CIT Staff Awards Nomination Deadline: November 13

Faculty, staff, and students are invited to nominate deserving staff members for the CIT staff awards: the Staff Recognition Award, the Rookie Award, and the Burritt Education Award, by Friday, November 13. For nomination criteria and procedures and a list of eligible staff, visit the staff awards website.

Moving Bits Instead of Atoms

Research by CEE Profs Matthews and Weber was cited in a Forbes article on why spending more energy in data centers can save energy in overall consumption by using IT (bits) rather than moving people and objects (atoms). Also, watch the video of ECE Prof. Ganger talk about how CMU makes our data center as efficient as possible.

Academia's Role in Securing Cyberspace

Carnegie Mellon President Jared L. Cohon talks with Educause Review about his role on the Homeland Security Advisory Council, U.S. policy on cybersecurity, and the role of universities in addressing the need for cybersecurity.

How Pittsburgh Bounced Back

Carnegie Mellon President Jared L. Cohon describes in this CNN commentary how Carnegie Mellon and the University of Pittsburgh have been drivers of "Pittsburgh's renaissance" and how other cities around the world can leverage the resources of research universities to stimulate economic growth.

Gecko Toes Inspire Company

Earlier this year, MechE Professor Metin Sitti launched the startup nanoGriptech LLC to commercialize his research findings on the adhesive properties of gecko toes. The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review featured the early growth of the company and the research it is based on.

Studying the Earth from the Air

CEE Ph.D. student Daniel Tkacik was featured by NPR for his participation in NASA's Student Airborne Research Program (SARP), a six-week session aboard a DC-8 flying laboratory. NPR followed Tkacik and his cohort as they collected data on a flight over California. Read or listen to the NPR coverage.