Carnegie Mellon University

The University that has a motto "My heart is in the work" is a private research institution that was founded in 1900. Yep,Carnegie Mellon University. It is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Carnegie Mellon has seven colleges and independent schools: the College of Engineering,College of Fine Arts, Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Mellon College of Science, Tepper School of Business, H. John Heinz III College and the School of Computer Science. 
Carnegie Mellon's main campus is three miles from downtown Pittsburgh, between Schenley Park and theSquirrel Hill, Shadyside, and Oakland neighborhoods. It owns 81 buildings in the Oakland and Squirrel Hill neighborhoods of Pittsburgh. 
Carnegie Mellon also 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 also has graduate-level extension campuses in Mountain View, California.

These university libraries include Hunt Library, the Roger Sorrells Engineering & Science Library, the Mellon Institute Library, the Posner Center, and the Qatar Library. A research division of CMU has a significant research library and art holdings on the 5th floor of Hunt Library. 

About the student life,Carnegie Mellon's student life includes over 225 student organizations, art galleries, and various unique traditions. Student organizations provide social, service, media, academic, spiritual, recreational, sport, religious, political, cultural, and governance. 
This university also has several traditions such as :
1. The Fence, painting a single bridge which connected Margaret Morrison Women's College with the Carnegie Institute of Technology. The fence can then be painted by the group that has it, but only between midnight and 6 am. Only hand brushes may be used; the use of spray paint or paint rollers is considered vandalism and results in a fine. Today the fence is considered "the world's most painted object," by the Guinness Book of World Records.

The Fence

2. Spring Carnival. Held in April, Spring Carnival is the biggest event of the school year. The Spring Carnival features the "Buggy Sweepstakes" and "Booth" (a competition between various organizations to build small, elaborate booths based on a theme chosen each year).
3. Buggy Races. Buggy, officially called Sweepstakes, is a race around Schenley Park
4. Mobot. A portmanteau for "mobile robot," is an annual competition at Carnegie Mellon that first held in 1994. In this event, robots try (autonomously) to pass through gates, in order, and reach the finish line.
5. Bagpipers. Carnegie Mellon University's Pipes and Drums features the sounds of Scottish bagpipes and performs at University events. 
6. The Kiltie Band. 
7. Autographing the Green Room

One of The MCU housing

The housing of MCU provide 20 residential buildings on campus and five off campus in the Oakland area of Pittsburgh. It offers conventional housing for its students through single-gender, coeducational, and special interest options. Students can choose from standard, prime, or suite-style rooms, efficiencies, one or two bedroom apartments, and houses. First year students are required to live on campus.
Carnegie Mellon University have produced more than 92,000 alumni. Alumni include 19 Nobel Laureates, 13 Members of NAS, 50 Members of NAE, 98 Emmy Award Recipients, 7 Academy Award Recipients, 41 Tony Awards Recipients, and 12 Turing Awards Recipients. 

The symbol of Carnegie Mellon University

This University has been produced so many noticeable people. That is why this university is one of the famous university. 

Posting by Ana Stevani