Carnegie Mellon

Social Security Numbers Cracked, Creates Identity Theft Risk

Robert Siciliano | Posted 08.08.2009 | Business


Robert Siciliano

Carnegie Mellon researchers were able to guess the first five digits of a Social Security number on their first attempt for 44% of people born after 1988.

Try Catching a Few ZZZ's to Stop Catching Colds

Anne Dunev | Posted 04.17.2009 | Living


Anne Dunev

Getting less than seven hours of sleep each night can make you three times more likely to catch a cold. And if you sleep restlessly, that makes you five times more susceptible.

Northwestern's Qatar Campus

Chicago Tribune | Liz Sly | Posted 11.02.2008 | Chicago


On a vast, half-built campus rising from the desert sands of this Arab emirate, the Medill School of Journalism's newest freshman class is being schoo...