Anna Walsh Contributing Editor

Articles

• Statistically Speaking

  The university announced last Friday that actor and alumnus Patrick Wilson will be the keynote speaker for commencement this year. Here are a few figures about Wilson:

  1995: The year Wilson graduated from Carnegie Mellon

  22: The number of movies Wilson has been in, including The Phantom of the Opera, Hard Candy, and Watchmen

  News | April 30, 2012
• Town hall meetings during summer an empty gesture

  I've written before about how Carnegie Mellon administrators should communicate with undergraduate students more "CMU needs to think of students first," (Sept. 12, 2011). I was pleased, then, when I received an email from Michael Murphy, the vice president for student affairs, announcing that the university was hosting two town hall meeti...

  Forum | April 30, 2012
• Campus News in Brief

  CMU students participate in video chat laptop orchestra

  News | April 9, 2012
• Lecture Previews

  Center for Arts in Society Series: Cipriana Jurado Herrera

  Monday at 4:30 p.m.

  Gregg Hall (Porter Hall 100)

  News | April 9, 2012
• Statistically Speaking

  Yesterday was Easter, a holiday celebrating the resurrection of Jesus in the western Christian churches. Easter occurs on the first Sunday after the paschal full moon that follows the vernal equinox. In honor of the holiday, here are some facts about Easter and the ways that people celebrate it:

  35: The number of possible days that Easter can fall on

  News | April 9, 2012