No Hands on the Wheel

April 1, 2008

Bragging rights, not to mention a $2 million first-place prize, were on the line during a race of robotic vehicles. They got their car keys from the likes of Carnegie Mellon, Cornell, Lehigh, MIT, Penn, Stanford, and Virginia Tech. Winners will one day be found everywhere from freeways to battlefields.

It's a Wonderful Life

April 1, 2008

Before his "Last Lecture" went viral on the Internet, with 6 million hits and counting, before Oprah and network news shows made his name familiar in households everywhere, before the major book deal with Hyperion...

Sunny Disposition

April 1, 2008

Brian Kish holds his breath as he looks at the top half of the house wobbling on the cable of a towering crane...

Stressed Out

April 1, 2008

The roar of jet engines is an ear-popping reality at this elementary school beneath a common flight path to Los Angeles International Airport...

Leonardo da Vinci

April 1, 2008

If the campus libraries were to dump the overfill for their history, engineering, and science sections into one room, it might look something like David Hounshell’s office.

Dear Presidential Candidates

April 1, 2008

Students are scattered around the civil and environmental engineering lounge.

Move Over Nittany Lions and Panthers

April 1, 2008

Before every winter break, the university bookstore braces for the onslaught of students frantic to find Carnegie Mellon gifts to take home to family and friends.

Enlightening

April 1, 2008

Dale Fanning’s phone rang.

The Hill Side

April 1, 2008

Gwendolyn Franklin needed some help.

Money Grows on Trees

April 1, 2008

Srinath Sridhar studies trees—family trees, that is.

Chemical Cleanup

April 1, 2008

A small glass jar sits on the lab counter.

More Top 10 Lists

April 1, 2008

The research data are complete.

Russell Hann

April 1, 2008

During lectures, Russell Hann sometimes doodled images of speedboats.

Freddy Anzures

April 1, 2008

Don’t bother asking Freddy Anzures about the technological gadgets he’s working on at Apple these days.

Keys to Success

April 1, 2008

Scott Griffith’s automobiles are all over the world waiting to be driven
by Laurel Bosshart

A Night to Remember

April 1, 2008

Tents litter the football field at Gesling Stadium to offer refuge from what will be an all-night relay.

Questionable Program

April 1, 2008

Joshua Debner spends most of his time in classes.

Going Platinum

April 1, 2008

Decked out in dress shirt and pants, Carnegie Mellon senior David Farkas approaches the well-suited gentleman at the small side table in the University Center’s Schatz Dining Room.

Take a Bow

April 1, 2008

The big, open room at Mr.

Sounding Bored

April 1, 2008

Lilah is the three-year-old daughter of Carnegie Mellon assistant art professor Jon Rubin.

Book of the Year

April 1, 2008

Robert Kaminski panics.

Goal Oriented: The Tartans' Presidential Soccer Star

April 1, 2008

Gauging the arc of the crossing pass as the ball floats toward her in front of the goal, the Tartans' soccer forward darts to her left to create open space away from the NYU defense.

The First Word

April 1, 2008

An introductory column to each issue by Robert Mendelson, executive editor of Carnegie Mellon Today.

The Last Word

April 1, 2008

A guest column from a member of the Carnegie Mellon family—alumnus, faculty member, student, or friend of the university.

Good in a Room

April 1, 2008

Scripts need to be more than good; they need Stephanie Palmer