Carnegie Mellon Faculty Host Four Futuristic Exhibits At Wired NextFest!
Snake robots, dancing Keepon robots, breathtaking GigaPan Camera panoramas and a sheep that mows grass instead of eating it, are Carnegie Mellon’s contributions to this year’s Wired NextFest: “the premier showcase of the global innovations transforming our world.” News release

“Remembering Randy: A Celebration of the Life and Legacy of Randy Pausch”
Carnegie Mellon University celebrated the life of Professor Randy Pausch with a special memorial event, September 22. Pausch, a beloved professor who became famous worldwide for his inspirational “Last Lecture,” died July 25 at age 47 of pancreatic cancer. News Release
You can watch video of the memorial service at ABCNews.com

Tom Cortina (PI), Wanda Dann and Carol Frieze (co-PIs), have been awarded a $1.46 million 3-year NSF ITEST grant to run summer workshops in computing for high school STEM teachers in the Appalachian region including Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia. The goal is to increase HS computing education in this region by training these teachers to teach computing and by building a support network for these teachers to share materials as a community. Workshops will include Alice, Java and computational thinking.

Carnegie Mellon’s Entertainment Technology Center Press Publishes “Beyond Fun: Serious Games and Media”. The book features the work of more than 15 international contributors examining how games and media can impact learning. News Release

Business Week Magazine Senior Writer Steve Baker here for book signing and discussion of “The Numerati,” his new book published this month by Houghton-Mifflin Co. In it, Baker describes how computer scientists and applied math experts he calls “numerati” are tracking the digital trails we leave as we work, shop, play, vote, and live. News Release