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Carnegie Mellon University Professor Howie Choset, right, watches a robot as staff researcher Florinan Enner uses a controller to demonstrate how it climbs up a tubular armature at their lab on campus in Pittsburgh.

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In this April 18, 2012, photo, Carnegie Mellon University professor Howie Choset stands behind a robot demonstrating how it climbs up a tubular armature at their lab on campus in Pittsburgh.

If only the Volcker rule had been in place. If only the Dodd-Frank law had an additional 1,000 pages of rules.

"An industry of the future - artificial intelligence - needs philosophers. Dr. Clark Glymour, professor of philosophy at Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh, speaks of an increased demand for philosophy majors, calling it a 'growing field.' In fact, he talks of 'an incredible need for philosophers.' " times have you said to yourself, "If only ... (more)

Encouraged to continue learning every day, and to never take a moment for granted, the Warren High School class of 2012 bid farewell to their high school days Friday with plenty of smiles, laughs and a few tears.

He was 88 years old, having been born March 5, 1924 in central Pennsylvania. He was raised in Harrisburg, Pa.

PITTSBURGH, May 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Carnegie Mellon University on Monday announced a $1 million endowment to name a studio dedicated to the collaboration of art, technology and other disciplines across the university.

May 25, 2012 -- Local and federal agencies are still trying to track down the source of bomb threats that disrupted six weeks of classes at the University of Pittsburgh this spring, but the FBI won't provide details on how.

The Associated Students Academic Affairs Board will feature Assistant Dean of Students Don Lubach in the second installment of the Last Lecture Series tonight at 8 p.m. in the Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall.

This is a first exhibit of Roderik Mayne's work for the Williams Mill Gallery and this collection of watercolour paintings will feature a beautiful selection from the artist's figurative work and garden landscapes.

A team at Carnegie Mellon University here in Pittsburgh has come up with an all-included kit to make your 2001-2005 Civic a zero-emission battery car .

Creative Commons Qatar marked its first anniversary with a celebration attended by more than 300 people on Wednesday.

For example, English speakers use two terms -- grandmother and grandfather -- to refer to grandparents, while Mandarin Chinese uses four terms.

Richard DeYoung , president and chief executive officer of North Side-based WTW Architects, one of Pittsburgh's largest architecture firms, will serve as secretary for the national organization of the American Institute of Architects.

The inside story: Pictured at the May luncheon meeting of the Senior Men's Club of Aiken at Houndslake Country Club are Dr.

"How can you be serious?" Not by wearing this T-shirt! The classic Mark Pawson T-shirt , updated for 2012.

When Gov. Corbett entered office more than a year ago, he dissolved the former administration's Commission for African-Americans Affairs, consolidating it under the banner of the Office of Public Liaison, along with the former commissions for Asian affairs, Hispanic affairs, and women and girls.

Juan Carlos Niebles was a first-year computer-science graduate student in 2006, on his way to a Ph.D. from Princeton, when his Ph.D. adviser, Fei-Fei Li , was named a Microsoft Research Faculty Fellow in the second year of the fellows program.

Even the inclusion of one black person in the jury pool had a large impact on conviction rates of black people, according to the authors' study.