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15 feared dead, 160 injured in Texas blast

...Ammonium nitrate makes big explosions, be they accidental or intentional, said Neil Donahue, professor of chemistry at Carnegie Mellon University. It is stable, but if its components are heated up sufficiently, they break apart in a runaway explosive...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/latest-news/2013-04-18/15-feared-dead-160-injured-t
JetBlue flight diverted to Texas after captain from Georgia has to be restrained by passengers

...phone books eventually," he told Richmond Hill Reflections.Osbon received a bachelor's degree in physics from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh in 1986, according to his LinkedIn profile. He earned a bachelor's degree in aeronautical...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/latest-news/2012-03-28/jetblue-flight-diverted-texa
UGA bristles at low research ranking

...associate dean at Canada's George Brown College. Others among the 10 universities Litwin said are least productive are Carnegie Mellon University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, one of the world's best engineering schools.The two...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/education/2011-05-26/uga-bristles-low-research
Rudderless

...unpredictable.Uncertainty, much of it due to the vagaries of a vague Washington, is killing the economy, says Carnegie Mellon professor Allan Meltzer."You just don't know from day to day what the administration is going to come up with...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/opinion/editorials/2011-06-26/rudderless
School software doesn't make the grade

The Web site of Carnegie Learning, a company started by scientists at Carnegie Mellon University that sells classroom software, trumpets this promise: "Revolutionary Math Curricula. Revolutionary Results."The...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/education/2011-10-09/school-software-doesnt-ma
Power grid change may disrupt clocks

...much of a hassle for people, said Jay Apt, a business professor and director of the Electricity Industry Center at Carnegie Mellon University.But Tom O'Brian, who heads the time and frequency division at the National Institute of Standards...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/latest-news/2011-06-25/power-grid-change-may-disrup
Past Best and Brightest Winners

...Athens Christian.Yueran Yuan, 2009HIGH SCHOOL: John S. Davidson Fine Arts Magnet SchoolCOLLEGE: Sophomore at Carnegie Mellon UniversityMAJOR: Artificial intelligenceCURRENT ACTIVITIES: Heavily involved in the Game Creation Society on campusPLANS...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/graduations/2010-best-and-brightest/2010-05-24/past
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Fed boss makes case to keep banking duties

...Business, backed Bernanke's pitch for the Fed to retain its existing oversight.- Allan Meltzer, a professor at Carnegie-Mellon University, said he doubted any regulator could prevent all risks to the financial system.But Bernanke's arguments...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2010-03-18/fed-boss-makes-case-keep-b
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Trends shift toward living on the cheap

...are not only buying cheaper, they're buying less, said Joachim Vosgerau, an assistant professor of marketing at Carnegie Mellon University's Tepper School of Business who specializes in consumer behavior. "It seems like this trend is only...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2008/11/20/bus_484193.shtml
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Sales of lottery tickets rise as economy falters

...because they feel behind financially, or feel their income isn't where it should be, according to a recent study by Carnegie Mellon University. Emily Haisley, the lead researcher on the study, said she can't deduce from the study whether people...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2008/08/01/met_467821.shtml
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