Marium Chandna Science & Technology Editor
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CS graduate student creates Vote Chooser
With the primaries rolling by and the country on the brink of national elections, it may be hard for some voters to judge a presidential candidate’s credentials or align each candidates beliefs with their own.
SciTech | March 24, 2008 -
Henry L. Hillman Foundation gifts $10M to SCS
Known for its prudent investment practices, the prestigious Henry L. Hillman Foundation has given Carnegie Mellon University $10 million to construct a new research complex, the Hillman Center for Future-Generation Technologies.
SciTech | March 3, 2008 -
HealthLine
Diet supplements involve risks
Probiotics — diet supplements that promise complete and balanced nutrition — may damage, rather than enhance, human health.
SciTech | February 25, 2008 -
Tony Spear discusses Lunar X prize
Tony Spear, a Carnegie Mellon alumnus and NASA veteran, engaged students and faculty in a lighthearted and informative discussion about the endeavors of the Google Lunar X PRIZE Team in a lecture titled “What Goes Around, Comes Around” last Thursday.
SciTech | February 18, 2008 -
Professors awarded $1.1M by Keck Foundation to pursue brain research
Interdisciplinary endeavors have long been embedded within the Carnegie Mellon tradition of collaborative study. Cognitive neuroscience professor Marcel Just and computer science professor Tom M. Mitchell perpetuate this tradition with their groundbreaking efforts in brain research. The prestigious W.M. Keck Foundation awarded the duo a $1.1 million grant to carry out extensive research in the fie...
SciTech | February 11, 2008