August 25, 2010
Unigo's "New Ivies list"! Huffingtonpost.com shows Carnegie Mellon ranked by its students among the New Ivies. Hear what CMU students say about their "education quality, campus intellectualism, (and) professor accessibility."

August 23, 2010
Caterpillar Inc. will be a sponsor of the Astrobotic Technology/Carnegie Mellon University robotic mission to the Apollo 11 landing site, now slated for April 2013. For more information, visit the Astrobotic Technology website.

August 11, 2010
Two Robotics Institute projects - Ben Brown's BowGo extreme pogo stick and the Boss self-driving SUV - will be featured at the Allegheny Green & Innovation Festival from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday Aug. 14 at Hartwood Amphitheatre. The free event will demonstrate sustainable living, highlight innovative products, and celebrate Allegheny County’s evolution to a green economy. For more information, visit the festival website.

August 10, 2010
ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) Announces Introduction of Measure to Address Crisis in K-12 Computer Science Education. ACM news release

August 4, 2010
Dave Touretzky, Research Professor CSD, writes about "Preparing Computer Science Students for the Robotics Revolution" in the August edition of Communications of the ACM. Read ACM article

August 2, 2010
Disney acquires social gaming startup Playdom, co-founded by CSD Ph.D. alum Chris Wang, for $763.2 million. Read more