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Jonathan Cagan is this year's recipient of The American Society of Mechanical Engineers' (ASME) Ruth and Joel Spira Outstanding Design Educator Award. The award recognizes a role model who exemplifies...
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Krishnan Reappointed Dean of Heinz College Ramayya Krishnan has been reappointed to a third term as dean of the Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy. Provost Jim Garrett announced the...
View ArticleMusic's Effect on the Aging Brain
Jennie Dorris stood behind her marimba calling out the name of each musical note as she struck its corresponding wooden bar with a rubber mallet, “C! E! F! … Now, roll the G!” Half a dozen older adults...
View ArticleCampus Will Be Different This Fall
If you are planning to return to campus for the fall semester, you’re probably wondering what things will look like when you get back. What will classrooms be like? What will work be like? And, what...
View ArticleScrubbing Up for Fall
Spring cleaning has never ended at Carnegie Mellon University. It has continued this summer and will extend through the fall. Facilities Management and Campus Services (FMCS) is leading a massive...
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Recent graduate Michelle Karabin, a pole vaulter on the women’s track and field team, was one of 21 women nationally to win an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship for excellence in academics and athletics,...
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Billy Porter Leads 17 CMU Alumni Nominated for Emmys Carnegie Mellon alumnus Billy Porter will be defending his historical Emmy win at the 72nd Emmy Awards. In 2019, Porter became the first openly gay...
View ArticleRoyal Retirements: Tademy, Witchner Helped Build a Better CMU
With little fanfare under the cloud of COVID-19, two beloved Carnegie Mellon greats have retired, leaving profound and endearing legacies that have helped shape the university for more than four...
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Tomé Cousin, an associate professor of dance in the School of Drama, has been named the 2020 winner of the Association for Theatre in Higher Education's (ATHE) prestigious Ellen Stewart Career...
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David Klahr Retires After More Than 50 Years at CMU David Klahr, the Walter van Dyke Bingham Professor of Cognitive Development and Education Science in the Psychology Department, has retired after...
View ArticleArchitecture Student Creating “Waves of Change” in India
Faced with a cancelled summer internship due to COVID-19, Aadya Bhartia decided to think bigger, bringing together art and philanthropy to help children in her home country. Bhartia, a rising...
View ArticleArchitecture Student Creating “Waves of Change” in India
Faced with a cancelled summer internship due to COVID-19, Aadya Bhartia decided to think bigger, bringing together art and philanthropy to help children in her home country. Bhartia, a rising...
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Annette Vincent has been named Carnegie Mellon in Qatar’s first associate dean of diversity and climate. Michael Trick, dean of Carnegie Mellon in Qatar, created the new leadership role to oversee and...
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CMU Names K&L Gates Presidential Fellows Three Carnegie Mellon University Ph.D. candidates — one each from the School of Computer Science, Dietrich College and Heinz College — have been chosen as...
View ArticleRemember to Complete Your Daily Self-Assessment Survey
The Daily Self-Assessment for students is part of "A Tartan's Responsibility." To help mitigate the spread of COVID-19 on campus and to help support the health and well-being of the CMU community and...
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Research Professor of Chemistry Mark Bier has been supporting a Pittsburgh-based team working to develop an innovative potential vaccine for COVID-19. The vaccine candidate in question would be...
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Miller ICA Hosts "Get Out the Vote: Empowering the Women's Vote" Carnegie Mellon's Miller Institute for Contemporary Art is pleased to present "Get Out The Vote: Empowering the Women's Vote," an...
View ArticleBjorndahl Brings Passion for Pedagogy, Sense of Community to Fall Classes
Many of Christina Bjorndahl’s students know little about linguistics when they enroll in her courses, and Bjorndahl, special faculty in Carnegie Mellon University’s Department of Philosophy, was once...
View ArticleFree Kits for Students Put the ‘Well’ in Welcome
Carnegie Mellon University is providing a free Wellness Kit to each student living on or off campus in preparation for the fall semester. The Wellness Kit contains two CMU-branded cloth facial...
View ArticleFor Community Well-Being, Whole Equals Sum of Its Parts
Since March, Maureen Dasey-Morales has co-led Carnegie Mellon University’s response to the pandemic. Now, as we approach the start of the fall semester, the associate vice president for Community...
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