Carnegie Mellon Coming To Brooklyn Navy Yard

Carnegie Mellon University will be bringing a new tech program to Steiner Studios at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, New York City officials announced Wednesday.

The program, which will be the fourth to be established through the city's Applied Sciences NYC Competition, will be focused on "research and education in film, gaming, social media and big data, interactive computing, the performing and visual arts, and urban planning," according to information from the city.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg made the announcement Tuesday in Brooklyn.

"With a home at Steiner Studios in the historic Brooklyn Navy Yard, Carnegie Mellon’s Integrative Media Program will blend technology and the arts while giving students the opportunity to learn – and work – alongside professionals in the field," Bloomberg said. "When we first launched Applied Sciences NYC, we had hoped that it would attract a world-class institution. The fact that it has attracted so many world-class institutions — and that four winning projects have emerged from it — far exceeds anything we had expected."

The applied sciences competition has thus far created three other tech programs citywide, including NYU and Cornell. 

For more information, check out the city's announcement here.