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Carnegie Mellon University is a private research university located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was formed in 1967 by the union of the Carnegie Institute of Technology (founded 1900) and the Mellon Institute of Industrial Research (founded 1913). Today, Carnegie Mellon attracts students from all 50 U.S. states, and 93 nations. In 2006, Newsweek's annual Kaplan Guide dubbed the university one of the "New Ivies" whose academic programs rival those of the traditional Ivy League universities.
Campus Carnegie Mellon's 103 acre (0.4 km²) main campus is three miles (5 km) from downtown Pittsburgh, between Schenley Park and the Squirrel Hill, Shadyside, and Oakland neighborhoods. Carnegie Mellon is bordered to the west by the campus of the neighboring University of Pittsburgh, commonly referred to as "Pitt." A large grassy area known as the Cut forms the backbone of the campus, with a separate grassy area known as the Mall running perpendicular to it. The Cut was formerly a valley which was filled in with dirt from a nearby hill that was being leveled to build the College of Fine Arts building. hall.jpg|thumbnail|Wean Hall, home of Carnegie Mellon's Carnegie Mellon School of Computer Science | School of Computer Science, as well as the world's first internet-enabled Coke machine. http://www.cmu.edu/walkingtour/wean.html http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~coke/history_long.txt In addition to its main Pittsburgh campus, Carnegie Mellon University also has smaller campuses in Silicon Valley and Qatar, and opened a new campus in Adelaide, Australia, in May 2006. Both the H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management and the Entertainment Technology Center are delivering masters programs in Adelaide. The Entertainment Technology Center will also open a campus in South Korea in the fall of 2007. The Tepper School of Business maintains a satellite center in New York Carnegie Mellon's Information Networking Institute offers graduate programs in Athens, Greece and Kobe, Japan, in collaboration with Athens Information Technology and the Hyogo Institute of Information Education Foundation, respectively. See also: Founding and early years: "My heart is in the work"
Mid-20th Century: Gains in prestige There was little change to the physical campus during the period of the two World Wars and the Great Depression between them. A 1938 master plan by Githens and Keally addressed new campus land along Forbes Avenue, but the plan was little realized. The period starting with the construction of GSIA (1952) and ending with Wean Hall (1971) saw the institutional change from Carnegie Institute of Technology to Carnegie Mellon University. New facilities had to respond to the university's growing national reputation in artificial intelligence, applied research, robotics, and the arts. Expanding student population resulted in improved facilities for student life, athletics, and libraries. The campus finally grew from its original land along Schenley Park to Forbes Avenue. The Cut, a ravine that had been gradually filled to campus level, joined the Mall as a major campus open space. (Source: Carnegie Master Campus Plan) The buildings of this era reflect current attitudes toward architectural style. The International Style, with its rejection of historical tradition and its emphases on functionalism and expression of structure, had been in vogue in urban settings since the 1930s. It came late to the Carnegie campus because of the hiatus in building activity, and a general reluctance among all institutions of higher education to abandon the historical styles. By the 1960s it was seen as way to accomplish the needed expansion and at the same time give the campus a new image. Each building was a unique architectural statement which may have acknowledged the existing campus in its placement, but not in its form or materials. (Source: Carnegie Master Campus Plan) During the 1970s and 1980s, the tenure of University President Richard M. Cyert (1972-1990) witnesses a period of unparalleled growth and development: The research budget soared from roughly $12 million annually in the early 1970s to more than $110 million in the late 1980s. The work of researchers in new fields like robotics and software engineering helped the university build on its reputation for innovation and practical problem solving. President Cyert stressed strategic planning and comparative advantage, pursuing opportunities in areas where Carnegie Mellon could outdistance its competitors. One example of this approach was the introduction of the university's "Andrew" computing network in the mid-1980s. This pioneering project, which linked all computers and workstations on campus, set the standard for educational computing and established Carnegie Mellon as a leader in the use of technology in education and research. James Gosling, the father of the Java programming language, received his Ph.D in computer science from Carnegie Mellon in 1983. Contemporary Carnegie Mellon
Organization On April 15, 1997, Jared L. Cohon, former dean of Yale University's School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, was elected by the Board of Trustees to become school president. During Cohon's presidency, Carnegie Mellon has continued its trajectory of innovation and growth. President Cohon leads a comprehensive strategic plan that aims to leverage the university's existing strengths to benefit society in the areas of biotechnology and life sciences, information and security technology, environmental science and practices, the fine arts and humanities. The presidents prior to Cohon are: See also Official information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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