Carnegie Mellon University | Web Storieshttp://www.cmu.edu/homepage/Stories from the homepage of Carnegie Mellon UniversityMon 05 Jan 2009 01:01:01 GMTA Green Café: Earns Gold LEED Certificationhttp://www.cmu.edu/homepage/environment/2009/winter/a-green-cafe.shtmlphoto

The Carnegie Mellon Café, a dining facility on the university's Pittsburgh campus, has received a Gold Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certificate from the U.S. Green Building Council...]]>http://www.cmu.edu/homepage/environment/2009/winter/a-green-cafe.shtmlMon 5 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMTcafe_201x117.jpgphoto

]]>Surgery for Engineers: Hands-on Experience with New Robothttp://www.cmu.edu/homepage/health/2008/fall/surgery-for-engineers.shtmlphoto

Students in Carnegie Mellon's new class called "Surgery for Engineers" received some hands-on experience recently with a new futuristic robot...]]>http://www.cmu.edu/homepage/health/2008/fall/surgery-for-engineers.shtmlMon 22 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMTdaVinciRobot_201x117.jpgphoto

]]>Live from New York: It's Saturday Night!http://www.cmu.edu/homepage/creativity/2008/fall/live-from-new-york.shtmlphoto

Talk about living your dream. Alex Andrews (HS '09) has spent the fall semester interning for the organization at the center of so much presidential buzz — Saturday Night Live...]]>http://www.cmu.edu/homepage/creativity/2008/fall/live-from-new-york.shtmlTue 23 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMTalexAndrews_201x117.jpgphoto

]]>Dieting for Dollars: Study Could Help with Weight-Losshttp://www.cmu.edu/homepage/society/2008/fall/dieting-for-dollars.shtmlphoto

Had trouble counting calories? Try counting dollars instead. A new study conducted by Carnegie Mellon Professor George Loewenstein, and Kevin Volpp of the University of Pennsylvania, found that dieters lost more weight when cash incentives were part of the plan...]]>http://www.cmu.edu/homepage/society/2008/fall/dieting-for-dollars.shtmlTue 16 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMTscale_201x117.jpgphoto

]]>The Long Tail: From Niches to Richeshttp://www.cmu.edu/homepage/computing/2008/summer/the-long-tail.shtmlphoto

You want a book on cowboy poetry. So while you're out one day, you decide to stop by the big chain bookstore and see what it has. The selection is tiny — no more than a few — and none of them piques your interest. So you go home, get online, search Amazon.com and voilá!...]]>http://www.cmu.edu/homepage/computing/2008/summer/the-long-tail.shtmlMon 15 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMTmichaelSmith_201x117.jpgphoto

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