Carnegie Mellon University
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3.6
- proper noun
- /ˈkɑrnəɡi ˈmɛlən ˌjuːnɪˈvɜːrsɪti/
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Universidad Carnegie Mellon
- Ms. Perkins has worked as an adjunct professor at Carnegie Mellon University, Institute of Design of the Illinois Institute of Technology, and the University of Illinois.
- Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh
Examples
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KATHARINE RICKE is a doctoral student at Carnegie Mellon University.
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Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University did an experiment to learn how this factor alters communication and relationships (Kraut, Brynin, & Kiesler, 2006).
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The research has been conducted in conjunction with Carnegie Mellon University and the Pittsburgh VA Medical Center.
Academic text (2002) -
Mr. Belani holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Engineering from Bombay University and a Master of Science in Information Networking from Carnegie Mellon University.
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(Twitter -- @bookbuzzr) Vikram is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University.
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Groups at the University of Twente and at Carnegie Mellon University, who cooperate with one another, have chosen a more traditional and proven route to store data: writing magnetic bits.
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A survey released in September by the Internet Security Alliance, a computer security group funded by Carnegie Mellon University, reported that nearly 90 percent of 227 companies surveyed said that information security was essential to the survival of their business.
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As Jon Caulkins of Carnegie Mellon University has suggested, the early stages of distribution involve social rather than commercial networks; these are difficult to penetrate, particularly when the early users have little contact with the criminal justice system.
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Illah Nourbakhsh, a professor of robotics at Carnegie Mellon University, agrees with Pistano.
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Research conducted at Carnegie Mellon University has revealed significant findings about the effects of stress on health.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Carnegie + Mellon + university
Knowing 'university' lets a B1 learner correctly infer that this is the name of a university (a place that grants degrees), but the surnames 'Carnegie' and 'Mellon' are proper names with no compositional semantic contribution to the institution's specific properties (private, research-focused, located in Pittsburgh). Because the core category (a university) is transparent but the detailed institutional meaning and provenance are not predictable from the parts, the overall expression is only partially transparent to learners.
Etymology
Carnegie Mellon University is named after two rich people who gave money for learning: Carnegie and Mellon. They helped start and join older schools in Pittsburgh, so the name reminds us of its history and why it is a leading 'private research university' for science and technology.