{"id":993,"date":"2025-03-05T21:26:26","date_gmt":"2025-03-05T21:26:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/events.mcs.cmu.edu\/cosmo-25\/?page_id=993"},"modified":"2025-10-09T20:53:05","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T20:53:05","slug":"venues-travel","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/events.mcs.cmu.edu\/cosmo-25\/venues-travel\/","title":{"rendered":"Venues &#038; Travel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_0 et_pb_with_background  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular section_has_divider et_pb_bottom_divider et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_0  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">COSMO-25<\/h1>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Venues &amp; Travel<\/h2><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_bottom_inside_divider et-no-transition\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_0_wrapper et_pb_button_alignment_center et_pb_module \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"et_pb_button et_d4_element et_pb_button_0 et_pb_bg_layout_light et_block_module\" href=\"#host\" data-icon=\"?\">Host Institution and Campus Map<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_1_wrapper et_pb_button_alignment_center et_pb_module \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"et_pb_button et_d4_element et_pb_button_1 et_pb_bg_layout_light et_block_module\" href=\"#conference\" data-icon=\"?\">Conference and Reception Venue<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_2_wrapper et_pb_button_alignment_center et_pb_module \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"et_pb_button et_d4_element et_pb_button_2 et_pb_bg_layout_light et_block_module\" href=\"#dining\" target=\"_blank\" data-icon=\"?\">Dining Options<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_3_wrapper et_pb_button_alignment_center et_pb_module \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"et_pb_button et_d4_element et_pb_button_3 et_pb_bg_layout_light et_block_module\" href=\"#banquet\" target=\"_blank\" data-icon=\"?\">Banquet Venue<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_4_wrapper et_pb_button_alignment_center et_pb_module \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"et_pb_button et_d4_element et_pb_button_4 et_pb_bg_layout_light et_block_module\" href=\"#accommodations\" target=\"_blank\" data-icon=\"?\">Accommodations<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_5_wrapper et_pb_button_alignment_center et_pb_module \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"et_pb_button et_d4_element et_pb_button_5 et_pb_bg_layout_light et_block_module\" href=\"#travel\" target=\"_blank\" data-icon=\"?\">Travel<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_2  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"host\" class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_2  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_2  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_1  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2>Host Institution and Campus Map<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Carnegie Mellon University<\/strong> is a private institution that was founded in 1900. It sits on 122 acres in the Oakland area of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_3  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_2_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_3  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_0\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"312\" src=\"https:\/\/events.mcs.cmu.edu\/cosmo-25\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025\/03\/img_CMU.jpg\" alt=\"CMU Campus\" title=\"CMU Campus\" srcset=\"https:\/\/events.mcs.cmu.edu\/cosmo-25\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025\/03\/img_CMU.jpg 540w, https:\/\/events.mcs.cmu.edu\/cosmo-25\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025\/03\/img_CMU-480x277.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 540px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-1019\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_6_wrapper et_pb_button_alignment_center et_pb_module \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"et_pb_button et_d4_element et_pb_button_6 et_pb_bg_layout_light et_block_module\" href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/Eqpbkx8qQnevzXri7\" target=\"_blank\" data-icon=\"A\">Google Map Link<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_7_wrapper et_pb_button_alignment_center et_pb_module \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"et_pb_button et_d4_element et_pb_button_7 et_pb_bg_layout_light et_block_module\" href=\"https:\/\/test-cmu-visit.pantheonsite.io\/sites\/default\/files\/2025-02\/campus-map.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" data-icon=\"A\">Campus Map (PDF)<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_8_wrapper et_pb_button_alignment_center et_pb_module \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"et_pb_button et_d4_element et_pb_button_8 et_pb_bg_layout_light et_block_module\" href=\"https:\/\/map.concept3d.com\/?id=192#!ct\/19362,7382,1568,0\" target=\"_blank\" data-icon=\"A\">Interactive Campus Map<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_3_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_1\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/Eqpbkx8qQnevzXri7\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"844\" height=\"523\" src=\"https:\/\/events.mcs.cmu.edu\/cosmo-25\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025\/03\/img_map_CMU.png\" alt=\"screenshot map of CMU\" title=\"screenshot map of CMU\" srcset=\"https:\/\/events.mcs.cmu.edu\/cosmo-25\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025\/03\/img_map_CMU.png 844w, https:\/\/events.mcs.cmu.edu\/cosmo-25\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025\/03\/img_map_CMU-480x297.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 844px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-1022\" \/><\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div id=\"conference\" class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_4  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_5  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_2  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2>Conference and Reception Venue<\/h2>\n<p>The venue and first-night reception will be at the <strong>Jared L. Cohon University Center<\/strong> on Carnegie Mellon University's campus located in the Oakland area of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SESSION LOCATIONS<\/strong>: The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmu.edu\/cohon-university-center\/center-facilities\/mcconomy\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">McConomy Auditorium<\/a> in Cohon will be used for the plenary talks and a parallel session. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmu.edu\/cohon-university-center\/center-facilities\/peter-wright-mckenna\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MPW<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmu.edu\/cohon-university-center\/center-facilities\/connan-room\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Connan<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmu.edu\/cohon-university-center\/center-facilities\/danforth-conference\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Danforth<\/a> rooms will be reserved for remaining parallel sessions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RECEPTION<\/strong>: The evening reception on Monday, Oct 13, will be held in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmu.edu\/cohon-university-center\/center-facilities\/Rangos\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rangos 1-2-3<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_5  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_2_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_6  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_2\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cmu.edu\/cohon-university-center\/images\/extererior600x400-min.jpg\" alt=\"Image of Dinosaur in front of Carnegie Museum\" title=\"Image of Dinosaur in front of Carnegie Museum\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_9_wrapper et_pb_button_alignment_center et_pb_module \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"et_pb_button et_d4_element et_pb_button_9 et_pb_bg_layout_light et_block_module\" href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/hEitYfuwXFzLQgVH6\" target=\"_blank\" data-icon=\"A\">Google Map Link<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_10_wrapper et_pb_button_alignment_center et_pb_module \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"et_pb_button et_d4_element et_pb_button_10 et_pb_bg_layout_light et_block_module\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cmu.edu\/cohon-university-center\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-icon=\"A\">Venue Website<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_11_wrapper et_pb_button_alignment_center et_pb_module \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"et_pb_button et_d4_element et_pb_button_11 et_pb_bg_layout_light et_block_module\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cmu.edu\/cohon-university-center\/images\/floor-plans\/CUC_1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" data-icon=\"A\">1st Floor Map (PDF)<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_12_wrapper et_pb_button_alignment_center et_pb_module \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"et_pb_button et_d4_element et_pb_button_12 et_pb_bg_layout_light et_block_module\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cmu.edu\/cohon-university-center\/images\/floor-plans\/CUC_2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" data-icon=\"A\">2nd Floor Map (PDF)<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_3_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_7  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_3\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/UPdYyBaTivAGa8q59\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"930\" height=\"602\" src=\"https:\/\/events.mcs.cmu.edu\/cosmo-25\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025\/03\/img_map_Cohon.png\" alt=\"map screenshot of Jared L. Cohon University Center map\" title=\"map screenshot of Jared L. Cohon University Center map\" srcset=\"https:\/\/events.mcs.cmu.edu\/cosmo-25\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025\/03\/img_map_Cohon.png 930w, https:\/\/events.mcs.cmu.edu\/cosmo-25\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025\/03\/img_map_Cohon-480x311.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 930px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-1013\" \/><\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div id=\"dining\" class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_6  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_8  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_3  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2>Dining Options<\/h2>\n<p>Conference participants will receive meal cards to use at any location on campus.  View all currently open locations.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_13_wrapper et_pb_button_alignment_center et_pb_module \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"et_pb_button et_d4_element et_pb_button_13 et_pb_bg_layout_light et_block_module\" href=\"https:\/\/apps.studentaffairs.cmu.edu\/dining\/conceptinfo\" target=\"_blank\" data-icon=\"A\">Dining Locations<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div id=\"banquet\" class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_7  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_9  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_4  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2>Banquet Venue<\/h2>\n<p>The banquet held on October 15 will be held at the <strong>Carnegie Museum of Natural History<\/strong>, located on the edge of the CMU Campus.<\/p>\n<p><strong>VENUE AREAS:<\/strong> Hillman Hall of Minerals\/Gems, Foster Overlook, and Wildlife Halls.<\/p>\n<p><strong>BONUS:<\/strong> Self-guided tours of the \u201cDinosaurs in Their Time\u201d exhibit will be available.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_8  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_2_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_10  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_4\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"312\" src=\"https:\/\/events.mcs.cmu.edu\/cosmo-25\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025\/03\/img_CarnegieMuseum.jpg\" alt=\"Image of Dinosaur in front of Carnegie Museum\" title=\"Image of Dinosaur in front of Carnegie Museum\" srcset=\"https:\/\/events.mcs.cmu.edu\/cosmo-25\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025\/03\/img_CarnegieMuseum.jpg 540w, https:\/\/events.mcs.cmu.edu\/cosmo-25\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025\/03\/img_CarnegieMuseum-480x277.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 540px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-998\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_14_wrapper et_pb_button_alignment_center et_pb_module \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"et_pb_button et_d4_element et_pb_button_14 et_pb_bg_layout_light et_block_module\" href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/5165tA2kRaffaZsu8\" target=\"_blank\" data-icon=\"A\">Google Map Link<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_15_wrapper et_pb_button_alignment_center et_pb_module \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"et_pb_button et_d4_element et_pb_button_15 et_pb_bg_layout_light et_block_module\" href=\"https:\/\/carnegiemnh.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-icon=\"A\">Venue Website<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_3_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_11  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_5\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/5165tA2kRaffaZsu8\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"844\" height=\"501\" src=\"https:\/\/events.mcs.cmu.edu\/cosmo-25\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025\/03\/img_map_CarnegieMuseum-e1741203620904.png\" alt=\"map screenshot of Carnegie Museum of Natural History\" title=\"map screenshot of Carnegie 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et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_5  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2>Accommodations<\/h2>\n<p>Blocks have been reserved at the following hotels: <\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_10  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_13  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_6  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Courtyard by Marriott<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">100 Lytton Avenue<br \/>Pittsburgh, PA 15213<br \/>412-682-6251<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marriott.com\/event-reservations\/reservation-link.mi?id=1741292962958&amp;key=GRP&amp;guestreslink2=true&amp;app=resvlink\" target=\"_blank\">Hotel Website<\/a><br \/>Valid until Sep 22<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_14  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_7  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Residence Inn<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">3341 Forbes Avenue<br \/>Pittsburgh, PA 15213<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marriott.com\/event-reservations\/reservation-link.mi?id=1738784621793&amp;key=GRP&amp;guestreslink2=true&amp;app=resvlink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hotel Website<\/a><br \/>Room block expired.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_11  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_15  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_8  et_pb_text_align_center et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/embed?mid=1QyuAMjV-ToVfD0p24q5e9c5kSbKKKwo&ehbc=2E312F\" width=\"1040\" height=\"680\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div id=\"travel\" class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_4  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_12  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_16  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_9  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2>Travel<\/h2>\n<p>Pittsburgh is the second most populous city in Pennsylvania. Its Gilded Age sites, including the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, the Carnegie Museum of Art and the Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, speak to its history as an early-20th-century industrial capital.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_13  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_17  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_10  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>AIR<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flypittsburgh.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pittsburgh International Airport<\/a>\u00a0is serviced by 14 airlines and offers nonstop service to more than 50 U.S. cities. You can then rent a car or use one of the available bus or car service options to get to campus or your hotel. The airport is\u00a0an approximate 45 minute drive to campus.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Tip:<\/strong> Pittsburgh has many tunnels and bridges, and construction that may slow travel to and from the airport. If you are visiting campus in the morning, you are encouraged to fly to Pittsburgh the day prior to your visit.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_18  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_11  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>BUS<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Pittsburgh Regional Transit (PRT) maintains bus routes throughout the city and surrounding areas.\u00a0Visit the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rideprt.org\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">PRT website<\/a>\u00a0for fares, schedules and route information.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Tip:<\/strong>\u00a0If you are coming from the airport, the 28X Flyer has a stop at the CMU campus.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_19  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_12  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>CAR<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Uber, Lyft and taxi services are popular and easy to use in Pittsburgh. There are a variety options to\u00a0<span>accommodate<\/span> your party size and specific transportation needs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tip:<\/strong> The most centrally located campus pick-up\/drop-off spaces are in front of the Cohon University Center or Hamburg Hall, both on Forbes Avenue.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-993","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/events.mcs.cmu.edu\/cosmo-25\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/events.mcs.cmu.edu\/cosmo-25\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/events.mcs.cmu.edu\/cosmo-25\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/events.mcs.cmu.edu\/cosmo-25\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/events.mcs.cmu.edu\/cosmo-25\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=993"}],"version-history":[{"count":70,"href":"https:\/\/events.mcs.cmu.edu\/cosmo-25\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/993\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24744,"href":"https:\/\/events.mcs.cmu.edu\/cosmo-25\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/993\/revisions\/24744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/events.mcs.cmu.edu\/cosmo-25\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}