Carnegie Mellon University in popular culture

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In the Hindi movie Rang De Basanti (2006), Rajnath Singhania (Anupam Kher) asks his son to think about his future and consider universities like Carnegie Mellon University.
In The West Wing episode "Eppur Si Muove" (Season Five), Ellie Bartlet's diplomas can be found on a wall; the bottom one is a B.S. from Carnegie Mellon. In addition, in "NSF Thurmont" (Season Six), Will Bailey can be found wearing a Carnegie Mellon t-shirt.
In The Core (2003), Taz 'Rat' Finch (played by DJ Qualls), is an alumnus of Carnegie Mellon.
In the manga Maico 2010, the main character, an android named Maico, was created at the university.
In a 1999 episode ("Lovers Walk," Season 3, Episode 8) of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Joyce (Buffy's mother) says to Buffy, "Carnegie Mellon has a wonderful design curriculum."
In Deep Impact (1998), Dr. Gus Partenza (played by Jon Favreau) is revealed to be an alumnus of Carnegie Mellon.
In Chasing Amy (1997), Alyssa and Holden have a conversation while playing darts where Carnegie Mellon is mentioned (deleted scene).
In How I Got Into College (1989), a robot with the Carnegie Mellon logo asks Marlon at the college fair, "Do you believe in robotics and artificial intelligence? Then come along and follow me!" The robot is subsequently surrounded and followed by geeks.

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