A New Vision: Turning Pain Points into Value Luis von Ahn and Severin Hacker, two computer scientists from Carnegie Mellon University, took a different approach to making online education universally accessible. Instead of embarking on their field of expertise like coding or mathematics, they chose ...
Students from two universities -- Carnegie Mellon and MIT -- created automated programs called bots to vote repeatedly for their respective schools. While those two schools received thousands of votes, the other schools only had a few hundred each. If it's possible to create a program that ...
Sarah: There are so many awesome innovations happening at events like this, but how would you recommend to not get left behind. Let’s talk about how you first choose which hackathon you are going to and how you ended up at “RedBull’s Hack The Hits”? Anirudh:I had...
students identify an idea and develop a product. Many universities offer a range of facilities and resources. This includes invention rooms, wet labs, maker spaces, etc. They offer support all the way through to the financing and commercializing of the product. This has helped many students to...
MBA students often use business school to catapult into a job unlike any they'd had. "Switching industries, functions, or both is one of the most common reasons students will decide to pursue an MBA," Stephen Rakas, executive director of the Masters Career Center at Carnegie Mellon Universi...
"Students need to think long term," Corey says. That means planning for graduation doesn't start as a senior, but far earlier. Kevin Monahan, associate dean for career and professional development at Carnegie Mellon University in Pennsylvania, says students should start thinking about career option...
There’s an opportunity to do a lot of things with education, in particular access. My wife and I funded a Center for Technology and Society at Carnegie Mellon, my alma mater, to address the intersection between policy and technology. The university partnered with Uber to take a look at un...
A Carnegie Mellon University study20 found that students were more distracted, spent more time off task, and learned less in a cluttered classroom vs. when the clutter was removed. Clean up your environment to declutter your valuable brainpower. Learn Stacking Learn stacking is taking what you ...
Carnegie Mellon University: This undergraduate major in computer science gives students independent study credits, helping them work on research while getting a degree. Stanford University: This school offers multiple bachelor’s of computer science degree tracks ranging from artificial intelligence to human...
America's best colleges tend to be expensive, so it's easy to see why so many students take outfederal and private student loans. Figuring outhow to pay for college, especially to attend one of these pricier institutions, tends to be more of a marathon than a sprint. The process can re...