Once again it's been an exciting month at Carnegie Mellon, especially after the first-place finish of Tartan Racing's "Boss" in the DARPA Urban Challenge. To read more about this story and other news from around the university community, check out the links below.
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Three’s a Charm
Sending the Kids off to College
Anulika Ezekwe, a dedicated mother of five, doesn't like to make mistakes — particularly when it comes to her children. So when it came time to send her firstborn, Emeka, off to college, the family did its homework. Carnegie Mellon University became Emeka's first choice of college…
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First-Place Finish
Carnegie Mellon’s Tartan Racing Wins $M DARPA Urban Challenge
A self-driving SUV called Boss made history by driving swiftly and safely while sharing the road with human drivers and other robots. The feat earned Carnegie Mellon University's Tartan Racing first place in the DARPA Urban Challenge…
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Teaching Cyber Safety
Interactive Game Unveiled
Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett and students at a Pittsburgh area elementary school recently helped demonstrate a new interactive cyber safety game created by Carnegie Mellon's Information Networking Institute (INI) and Carnegie Mellon CyLab…
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Service Recognition
Qatar Business Students Honored
Two business administration students from the Carnegie Mellon Qatar Campus were recognized for their contributions to the community during Homecoming Weekend. Jinanne Tabra (TPR '08) and Noor AlAthirah (TPR '08) were honored by the Tepper School of Business with Student Service Awards…
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Being Alive
The Unstoppable Billy Porter
Carnegie Mellon alumnus Billy Porter (A '91) is directing the groundbreaking musical "Being Alive" through Dec. 2, 2007, at the new Suzanne Roberts Theatre in Philadelphia. The musical is an idea Porter conceived — infusing decades of Stephen Sondheim's music with the passion of jazz, soul, R&B, hip-hop and gospel…
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Hug Machine
Award-Winning Device Helps Autistic
Biomedical engineering students from Carnegie Mellon recently won first place in a national student design competition for their undergraduate work on an affordable version of the "Hug Machine," which calms people with autism…
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