PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Aug. 26 -- Carnegie Mellon University issued the following news: * * * Arm CEO Rene Haas Talks AI at President's Lecture Series To kick off the academic year, Arm CEO Rene Haas joined Carnegie Mellon University President Farnam Jahanian in the first event of the 2025-26 President's Lecture Series. Haas, who has led the semiconductor and software design company since 2022, previously spent seven years at chipmaker NVIDIA. Arm's compute platform can be found in billi  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Aug. 26 -- Carnegie Mellon University issued the following news: * * * Eight Carnegie Mellon Students Named SoftBank Group-Arm Fellows By Adam Kohlhaas Eight Carnegie Mellon University Ph.D. students have received the SoftBank Group-Arm Fellowship to support research at the intersection of artificial intelligence and human collaboration. "Carnegie Mellon is thankful for the support of SoftBank Group Corp. to fund the SoftBank Group-Arm Fellowship. These fellowship  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Aug. 25 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Messenger signals that cue plants to 'eat' and 'breathe' revealed for first time * UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Plants have a sophisticated internal communication system to help them optimize energy production. Now, a new study by an international team of scientists led by Penn State researchers reveals for the first time the molecular messengers that control how and when plants "breathe" and   more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Aug. 25 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Penn State shares resources and support for those impacted by sexual misconduct * UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- As part of Penn State's ongoing commitment to creating a safe, supportive and accountable community, the University offers a broad range of resources and services for students and employees affected by sexual misconduct. These resources are designed to educate about consent, provide c  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Aug. 25 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Q&A: Using science to help homeowners beat the heat during extreme weather * UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Summer is the time for sunshine, but Americans have been getting a surplus of heat this summer, with millions of people across the Southeast recently facing a blistering heatwave with heat indexes, or feels-like temperatures, reaching into triple digits. According to Julian Wang, professor  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Aug. 26 -- The University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences issued the following news: * * * Students use machine learning to track and protect whale populations For their Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program project, Chinmay Govind and Nihar Ballamudi leveraged AI to locate and census whales. The study may inform policy measures that help to improve protections for whale populations worldwide. * As whales face harm from ship strikes, fishing   more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Aug. 25 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * WATCH: Welcome to fall 2025 from President Bendapudi * On the first day of the new academic year, President Neeli Bendapudi shares a video message with the Penn State community: "At Penn State, excellence isn't confined to any one place... it's found in research labs, in internships, on athletic fields and performance stages, through student organizations and service projects across our c  more