By BILL SCHACKNER, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Sneaker course at Carnegie Mellon
Students in a lecture class at Carnegie Mellon University were packing up to leave when Elliott Curtis, their instructor, called them back to their seats, saying he'd forgotten a key part of the lesson.
It was time for them to come forward and show their sneakers.
Private college matches public school's prices
As private colleges nationwide worry that the recession may drive students away to lower-priced public schools, one West Virginia campus is trying out a novel approach.
It's matching public campus prices.
Redesign of basic courses can increase student success
Anyone who thinks computer-programming courses are as boring as binary code hasn't been to the University of Pittsburgh, where Daniel Mosse has enlisted Samurai warriors and ballerinas to help teach.These and other 3-D animations, culled from instructional software developed at Carnegie Mellon University, are helping the Pitt professor breathe life into an introductory course.
Calif. doctor gives all he owns to Pa. college
HUNTINGDON, Pa. -- Dr. Larry Johnson made no secret that, upon his death, he would give his alma mater, Juniata College, enough money to create full-ride scholarships.What was not as clear was what else he planned to leave behind -- a refrigerator with food, a .38 caliber Harrington and Richardson handgun, and a native America purse made from dried buffalo scrotum.
At some collges graduatin is an 'almost' thing
In two weeks, Neil Durco will don a cap and gown for his college commencement, pose for family photos and accept his school's congratulations on a job well done.And then days later, after the pomp subsides, the geography major at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania will head back to campus and actually finish his degree.
Comedian's gift to Carnegie Mellon is a real dog
It took more than a century for Carnegie Mellon University to settle on an official mascot. Getting the living embodiment required far less waiting.That's because comedian Bill Cosby is giving Carnegie Mellon its first live mascot: a Scottish terrier.
