First-Year Students Enjoy Message of Belonging at Community Collage
At Community Collage, an annual event held as part of Carnegie Mellon’s First-Year Orientation, dance groups performed and several student speakers encouraged first-year students to take part in the CMU community in ways to help them be their authentic selves.
Carnegie Mellon Core Partner in New Center To Improve Robot Dexterity
Nine Carnegie Mellon University faculty members will help to develop highly dexterous robotic hands, user-friendly interfaces and accessible training materials to empower diverse workforces to implement robotic solutions quickly and reliably.
Meredith Meyer Grelli Appointed New Director of Project Olympus
Meredith Grelli will be the new director of Project Olympus at Carnegie Mellon University.
Robotics Academy, Navy Partner on Effective Training Program
Experts from Carnegie Mellon University and the Office of Naval Research (ONR) piloted a six week experimental training program to study how sailors can develop fundamental engineering skills to keep pace with emerging technology.
CMU President Delivers Warm Welcome to Families, Class of 2028+
First-year students and their families received a warm welcome Sunday morning from the president of Carnegie Mellon University, Farnam Jahanian.
It’s an Ant … It’s a Robot … It’s Picotaur! The Unrivaled Microrobot
Researchers in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University have created the first legged robot of its size to run, turn, push loads and climb miniature stairs.
New Study Identifies the Origin of the Persistent Emission of Fast Radio Bursts
An international team of scientists, including a researcher at CMU's McWilliams Center for Cosmology and Astrophysics, has discovered the origin of a persistent radio emission observed alongside a fast radio burst.
Researchers Map Alaska’s Glaciers from Above
A team including researchers from Carnegie Mellon are working in collaboration with the National Park Service on surveying the Kennicott and Root glacier complex in Alaska.
CMU Leads Future of Transportation Summit
Carnegie Mellon University’s Safety21 will lead the Future of Transportation Summit, an inaugural event hosted by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) in Washington, D.C. Aug. 13-15.
$4.9M NSF Award Funds Major Enhancement to Bridges-2 System
A $4.9 million award from the National Science Foundation has funded an upgrade to the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center’s flagship Bridges-2 supercomputer.
Carnegie Mellon’s Hacking Team Wins Third Straight, Record Eighth Overall DEF CON Capture the Flag Title
The winningest team in DEF CON’s Capture-the-Flag (CTF) competition history, Carnegie Mellon University’s Plaid Parliament of Pwning (PPP), won its third consecutive title, earning its eighth victory in the past 12 years.
Researchers Partner with Mass Transit Operators for Better Technology
Sarah Fox and Nikolas Martelaro, both assistant professors at CMU’s Human-Computer Interaction Institute, are working to understand the impacts of autonomous technology on transportation workers’ jobs.