Burcu Akinci Named ASCE Distinguished Member
ASCE selected Akinci in recognition of her transformative research in facility and construction information systems.
Zoe Schneider Awarded K&L Gates Prize
The K&L Gates Prize honors a student “who has best inspired their fellow students to a love of learning through a combination of intellect, high scholarly achievement, engagement with others and character.”
Carnegie Mellon University Launches Partnership with Schoolhouse.world To Expand Educational Pathways
A new partnership between Carnegie Mellon University and Schoolhouse.world will bring new opportunities for CMU students to gain hands-on experiences as tutors on the Schoolhouse platform.
Carnegie Mellon University Honors Class of 2025 at 127th Commencement Ceremony
CMU President Farnam Jahanian conferred 6,741 degrees as their families, friends and loved ones looked on, sending a new wave of talented graduates into the world to continue work that matters
CMU Undergraduates Take on Cancer Research
Among the hundreds of undergraduates who presented their research at this year's Meeting of the Minds — CMU’s annual undergraduate research symposium — some focused their research efforts on improving the understanding eventual treatment of cancer.
Alumnus Nick Thieme Credits CMU in Pulitzer Prize Win
Just over a decade after graduating from Carnegie Mellon University’s Department of Statistics & Data Science, Nick Thieme (DC 2013) has been awarded a Pulitzer Prize for local reporting.
CMU Neuroscientist Has Big Plans for Guggenheim Fellowship
Timothy Verstynen, interim director of CMU's Neuroscience Institute, is a recipient of the 2025 Guggenheim Fellowship.
Where Research Gets to Work
Across disciplines and domains, Carnegie Mellon University research is tackling the world’s most urgent challenges where humanity and technology meet.
Reconfigurable Metastructures Could Be the Holy Grail of Physical Intelligence
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University's College of Engineering have developed an algorithm to design metastructures that are reconfigurable across six degrees of freedom and allow for stiffness tunability.
Novel Imaging Technique Tracks Individual Bacterial Cells as They Leave Their Biofilm Community
An innovative imaging technique developed by Mellon College of Science researchers reveals single bacterial cells leaving their biofilm community, providing fundamental insights into the mechanisms underlying how pathogens in biofilms spread.
Step Into the Story: CMU Hosts Inaugural Immersive Storytelling Festival
CMU's SONA immersive storytelling festival introduced over 230 participants to a spectrum of immersive works by creators from the United States and Europe — from augmented reality (AR) archives to cinematic virtual reality (VR) documentaries. The aim: to explore how interactive technologies can push the boundaries of narrative.
The Graduates: 2025
Equipped and ready to graduate, a new class of Tartans will take on the mission to solve societal problems and positively impact the world.