Feb. 2006, Vol. 3, No. 1
| Carnegie Mellon Today | > Feature Stories
Circular Vision
Carnegie Mellon's humanities programs offer students an education unlike anything available at other research universities or traditional liberal arts colleges. Students in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences can come "full circle" so to speak, by combining disparate disciplines, like music and cognitive psychology, to create highly individualized courses of study.
Making a Movie
A yearlong, hands-on course that spans several colleges and departments gives students a chance to produce low-budget, full-length feature films.
Digital Arts
Thanks to its strengths in the arts and computer science, the digital revolution happened faster and with greater success at Carnegie Mellon than at any other university. Today, in the College of Fine Arts, students are learning and applying the concepts of digital expression to everything from entertainment and medicine to architecture and national security.
Living Roof
Persistence has paid off for Diane Loviglio (BHA'05) and her former classsmates as their small undergraduate research project has developed into an environmentally friendly green, or living, roof on Hamerschlag Hall.
American-Arab Encounters
American-Arab Encounters, a history class focusing on the past and present relationship between Americans and Arabs, is the first transcontinental course to be offered to students on Carnegie Mellon's campuses in Pittsburgh and Doha, Qatar.
Alum Shares Nobel Prize
John Hall (S'56,'61) shares this year's Nobel Prize in Physics for his contributions enabling scientists to precisely measure the speed of light out to 15 digits.
Alum Designs "Crown Pendant"
Inspired by the architectural tradition of the region and the interdisciplinary education he received at Carnegie Mellon, Parag Parekh (A'94) designed the $35 million Saifee Hospital in Mumbai, India.
Computer Science Turns 50
Carnegie Mellon's School of Computer Science will celebrate its 50th Anniversay with a campus-wide celebration, April 19-22.
