Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon joins popular trend of US, China universities partnering
Share By Debra Erdley It’s been three decades since Jimmy Zhu came to the United States as a student from China. Back then, Zhu was one of the few. Today, China leads the world in sending students to U.S. universities. ... Read More »
Pitt creates engineering institute with Chinese university
Share The University of Pittsburgh is the latest U.S. institution to join with a Chinese University in establishing a joint program. Pitt is teaming with Sichuan University to establish an engineering institute called the Sichuan University Pittsburgh Institute. Located in ... Read More »
Habib University Foundation takes a magnificent leap with its one-of-its-kind Liberal Arts & Sciences University
Share Collaboration with Texas A&M University at Qatar and Carnegie Mellon University, USA Institute to set new standards of excellence in learning in the region Intends to offer 40% full and partial scholarships to merit-based need blind students Habib University ... Read More »
National Science Foundation director Subra Suresh to head CMU
Share By Bill Schackner The man announced as Carnegie Mellon University’s next president says he is not one to manage by confrontation. “I am perhaps quietly persistent,” said Subra Suresh, 56, an engineer and scientist who since 2010 has been ... Read More »
Habib University Foundation establishes Habib University
Share Habib University Foundation is establishing Habib University, a distinctive liberal arts and sciences university that will provide a well-rounded education to outstanding students from Pakistan and the region. The university intends to open its representative office soon in Dubai ... Read More »
Pittsburgh, Ireland universities announce cooperative agreement
Share By Eleanor Chute A consortium of 10 Pittsburgh area colleges and universities announced a cooperation agreement with 13 schools in Ireland. The agreement with the Pittsburgh Council on Higher Education and the Institutes of Technology Ireland calls for cooperation ... Read More »
Ghana: Ashesi University College collaborates with Carnegie Mellon University
Share Ashesi University College (Ashesi), a world class university located on the Berekuso hills, Eastern Region, is undertaking two innovative research projects that will contribute to its goals of maintaining a green campus where the future leaders of Africa can ... Read More »
Duke, University of Pennsylvania, Carnegie Mellon partner with Nazarbayey University
Share Kazakhstan’s Nazarbayev University, whose partners include Duke, the University of Pennsylvania and Carnegie Mellon, has ambitious plans for its third year, including starting a graduate program and doubling the size of its campus. That’s the word from Aslan Sarinzhipov, ... Read More »
Pradeep K Khosla appointed chancellor of University of California
Share Indian American Pradeep K. Khosla, currently the dean of Carnegie Mellon University’s engineering college, has been named as the 8th chancellor of University of California, San Diego by UC president Mark G. Yudof. This is the second big appointment ... Read More »
IIT-B partners with five foreign universities to set up institute in New York
Share The Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay (IIT-B) will set up a teaching and research institute in the city of New York from next year along with five other universities. The joint bid was put together by Carnegie Mellon University, New ... Read More »
