The road to building three billion-dollar companies wasn't always easy for Lane Bess (DC'83).

Bess, who majored in managerial economics, recently returned to campus and shared how he overcame obstacles and found success.

 

The entrepreneur turned investor told a packed roomful of students that one thing he is extremely thankful for is his CMU education.

 

"It forced me to be better, and it ultimately helped me," Bess said.

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While April is considered to be National Poetry Month, CMU English Professor Gerald Costanzo believes, "For those of us interested in and devoted to poetry, it is a twelve month endeavor."

 

It's true--CMU's Creative Writing Program, one of the oldest undergraduate programs in the country, encourages students to recognize the vitality of poetry.

 

"I'm not sure where future residents will go to find a record of what it was like, thematically and emotionally, to be alive in the early 21st Century-except from poems. My students are creating and adjusting that record every day," said Costanzo.

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When Edward (Ted) Gibson (DC'91) came to CMU in 1986 to pursue a Ph.D. in computational linguistics, he saw language as a puzzle to solve.

 

Fast-forward to today: Gibson is still putting the pieces together and making fascinating discoveries.

And the world has taken notice. His research was recently featured in "Nature's Numbers," a BBC Discovery documentary series that examines the origins of mathematical understanding in humans.

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