Carnegie Mellon University

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Carnegie Mellon University is one of the world's most prestigious research universities and is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was formed in 1967 by the union of the Carnegie Institute of Technology (which was "Carnegie Technical Schools" until 1912), founded in 1900 by Andrew Carnegie, and the Mellon Institute of Industrial Research, founded in 1917 by Richard Beatty Mellon. The school is often referred to as CMU (not to be confused with Central Michigan University).

Carnegie Mellon is a private research university of about 7,500 students and 3,000 faculty, research and administrative staff. The institution was founded in 1900 in Pittsburgh by industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, who wrote the time-honored words, "My heart is in the work," when he donated the funds to create Carnegie Technical Schools. Carnegie's vision was to open a vocational training school for the sons and daughters of working-class Pittsburghers.

The university today consists of seven colleges and schools, the School of Computer Science (one of the best Computer Science programs in the world), the Carnegie Institute of Technology (a world-leader in engineering), the College of Fine Arts (famous for its Drama and design departments), the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, the Mellon College of Science, the David A. Tepper School of Business (among the nation's premier schools of business) and the H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management. The university has two branch campuses in Silicon Valley and Qatar.

The university houses famous research centers such as the Robotics Institute, which is the first of its kind in the world and currently considered a leader in the field of robotics, and the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) which undertakes projects relating to software security, code re-use, and development models and is largely funded by the United States Department of Defense.

Carnegie Mellon's sports teams are called the Tartans. They participate in the University Athletic Association in NCAA Division III. Carnegie Mellon's marching and concert band is the Kiltie Band.

See also: Software Engineering Institute

Notable CMU students and alumni

• Rene Auberjonois, actor
• Andy Bechtolsheim (M.S), co-founder of Sun Microsystems
• Stephen Bochco
• Ted Danson, actor, best known as "Sam", the Cheers bartender
• Charles Geschke (PhD), co-founder of Adobe Systems
• Mariette Hartley
• Holly Hunter, Academy Award winning actress
• Vinod Khosla(M.S), co-founder of Sun Microsystems
• Jack Klugman, actor
• E. L. Konigsburg, author of children's books
• Judith Light, Emmy Award winning actress
• Judith Resnik, astronaut who died in the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion during the launch of the mission STS-51-L.
• Laura San Giacomo, actress
• Ming-Na
• John F. Nash, 1994 Nobel Prize for economics, the subject of A Beautiful Mind
• George Peppard, actor
• Blair Underwood, actor
• Andy Warhol, American painter and major figure in the pop art movement.

External links

• CMU website
• Qatar campus website
• Silicon Valley campus website
• the tartan online | carnegie mellon's first and foremost student-run news source
• All About CMU: its history, traditions, and other facts
• Carnegie Mellon Today, connecting the university community
• List of famous Carnegie Mellon alumni (at Everything2)