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Thursday, January 28, 2021

Peter Spirtes To Head Carnegie Mellon’s Department of Philosophy

Carnegie Mellon University has appointed Peter Spirtes head of the Department of Philosophy, effective July 1.
Wednesday, January 27, 2021

A Call a Day Keeps the Pandemic Blues Away

Social connection, social support and physical exercise key to overcoming adversity.
Tuesday, January 26, 2021

Researchers Explore How to Make AI More Human

A team of researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, University of Pennsylvania and Johns Hopkins University received a $500,000 grant from the National Artificial Intelligence Research Institutes program to design a new class of Turing Tests that assess both biological intelligence and AI.
Monday, January 25, 2021

2021 CMU Film Festival Begins with “Corpus Christi”

Corpus Christi was nominated for Best International Film at the 2020 Oscars and will be available to watch in January to kick-off the Carnegie Mellon University International Film Festival.
Wednesday, January 20, 2021

Fall 2020 Dean’s List Announced

Congratulations to all of the undergraduate students who have been named to the Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences Dean’s List for the Fall 2020 semester.
Tuesday, January 19, 2021

England Writes to Pay Tribute to Ghosts from his Past

CMU English professor Jason England recalls how his background has influenced his life.
Tuesday, January 19, 2021

Nugent Honored by National Academies

Rebecca Nugent of the Department of Statistics & Data Science joins a national conversation about the future of higher education.
Friday, January 15, 2021

Piquing Your Creativity

Alumnus Arnav Jhunjhunwala not only builds an infrastructure foundation for India’s sustained growth though his company Alom Poly Extrusions’, he also writes poetry and short stories.
Thursday, January 14, 2021

Surveys Show Northeast, West Coast Most Likely To Accept COVID-19 Vaccine

Carnegie Mellon University researchers have begun daily nationwide surveys to determine U.S. acceptance of COVID-19 vaccines and pinpoint those states and localities where people are most skeptical of the shots.
Nozari Receives Early Career Award
Thursday, January 14, 2021

Nozari Receives Early Career Award

The American Psychological Association (APA) has awarded Nazbanou (Bonnie) Nozari an award for Distinguished Scientific Early Career Contributions to Psychology, in the area of human cognition and learning.
Roeder Named Among World's Most Highly Cited Researchers
Thursday, January 14, 2021

Roeder Named Among World's Most Highly Cited Researchers

Kathryn Roeder, UPMC Professor of Statistics and Life Sciences, was named as one of the world’s most highly cited in the sciences, according to a list published by Clarivate Analytics.
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