February 15, 2011
Double Congratulations in Computer Science Dept.! David Andersen has been named a 2011 Sloan Foundation Fellow.  See the complete list......and Tom Cortina has been named an ACM Senior Member!

February 11, 2011
Illah Nourbakhsh, associate professor of robotics, will receive an honorable mention in the Catalyst category of the 2011 Carnegie Science Center Awards. The Catalyst award recognize efforts that increase public awareness of science. For other Carnegie Mellon winners, see the Carnegie Mellon news blog. For a complete list, see the Carnegie Science Center website.

February 4, 2011
From showcasing fan rituals to analyzing superstitions to creating technology that could change the way referees officiate the game. Read more about Steelers Mania

February 3, 2011
Justine Cassell, director of the Human-Computer Interaction Institute, joins in the discussion over the relative lack of female contributors to Wikipedia in the New York Times’ “Room for Debate,” Joseph M. Reagle of Harvard University, Jessamyn West of MetaFilter.com, and Jane Margolis of UCLA also weigh in.

February 3, 2011
Scott Fahlman, professor in the Language Technologies Institute, is featured as the “father of emoticons” in the current issue of the Italian men’s style magazine, L’Uomo Vogue. He was photographed on the sixth floor terrace of the Gates Center on “a VERY cold day” in December.