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120-574: Early versions of the Hurd were developed on top of CMU 's Mach 3.0. In 1994, CMU stopped working on Mach, and the GNU Project switched to the University of Utah 's Mach 4. The kernel known as "GNU Mach" was derived from Mach 4 once Utah stopped development. The first ChangeLog entry by Thomas Bushnell (rather than by a Utah researcher) is from 16 December 1996. In 2002, Roland McGrath branched

240-620: A Robotics Innovation Center at Hazelwood Green, in addition to new dormitories and other buildings in the coming years. On February 5, 2013, Carnegie Mellon announced the selection of Subra Suresh , Director of the National Science Foundation and Dean of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Engineering , as its ninth president effective July 1, 2013. Suresh stepped down in June 2017 and

360-476: A campaign which seeks to raise $ 2 billion to advance the university's priorities, including campus development. Alongside the Tepper Quad and Hamburg Hall, Carnegie Mellon finished construction in 2020 on TCS Hall, an innovation center made possible with a $ 35 million gift from Tata Consultancy Services . Carnegie Mellon plans to collaborate with Emerald Cloud Lab to construct the world's first cloud lab in

480-538: A dozen degree-granting locations in six continents, including campuses in Qatar , Silicon Valley , and Kigali, Rwanda ( Carnegie Mellon University Africa ) and partnerships with universities nationally and globally. Carnegie Mellon enrolls 15,818 students across its multiple campuses from 117 countries and employs more than 1,400 faculty members. Carnegie Mellon is known for its advances in research and new fields of study, home to many firsts in computer science (including

600-485: A dresser. Students residing in a dorm without in-unit kitchens are required to be on a mandatory meal plan (Stabile, Emerson, ELJ, and Pantas), while those with in-unit kitchens can sign up for an optional meal plan (Willoughby and Grand Avenue). Emerson Place, Leo J. Pantas Hall, and Vincent A. Stabile Hall are the primary freshman dorms. In total, 51 percent of undergraduate students reside on campus while 92 percent of incoming freshmen students reside on campus. Pratt offers

720-609: A founding member of the University Athletic Association . Carnegie Mellon fields eight men's teams and nine women's teams as the Tartans. The university's faculty and alumni include 21 Nobel Prize laureates and 13 Turing Award winners and have received 142 Emmy Awards , 64 Tony Awards , and 13 Academy Awards . The Carnegie Technical Schools were founded in 1900 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania by

840-701: A nearby hill that was leveled to build the College of Fine Arts building. The northwestern part of the campus (home to Hamburg Hall, Newell-Simon Hall, Smith Hall, and Gates Hillman Complex) was acquired from the United States Bureau of Mines in the 1980s. Carnegie Mellon has been purchasing 100% renewable energy for its electricity since 2011. The campus began to take shape in the Beaux-Arts architecture style of George Carnegie Palmer and Henry Hornbostel of Palmer & Hornbostel, winners of

960-827: A new residence hall named in his honor. From the mid-1980s to the 2000s Pratt experienced the transition from being mainly a commuter school to becoming a residential school through the construction of new residence halls Cannoneer Court, Pantas Hall, and Stabile Hall. Pratt Institute's Graduate School are ranked as follows: #15 in Best Fine Arts Programs, #11 in Painting / Drawing, #35 in Best Library and Information Studies Program, #12 in Archives and Preservation by U.S. News & World Report . The Bachelor of Architecture program has been ranked as being in

1080-830: A part of the University of California, Washington Center . Carnegie Mellon also established the Integrative Media Program at Steiner Studios in Brooklyn , New York. Carnegie Mellon also maintains the Carnegie Mellon Los Angeles Center in North Hollywood, California where students in the Master of Entertainment Industry Management program are required to relocate to Los Angeles in their second year and attend classes at this facility. Pratt Institute Pratt Institute

1200-531: A reciprocal manner, exposure to the ideals and aesthetics of fine art. Specifically, many programs were tailored to the growing need to train industrial workers in the changing economy with training in design and engineering. Early programs sought to teach students a variety of subjects such as architectural engineering, mechanics, dressmaking, and furniture making. Graduates of the school were taught to become engineers, mechanics, and technicians. Drawing, whether freehand, mechanical, or architectural, thought of as being

1320-545: A school. The school would end up being built only two blocks from Charles Pratt's residence on Clinton Avenue. From his fortunes with Astral Oil and Charles Pratt and Company , in 1886 he endowed and founded Pratt Institute. In May 1887, the New York State Legislature granted Charles Pratt a charter to open the school; on October 17, 1887, the institute opened to 12 students in the Main Hall. Tuition

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1440-507: A transformation from an upper-class, affluent, white community to one chiefly populated by poor and working-class people of color. Pratt considered moving its campus to more affluent Long Island or Manhattan to increase its attractiveness but decided to stay at its original Brooklyn campus due to the history and Charles Pratt's mission. As part of Robert Moses' plan for urban renewal in New York City, Pratt's physical campus saw

1560-539: A universal language, united such diverse programs and thus all programs in the school had a strong foundation in drawing. In addition, the curriculum at the institute was to be complemented by a large Liberal Arts curriculum. Students studied subjects such as history, mathematics, physics, and literature to better understand the world in which they would be working, which is still used in Pratt's curriculum. Enrollment grew steadily from its inception. Six months after opening,

1680-413: A university setting. The Carnegie Mellon University Cloud Lab is planned to be completed by the spring of 2023. Carnegie Mellon also plans to construct a new mechanical engineering building by fall 2023 (Scaife Hall), a new $ 105 million athletics center by fall 2024 (Highmark Center for Health, Wellness and Athletics), a $ 210 million Science Futures Building (R.K. Mellon Hall of Sciences) by 2026, as well as

1800-589: A welcome center which serves as a public gateway to the university. In April 2015, Carnegie Mellon, in collaboration with Jones Lang LaSalle , announced the planning of a second office space structure, alongside the Robert Mehrabian Collaborative Innovation Center, an upscale and full-service hotel, and retail and dining development along Forbes Avenue. This complex will connect to the Tepper Quadrangle,

1920-689: Is a private university with its main campus in Brooklyn , New York . It has a satellite campus in Manhattan and an extension campus in Utica, New York at the Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute . The school was founded in 1887 with programs primarily in engineering , architecture , and fine arts. Comprising six schools, the institute is primarily known for its programs in architecture , graphic design, interior design , and industrial design . Pratt Institute

2040-461: Is a division of the School of Computer Science and is considered one of the leading centers of human–computer interaction research, integrating computer science, design, social science, and learning science. Such interdisciplinary collaboration is the hallmark of research done throughout the university. The Language Technologies Institute (LTI) is another unit of the School of Computer Science and

2160-667: Is a national historic district that comprises 10 contributing buildings built between 1885 and 1936. Several buildings are recognized as being New York City Designated Landmarks . It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005 and was awarded the Getty Foundation Campus Heritage Grant. Two buildings outside the historic district, Higgins Hall and the Caroline Ladd Pratt House are also listed on

2280-854: Is a university-wide research institute that was founded in 2018 as a successor to an earlier effort, known as Brainhub. Combining research in computer science , engineering , machine learning , statistics , and cognitive science with basic neuroscience , NI aims to promote research that will improve the human condition. Devices developed by the institute have been designed to enable communication for locked-in patients, treatments for Parkinson's disease , improved brain imaging technology using artificial intelligence , and electrodes that work with coarse, curly hair. NI includes over 30 faculty and 100 trainees from four colleges and oversees two PhD programs (the Program in Neural Computation and

2400-533: Is an applied science research institute composed of a partnership of institutions from around the globe, led by New York University with a consortium of universities including Carnegie Mellon, the University of Warwick , the City University of New York , the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay , and the University of Toronto . In September 2012, Carnegie Mellon announced the construction of

2520-491: Is famous for being one of the leading research centers in the area of language technologies . The primary research focus of the institute is on machine translation , speech recognition , speech synthesis , information retrieval , parsing and information extraction . Until 1996, the institute existed as the Center for Machine Translation that was established in 1986. From 1996 onwards, it started awarding graduate degrees and

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2640-769: Is known for its Capability Maturity Model (CMM) and Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI), which identify essential elements of effective system and software engineering processes and can be used to rate the level of an organization's capability for producing quality systems. The SEI is also the home of CERT/CC , the federally funded computer security organization. The CERT Program's primary goals are to support secure requirements and development of computer systems and ensure that appropriate technology and systems management practices are used to resist attacks on networked systems and to limit damage and ensure continuity of critical services subsequent to attacks, accidents, or failures. The Human–Computer Interaction Institute (HCII)

2760-673: Is located a short walk from the campus. Pratt participates in New Jersey Transit's University Partnership Program where students can receive a twenty-five percent discount on monthly passes based out of Penn Station in Manhattan. The Pratt Manhattan center, located at 144 West 14th Street, between 6th and 7th Avenue, is home to Pratt's associate degrees programs in graphic design, illustration, and digital design, and interactive media, an undergraduate program in construction management, several of Pratt's graduate programs including

2880-933: Is located in Doha 's Education City which is home to multiple other U.S. universities all of which are funded by the Qatar Foundation . The Qatari campus has been the subject of controversy, as Islamic cultural values and laws in Qatar differ greatly from the core values of Carnegie Mellon. Additionally, Carnegie Mellon and other U.S. universities in Education City have been criticized for being essentially complicit in Qatar's corruption, connections with Hamas and their questionable human rights record by continuing to operate there. It also has graduate-level extension campuses in Mountain View, California in

3000-570: Is located one block south of the southeast corner of campus. In addition, the C train has an entrance to Clinton–Washington Avenues station ( IND Fulton Street Line ) four blocks south of the Hall Gate entrance and three blocks south of Higgins Hall. New York City's public bike-share program, Citi Bike , has stations nearby at Lafayette Avenue and Saint James Place; at Hall Street and Willoughby Avenue; and Emerson Place and Myrtle Avenue. The Long Island Rail Road at Atlantic Terminal ,

3120-634: Is one of 66 elected members of the Association of American Universities and one of 29 members (one of 13 American members) of the World Economic Forum Global University Leaders Forum . U.S. News & World Report rates admission to Carnegie Mellon as "most selective". For the class of 2026 (enrolling in fall 2022), Carnegie Mellon received 34,261 applications and admitted approximately 3,873 (11%), with 1,736 enrolling. The acceptance rates of

3240-454: Is part of the Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design . Pratt Institute students, numbering 3,435 undergraduates and 1,381 graduate students in Fall 2019, come from 86 countries and 48 states. Women represent 71% of undergraduates and 74% of graduate students. Pratt Institute's main campus is located on a historic, esteemed, enclosed 25-acre (100,000 m ) campus located in

3360-576: Is the largest contemporary sculpture park in New York City and includes more than 40 pieces at any given time installed across the 25-acre campus in Brooklyn. Some of the artists who have loaned their work to the park include Shin Sang Ho, Mark di Suvero, Donald Lipski, Tom Otterness, Richard Serra, Takashi Soga, Gunnar Theel, and Allan Wexler. Sources: Pratt is home to a diverse collection of buildings composed of several architectural styles. Most of

3480-525: Is the leader in developing computational methodologies to advance biomedical research. Carnegie Mellon is also home to the Carnegie School of management and economics. This intellectual school grew out of the Tepper School of Business in the 1950s and 1960s and focused on the intersection of behavioralistm and management. Several management theories, most notably bounded rationality and

3600-597: The Spirit of Saint Louis , used by Charles Lindbergh in the first transatlantic flight. By 1938 most programs at the school had begun offering four-year Bachelor of Science degrees and Pratt transformed itself from a technical school to a rigorous college . By granting bachelor's degrees, Pratt had to revise its curriculum from two years to four years. The changes also reflected New York State requirements for granting degrees and stricter government and professional licensing regulations for graduates. During this decade,

3720-582: The B54 bus route serving the area north of the campus along Myrtle Avenue. In addition, the New York City Subway 's G train has one station located at the intersection of Washington and Lafayette Avenues and another located at the intersection of Classon and Lafayette Avenues. The Clinton–Washington Avenues station ( IND Crosstown Line ) is located directly across the street from Higgins Hall. The Classon Avenue station ( IND Crosstown Line )

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3840-483: The Clinton Hill neighborhood in Brooklyn, 2 miles from Downtown Brooklyn and 3 miles from Lower Manhattan . Midtown Manhattan is just 5 miles from the campus. The campus is accessible by two public entrances, both of which close in the evening hours and are guarded by security 24 hours a day. The main gate located at Willoughby Avenue on the north side of campus is accessible for pedestrians and vehicles while

3960-455: The GI Bill . In the 1940s, the School of Science and Technology changed its name to the School of Engineering and in 1946 established its own honor society with mechanical engineering becoming the most popular major at Pratt. In 1953, Francis H. Horn became the first President of Pratt who was not a member of the Pratt family. Enrollment continued to climb throughout the decade and in 1948

4080-773: The Henry L. Hillman Foundation . The Gates Hillman Complex and the Purnell Center for the Arts are connected by the Randy Pausch Memorial Footbridge. On April 15, 1997, Jared L. Cohon , former dean of the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies , was elected president by Carnegie Mellon's board of trustees. During Cohon's presidency, Carnegie Mellon continued its trajectory of innovation and growth. His strategic plan aimed to leverage

4200-635: The Marianna Brown Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences after William Dietrich's mother. On April 23, 2012, New York's Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and New York University 's President John Sexton announced an agreement between New York City, New York's MTA, and a consortium of academic institutions, and private technology companies that led to the creation in New York of a Center for Urban Science and Progress (CUSP). The Center for Urban Science and Progress (CUSP)

4320-598: The Mellon Institute of Industrial Research , founded in 1913 by Andrew Mellon and Richard B. Mellon and formerly a part of the University of Pittsburgh . The university consists of seven colleges, including the College of Engineering , the School of Computer Science , and the Tepper School of Business . The university has its main campus located 5 miles (8 km) from downtown Pittsburgh . It also has over

4440-627: The Mellon family . The Institute began as a research organization that performed contract work for government and industry, initially as a department within the University of Pittsburgh . In 1927, the Mellon Institute was incorporated as an independent nonprofit. In 1937, the Mellon Institute's iconic building was completed on Fifth Avenue. In 1967, with support from Paul Mellon , the Carnegie Institute of Technology merged with

4560-841: The National Architectural Accrediting Board . The undergraduate interior design program is accredited by the Council for Interior Design Accreditation . Graduate programs in library and information science , art therapy , and art education are all accredited by the Committee on Accreditation of the American Library Association, Education Approval Board of the American Art Therapy Association, and RATE respectively. The School of Art and Design

4680-599: The Rand Corporation have established a presence on or near campus. In collaboration with Intel, Carnegie Mellon has pioneered research into claytronics . In addition to its Pittsburgh campus, Carnegie Mellon has a branch campus in the Middle East, Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar , which offers a full undergraduate curriculum with degree programs in computer science, business administration, biology, computational biology, and information systems. The campus

4800-609: The Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie , who wrote "My heart is in the work", when he donated the funds to create the institution. Carnegie's vision was to open a vocational training school for the sons and daughters of working-class Pittsburghers, many of whom worked in his mills. Carnegie was inspired for the design of his school by the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York , founded by industrialist Charles Pratt in 1887. In 1912,

4920-595: The Standard Oil trust where Pratt continued his active involvement on the board and the running of it. Pratt, an advocate of education, wanted to provide working men and women the opportunity to better their lives through education. Even though Pratt never had the chance to go to college himself, he wanted to create an affordable college accessible to the working class. Beginning with the 1884 purchases of large plots of land near his home in Clinton Hill to open

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5040-484: The Tiffany Decorating and Glass Company and sprawling gardens outside the library. The library was open to students and the general public as well. The Pratt Institute Library was the first and only public library in Brooklyn for nearly 15 years. It served as a working classroom for the training of librarians and was one of the first schools of library science . The Pratt Institute Library also made available

5160-533: The 1904 competition to design the original institution and later the founder of the Carnegie Mellon School of Architecture . There was little change to the campus between the first and second World War . A 1938 master plan by Githens and Keally suggested acquisition of new land along Forbes Avenue , but the plan was not fully implemented. The period starting with the construction of the Hall of

5280-575: The 1930s. It came late to the Carnegie Mellon campus because of the hiatus in building activity and a general reluctance among American universities to abandon historical styles. By the 1960s, the International Style was adopted to accomplish needed expansion quickly and affordably with the swelling of student ranks in the aftermath of the GI Bill in 1944. Each building was a unique architectural statement that may have acknowledged

5400-501: The 1990s the school was able to increase enrollment by twenty-five percent, from approximately 3,000 students in 1990 to 4,000 students in 2000. Vincent A. Stabile, a 1940 graduate of the School of Engineering, donated about $ 13 million to Pratt, the largest donation made by any alumnus in the college's history, with the request to President Schutte that the donation be used to reopen the School of Engineering. President Schutte rejected Stabile's request and allocated his funds to construct

5520-437: The 2000s, Carnegie Mellon solidified its status among American universities, consistently ranking in the top 25 in the national U.S. News & World Report rankings, and in the top 30 (ranking 28th in 2022) amongst universities worldwide. Carnegie Mellon is distinct in its interdisciplinary approach to research and education. Through the establishment of programs and centers outside the limitations of departments or colleges,

5640-599: The 2021 fiscal year, the university spent $ 402 million on research. The primary recipients of this funding were the School of Computer Science ($ 100.3 million), the Software Engineering Institute ($ 71.7 million), the College of Engineering ($ 48.5 million), and the Mellon College of Science ($ 47.7 million). The research money comes largely from federal sources, with a federal investment of $ 234.9 million in 2021. The federal agencies that invest

5760-952: The Arts building (former home of the Graduate School of Industrial Administration) in 1952 and ending with Wean Hall in 1971 saw the institutional change from Carnegie Institute of Technology to Carnegie Mellon University. New facilities were needed to respond to the university's growing national reputation in artificial intelligence , business, robotics and the arts. In addition, an expanding student population demanded improved facilities for student life, athletics and libraries. The campus finally expanded to Forbes Avenue from its original land along Schenley Park . The buildings of this era reflected contemporary architectural styles. The International Style , with its rejection of historical tradition and its emphases on functionalism and expression of structure, had been in vogue in European settings since

5880-559: The Arts), business school building ( Tepper School of Business ), and several dormitories. Baker Hall was renovated in the early 2000s, and new chemistry labs were established in Doherty Hall soon after. Several computer science buildings, such as Newell-Simon Hall , also were established, renovated or renamed in the early 2000s. In 2006, Carnegie Mellon Trustee Jill Gansman Kraus donated the 80-foot (24 m)-tall sculpture Walking to

6000-544: The Department of Biomedical Engineering. Further, in November 2013, Carnegie Mellon announced a $ 67 million gift from David Tepper , who previously donated $ 56 million, to develop the Tepper Quadrangle on the north campus. The Tepper Quad includes a new Tepper School of Business facility across Forbes Avenue from a renovated and expanded Hamburg Hall (home to Heinz College) as well as other university-wide buildings and

6120-661: The Department of Defense. The Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (PSC) is a joint effort between Carnegie Mellon, University of Pittsburgh , and Westinghouse Electric Company . PSC was founded in 1986 by its two scientific directors, Ralph Roskies of the University of Pittsburgh and Michael Levine of Carnegie Mellon. PSC is a leading partner in the TeraGrid , the National Science Foundation's cyberinfrastructure program. The Neuroscience Institute (NI)

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6240-446: The Heinz College, the Tata Consultancy Services Building, and the Gates-Hillman Center to create an innovation corridor on the university campus. The effort is intended to continue to attract major corporate partnerships to create opportunities for research, teaching, and employment with students and faculty. On October 30, 2019, Carnegie Mellon publicly announced the launch of "Make Possible: The Campaign for Carnegie Mellon University",

6360-488: The Mellon Institute of Industrial Research to become Carnegie Mellon University. In 1973, Carnegie Mellon's coordinate women's college , the Margaret Morrison Carnegie College, merged its academic programs with the rest of the university. The industrial research mission of the Mellon Institute survived the merger as the Carnegie Mellon Research Institute (CMRI) and continued doing work on contract to industry and government. In 2001, CMRI's programs were subsumed by other parts of

6480-453: The OSKit-Mach branch from GNU Mach 1.2, intending to replace all the device drivers and some of the hardware support with code from OSKit. After the release of GNU Mach 1.3, this branch was intended to become the GNU Mach 2.0 main line; however, as of 2006, OSKit-Mach is not being developed due to lack of activity in OSKit itself. Around 2006, an attempt to replace GNU Hurd 's kernel with the Coyotos kernel also ended in failure. GNU Mach 1.4

6600-448: The Pratt Institute Sculpture Park in 1999 where contemporary art sculptures are placed throughout the campus lawns and gardens, making it the largest contemporary sculpture park in New York City. Pratt began a partnership with Pratt Munson College of Art and Design and Delaware College of Art and Design for art students to study for two years at either campus and finish their degrees at Pratt's School of Art and Design in Brooklyn. During

6720-403: The Pratt Institute to form the Pratt-New York Phoenix School of Design , which offered three-year certificate programs in art and design at least into the late 1970s. It is located in the landmark New York School of Applied Design Building at 160 Lexington Avenue, at the northwest corner of Lexington and 30th Street. At this time, Manhattan had long been the epicenter of publishing design during

6840-441: The Program in Systems Neuroscience) that have received support from the National Institutes of Health . Numerous philanthropic gifts help support NI research. NI also provides direct administrative and monetary support for the Center for Neural Basis of Cognition, a long-running collaboration with the University of Pittsburgh . The Robotics Institute (RI) is a division of the School of Computer Science and considered to be one of

6960-425: The Purnell Center for the Arts, Doherty Hall, Newell-Simon Hall, Smith Hall, Hamburg Hall , and the Robert Mehrabian Collaborative Innovation Center. It contains 318 offices as well as labs, computer clusters , lecture halls, classrooms and a 255-seat auditorium. The Gates Hillman Complex was made possible by a $ 20 million lead gift from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and an additional $ 10 million grant from

7080-499: The School of Drama 3rd in the world among undergraduate drama schools. In 2015, the same publication ranked the MFA program at the School of Drama 5th in the world. Carnegie Mellon's Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences was ranked 55th for social sciences and 60th for humanities in the world by Times Higher Education for 2020. Dietrich College is also ranked 20th for social sciences among Shanghai Jiao Tong University's world's top 100 universities. Carnegie Mellon

7200-428: The School of Science and Technology. As World War I faced the nation in 1914, Pratt partnered with the United States Government to aid the war effort. The School of Science and Technology had its own Student Army Training Corps which taught enlistees engineering skills needed for the war. Students designed aircraft used in the war and trained pilots. In 1927, mechanical engineering alumnus Donald A. Hall designed

7320-413: The Sherman and Joyce Bowie Scott Hall on the Pittsburgh campus. The new building is situated between Hamerschlag Hall, Roberts Hall, and Wean Hall and houses the university-wide Wilton E. Scott Institute for Energy Innovation, the Bertucci Nanotechnology Lab, the Engineering Research Accelerator (formerly known as the Institute for Complex Engineered Systems), the Disruptive Health Technologies Institute, and

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7440-423: The Sky , which was placed on the lawn facing Forbes Avenue between the Cohon University Center and Warner Hall. The sculpture was controversial for its placement, the general lack of input from the campus community, and its (lack of) aesthetic appeal. The Gates Hillman Complex opened for occupancy on August 7, 2009. It sits on a 5.6-acre (2.3 ha) site on the university's West Campus, surrounded by Cyert Hall,

7560-477: The Top 10 nationwide and 16 in the Top 5 nationwide., including three programs ranked first: Artificial Intelligence, Programming Languages, and Information and Technology Management. In particular, the CMU School of Computer Science has been consistently ranked the best in the nation, tied with MIT , Stanford , and UC Berkeley . Globally, Carnegie Mellon is ranked 28th by Times Higher Education and 52nd by QS World University Rankings . Carnegie Mellon

7680-493: The Wilton E. Scott Institute for Energy Innovation, the Neuroscience Institute , the Simon Initiative, and the Disruptive Healthcare Technology Institute. Carnegie Mellon has made a concerted effort to attract corporate research labs, offices, and partnerships to the Pittsburgh campus. Apple Inc. , Intel , Google , Microsoft , Disney , Facebook , IBM , General Motors , Bombardier Inc. , Yahoo! , Uber , Tata Consultancy Services , Ansys , Boeing , Robert Bosch GmbH , and

7800-432: The basic program for all Art School students was founded. In 1940 Pratt began granting graduate degrees. During World War II Pratt also helped in the war effort as it did during World War I with the engineering school training servicemen before they were deployed. Students helped to design camouflage for soldiers, buildings, and weapons. Following the war, the school saw a large influx of veterans enrolling as part of

7920-413: The behavioral theory of the firm , were established by Carnegie School management scientists and economists. Carnegie Mellon also develops cross-disciplinary and university-wide institutes and initiatives to take advantage of strengths in various colleges and departments and develop solutions in critical social and technical problems. To date, these have included the Cylab Security and Privacy Institute ,

8040-420: The building was dedicated in 1996. In 2014, Carnegie Mellon re-dedicated the University Center as the Cohon University Center in recognition of the eighth president of the university, Jared Cohon . 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. The Cut was formed by filling in a ravine (hence the name) with soil from

8160-416: The buildings at the school were built before World War II in the style of Romanesque Revival , Victorian , and Neoclassical styles and were designed by prominent nineteenth and twentieth-century architects. After the war, Pratt began building more contemporary styled buildings. In 2011, Architectural Digest named Pratt as being one of the top ten most architecturally significant college campuses in

8280-447: The campus was enclosed, forming the Grand Mall to connect the institute's buildings. The elevated train running along Grand Avenue between the East Building/Student Union and the Engineering Quad was dismantled. In the new real estate, the school was able to build several new structures, all designed by the firm of McKim, Mead & White , including men's and women's dormitories and a new student union. Moses' construction projects around

8400-411: The center of student life on campus was Skibo Hall, the university's student union. Built in the 1950s, Skibo Hall's design was typical of mid-century modern architecture but was poorly equipped to deal with advances in computer and internet connectivity. The original Skibo Hall was razed in the summer of 1994 and replaced by a new student union that is fully Wi-Fi enabled. Known as the University Center,

8520-460: The college was founded, Frederic Pratt is ascribed with guiding the college through its early decades. Under the direction of Pratt's sons, the institute thrived both financially and critically with many new construction projects and courses. By 1892, the number of students enrolled was 3,900. In 1897 the most popular major was domestic arts. In 1896, the school opened its monumental Victorian-Renaissance Revival library with interiors designed by

8640-684: The country's best values in private colleges and universities, it is no longer listed in their rankings. It was previously included as one of the top values for academic quality and affordability out of more than 600 private institutions. In 2023 and 2024, Pratt Institute was ranked sixth globally according to the QS World University Rankings by the subject Art and Design. Pratt Institute is divided into 6 schools and more than 28 departments and divisions offering over 22 undergraduate majors and 25 graduate majors. The schools include: Former schools include: Pratt Institute offers

8760-665: The country, for its seamless collection of buildings ranging from since the 1800s. The Main Building, East Hall Building, and Student Union are all located adjacent to one another and make up a complex of the original buildings, all built specifically for the Institute in 1887: And, replaced these boilers with two Cleaver Brooks fire tube boilers. https://www.jrmcm.com/project/pratt-institute/ Other structures include: Several Pratt Institute's buildings and landscapes are historically significant. The Pratt Institute Historic District

8880-450: The existing campus in its placement, but not in its form or materials. During the 1970s and 1980s, the tenure of president Richard Cyert (1972–1990) witnessed a period of growth and development. The research budget grew from roughly $ 12 million annually in the early 1970s to more than $ 110 million in the late 1980s. Researchers in new fields like robotics and software engineering helped the university to build its reputation. One example

9000-413: The faculty at Carnegie Mellon. On July 1, 2003, Carnegie Mellon launched "Insp!re Innovation", a $ 1 billion comprehensive fundraising campaign. Half of the campaign goal is intended for the endowment to provide long-lasting support for faculty, students and breakthrough innovations. The campaign brought in a total of $ 1.19 billion, with $ 578.5 million going toward Carnegie Mellon's endowment. It also enabled

9120-534: The first machine learning , robotics , and computational biology departments), pioneering the field of management science , and the first drama program in the United States. Carnegie Mellon is a member of the Association of American Universities and is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very High Research Activity". Carnegie Mellon competes in NCAA Division III athletics as

9240-438: The first reading room for children in New York City. By the turn of the century, The School of Science and Technology had become Pratt's most prestigious and well-known school and constituted most of the school's enrollment. Across from East Building on Grand Avenue, the institute constructed a new quad for the engineering school over a quarter of a century. The Chemistry, Machinery, and Engineering buildings were constructed in

9360-665: The following joint degree programs: Pratt Institute is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education and is authorized to award academic degrees by the State of New York , following guidelines established by the New York State Department of Education . The Bachelor of Architecture degree and the Master of Architecture degree at the School of Architecture are accredited by

9480-460: The following residence halls for students to choose from: Pratt does not provide any official sponsored transportation options for its students, but there are several public transportation options located directly off Pratt's main campus. The school is served by MTA New York City Bus routes with the B38 bus route servicing the campus to the south with stations along DeKalb and Lafayette Avenues and

9600-458: The former Pratt Department of Commerce, originally having shared facilities with Pratt, evolved into Brooklyn Law School . In 1891, the institute's founder and first president, Charles Pratt, died and his eldest son, Charles Millard Pratt , became president of the school. In 1893, Charles Pratt's other son, Frederic B. Pratt , was elected President of Pratt Institute taking over from his elder brother. Because Charles Pratt Snr. died so soon after

9720-423: The greatest amount of change in its history. Before the 1950s, the school was located in separate buildings located on several public streets. However, after Moses' clearance of many structures located between Pratt's buildings, including homes, the land was given over to the school, and a true campus was established. Ryerson Street, Grand Avenue, Steuben Street, and Emerson Place were closed to automobile traffic, and

9840-743: The heart of Silicon Valley (offering masters programs in Software Engineering and Software Management). The Tepper School of Business maintains a satellite center in downtown Manhattan and the Heinz College maintains one in Adelaide , Australia. The Heinz College , the Institute for Politics and Strategy, and the Department of Engineering and Public Policy host centers in Washington, D.C. as part of degree programs, research, and government affairs initiatives as well as being

9960-486: The historic register as being a part of the Clinton Hill Historic District . The buildings and structures listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places for their architectural or historical significance are: Pratt, a residential campus, offers seven different residence options for its students. All residence hall students are provided with a bed (twin extra-long), a desk, a chair, and

10080-555: The individual colleges and programs range from Carnegie Mellon School of Architecture 's 30% to Carnegie Mellon School of Drama 's 3%. The largest college, in terms of the class of 2025 enrollment, is the College of Engineering with 499 students, followed by the Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences with 391, and the Mellon College of Science with 266. The smallest college is the School of Design, with 34. The middle 50% range of SAT scores of enrolled freshmen

10200-561: The institute reached an all-time high in attendance with 6,000 students. By 1950, Pratt had become accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools . In 1954, the architecture department split from the Engineering School to become its own school. As part of white flight in the 1950s and 1960s which affected the majority of New York City the neighborhood of Clinton Hill began to see

10320-462: The institute-wide decrease in enrollment and school-wide budget issues, closing the School of Engineering was thought of as being the only feasible option to keep the school's other programs afloat and to address the budget. Students in the Engineering program were transferred to Polytechnic Institute of New York University while tenured professors were relocated to the School of Architecture and

10440-684: The institution changed its name to Carnegie Institute of Technology (CIT) and began offering four-year degrees. During this time, CIT consisted of four constituent schools: the School of Fine and Applied Arts, the School of Apprentices and Journeymen, the School of Science and Technology, and the Margaret Morrison Carnegie School for Women . The Mellon Institute of Industrial Research was founded in 1913 by banker and industrialist brothers Andrew Mellon (who went on to become U.S. Treasury Secretary ) and Richard B. Mellon in honor of their father, Thomas Mellon , patriarch of

10560-469: The intended goals for its graduates, as well as Manhattan's omnipresent fashion industry. In addition, the below-ground space in the school was converted into a state-of-the-art printmaking facility, teaching artist-created lithography, silk screening, and engraving. As of October 2022, Pratt is home to 122 clubs with a wide range of focuses. Some of these clubs include the Pratt Photo League,

10680-516: The latter-twentieth century. This new commercial-art-dedicated satellite was modeled to apply intensely concentrated vocational training in graphic design, illustration, package design, and textile design. Its faculty was largely composed of Manhattan's working professionals, who themselves had achieved the level of skill necessary to meet the city's global-defining standards. Magazines, books, music albums, movie posters, print and television advertisements, and packaging for all forms of retail products were

10800-543: The leading centers of robotics research in the world. The Field Robotics Center (FRC) has developed a number of significant robots, including Sandstorm and H1ghlander , which finished second and third in the DARPA Grand Challenge , and Boss, which won the DARPA Urban Challenge . The Robotics Institute has partnered with a spinoff company, Astrobotic Technology Inc. , to land a CMU robot on

10920-471: The master's degrees in the School of Information , Facilities management, Design Management, Arts and Cultural Management, and the School of Continuing and Professional Studies which offers an array of non-credit courses and Certificate Programs, including certificates in Digital Design, Advanced Perfumery, Creative Interiors, Floral Art and Design, among many others. This seven-story historic building

11040-812: The moon by 2016 in pursuit of the Google Lunar XPrize. The robot, known as Andy, is designed to explore lunar pits, which might include entrances to caves. The RI is primarily sited at Carnegie Mellon's main campus in Newell-Simon hall. The Software Engineering Institute (SEI) is a federally funded research and development center sponsored by the U.S. Department of Defense and operated by Carnegie Mellon, with offices in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA and Arlington, Virginia. The SEI publishes books on software engineering for industry, government and military applications and practices. The organization

11160-528: The most money include the National Science Foundation and the Department of Defense , which contributed $ 70.5 million and $ 90.4 million in 2021, respectively. The recognition of Carnegie Mellon as one of the best research facilities in the nation has a long history. As early as the 1987 federal budget, CMU was ranked as third in the amount of federal research funds received with $ 41.5 million, with only MIT and Johns Hopkins receiving more research funds from

11280-546: The most popular degree at Pratt, and remain so. In anticipation of the institute's centennial in 1987, several capital improvements were made to the campus, in an attempt to restore many dilapidated buildings. The Grand Mall was re-landscaped with new plantings, brick pathways, and lighting and the Newman Amphitheater was built in 1988 in celebration of the hundredth anniversary. President Richardson Pratt Jr retired in 1990 after nearly twenty years as president. He

11400-476: The name was changed to Language Technologies Institute. The Ray and Stephanie Lane Computational Biology Department , one of the seven departments in the School of Computer Science , was established in 2007 (as Lane Center for Computational Biology), officially became a department within the School of Computer Science in 2009, and named the Ray and Stephanie Lane Computational Biology Department in 2023. The department

11520-512: The same architectural style, unifying all disciplines offered by the School. Pratt also had a variety of courses dedicated specifically to women. Some of the 25 courses women could partake in included library science , nursing , home economics , and fashion . By 1910, all of the departments of the institute were organized as individual schools including the Library School, School of Domestic Science, School of Fine and Applied Arts, and

11640-493: The school and demand increased, the school began adding new programs including the Pratt High School, Library School, Music Department, and Department of Commerce. Because of the overwhelming popularity of the Department of Commerce, the department broke off from the main institute and formed its own school, under the guidance of Norman P. Heffley, personal secretary to Charles Pratt. The Heffley School of Commerce ,

11760-431: The school as a model in developing Carnegie Technical Schools, now Carnegie Mellon University . At the first Founder's Day celebration in 1888, Charles Pratt addressed what would become the school's motto: "be true to your work and your work will be true to you"—meaning that students should educate and develop themselves diligently and go out into the world working hard, giving all of themselves. As public interest grew in

11880-420: The school faced a budget deficit . Prospective students and faculty felt uneasy about the safety of the campus and community. In 1974, the men's basketball team came to the attention of national media outlets when Cyndi Meserve joined the team becoming the first woman to play men's NCAA basketball . More students earned architecture degrees than mechanical engineering degrees in 1975. Architecture degrees became

12000-401: The school had an enrollment of nearly 600 students. By the first anniversary of the school, there were 1,000 students in attendance. In five years the school had nearly 4,000 students. In 1888, Scientific American said of the school that "it is undoubtedly the most important enterprise of its kind in this country, if not in the world". Andrew Carnegie visited Pratt for inspiration and used

12120-509: The school helped to build the School of Architecture. Research funds were granted to the school to help discover new building techniques. By 1963, the urban planning department formed the Pratt Center for Community Development in an attempt to revitalize Pratt's surrounding neighborhood and Brooklyn. In the 1970s and continuing well into the 1980s New York City and Brooklyn still faced large amounts of crime and poverty. Enrollment fell and

12240-569: The school. The four main areas of the campus include the Library Rose Garden, Cannon Court, Newman Mall and Amphitheater, and the Engineering Quad: The entire campus is open to the public as park space during the daytime. Throughout the campus, many contemporary sculptures fill the gardens and landscape, making the campus home to the largest sculpture park in New York City. The Pratt Sculpture Park, founded in 1999,

12360-404: The science and math departments in the School of Liberal Arts and Sciences. By closing the costly School of Engineering, the school was able to clear its debt and get on the track to financial success. Funds were allocated for campus-wide beautification projects and restoration and modernization of historic buildings, starting with Memorial Hall. Part of the beautification projects included adding

12480-402: The secondary pedestrian-only gate located at the corner of Hall Street and DeKalb Avenue at the southwest part of campus is convenient for commuters and for students to get to Higgins Hall. In addition, there are three other swipe card access gates available only for student use. The campus is very park-like and fully landscaped and provides a stark contrast to the urban neighborhood that surrounds

12600-412: The top fifteen programs in the United States consistently since 2000 according to Architectural Record . Bloomberg BusinessWeek ranked the school as being one of the top 60 schools in the world to study design, and respondents to a Business Insider survey said that the school was the 6th-best school for design in the world. While Kiplinger's Personal Finance previously named Pratt as one of

12720-625: The two-year associate degree Programs in Digital Design, Graphic Design, and Illustration, and the Manhattan office of the School of Continuing and Professional Studies. The modern building has many resources like a library, computer lab, and meeting spaces. In 1974, the New York Phoenix School of Design, formerly the New York School of Applied Design for Women and the Phoenix Art Institute , merged with

12840-462: The university has established leadership in fields such as computational finance , information systems , cognitive sciences , management, arts management, product design, behavioral economics , energy science and economics, human–computer interaction , entertainment technology , and decision science . Within the past two decades, the university has built a new university center (Cohon University Center), theater and drama building (Purnell Center for

12960-516: The university or spun off into autonomous entities. Carnegie Mellon's 157.2 acre (63 ha) main campus is five miles (8 km) from downtown Pittsburgh , between Schenley Park and the neighborhoods of Squirrel Hill , Shadyside , and Oakland . Carnegie Mellon is bordered to the west by the campus of the University of Pittsburgh . Carnegie Mellon owns 81 buildings in the Oakland and Squirrel Hill neighborhoods of Pittsburgh. For decades,

13080-431: The university to establish 31 endowed professorships, 97 endowed fellowships and 250 endowed scholarships. On September 7, 2011, William S. Dietrich II , the former chairman of Dietrich Industries, Inc., a subsidiary of Worthington Industries , Inc., pledged a gift of $ 265 million, effective on October 6, 2011, upon his death. In response to this gift, Carnegie Mellon renamed the College of Humanities and Social Sciences as

13200-662: The university's Computational Biology department. On April 12, 2024, Carnegie Mellon broke ground for construction of its new Richard King Mellon Hall of Sciences, a 338,900 square-foot addition to its campus. Nationally, U.S. News & World Report placed Carnegie Mellon in a tie with Washington University in St. Louis and the University of Michigan for 21st place among American research universities in their 2024-2025 rankings. Many of its graduate programs have been ranked in national and international surveys. In 2022, U.S. News ranked Carnegie Mellon as having 23 graduate programs in

13320-580: The university's 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 , and business and public policy . In 2006, following negotiations between President Cohon and South Australian Premier Mike Rann , CMU opened a campus of the Heinz College in the historic Torrens Building in Adelaide , Australia. President Cohon's term ended on June 30, 2013, after which he returned to

13440-429: Was $ 4 per class per term (approximately equivalent to $ 135.6 in 2023). The college was one of the first in the country open to all people, regardless of class, color, and gender. In the early years, the institute's mission was to offer education to those who never had it offered to them before. Pratt believed that teaching technical skills-drawing, building, designing-promoted intellectual thought and creativity. And in

13560-478: Was 720-770 for reading and writing, and 770-800 for math, while the middle 50% range of the ACT composite score was 34–35. The university is need-blind for domestic applicants. The class of 2026 enrolled students from 46 U.S. states and 42 countries. Undergraduate tuition for 2023-2024 is $ 62,260, and room and board is $ 17,468. CMU is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very High Research Activity". For

13680-660: Was acquired by Pratt in 2000. The Institute restored the building's exterior to its original facade highlighting its decorative architectural and design elements and renovated the interior to feature its high ceilings and wood beams. A lovely staircase from the building's lobby leads to the Pratt Manhattan Gallery. This new building houses the School for Information , the Graduate Programs in Design Management, Arts and Cultural Management,

13800-620: Was founded in 1887 by American industrialist Charles Pratt , who was a successful businessman and oil tycoon and was one of the wealthiest men in the history of Brooklyn. Pratt was an early pioneer of the oil industry in the United States and was the founder of Astral Oil Works based in the Greenpoint section of Brooklyn which was a leader in replacing whale oil with petroleum or natural oil. In 1867, Pratt established Charles Pratt and Company . In 1874, Pratt's companies amalgamated with John D. Rockefeller 's companies. They became part of

13920-576: Was named one of the "New Ivies " by Newsweek . In 2010, The Wall Street Journal ranked Carnegie Mellon 1st in computer science, 4th in finance, 10th overall, and 21st in engineering according to job recruiters. Carnegie Mellon ranks thirteenth among "Best Colleges By Salary Potential (Bachelor's Only)" in the United States according to PayScale 's 2016–17 study. In 2024, Carnegie Mellon's Tepper School of Business placed 9th in an annual ranking of U.S. business schools by Bloomberg Businessweek . In 2016, The Hollywood Reporter ranked

14040-633: Was released on 27 September 2013, eleven years after 1.3. Carnegie Mellon University Carnegie Mellon University ( CMU ) is a private research university in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , United States. The institution was established in 1900 by Andrew Carnegie as the Carnegie Technical Schools . In 1912, it became the Carnegie Institute of Technology and began granting four-year degrees. In 1967, it became Carnegie Mellon University through its merger with

14160-686: Was replaced by Farnam Jahanian , the university's interim-president and former provost, in March 2018. On September 8, 2022, Carnegie Mellon announced a $ 275.7 million partnership with the Mastercard Foundation to support Carnegie Mellon University Africa in Kigali, Rwanda . Carnegie Mellon's Kigali campus provides graduate-level study in engineering and artificial intelligence. On November 6, 2023, Carnegie Mellon Trustee Ray Lane and his wife Stephanie Lane invested $ 25 million in support of

14280-401: Was the introduction of the " Andrew " computing network in the mid-1980s. This project linking all computers and workstations on campus set the standard for educational computing and established Carnegie Mellon as a technology leader in education and research. On April 24, 1985, cmu.edu , Carnegie Mellon's Internet domain, became one of the first six .edu domain names. In the 1990s and into

14400-451: Was the last president descended from founder Charles Pratt. By 1993, Thomas F. Schutte was appointed as president and became the longest-serving president not from the Pratt family. In the same year, Pratt controversially closed its School of Engineering, an integral part of founder Charles Pratt's long-term vision. Historically, the school was Pratt's most successful, and many associated the school with its engineering program. In response to

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