The Heron's Nest: A dream come true Aug 29, 2008
3 DUI charges in 8 days for a professor at Carnegie Mellon University. 1,300 welfare recipients in Pennsylvania who are learning that their Social Security numbers and other key info were mistakenly mailed to other addresses. (The Delaware County Times, PA)
TRANSPLANT SERIES 4 of 4: Let the Games Begin... Aug 29, 2008
" The eventual gold-medal winner, Team Pittsburgh, even thanked Team Iowa for wearing down the Southern California team. "Even though we lost, that was easily the top-five most fun basketball games I've ever played in," Steinberg said. The next day brought the track and field events at Carnegie Mellon University, which Steinberg had been practicing for. Although nervous after running a 5k race and playing two basketball games less than 12 hours prior, he prepared for his first, and favorite,... (Dallas County News, IA)
A new way to avoid bogus Web sites Aug 28, 2008
Now Carnegie Mellon University researchers hope software they've built will make it harder for criminals to hit that jackpot. The software, a free download for use with latest version of the Firefox Web browser, creates an additional way for people to verify whether the site they're trying to visit is authentic. (MSNBC -- Crime)
Trouble Quitting? New Smoking Study May Reveal Why Aug 28, 2008
27, 2008) A new study from researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University sheds light on why smokers' intentions to quit cold turkey often fizzle out within days or even hours. See also. (Science Daily)
Chronic Stress Alters Our Genetic Immune Response Aug 28, 2008
Carnegie Mellon University and University of Pittsburgh researchers addressing this question are optimistic but not yet. (Mar. (Science Daily)
Firefox extension protects against man-in-the-middle attacks Aug 27, 2008
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have released an extension for Firefox 3 that can protect wireless network users from so-called "man-in-the-middle" attacks. The software, dubbed "," is available for download for free. (CNET News)
CMU prof stopped for DUI 3 times in week Aug 27, 2008
A Carnegie Mellon University professor has been charged with drunken driving three times in eight days, and his Squirrel Hill neighbors say they're worried he's going to hurt someone. Jeffrey Hunker, a professor in the H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management and former dean of the school, was initially cited Aug. 17, after police said he drove through a neighbor's yard on Squirrel Hill Avenue, ran over a small tree, smashed into a car and then slammed into a house. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
DOE official cites need for major breakthroughs to cope with climate change Aug 27, 2008
D., of Carnegie Mellon University, who describes new technology that mixes switchgrass with coal to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. Jerald L. Schnoor, Ph. (EurekAlert!)
High Gas Prices Driving Down Fatalities Aug 26, 2008
"It's really very interesting that with all these efforts that have gone into building safer highways, safer cars, better enforcement ... this really dramatic change we're seeing is due to economics, to the price of gasoline," said Paul Fischbeck, director of Center for the Study and Improvement of Regulation at Carnegie Mellon University. The impact of high gas prices appears to extend well beyond traffic fatalities, also reshaping the way in which Americans travel and where they choose to... (CBS News)
CMU plans to stay quiet about degree Aug 26, 2008
Carnegie Mellon University said yesterday that it will not publicly reveal its decision on whether to rescind a 2004 master's degree awarded through "an error in judgment" by former Dean Mark Wessel. Mr. Wessel resigned earlier this month as dean of the Heinz School of Public Policy and Management due to the approval of excessive transfer and independent study credits for the 2004 degree awarded to an unidentified student. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
The get-what-you-want guide Aug 25, 2008
A good way to start: Give a minor dispute like where to vacation the attention it deserves and ask your spouse to do the same, advises Carnegie Mellon University economist Linda Babcock, PhD, co-author of the new book "Ask for It: How Women Can Use the Power of Negotiation to Get What They Really Want.". 3 proven persuasion tips. (MSNBC -- Health)
San Francisco Chronicle Best-Sellers Aug. 24 Aug 25, 2008
95): Based on the final lecture given by the Carnegie Mellon University professor after he was diagnosed with cancer. 1. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Plug-in opens door for self-signed SSL certs in Firefox 3 Aug 24, 2008
As the debate rages over Mozilla Corp.'s decision to not display sites with expired or self-signed SSL digital certificates in FireFox 3, researchers at Carnegie Mellon University will release a free plug-in on Monday that may ease some of that angst. SearchSecurity radio. (Search Security, MA)
MRI Technology Developed That Non-invasively Locates, Quantifies Specific Cells In The Body Aug 23, 2008
Thanks to novel imaging reagents and technology developed by Carnegie Mellon University scientist Eric Ahrens, MRI can be used to visualize with "exquisite" specificity cell populations of interest in the living body ... 4, 2005) In a first, Carnegie Mellon University scientists have "programmed" cells to make their own contrast agents, enabling unprecedented high-resolution, deep-tissue imaging of gene expression. (Science Daily)
Learn More: U.S. News Best-College Ranking Aug 23, 2008
Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, Penn. 23. (CBS News -- Evening News)
Dirty Smoke From Ships Found To Degrade Air Quality In Coastal Cities Aug 21, 2008
20, 1999) Ship emissions are a dominant contributor to atmospheric sulfur dioxide concentrations over much of the world's oceans and in several coastal regions, researchers from Carnegie Mellon University. (Mar. (Science Daily)
CMU probe of degree irregularities confined to dean Aug 21, 2008
Carnegie Mellon University is not reviewing the actions of any other people in connection with irregularities surrounding a 2004 master's degree, confining its review to former Dean Mark Wessel. Mr. Wessel resigned abruptly last week as dean of the H.J. Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management after the university concluded that he had made "an error in judgment" in granting a master's degree to a student in 2004. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
PG North: Mars jumps up to Class AAA but will still have some neighborly rivals (Today) Aug 21, 2008
He replaces Greg Mihalik, who left after 10 seasons to become an assistant at Carnegie Mellon University. "I'm really looking forward to this opportunity," said DeMatteo, who lives in Hampton and has children attending school in the district. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)
Intel cites US education 'crisis' Aug 20, 2008
Dr Johnny Lee, who recently earned his PhD from Carnegie Mellon University, talked of how he converted a Wii remote control into a sensor that can track digital pens to draw or write on an electronic chalkboard. Dr Johnny Lee told Mr Barrett sharing one's work is as important as doing it. (BBC News -- Americas)
If You Use the Web, You May Have Already Been Enlisted as a Human Scanner Aug 20, 2008
"When you're reading those squiggly characters, you are doing something that computers cannot," says Luis von Ahn, a computer scientist at Carnegie Mellon University (C.M.U.) in Pittsburgh. Von Ahn and colleagues reported last week in the journal Science that Web users have transcribed the equivalent of 160 books a day that's more than 440 million words in the year since researchers kicked off the program. (Scientific American)
Experts Urge Industry To Broaden Carbon Footprint Calculations Aug 20, 2008
19, 2008) Carnegie Mellon University researchers are urging companies to embrace new methods for following the trail of dangerous carbon emissions that are responsible for much of the world's global warming threats. See also. (Science Daily)
Computer Users Are Digitizing Books Quickly And Accurately With New Method Aug 20, 2008
19, 2008) Millions of computer users collectively transcribe the equivalent of 160 books each day with better than 99 percent accuracy, despite the fact that few spend more than a few seconds on the task and that most do not realize they are doing valuable work, Carnegie Mellon University researchers reported recently in Science Express ... (Credit: Image courtesy of Carnegie Mellon University) ... 4, 2004) Carnegie Mellon University researchers have designed a new heat-sensitive sensor to... (Science Daily)
CMU dean who quit remains on faculty Aug 20, 2008
Former Dean Mark Wessel will remain at Carnegie Mellon University on the faculty of the Heinz School of Management and Public Policy, though he will not be teaching classes there this fall ... What's your reaction to the developments at Carnegie Mellon University. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Luis von Ahn Aug 19, 2008
The Carnegie Mellon University computer science professor developed the technology, known as CAPTCHA, to keep spammers and bots at bay. Sites as big as Ticketmaster and as small as personal blogs use the free program, which screens out spamming programs by giving a test that humans can pass translating wavy letters but that stump automated computer programs. (Pittsburgh Business Times, PA)
Molecular Sleuths Track Evolution Through The Ribosome Aug 19, 2008
(June 8, 2004) Carnegie Mellon University biologists are the first to show that minor changes in the tail of one protein cripple yeast's ability to assemble protein-making machines called. (July 1, 2004) Understanding the last step of protein synthesis the basic process of translating DNA into its final protein product just became more clear both literally and. (Science Daily)
Archives aided by anti-spam tools Aug 19, 2008
Created by Luis von Ahn at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, the Recaptcha project scoops up words that optical character reading software has marked as unreadable by computers. In some documents, where ink has faded and paper has yellowed, the character reading software can flag up to 20% of words as indecipherable. (BBC News -- Technology)
CMU dean resigns over degree 'error' Aug 19, 2008
Carnegie Mellon University hastily installed new leadership at its H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management yesterday following the sudden resignation of Dean Mark Wessel ... What's your reaction to the developments at Carnegie Mellon University. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Click to translate Aug 18, 2008
Von Ahn, an assistant professor of computer science at Carnegie Mellon University, helped develop the original twisted-word security technique, known as CAPTCHA - a slightly fractured acronym for Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart. (The "Turing test" refers to mathematician Alan Turing, who in 1950 proposed a simple way to measure the success of artificial intelligence in computers. (Boston Globe)
Confidence game Aug 18, 2008
"The default is trust until there's a reason not to," says Robyn Dawes, a psychologist at Carnegie Mellon University. The art of the con is based on a variation of this idea: that trust is more reflexive than skepticism. (Boston Globe)
Robots take aim in Segway soccer Aug 18, 2008
The Coral research group at Carnegie Mellon University is preparing to hold the first ever football match in which mixed teams of humans and robots play against each other, all on Segways. The game, which kicks off in March, will be the first time robots and humans will have taken part in a task in which they are peers and on an equal "footing", says Professor Manuela Veloso, Coral group leader. (Yahoo News -- Segway Human Transporter)
Cough it up, losers: The economy needs you Aug 17, 2008
" OK, my friend was spouting off. Certainly, plenty of people are hurting. Inflation is the highest it has been in 17 years. If you have driven to work or eaten this summer, you know. But there does seem to be a disconnect between the way Pennsylvanians economize in one place and then blow their money somewhere else. For instance, the state's drivers clocked 241 million fewer miles in June than in the same month last year. That works out to roughly 9,769 trips around the world not taken in just... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
They're out to get you heyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyheyeyeyeyeyeyeyy Aug 17, 2008
Check the bottom right corner of the Web site for a small lock icon, says Carnegie Mellon University Engineering Dean Pradeep Khosla, who works with the university's cybersecurity lab. If the lock is locked, it's a safe, encrypted site. (Republican-American)
Hydrogels provide scaffolding for growth of bone cells Aug 17, 2008
PHILADELPHIAHyaluronic hydrogels developed by Carnegie Mellon University researchers may provide a suitable scaffolding to enable bone regeneration. The hydrogels, created by Newell Washburn, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski and Jeffrey Hollinger, have proven to encourage the growth of preosteoblast cells, cells that aid the growth and development of bone. (EurekAlert!)
Military funds mind-reading research Aug 16, 2008
The project is a collaboration among researchers at the University of California, Irvine, Carnegie Mellon University and University of Maryland. Scientists use brain wave-reading technology known as electroencephalography, or EEG, which measures the brain's electrical activity through electrodes placed on the scalp. (Fresno Bee -- Business)
Breaking News: 28,400+ Fill the Halls of SIGGRAPH Conference Aug 16, 2008
Takeo Kanade, Professor of Computer Science and Robotics, and Director of the Quality of Life Technology Engineering Research Center at Carnegie Mellon University. The newly expanded Computer Animation Festival was open to the public for the first time ever. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Adobe Design Achievement Award Winners Announced Aug 15, 2008
-- In the Designer/Developer Collaboration category, the winner was Jonnie Hallman of the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, and the finalists were Won Young So of Kookmin University in Korea, and a team led by Catarina Pereira of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. -- In the Illustration category, the winner was Dongjoo Seo of Kookmin University, and the finalists were Jacky Tsai of Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design in London, and Eric Collins of the School of... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
The 2003 Northeast Blackout--Five Years Later Aug 14, 2008
A study of NERC by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh found that the frequency of blackouts affecting more than 50,000 people has held fairly constant at about 12 per year from 1984 to 2006. Co-author Paul Hines, now assistant professor of engineering at the University of Vermont in Burlington, says current statistics indicate that a 2003-level blackout will occur every 25 years. (Scientific American)
GWAC: Vegetarian meals help offset carbon footprints Aug 14, 2008
A study published this spring by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University compared global warming impacts of many food types. They found that transportation as a whole represents only 11 percent of the total greenhouse gas emissions of food throughout its life. (Lexington Minuteman, MA)
Pittsburgh Foundation distributes $13 million in grants Aug 14, 2008
$120,000 to the Mattress Factory for its 2008-09 exhibition schedule, which includes a collaboration with the Robotics Institute of Carnegie Mellon University. Tim McNulty can be reached at or 412-263-1581. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Students' return signals traffic tie-ups, street closings in Oakland Aug 14, 2008
Periodic street closures and traffic congestion will occur in Oakland Sunday and next week as students return to residence halls prior to the Aug. 25 start of classes at Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh. On Sunday, from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the Carnegie Mellon campus, the 5100 block of Margaret Morrison Street, between Forbes Avenue and Tech Street, and the 100 block of Tech Street, between Margaret Morrison and Schenley Drive, will be closed to through-traffic as... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
If Disney has its way, Mickey Mouse will be more interactive Aug 14, 2008
Mickey Mouse and his buddies may become more animated and interactive in the future because of a new Disney association with Pittsburgh's Carnegie Mellon University, where the world's favorite rodent and his ilk will be the subjects of animation, robotics, and other technologies for the Disney film, resort and entertainment empire. Ed Catmull, president of Disney and Pixar Animation Studios, announced the formation of two laboratories this week during his keynote address at SIGGRAPH 2008, the... (Scripps Howard News Wire)
ETH Zurich creates new lab with Walt Disney Aug 12, 2008
The second Disney Research lab will be located at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Penn-sylvania (US). The aim of the two laboratories is to conduct applied research in computer animation, geometric modelling, computational photography, image generation, video processing, artificial intelligence, robotics and related fields. (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
Around Town: Anyone can lend a hand to transport plan Aug 12, 2008
He's a writer of science books who has one of those titles at Carnegie Mellon University that weighs down a business card ("senior manager of education and strategy at the Institute for Green Science") but this is the first time he's taken the helm of a wiki. It launched Aug. 28 and has had more than 6,500 hits since. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Disney, CMU team up on robotics, animation Aug 12, 2008
Carnegie Mellon University has welcomed the wonderful world of Disney to campus to fund a research laboratory where animation, robotics and other technologies will be developed for Disney's film, resort and entertainment empire. Disney officials say Carnegie Mellon was chosen because of its "leading-edge work in computer science and technology.". (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Disney Launches Global Research & Development Labs with Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh and Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich) Aug 12, 2008
Disney Launches Global Research & Development Labs with Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh and Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich): Financial News - Yahoo ... Disney Launches Global Research & Development Labs with Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh and Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich)Monday August 11, 5:30 pm ET ... Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich), known for their... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Pausch's legacy lives on at CMU, across the nation Aug 11, 2008
Dr. Pausch, a Carnegie Mellon University computer science professor who inspired millions with the video and subsequent book made out of his final lecture at the school, died July 25 after battling pancreatic cancer for nearly two years ... That same day, Carnegie Mellon University freshmen arrive on campus for a week's orientation. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Team PA hosts foreign journalists in economic development tour Aug 9, 2008
The agenda includes tours of Carnegie Mellon University Cylab and the University of Pittsburgh Center for National Preparedness and meetings with the Allegheny Conference on Community Development and the Armstrong County Industrial Council. It is the ninth such tour since the effort began in 2006, said Team Pennsylvania President and CEO Rich Hudic. (Pittsburgh Business Times, PA)
Perfectly Proportioned Legs Keep Water Striders Striding Aug 8, 2008
Building on earlier work by scientists at Carnegie Mellon University, Vella developed a mathematical model to determine the maximum weight load that a thin, flexible cylinder representing a water strider's legs can support on a liquid surface without sinking. He found that as the length of the cylinder increases, the maximum load at first increases but then reaches a plateau at some critical length. (Science Daily)
Remedial Instruction Rewires Dyslexic Brains, Provides Lasting Results, Study Shows Aug 8, 2008
7, 2008) A new Carnegie Mellon University brain imaging study of dyslexic students and other poor readers shows that the brain can permanently rewire itself and overcome reading deficits, if students are given 100 hours of intensive remedial instruction. See also. (Science Daily)
Next-generation Computer Antivirus System Developed Aug 8, 2008
Here's what Carnegie Mellon University Electrical and. . (Science Daily)
Book buzz: Franco shows literary side Aug 7, 2008
"Since his death, so much has been written, and I keep having this urge to send him links." Hyperion says it has no plans to continue the Lecture brand, based on a lecture Pausch gave at Carnegie Mellon University. But Zaslow has another inspirational book in the works. (USA Today -- Life)
Mobile Phone Technology Brings Robot Swarm To Research Labs Aug 7, 2008
(July 26, 2004) Grace and George, a pair of socially skilled robots developed by a team of researchers from Carnegie Mellon University, the Naval Research Laboratory and Swarthmore College, will participate in the. (Oct. (Science Daily)
Event recalls horrors of Hiroshima Aug 7, 2008
" Ms. Laychak was quoting the story of Sachiko Masuoka, a survivor of the atomic bomb dropped over Hiroshima 63 years ago yesterday. Ms. Masuoka is scheduled to speak at Carnegie Mellon University Sept. 26. Her presentation is one of several events slated for "Remembering Hiroshima, Imagining Peace," which kicked off yesterday at the federal building on Grant Street. "People have forgotten what occurred at Hiroshima and Nagasaki," said Robin Alexander, the director of international labor affairs... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Longtime Mt. Lebanon police chief retiring, going to CMU Aug 6, 2008
After 28 years of service to the Mt. Lebanon police force, Chief Thomas Ogden will retire to accept a position as chief of police for Carnegie Mellon University. Chief Ogden, who has been head of the municipality's force since 1999, had been eligible for full retirement since January 2007. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Let the politics begin: Olympic athletes are usually unable to transcend ideologies (Today) Aug 6, 2008
What happens in and around each Olympics sometimes is in tension with whatever ideological agenda or public-relations messages the host country or city is trying to convey about itself through the Games, says Richard Maddox, a professor of anthropology and history at Carnegie Mellon University. Here are some historic touchstones that played out on the Olympic stage. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)
Obituary: Hakim Denna Aug 6, 2008
He also leaves many friends from Cambridge Friends School, Buckingham, Browne & Nichols, Belmont High Class of 2001, Carnegie Mellon University and UMass Amherst. Visiting hours are Thursday, Aug. 7, from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Faggas Funeral Home, 551 Mt. Auburn St., Watertown. (Belmont Citizen Herald, MA)
Dyslexic Brains Can Be Rewired Aug 6, 2008
A new Carnegie Mellon University brain imaging study of dyslexic students and other poor readers shows that the brain can permanently rewire itself and overcome reading deficits, if students are given 100 hours of intensive remedial instruction. The study, published in the August issue of the journal Neuropsychologia, shows that the remedial instruction resulted in an increase in brain activity in several cortical regions associated with reading, and that neural gains became further solidified... (Newsmax)
Can Coal and Clean Air Coexist in China? Aug 5, 2008
And researchers at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh put the percentage even higher: 33 percent. That doesn't absolve China of responsibility to cut back on noxious emissions and it is clear that the fate of the world's climate will be forged in the crucible of its industrial cities. (Scientific American)
Everyone Really Is Just Six Degrees From Kevin Bacon, Microsoft Says Aug 5, 2008
"This is the first time a planetary-scale has been available to validate the well-known 'six-degrees of separation finding,' " wrote researchers Eric Horvitz of Microsoft and Jure Leskovec of Carnegie Mellon University, in a paper that was presented earlier this year at the 2008 conference in Beijing. Horvitz and Leskovec studied more than 30 billion chat sessions, representing about 180 million users, over IM in June 2006 to reach their conclusion. (InformationWeek)
Parting words from some 'last lectures' Aug 4, 2008
Randy Pausch, computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon University, on Sept. 18, 2007, a month after learning he had terminal pancreatic cancer. He died July 25. (Boston Globe)
San Francisco Chronicle Best-Sellers Aug. 3 Aug 4, 2008
95): Based on the final lecture given by the Carnegie Mellon University professor after he was diagnosed with cancer. 6. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Rx For Economic Pain: Deal With Reality Aug 3, 2008
Meltzer, a professor at Carnegie Mellon University and a scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, explains that the loss stems from two major factors. The first is high oil prices, which are the equivalent of a huge tax increase. (Townhall.com)
Thompson: Invitation to deliver 'last lecture' Aug 3, 2008
Your Connection to the. Web Search powered by YAHOO. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Andy Warhol at 80. Imagine that. Aug 3, 2008
"Warhol-o-rama," published this week by Carnegie Mellon University Press, is homage, and many of its poems are necessarily acts of Warholian appropriation or parody ... All poems reprinted by permission of Carnegie Mellon University Press. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Pittsburgh hotels among few growing Aug 3, 2008
It's the closest hotel to Carnegie Mellon University and surrounded by the University of Pittsburgh. During the week, the rooms are filled with people doing business with the universities. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
