Charming. A mask hid the true identity of The Phantom of the Opera. An oil can put the Tin Man in motion again. In some of drama’s most...
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Jefferson Award Winner
by Kelly Saavedra As the mother of a U.S. Army veteran, Darlene Scalese has a lot of experience preparing thoughtful care packages for a soldier overseas. During long deployments to the deserts of Iraq...
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At the Helm
Gerry Balbier Named Executive Director of BrainHubSM by Michael Yeomans Gerry Balbier is new to Carnegie Mellon, but CMU is hardly new to him. Balbier, tapped recently to be the executive director of...
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MLK Jr. Writing Awards
by Shilo Rea From violence to discrimination, teenagers and young adults are not immune to the ugly side of humanity. For some, writing provides a creative outlet that can help them explore their...
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Barkin Leaves Powerful, Healthy Legacy Behind
by Bruce Gerson You could call Anita Barkin the Florence Nightingale of Carnegie Mellon. But then you might be selling her short. After all, she once diagnosed Vice President for Campus Affairs Michael...
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Exploring the Cosmic Dawn
By Jocelyn Duffy When most people pack their bags for a trip to an island, they pack swimsuits and sunscreen. Tabitha Voytek, a doctoral student in physics, packs … a telescope. At full size, the...
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Big Brother Is Watching
by Shilo Rea Red light cameras are designed to enforce traffic laws, but what about the other footage they capture? Using surveillance technologies raises serious legal and ethical questions, and...
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Jahanian Named CMU Provost
by Ken WaltersVice President for Research Farnam Jahanian has been appointed CMU’s provost and will begin his new role at the end of this academic year. As the university’s chief academic officer,...
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Citadel Teaching Commons
by Byron SpiceCarnegie Mellon’s School of Computer Science has dedicated the new Citadel Teaching Commons — a lab and study space featuring collaborative and high-performance clusters that will help...
View ArticleBeating Them at Their Own Game
By Krista BurnsFor many, it was an “interview” better left unseen, but it did once again bring cybersecurity to the forefront. The controversial action-comedy film about the assassination attempt on...
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New Vice Provost Envisions Borderless CMU
By Michael YeomansJimmy Hsia has only been at Carnegie Mellon for a month, but he is already beginning to think about what the university may look like 20-30 years from now. As Vice Provost for...
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Big Changes on the Menu for Dining Services
By Mandi SempleConcepts for a new ground floor café in the Cohon University Center (CUC) and renovations to Skibo Café and The Underground are part of Dining Services’ five-year strategic plan that was...
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