Pittsburgh Region Clean Cities Hosts Odyssey Day
Safety21 academic partners at Community College of Allegheny County joined Pittsburgh Region Clean Cities for their annual Odyssey Day Celebration! This year honored the 30th Anniversary of the Department of Energy’s Clean Cities program.
Lunch and Learn Features Michael Madison from University of Pittsburgh
September 19, 2023 Mobility21/Safety21, along with Metro21: Smart Cities Institute and the Remaking Cities Institute at Carnegie Mellon University hosted a lunch and learn featuring Professor Michael Madison, who discussed “Governing Smart Cities as Knowledge Commons.”
Safety21 Partner Launches the Fall 2023 RoboLaunch Outreach Seminar Series
September 13, 2023 Safety21 partner, the CMU Robotics Institute Summer Scholars, launches the fall 2023 RoboLaunch Outreach Seminar Series! The CMU RISS RoboLaunch Initiative invites undergraduate students and the community worldwide interested in learning about robotics research, paths to graduate school, and careers to explore robotics with us!
Safety21 Attends Appalachian Regional Commission’s Annual Conference in Ashland, KY
September 13, 2023 Mobility21/Safety21 Interim Executive Director Karen Lightman joined leaders from across Appalachia in Ashland, KY for the Appalachian Regional Commission’s 2023 Annual Conference, Appalachia Rises: Resilience, Strength and Transformation. The conference focused on the importance of resiliency and collaboration in the region.
Gonzaga University Representatives Visit CMU Campus
September 8, 2023 Mobility21/Safety21 Interim Executive Director joined members of Carnegie Mellon University’s Heinz College to host representatives from Gonzaga University, where they learned more about programs offered at CMU as they prepare to open their own Institute of Informatics and Applied Technology.
Traffic21 Executive Director Moves to Federal Service
September 1, 2023 Congratulations to former Traffic21 Executive Director Stan Caldwell, who has transitioned into Director of the U.S. Department of Transportation SMART Grants Program. The Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation (SMART) Grants Program funds purpose-driven innovation to build data and technology capacity and expertise for State, local, and Tribal governments.
UTC Researcher Named Director of Wilton E. Scott Institute for Energy Innovation at CMU
September 1, 2023 Mobility21/Safety21 UTC researcher Costa Samaras has been named the next director for the Wilton E. Scott Institute for Energy Innovation at Carnegie Mellon University. Read more here.
US Department of Transportation Deputy Secretary Visits Safety21
August 21, 2023 U.S. Department of Transportation Deputy Secretary Polly Trottenberg joined researchers from the Mobility21 and Safety21 University Transportation Centers at Mill19 to learn more about the UTC program at Carnegie Mellon University.
Safety21 Congratulates the 2023 Robotics Scholars
August 28, 2023 Carnegie Mellon’s Robotics Institute Summer Scholars (RISS) community of mentors, sponsors, and alumni congratulate the 2023 cohort for their successful completion of the program! Each year, hundreds of students apply to join the RISS program. The RISS community of sponsors makes the program and experience a possibility. Undergraduate research experiences, long recognized […]
TRB Highlights Mobility21 UTC Summit in Newsletter
August 21, 2023 The Transportation Research Board highlighted the Mobility21 Fourth Annual National Mobility Summit held in Washington, DC in March 2023 in a recent newsletter, highlighting Equity in Transportation. Read the full article here.
Mobility21 and Safety21 UTC Researcher Discusses Alternative Fuels
August 21, 2023 Traffic21 Director and Mobility21/Safety21 UTC researcher Chris Hendrickson was featured in the trade journal Route One, discussing coach and bus alternative fuels with Paul Halford.
Robotics in Rural Pennsylvania
August 15, 2023 Mobility21 UTC researcher Rachel Burcin curated a day of robotics and AI educator workshops in Venango, PA, as a kickoff for the 2023 educator conversations led by Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Scholars Program in partnership with the Institution for Innovation for Tomorrow and County Commissioner Chip Abramovic. The educator day was adjacent […]
