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On the last stop in his five-university farewell tour, Gates spoke at Carnegie Mellon. He plans to switch to part-time at Microsoft in order to work full-time for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation where he will examine the role of technology in the developing world.

Bill Gates speaks on farewell tour

Bill Gates wrapped up his farewell tour on Thursday in Rangos Ballroom, speaking about big changes in the future of software and his new role as a world leader in philanthropy.

Post invades academia

Due to today’s increasingly technology-based world, many print-based companies have been forced to find alternative means of income.

This year’s sessions addressed a variety of topics, such as the Contraceptive Petting Zoo (shown above) in which students were provided with an understanding of the politics behind contraceptives as well as the health effects.

Gender takes the floor

Yesterday, discussion of superwomen, men getting manicures, and appropriate spheres of influence for the sexes dominated the University Center.

John “Jack” Thorne, key founder of Carnegie Mellon’s entrepeneurship program and beloved professor, died Feb. 13.

Tepper professor dies

Professor John “Jack” Reinecke Thorne died Feb. 13 at the age of 81 while vacationing with his wife, Helen, in the Cayman Islands.

Va. urges president resignation

For the past two weeks, protests, vandalisms, resignations, and two-day-long sit-ins have been the norm at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Va.