Carnegie Mellon University (CMU)

Jared Cohon came to Carnegie Mellon from Yale, where he was dean of the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies from 1992 to 1997. He started his teaching and research career in 1973 at Johns Hopkins, where he was a faculty member in the Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering for 19 years. He also served as Assistant and Associate Dean of Engineering and Vice Provost for Research at Johns Hopkins. Dr. Cohon earned a B.S. degree in civil engineering from the University of Pennsylvania in 1969 and a Ph.D. in civil engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1973.&nbsp; He is an expert on urban water systems.<br /> <br /> Dr. Cohon is a leader in U.S. higher education. Among his many commitments, he was appointed by President Bush and reapointed by President Obama to the U.S. Homeland Security Advisory Council where he chairs the Council&#8217;s Senior Advisory Committee on Academia and Policy Research.&nbsp;

<p>As one of the world&#8217;s leading research universities, Carnegie Mellon measures its excellence by the impact we have on challenging problems and needs.&nbsp;</p> <p>In engineering, computer science, the arts, the humanities, the social and natural sciences, in business, and policy, our faculty are hard at work on developing innovative solutions to the world&#8217;s most difficult problems--in the environment, in health care, in K-12 education, in the economy, in the future of science itself. &nbsp;These are complex problems which require the kind of interdisciplinary research and problem solving for which Carnegie Mellon is internationally known.</p> <p>Carnegie Mellon is especially proud of its heritage and its future in Pittsburgh. We help create economic prosperity in western Pennsylvania in diverse ways:</p> <ul type="disc"><li>We attract bright students from all over the world to our region. </li></ul> <ul type="disc"><li>We create new local companies to produce and market inventions of our faculty. </li></ul> <ul type="disc"><li>We attract and work closely with cutting-edge technology firms such as Intel, Apple and Google who set up offices right on campus. </li></ul> <ul type="disc"><li>We support extensive outreach to the schools and neighborhoods of our region. </li></ul> <ul type="disc"><li>We work closely with colleagues at the University of Pittsburgh on many research projects and in our shared commitment to our region&#8217;s development--a collaboration that is unique in American higher education.&nbsp; </li></ul> <p>I welcome your interest in Carnegie Mellon, and I invite you to learn more about us. <br /></p> <p><br /></p> <p>--Jared L. Cohon</p> <p>President, Carnegie Mellon University<br /></p>