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All Seven CMU Colleges Send Iris to Space
An interdisciplinary effort across Carnegie Mellon University was crucial to the success of the student-led Iris lunar rover project.
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CMU Provost Appointed to Second Five-Year Term
CMU President Farnam Jahanian has announced the reappointment of James H. Garrett Jr. to a second five-year term as provost and chief academic officer.
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Carnegie Mellon University Payloads Iris, MoonArk Launch as Part of Historic Lunar Mission
Two payloads from Carnegie Mellon University launched to the moon.
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Year in Review 2023
A look back at the great things happening at Carnegie Mellon University in 2023.
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Carnegie Mellon Holds Groundbreaking for Robotics Innovation Center
Carnegie Mellon University has broken ground on construction for its Robotics Innovation Center.
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Department Honors Top Academic Athletes at Annual Celebration
CMU's Department of Athletics welcomed faculty and staff to the annual Student-Athlete Academic Achievement Celebration.
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Carnegie Mellon Honors Three Faculty With Professorships
Carnegie Mellon University recognized three distinguished faculty members — Alex John London, Hoda Heidari and Brad Myers — during a Nov. 1 ceremony in honor of their endowed professorships.
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SCS Researchers To Receive $1.2M for Continued DOE Nuclear Fusion Research
The U.S. Department of Energy will continue funding research on nuclear fusion at Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Computer Science.
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Carnegie Mellon Trustee Ray Lane and Stephanie Lane Invest $25 Million in CMU's Computational Biology Department
Carnegie Mellon University Trustee Ray Lane and his wife, Stephanie, have invested $25 million in support of the university’s boundary-breaking Computational Biology Department.