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Carnegie Mellon University

Carnegie Mellon University (also known as CMU or simply Carnegie Mellon) is a prestigious private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The university began as the Carnegie Technical Schools, founded by Andrew Carnegie in 1900. In 1912, the school became Carnegie Institute of Technology and began granting four-year degrees. In 1967, the Carnegie Institute of Technology merged with the Mellon Institute of Industrial Research to form Carnegie Mellon University. The University’s 140-acre (0.57 km2) main campus is 3 miles (4.8 km) from Downtown Pittsburgh and abuts the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, Schenley Park, and the campus of the University of Pittsburgh in the city’s Oakland neighborhood, partially extending into Squirrel Hill and Shadyside.

Carnegie Mellon has seven colleges and independent schools: the Carnegie Institute of Technology (engineering), the College of Fine Arts, the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, the Mellon College of Science, the Tepper School of Business, the School of Computer Science, and the H. John Heinz III College.
Carnegie Mellon students come from all 50 U.S. states and 93 countries and was named one of the “New Ivies” by Newsweek in 2006.

Website: http://www.cmu.edu/

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Carnegie Mellon University Tuition and Fees

The proposed costs for the 2010-11 academic year are as follows:

Proposed Cost of 2010-11 Academic Year
Expense	Resident	Commuter
Tuition	$41,500	$41,500
Fees	$636	$636
Room and Board	$10,750	N/A
Books and Supplies	$1,000 (estimate)	$1,000 (estimate)
Personal/Miscellaneous	$1,400 (estimate)	$1,400 (estimate)
Transportation	variable	$640 (estimate)
Total	$55,286	$45,176

Schools of Carnegie Mellon University

Here are the seven distinguished schools and colleges in Carnegie Mellon University :

Carnegie Mellon University News

News Brief: SCS Alum Charles Geschke Elected to American Philosophical Society - Thu, 17 May 2012
Charles M. Geschke, co-founder of Adobe Systems Inc., is one of 30 distinguished men and women elected this spring to the American Philosophical Society, an honorary society whose members are drawn from a wide variety of academic disciplines.

News Brief: Clarke, Veloso Featured at Turing 100 Celebration - Wed, 16 May 2012
Edmund M. Clarke and Manuela Veloso, professors of computer science, are among the distinguished scientists invited to give talks at The Alan Turing Centenary Conference, June 22-24 in Manchester, England. The conference hosted by the University of Manchester celebrates Turing, one of the most influential computer scientists of all time, on what would have been his 100th birthday.

News Brief: Carnegie Mellon Report the First To Examine How Corporate Boards and Executives are Managing Cyber Risks - Wed, 16 May 2012
The report reveals that corporate boards and executives are taking risk management seriously but there is still a gap in understanding the link between information technology (IT) risks and enterprise risk management. This gap indicates that boards have a lack of understanding of how all business operations are supported by computer systems and digital data and how risks in these areas can undermine operations.

Press Release: Carnegie Mellon Hosts Conference, Performances of Eco-centered Dramatic Works - Wed, 16 May 2012
The eco-minded come together in any manner of ways to express their passion on the topic of the environment, and Carnegie Mellon University will host a group that's dedicated to expressing concerns about the planet through dramatic performances. The Earth Matters on Stage Playwrights' Festival and Symposium (EMOS) 2012 conference will be hosted by Carnegie Mellon's School of Drama from May 31-June 2 at the Purnell Center for the Arts. The performance artist Holly Hughes, whose most recent work explores the use and meaning of animals in performance, will deliver the keynote speech, "The Dog and Pony Show: Bring Your Own Pony."

Press Release: Carnegie Mellon's Arts Greenhouse Project To Host Mixtape Release Party May 26 - Wed, 16 May 2012
Teens in the program will present "Arts Greenhouse Volume Four: A Mixtape," an album of 14 original songs, from 5-8 p.m., Saturday, May 26 at the Shadow Lounge in East Liberty.

Press Release: Carnegie Mellon School of Art Partners with Local Groups To Create Sustainable Art in Wilkinsburg Neighborhood - Fri, 11 May 2012
A new ecological art project in the Hay Recreation Area and on a lot on Rebecca Avenue will use fruit trees, berries and perennial edibles as the basis for a sustainable food source and as a community engagement garden.

Press Release: Carnegie Mellon Astrophysicist Rachel Mandelbaum Receives Department of Energy Early Career Award for Dark Matter and Dark Energy Research - Thu, 10 May 2012
Mandelbaum is an assistant professor of physics and a member of the Burce and Astrid McWilliams Center for Cosmology.

News Brief: Carnegie Mellon's Kathy M. Newman Reflects on the Legacy of Maurice Sendak - Wed, 09 May 2012
Yesterday, internationally acclaimed children's author Maurice Sendak died at age 83. Sendak was known in particular for more than a dozen picture books he wrote and illustrated himself, most famously "Where the Wild Things Are," which sold more than 19 million copies.

Press Release: Carnegie Mellon Engineering Student Volunteers To Make Remote India School More Sustainable - Wed, 09 May 2012
Three Carnegie Mellon University engineering students will travel more than 14,000 miles roundtrip this summer to put solar panels on a grade school in northern India.

Press Release: Social Security’s IT System Could Benefit by Joining the Cloud, Carnegie Mellon Scientist Says - Wed, 09 May 2012
The Social Security Administration should restructure its already massive information technology systems so they can be readily scaled up, much like the systems used by Google and Amazon, William L. Scherlis, professor of computer science at Carnegie Mellon University, testified today before the House Ways and Means Committee’s Social Security subcommittee.