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== <span style="font-size:medium;">Introduction</span> == | == <span style="font-size:medium;">Introduction</span> == | ||
| − | <span style="color: rgb(66, 69, 69); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif | + | <span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="color: rgb(66, 69, 69); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) is a global research university with more than 13,200 students, 100,000 alumni and 5,000 faculty and staff. </span></span> |
| − | CMU has been a birthplace of innovation since its founding in 1900. | + | <span style="font-size:medium;">CMU has been a birthplace of innovation since its founding in 1900.</span> |
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| − | + | *<span style="font-size:medium;">For 2014-2015, the Times Higher Education of London ranked CMU No. 24 in the world, and No. 17 among U.S. universities.</span> | |
| − | *For 2014-2015, the Times Higher Education of London ranked CMU No. 24 in the world, and No. 17 among U.S. universities. | + | *<span style="font-size:medium;">In a 2010 Wall Street Journal poll, job recruiters looking for new hires ranked CMU No. 1 in computer science, No. 4 in finance and No. 7 in business. CMU ranked 10 overall.</span> |
| − | *In a 2010 Wall Street Journal poll, job recruiters looking for new hires ranked CMU No. 1 in computer science, No. 4 in finance and No. 7 in business. CMU ranked 10 overall. | + | *<span style="font-size:medium;">CMU is one of the only 25 universities in the world, 11 in the U.S., invited to join the World Economic Forum's Global University Leaders Forum. Business members of the Forum include the world's top 1,000 companies who drive the economy forward, and who collaborate on shaping global, regional and industry agendas.</span> |
| − | *CMU is one of the only 25 universities in the world, 11 in the U.S., invited to join the World Economic Forum's Global University Leaders Forum. Business members of the Forum include the world's top 1,000 companies who drive the economy forward, and who collaborate on shaping global, regional and industry agendas. | + | *<span style="font-size:medium;">Thirty-five percent of CMU’s students are from 115 countries outside the U.S., giving the university one of the 10 most international student bodies, by percentage, among four-year U.S. institutions. </span> |
| − | *Thirty-five percent of CMU’s students are from 115 countries outside the U.S., giving the university one of the 10 most international student bodies, by percentage, among four-year U.S. institutions. | + | *<span style="font-size:medium;">CMU has helped to greenlight more than 1,000 companies, creating jobs across the U.S. and internationally, with the highest concentrations in Pittsburgh, Silicon Valley and India.</span> |
| − | *CMU has helped to greenlight more than 1,000 companies, creating jobs across the U.S. and internationally, with the highest concentrations in Pittsburgh, Silicon Valley and India. | + | *<span style="font-size:medium;">CMU is a world leader in robotics. Software that guides NASA’s Mars rovers and crash avoidance systems in Cadillacs began at CMU. Now, our scientists are developing technology to assist the elderly with household chores, respond to natural or man-made disasters and land a robot on the moon.</span> |
| − | *CMU is a world leader in robotics. Software that guides NASA’s Mars rovers and crash avoidance systems in Cadillacs began at CMU. Now, our scientists are developing technology to assist the elderly with household chores, respond to natural or man-made disasters and land a robot on the moon. | + | *<span style="font-size:medium;">In 2014, The Hollywood Reporter rated CMU's School of Drama among the world's best with a No. 3 ranking. </span> |
| − | *In 2014, The Hollywood Reporter rated CMU's School of Drama among the world's best with a No. 3 ranking. | + | *<span style="font-size:medium;">CMU attracts award-winning talent. Current and former faculty and alumni are winning top awards in arts, science, and technology.</span> |
| − | *CMU attracts award-winning talent. Current and former faculty and alumni are winning top awards in arts, science, and technology. | + | *<span style="font-size:medium;">With 100 percent of CMU’s electricity coming from green power sources, the university is ranked as a green power leader by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.</span> |
| − | *With 100 percent of CMU’s electricity coming from green power sources, the university is ranked as a green power leader by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. | ||
== <span style="font-size:medium;">Promoting Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship</span> == | == <span style="font-size:medium;">Promoting Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship</span> == | ||
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Contents
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- 3 Introduction
- 4 Promoting Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship
- 5 Encouraging Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship
- 6 Actively Supporting the University Technology Transfer Function
- 7 Facilitating University-Industry Collaboration
- 8 Engaging with Regional and Local Economic Development Efforts
- 9 Related Links
Introduction
Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) is a global research university with more than 13,200 students, 100,000 alumni and 5,000 faculty and staff.
CMU has been a birthplace of innovation since its founding in 1900.
- For 2014-2015, the Times Higher Education of London ranked CMU No. 24 in the world, and No. 17 among U.S. universities.
- In a 2010 Wall Street Journal poll, job recruiters looking for new hires ranked CMU No. 1 in computer science, No. 4 in finance and No. 7 in business. CMU ranked 10 overall.
- CMU is one of the only 25 universities in the world, 11 in the U.S., invited to join the World Economic Forum's Global University Leaders Forum. Business members of the Forum include the world's top 1,000 companies who drive the economy forward, and who collaborate on shaping global, regional and industry agendas.
- Thirty-five percent of CMU’s students are from 115 countries outside the U.S., giving the university one of the 10 most international student bodies, by percentage, among four-year U.S. institutions.
- CMU has helped to greenlight more than 1,000 companies, creating jobs across the U.S. and internationally, with the highest concentrations in Pittsburgh, Silicon Valley and India.
- CMU is a world leader in robotics. Software that guides NASA’s Mars rovers and crash avoidance systems in Cadillacs began at CMU. Now, our scientists are developing technology to assist the elderly with household chores, respond to natural or man-made disasters and land a robot on the moon.
- In 2014, The Hollywood Reporter rated CMU's School of Drama among the world's best with a No. 3 ranking.
- CMU attracts award-winning talent. Current and former faculty and alumni are winning top awards in arts, science, and technology.
- With 100 percent of CMU’s electricity coming from green power sources, the university is ranked as a green power leader by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
