Carnegie Mellon University

Media Coverage

The Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences makes news in media outlets far and wide, from local stories on how the college’s research impacts Pittsburgh to faculty experts who weigh in on important national and international issues.

Below is a small sample of recent media coverage.

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February 2024

WESA | February 5, 2024
Pittsburgh author recalls Harriet Tubman's role in a Civil War raid

CBS News | February 1, 2024
Wisconsin redistricting experts tell Supreme Court Republican map proposals are gerrymanders

January 2024

Psychology Today | January 29, 2024
The Dangers of Oversharing

NPR | January 22, 2024
A visit to one Florida school where mindfulness is helping youngsters succeed

Daily Mail | January 9, 2024
Married women's love fades more quickly than their husband's in long marriages, data suggests

The Messenger | January 5, 2024
What to Make of Kim Jong Un’s Latest Threats of War

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | January 3, 2024
What to know about Bernard Grofman and Jonathan Cervas, Wisconsin's new map consultants

Media Coverage Archives

December 2023

Association for Psychological Science | December 20, 2023
Teaching: Wearable Cognitive Assistants

CNN | December 19, 2023
Why being present is a mind-body exercise you should practice more

The Messenger | December 15, 2023
North Korea-Russia Cooperation Will Further Deteriorate World Order

Daily Mail | December 10, 2023
'Fake news' claims open up new front in Middle East war

The Washington Post | December 5, 2023
The surprisingly simple way to convince people to go green

November 2023

El País | November 28, 2023
Elon Musk, greeted in Israel as a head of state: The geopolitics of Big Tech

Psychology Today | November 27, 2023
Why You Reveal More Than You Know You Should

Pittsburgh Inno | November 21, 2023
Ansys endows chair at Carnegie Mellon University

CBC News | November 18, 2023
The challenges of counting the dead in the ongoing Israel-Hamas war

The Christian Science Monitor | November 13, 2023
Ukraine’s creativity edge

Scientific American | November 10, 2023
Learning to Accept Discomfort Could Help You Thrive

Washington Post | November 7, 2023
Economists loved so-called nudge thinking. But it's a dud.

October 2023

The Wall Street Journal | October 29, 2023
Forget the Podcast: Make Your Commute Productive

Vox | October 20, 2023
What Israel should do now

NPR | October 19, 2023
Fake accounts, old videos and rumors fuel chaos around Gaza hospital explosion

Politico | October 16, 2023
The many tech fronts in the Middle East

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | October 17, 2023
Richard Scheines: Political slogans about Gaza and Israel simplify and divide

Foreign Affairs | October 15, 2023
Defeating Hamas Will Require a Strategy That Goes Beyond Revenge

Politico | October 10, 2023
We just saw the future of war

The Washington Post | October 9, 2023
Beyond white noise: How different ‘color’ sounds help or hurt

Wired | October 1, 2023
The Game Theory of the Auto Strikes

September 2023

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette| September 30, 2023
CMU among 13 institutions awarded millions for virus surveillance and preparedness

Vulture | September 26, 2023
Hip-Hop at 50 Still Has a Long Way to Go

The Messenger | September 15, 2023
Failure to Launch: The Problem With the Putin-Kim Strategy

The Atlantic | September 13, 2023
The One Thing Everyone Should Know About Fall COVID Vaccines

STAT | September 12, 2023
Patients might finally receive practical information with prescriptions — if the FDA doesn’t blow it

Deutsche Welle  | September 7, 2023
Africa's wave of coups stokes fears among autocrats 

Oprah Daily | August 31, 2023
Friend Problems? Maybe It’s Your Attachment Style

August 2023

The Atlantic | August 30, 2023
Fall’s Vaccine Routine Didn’t Have to Be This Hard

Pittsburgh Business Times | August 28, 2023
Carnegie Mellon University adds 3 graduate certificate programs involving AI, 3D bioprinting and data science

New York Times | August 26, 2023
Place to Sit, or Symbol of Resistance? The Evolution of the Folding Chair.

War on the Rocks | August 25, 2023
Open Source Technology and Public-Private Innovation are the Key to Ukraine's Strategic Resilience 

The Washington Blade | August 24, 2023
Meet Ian Anthony Coleman, actor on the move

Pittsburgh Business Times | August 21, 2023
Founding director appointed at Carnegie Mellon Institute for Security and Technology

New York Times | August 21, 2023
Nuclear War Could End the World, but What if It's All in Our Heads?

Pittsburgh Business Times | August 21, 2023
Founding director appointed at Carnegie Mellon Institute for Security and Technology

Foreign Policy | August 17, 2023
Biden’s Big Bet on Japan and South Korea

NBC News | August 16, 2023
Extreme disasters are overwhelming safety systems not designed for climate-fueled events

Inverse | August 15, 2023
Neuroscientists Reconstructed Snippets of A Pink Floyd Song From A Person’s Thoughts

Time Magazine | August 10, 2023
Why Everyone's Worried About Their Attention Span—and How to Improve Yours

McKnights Long-Term Care News | August 7, 2023
‘Authoritative’ but effective: Study shows potential of internal vaccine mandate 

July 2023

Washington Post | July 22, 2023
'Judeo Christian' roots will ensure U.S. military AI is used ethically, general says

June 2023

USA Today | June 27, 2023
Putin won't wipe out Prigozhin's Wagner Group. He needs mercenaries to fight Russia's wars. 

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | June 24, 2023
Expert Insights: The COVID-19 pandemic is over but we still feel miserable. What now?

AARP | June 23, 2023
7 Prices You Should Always Haggle Over

The Economist | June 21, 2023
Artificial intelligence is a familiar-looking monster, say Henry Farrell and Cosma Shalizi

UPI | June 7, 2023
U.S., South Korea seek to deepen ties as alliance marks 70 years

May 2023

NPR | May 31, 2023
Meet the teen changing how neuroscientists think about brain plasticity

Quartz | May 11, 2023
Ask for a raise using one of these scripts

Tribune-Review | May 11, 2023
Carnegie Mellon artificial intelligence institute to receive $20M in federal funding

Yahoo! News | May 11, 2023
Federal leaders investing $20M in artificial intelligence institute at Carnegie Mellon University

Technical.ly | May 9, 2023
CMU won $20M to create a new institute focused on ‘human-centric’ AI solutions

Pittsburgh Business Times | May 8, 2023
Carnegie Mellon University wins $20 million for creation of national AI research institute

Pittsburgh Business Times | May 3, 2023
Pitt, CMU name new co-directors of Collaboratory Against Hate

April 2023

USA Today | April 25, 2023
US should have attacked COVID like a foreign invasion, experts say. Have we learned any lessons?

March 2023

Everyday Health | March 23, 2023
Daily Step Counts in American Still Haven't Returned to Pre-Pandemic Levels

The Straits Times | March 17, 2023
One Year into Indo-Pacific Strategy, Washington has Deepended Alliances, Angering China

CNBC | March 7, 2023
Neuroscientist Shares the 'Nonnegotiable' Routine He Uses to Stay Mentally Sharp During the Day

News Week | March 9, 2023
Marjorie Taylor Greene's Antifa Plan Trashed by Counter-Terrorism Experts

February 2023

Pittsburgh Business Times | Feb. 28, 2023
20 People to Know in Higher Education: Marsha Lovett, Carnegie Mellon University

Psychology Today | Feb. 23, 2023
Why People Interrupt Us and What to Do About It

The Washington Post | Feb. 20, 2023
The morning routines on TikTok can be inspiring – and exhausting

NPR | Feb. 19, 2023
For families on both sides of the war in Russia and Ukraine, talking about it is a challenge

The Washington Post | Feb. 13, 2023
The less college students sleep, the worse their grades, study finds

January 2023

The Wall Street Journal | January 27, 2023
Risky Virus Research Needs Tougher Review, Government Advisers Say

Forbes | January 23, 2023
Frank Talk About Women, Money, And Promotion

NBC News | January 14, 2023
A mental health tech company ran an AI experiment on real users. Nothing’s stopping apps from conducting more.

Washington Post | January 5, 2023
Black women are worried another hair-care brand could abandon them

December 2022

The New York Times | December 13, 2022
It’s Time to Wear a Mask Again, Health Experts Say

November 2022

New York Times | November 23, 2022
Could I Survive the ‘Quietest Place on Earth’?

The New York Times | November 18, 2022
Will Covid Boosters Prevent Another Wave? Scientists Aren’t So Sure. 

Toronto Sun | November 17, 2022
Indecision might be a sign of intelligence: Researchers 

Archetypes | November 15, 2022
The Audacity of the Activist with Jameela Jamil & Shohreh Aghdashloo

The 74 | November 15, 2022
Teachers Felt More COVID Anxiety than Healthcare Workers, Study Finds

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | November 7, 2022
How an analytics company with Pittsburgh roots is ‘changing the game’ with sports data

October 2022

Psychology Today | October 31, 2022
How to Make Group Projects Fairer

Christian Science Monitor | October 28, 2022
‘All Quiet on the Western Front’: A German retelling for a modern time

Fast Company | October 26, 2022
I avoided the 3% “Raise Cap” and you can too

Fortune Well | October 6, 2022
Self-affirmations can improve your confidence. Here’s how to start

September 2022

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | September 30, 2022
An archive documents the partying and pain in Pittsburgh’s queer

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | September 7, 2022
Secret City: Review: How D.C. began to empower gay Americans after Stonewall

CNN Health | September 6, 2022
'Powerful division' among public health leaders over how to pivot Covid-19 messaging

August 2022

Futurity | August 29, 2022
The Perks of Positivity May Depend On Race and Culture

The New Yorker | August 24, 2022
Parsing the Results of a Chaotic New York Primary

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | August 22, 2022
Drilling down into Pa.’s fracking legacy

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | August 19, 2022
Robert Cavalier: Why post-Dobbs America will vote pro-choice

Bloomberg | August 19, 2022
The CDC Needs to Admit Its Covid Mistakes

Popular Science | August 11, 2022
Why this cinematic sound trick makes your brain tingle and your skin crawl

Pittsburgh Magazine | August 10, 2022
A New Era of Schooling: What Is The Future of Remote Learning?

The Guardian | July 30, 2022
‘We risk being ruled by dangerous binaries’ – Mohsin Hamid on our increasing polarisation

July 2022

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | July 24, 2022
LGBTQ people may face barriers to health care, WVU study finds

Money | July 21, 2022
Dollar Scholar Asks: Will I Spend Less if I Force Myself to Use Cash?

The Hill | July 16, 2022
Why investment in the social sciences is critical to public health

EdSurge | July 13, 2022
What ‘Shakespeare Karaoke’ Teaches About the Virtual Reality Future

Today | July 12, 2022
Drinking alone in young adulthood linked with alcohol problems later in life

CNN | July 11, 2022
Drinking alone when younger linked to alcoholism in mid-30s

The Sun | July 11, 2022
The telltale signs your child is at risk of growing up to be an alcoholic

CBS | July 11, 2022
Study: Drinking Alone When Younger Linked To Alcoholism In Mid-30s

June 2022

Moms | June 25, 2022
Parenting Style Can Influence A Child's Future Political Views

ABC News Radio | June 17, 2022
Radio Interview with Danny Oppenheimer

May 2022

Education Week | May 24, 2022
COVID Vaccination Rates for Kids Are Stalling. What It Means for Schools

CNN Business | May 20, 2022
Prices are rising. How much should your salary increase?

 U.S. News & World Report | May 19, 2022
New York's Hasty Redistricting Rewrite Draws Ire of Locals 

The Wall Street Journal | May 17, 2022
The Do’s and Don’ts of Onboarding ‘Buddies’

STAT | May 17, 2022
Omitting long Covid from pandemic messaging is harmful for public health

The New York Times | May 13, 2022
Inflation Anger

Financial Times | May 9, 2022
Nudge limits, student ages, best for international business

CBS News | May 8, 2022
The Lincoln Memorial at 100: How a monument to history became a part of history

The Boston Globe | May 6, 2022
Please tell us how much you liked this article

Daily Pilot | May 3, 2022
A Word, Please: Flowery writing can turn off readers

Psychology Today | May 2, 2022
'No' Will Set You Free 

The Washington Post | May 2, 2022
How to make self-affirmation work, based on science

April 2022

Politico | April 26, 2022
Elon Musk's biggest worry

Forbes | April 25, 2022
How to Ask for a Raise Amid Soaring Inflation

The Washington Post | April 22, 2022
As At-Home Rapid Tests Replace PCRs, We Need Better Guidance

Scientific American | April 19, 2022
How to Make Smart COVID Risk-Benefit Decisions

Quartz| April 19, 2022
Panera is expanding its subscription model to bring people to its restaurants

The Wall Street Journal | April 18, 2022
BA.2 Proves the Pandemic Isn’t Over, but People Are Over It

The Atlantic | April 12, 2022
America Created Its Own Booster Problems

Scientific American | April 1, 2022
A 630-Billion-Word Internet Analysis Shows ‘People’ Is Interpreted as ‘Men’

March 2022

The Federal Reserve of Minneapolis | March 29, 2022
The snow globe economy

NBC News | March 28, 2022
How does inflation affect your spending decisions?

KDKA-TV News | March 23, 2022
Pittsburgh Humanities Festival Kicks Off In Cultural District

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | March 22, 2022
CMU International Film Festival lineup examines 'faces behind the masks'

The Atlantic | March 18, 2022
America’s Flu-Shot Problem Is Also Its Next COVID-Shot Problem

Christian Science Monitor | March 15, 2022
From lawsuits to giveaway drives, a push against book bans

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | March 13, 2022
Review: Pittsburgh's Urban League moment

Chronicle of Higher Education | March 7, 2022
Do Students Self-Censor? Here’s What the Data Tell Us

Yahoo News | March 5, 2022
Mask decisions largely now up to personal preference in Hampton Roads as mandates expire

February 2022

CNBC | February 22, 2022
How Americans can save money when choosing a health insurance plan

Ms. | February 15, 2022
“Harriet” and the Combahee River Raid

WESA | February 15, 2022
Algerian writer and human-rights advocate sets up in Pittsburgh

Inside Higher Ed | February 10, 2022
How K-12 Book Bans Affect Higher Education

Penn Live | February 9, 2022
Most deaths in Pa. jails went unreported despite rules: ‘It is appalling’

Business Insider | February 6, 2022
Why you feel so miserable about life and money right now

January 2022

Wired | January 28, 2022
Politicians Say It’s Time to Live With Covid. Are You Ready?

The Hill | January 27, 2022
A call to renew the Black-Jewish bond

Discover | January 26, 2022
How Our Brains Organize Abstract Scientific Concepts 

Wired | January 25, 2022
Why Some Animals Can Tell More From Less 

Discover | January 24, 2022
Game Theory Explains Why Popular Baby Names Come and Go

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | January 23, 2022
Navigating asylum in the time of fear

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | January 22, 2022
College students are struggling in the pandemic, but mental health awareness is growing

Pittsburgh Magazine | January 21, 2022
Women & Business Profile: Sam Garfinkel

Trib Live | January 20, 2022
Pittsburgh Racial Justice Summit goes virtual again for 'Equity in Action' program

The Atlantic | January 10, 2022
Omicron Is Forcing Us to Rethink Mild COVID

December 2021 

CBS Radio | December 16, 2021
The success of failure

NPR Shots | December 16, 2021
As omicron spreads, health experts push for mask mandates. But few states have one

USA Today | December 14, 2021
800,000 US deaths from COVID-19 and counting: 'There's no question we will reach 1 million'

AARP | December 13, 2021
What's Your Pandemic Holiday Risk Tolerance?

The New York Times | December 10, 2021
Are Vaccine Polls Flawed?

Nature | December 8, 2021
What surveys really say

MedPage Today | December 8, 2021
Psychological Barriers May Lead to COVID Vaccine Refusal

WBUR | December 6, 2021
How omission bias affects how people make decisions about getting vaccinated

Energy and Technology | December 3, 2021
Star-crossed, Wi-Fi-enabled lovers

November 2021

New York Times Magazine | November 22, 2021
Inside the C.D.C.’s Pandemic ‘Weather Service’

Fortune | November 8, 2021
Truckers may be exempt from federal vaccine mandates, says Labor Department

October 2021

CNBC| October 30, 2021
How to negotiate the salary for your first job offer

NPR | October 24, 2021
Congressional game theory 

Fortune | October 21, 2021
These industries have low vaccination rates—and that could be a big problem for vaccine mandates

C|Net | October 13, 2021
Black holes and the multiverse: Decoding how physicists' brains work

Discover | October 9, 2021
How Fonts Affect Learning and Memory

Business Insider | October 7, 2021
Women continue to take on the brunt of emotional labor at work. It's time we rewarded them for it.

The Washington Post | October 2, 2021
Many are searching for vaccine mandate loopholes. These are the people trying to stop them.

September 2021

Forbes| September 23, 2021
Best Practices For Using Social Media In Hurricanes And Other Crisis Situations

The Washington Post | September 22, 2021
Decision fatigue: Why it’s so hard to make up your mind these days, and how to make it easier

The Atlantic | September 21, 2021
‘Post-Vax COVID’ Is a New Disease

Bloomberg Wealth | September 16, 2021
BROS, BETZ and DNA: The Race to Claim a Good Ticker and Attract Investors

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | September 13, 2021
The great COVID-19 shot debate: To boost or not to boost?

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | September 12, 2021
Other Voices: Social change and ‘The Chair’

The Wall Street Journal | September 7, 2021
How Hackers Use Our Brains Against Us

The New York Times | September 3, 2021
Goodbye to the ‘Office Mom’

Bloomberg Businessweek | August 30, 2021
Misinformation Is Bigger Than Facebook, But Let’s Start There

August 2021

Bloomberg Businessweek | August 30, 2021
Misinformation Is Bigger Than Facebook, But Let’s Start There

Yahoo News | August 29, 2021
More Virginians mask up as aggressive coronavirus strain drives up cases

Popular Science | August 25, 2021
Will Pfizer’s FDA approval spell an uptick in COVID vaccination?

The New York Times | August 19, 2021
Covid Isn’t Going Away. So What Now?

Forbes | August 18, 2021
Facebook Says It Has Removed 20 Million Pieces Of Covid Misinformation—But Sees Signs Vaccine Hesitancy Is Declining

NPR Shots | August 17, 2021
Even Moderate COVID Restrictions Can Slow The Spread Of The Virus — If They're Timely

The Daily Mail | August 14, 2021
Americans with PhDs are the most reluctant to get vaccinated against COVID, study finds

The Atlantic | August 6, 2021
Masks Are Back, Maybe for the Long Term

Pittsburgh Business Times | August 3, 2021
Pitt-CMU study backs sooner, rather than later, Covid mitigation measures

Market Watch | August 2, 2021
Walmart’s vaccine mandate may be a sign of things to come

Market Watch | August 2, 2021
‘I don’t want to lose you’: How families approached their loved ones about the importance of getting the COVID-19 vaccination

Financial Times | August 2, 2021
Office chores: time to count the cost of unpaid labour?

The New York Times | July 28, 2021
Wearing Masks Indoors Again? Some States Are a Vehement No.

July 2021

The Washington Post | July 29, 2021
Vaxed, waxed, but definitely not relaxed: Welcome to the pandemic swerve

The Daily Mail | July 28, 2021
Vaccine hesitancy among US adults fell by one-third during early months of 2021 with the number of black Americans saying they were uncertain about Covid shots cut in HALF

The Washington Post | July 24, 2021
How to talk to vaccine-hesitant friends and family about getting the shot

NBC | July 19, 2021
Facebook suggests it's more effective than Biden on vaccinations

The Seattle Times | July 12, 2021
COVID vaccine hesitancy by King County ZIP code — and why some neighborhoods have much higher rates

June 2021

The New York Times | June 25, 2021
Covid-19 News: Israel, a World Leader in Vaccinations, Faces a New Outbreak

Yahoo News | June 23, 2021
Biden’s ‘foreign policy for the middle class’ seen as play for blue-collar votes

The Atlantic | June 1, 2021
America Has a Drinking Problem

May 2021

NBC News | May 25, 2021
They're keeping their masks on. Their reasons extend beyond their health.

Forbes | May 25, 2021
Two Ways To Improve Health Literacy And Tackle The Media ‘Infodemic’

NPR Shots | May 25, 2021
Children's Risk Of Serious Illness From COVID-19 Is As Low As It Is For The Flu

Quanta Magazine | May 17, 2021
Can Machines Control Our Brains?

Marketplace | March 12, 2021
Beer? Crawfish? Baseball tickets? Governments lure vaccine holdouts with perks

CNN | May 13, 2021
Others have tried free doughnuts, beers and gifts cards. Now, Ohio is betting millions to improve its vaccination rate

Business Insider | May 10, 2021
These surprising mind hacks may be our best hope to speed up vaccinations and save us from another lockdown

Futurism | May 4, 2021
Professor Warns of “Nightmare” Bots That Prey on Vulnerable People

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | May 3, 2021
Pitt and CMU researchers see vaccine hesitancy trends within occupations

WESA | May 3, 2021
Vaccine Hesitancy Highest Among Jobs Like Construction And Farming

Trib Live | May 2, 2021
Doubtful about covid vaccine? It depends on your occupation, study shows

Daily Mail | May 2, 2021
Oregon sees surge in COVID hospitalizations among its unvaccinated youth as Gov. Kate Brown defends throwing state back into lockdown through end of JUNE

April 2021

WPXI | April 30, 2021
Survey finds evidence schools can be a source of coronavirus spread

Scientific American | April 30, 2021
Few Would Fear COVID Vaccines if Policy Makers Explained Their Risks Better

Gizmodo | April 30, 2021
Joe Rogan Walked Back His Vaccine Crap, He Was Probably Sloshed, Who's to Say

New York Times| April 23, 2021
The Pandemic Shrank Our Social Circles. Let’s Keep It That Way.

WESA | April 14, 2021
State Providers Won't Distribute Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 Vaccine

The Wall Street Journal | April 11, 2021
The Other Reason the Labor Force Is Shrunken: Fear of Covid-19

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | April 8, 2021
Parnell said to be close to committing for run at U.S. Senate seat

The Atlantic | April 4, 2021
Vaccine Cheat Days Are Adding Up

March 2021

Hudson Mohawk Magazine | March 29, 2021
On Harriet Tubman – A Black Female Patriot: Part 1

Forbes | March 26, 2021
Who Will Head In-Store First After Being Vaccinated? It’s Not Who You Might Think

The Wall Street Journal | March 26, 2021
Robinhood Trader’s Battle Cry: ‘It’s All Just a Game to Me’

Fast Company | March 22, 2021
The next big challenge in the COVID-19 vaccine rollout: Tackling hesitancy

MIT Technology Review | March 22, 2021
The US is about to reach a surprise milestone: too many vaccines, not enough takers

Forbes | March 20, 2021
Are Black And Rural Residents In The South More Vulnerable To Tornadoes Due To Radar Gaps?

Trib Live | March 17, 2021
Pennsylvania sets out to tackle disparities highlighted by pandemic

The Atlantic | March 17, 2021
You’re Not Fully Vaccinated the Day of Your Last Dose

Philadelphia Inquirer | March 17, 2021
Two Pa. prisons have vaccinated more than 70% of inmates. An incentive program may be making a difference.

CBS News | March 15, 2021
Facebook announces new tools to help users get vaccinated

Vox | March 15, 2021
Who isn’t getting vaccinated, and why

The Washington Post | March 14, 2021
Massive Facebook study on users’ doubt in vaccines finds a small group appears to play a big role in pushing the skepticism

The Irish News | March 12, 2021
Missing your hugs? Why touch is so important and can even mean living longer

Psychology Today | March 11, 2021
Sustaining Daily Activity Levels May Offset Depression Risk

Forbes | March 11, 2021
COVID-19 Set America’s Housing Market On Fire. That Could Alter U.S. Politics For A Generation

KDKA | March 10, 2021
Penguins Name Katerina Wu As Data Scientist

CIO | March 9, 2021
7 challenges women face in getting ahead in  IT

Psychology Today | March 4, 2021
Why, Anti-vaxxer?

Vox | March 3, 2021
Covid-19 cases are down, vaccinations are up. But the US shouldn’t declare victory yet.

February 2021

WESA | February 23, 2021
New Guidelines Meant To Boost Vaccine Distribution Could Hinder Some Providers

The Atlantic | February 18, 2021
What Americans Don’t Know About Their Medications

The World University Rankings | February 18, 2021
The shift online gives new significance to the pen v laptop debate

Popular Science | February 17, 2021
We’ve barely made a dent in vaccinating the world against COVID-19

Trib Live | February 15, 2021
Silver Eye Center for Photography creates list of artists worth watching

Artnet News | February 15, 2021
Hollywood Has the ‘Black List’ for Undiscovered Screenplays. Now, Photography Has a ‘Silver List’ for Up-and-Coming Photographers

Vanity Fair | February 11, 2021
Introducing the Inaugural Silver List, Featuring 47 Exciting Contemporary Photographers Whose Work You Just Have to See

Washington Post | February 11, 2021
Researchers identify social factors inoculating some communities against coronavirus

Psychology Today | February 9 2021
Can Optimism Get You Through These Tough Times?

ZDNet | February 9, 2021
Facebook outlines plans to assist in global COVID-19 vaccine rollout

CBS Sunday Morning | February 7, 2021
Orchestrating the roar of the crowd

The Philadelphia Inquirer | February 6, 2021
Experts spent months on a fair COVID-19 vaccine distribution plan, only to witness ‘a chaotic free-for-all’

NPR Shots | February 6, 2021
Why The Pandemic Is 10 Times Worse Than You Think

MIT Technology Review | February 5, 2021
Predictive policing is still racist—whatever data it uses

The Smithsonian Magazine | February 4, 2021
The Powerful, Complicated Legacy of Betty Friedan’s ‘The Feminine Mystique’

The New York Times | January 31, 2021
The Gerrymander Battles Loom, as G.O.P. Looks to Press Its Advantage

Bloomberg | January 30, 2021
How the QAnon Conspiracy Seduces Normal People

Spotify | January 28, 2021
Dissecting QAnon

January 2021

Forbes | January 28, 2021
Tennessee Reports Record-Breaking Gun Sale Background Checks In 2020

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | January 28, 2021
COVID-19 update: Allegheny County reports 135 deaths, blames state backlog

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | January 25, 2021
Gun, ammo sales surged in 2020 — and turmoil around the election starts 2021 off the same way

WBUR | January 22, 2021
Historians Reflect On The White House Presidential Transition

Fast Company | January 21, 2021
‘He’s like Tony Stark and she’s like my mom’: How workplace praise diverges between men and women

Forbes | January 18, 2021
People Make Informed Decisions In a Pandemic?

Quartz | January 17, 2021
The mindfulness business is thriving on our anxiety

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | January 17, 2021
Ahead of Inauguration Day, an appeal for unity: ‘Somehow, some way, heal this divide in our country’

The National Interest | January 5, 2021
Why America Needs a Strategy for America’s Backyard

USA Today | January 2, 2021
Nashville bombing reveals US communication networks' vulnerability; officials demand answers on how to secure them

Makers India | January 2, 2021
7 Mistakes Women Make While Negotiating Salaries

Fox News | January 2, 2021
Reports: China offered bounties on US troops 

Washington Post | January 1, 2021
Sneezed on, cussed at, ignored: Airline workers battle mask resistance with scant government backup

December 2020

Popular Science | December 29, 2020
Ending the pandemic means vaccinating the whole world—but the US is focusing on itself

KDKA | December 22, 2020
Difficult Decisions Ahead For Hospitals And States As Coronavirus Cases Surge, ICUs Fill

The New York Times | December 14, 2020
Why Paying People to Be Vaccinated Could Backfire

NPR Shots | December 11, 2020
Without Clear Pandemic Rules, People Take On More Risks As Fear And Vigilance Wane

Barrons | December 11, 2020
4 Common Mistakes That Could Derail Your Retirement —and How to Avoid Them

EdSurge | December 10, 2020
The Next Frontier of Learning Engineering: AI That Teaches Other AI

Market Place | December 7, 2020
What it will take to persuade people to get a COVID-19 vaccine

Discover | December 6, 2020
What Can the Pandemic Teach Us About Human Nature?

November 2020

WKMS | November 27, 2020
Why Asking People To Change Their Behavior During The Pandemic Is So Hard

U.S. News & World Report | November 24, 2020
Thanksgiving Could Make or Break US Coronavirus Response

WESA | November 23, 2020
'It's So Irresponsible': County Executive On Plum Borough School District, COVID-19 Restrictions

New York Times | November 23, 2020
Can an Algorithm Prevent Suicide?

Huffington Post | November 17, 2020
The Most Common Ways COVID-19 Will Spread During The Holidays

Next Pittsburgh | November 10, 2020
A protest to one is a riot to another. CMU studies the polarization of our words

Trib Live | November 9, 2020
Western Pa. ‘Jeopardy!’ contestants have fond memories of Alex Trebek

Trib Live | November 9, 2020
Seton Hill’s annual Kristallnacht remembrance service will be virtual

WPXI | November 8, 2020
Former ‘Jeopardy!’ contestant, Connellsville native remembers Alex Trebek

Huffington Post | November 6, 2020
7 Little Ways To Feel A Sense Of Normalcy Right Now

WESA | November 3 2020
Women Voters Could Decide Presidential Election, But Don’t Vote As A Bloc

ProPublica | November 2, 2020
How Your Brain Tricks You Into Taking Risks During the Pandemic

The Wall Street Journal | October 31, 2020
From ‘Fall Guys’ to ‘Among Us,’ How America Turned to Videogames Under Lockdown

October 2020

The Hill | October 30, 2020
Election, COVID-19 anxiety spark new run on grocery stores

Trib Live | October 28, 2020
Carnegie Mellon study finds severe polarization in political language 

The Conversation | October 28, 2020
Fox News viewers write about ‘BLM’ the same way CNN viewers write about ‘KKK’

Men’s Health | October 28, 2020
This Tool Lets You See Which States Have the Highest (and Lowest) Number of Mask Wearers

Times of India | October 27, 2020
Touch deprivation: Will the pandemic make hugs disappear?

Philadelphia Inquirer | October 26, 2020
Once a COVID-19 vaccine is here, there will be a new challenge: Convincing people it’s safe

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | October 26, 2020
In race between Conor Lamb and Sean Parnell, a referendum on a moderate Democrat in Trump's Washington

Axios | October 23, 2020
How to help save 130,000 lives

The Washington Post | October 23, 2020
A powerful argument for wearing a mask, in visual form

Wired | October 21, 2020
The Left and the Right Speak Different Languages—Literally

Pittsburgh Business Times | October 20, 2020
Pitt experts talk about how to convince people to get Covid-19 vaccine

The Hill | October 20, 2020
Poland moves closer to the US, another Trump foreign policy success

The Washington Post | October 15, 2020
Power Up: Early voting is way up in key states as Democrats flock to the polls

WESA | October 15, 2020
CMU's COVIDcast Is Tracking Face Mask Use Across The Nation

Foreign Affairs | October 13, 2020
Should U.S. Foreign Policy Focus on Great-Power Competition?

NBC News | October 12, 2020
Early voting begins in Georgia with long lines, high turnout

Philadelphia Inquirer | October 12, 2020
In one Shore town, four restaurants have closed temporarily after reporting COVID-19 exposure

Philadelphia Inquirer | October 12, 2020
Don’t know any COVID-19 patients who’ve died or been in the hospital? That may explain a lot.

Forbes | October 11, 2020
Strike The Right Tone, Get The Right Compensation: Negotiation Tips For Executives

The Atlantic | October 9, 2020
What Strength Really Means When You’re Sick

Fast Company | October 8, 2020
When you need to give tough feedback, forget Zoom and pick up the phone

Axios | October 7, 2020
Medical ethics in pandemic times

Nature | October 6, 2020
Face masks: what the data say

Broadway World | October 5, 2020
Syracuse Stage’s POETRY & PLAY Moves Online With Nationally Acclaimed Poets

Fox News | October 3, 2020
Chinese media: Trump, first lady have 'paid the price' for virus gamble

National Geographic | October 1, 2020
Want to reduce your COVID-19 risk? You need to sleep more.

September 2020

Fox Business News | September 22, 2020
The US Senate has a ‘responsibility’ to fill SCOTUS seat: Kiron Skinner

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | September 20, 2020
Supreme Court fight raises stakes, and risks, in Pa. battleground campaigns

Popular Science | September 17, 2020
A coronavirus vaccine will save more lives if we share it widely

Market Place | September 16, 2020
Will it work to fine people who refuse to wear a mask?

The National Interest | September 14, 2020
Arab Unity in the Middle East Can Be a Barrier to Iran’s Regional Goals

Los Angeles Times | September 13, 2020
Op-Ed: How to get through to your risk-taking friends in the COVID-19 pandemic

The New York Times | September 9, 2020
‘Impossible Objects’ That Reveal a Hidden Power

The National Interest | September 7, 2020
The Belarus Uprising: A Repeat of Ukraine?

The Washington Post | September 7, 2020
Deep cleans and disinfecting mists might not keep us from getting the virus, but they sure make us feel better

Pittsburgh Business Times | September 4, 2020
NOVID app works 'like weather radar,' but for Covid-19

Yahoo News | September 2, 2020
Are Corners Being Cut to Rush a Vaccine to Market?

KNX1070 | September 1, 2020
Alex John London Discusses Vaccine Safety

August 2020

The New York Times | August 31, 2020
In an Era of Face Masks, We’re All a Little More Face Blind

The National Interest | August 28, 2020
Why Donald Trump Needs a Supportive State Department

Quanta Magazine | August 27, 2020
How Close Are Computers to Automating Mathematical Reasoning?

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | August 26, 2020
CMU refuses to cave

WESA | August 24, 2020
COVID Communication Confusion Can Be Cleared Up, Says CMU Professor

New York Daily News | August 22, 2020
What right to vote? There’s a lie at the heart of American democracy

USA Today | August 21, 2020
5 movies, TV shows to watch to mark the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment

The National Interest | August 21, 2020
Is Belarus Destined to Become the Next Crimea?

The Hill | August 20, 2020
Why would our allies allow an enemy like Iran to rearm?

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | August 20, 2020
CMU President: Human Resources 'fully and appropriately' followed procedures in hiring of Richard Grenell

Trib Live | August 20, 2020
Letter to the editor: Grenell opening doors for gay Republicans 

WBUR | August 18, 2020
100 Years Later: The Complicated History Of The Women's Suffrage Movement

USA Today | August 15, 2020
Some people listen to health experts, others ignore them: What it means for America's future with COVID-19

The Verge | August 11, 2020
Russia rushes registration of unproven coronavirus vaccine

New York Times | August 10, 2020
Ambition Has Always Been ‘Ladylike’

Indian Express | August 10, 2020
Explained: How language leads to gender bias in science

Boston Globe | August 8, 2020
The generation that won WWII made the world a better place. Better, but not perfect

The Peninsula | August 8, 2020
Opportunities for language education in a post-pandemic world

Forbes | August 7, 2020
New Study Reveals 25 Most Gender-Biased Languages And Career Impact

Stat | August 7, 2020
As mindfulness app Headspace booms, its popularity outpaces its scientific evidence

Fast Company | August 6, 2020
These are the most gender-biased languages in the world (hint: English has a problem)

The Verge | August 4, 2020
We can’t skip steps on the road to a COVID-19 vaccine

Scientific American | August 3, 2020
How Dozens of Languages Help Build Gender Stereotypes

July 2020

Los Angeles Times | July 31, 2020
No adrenaline buzz? No more choking? How no fans in the stands affects athletes

Broadway World | July 30, 2020
August Events Announced at National WWI Museum and Memorial

PBS | July 29, 2020
‘Caution fatigue’ and the stress behind living through a pandemic

The Economist | July 25, 2020
Two books penetrate the mystery and evoke the tragedy of Tibet

Washington Examiner | July 22, 2020
A personal COVID-19 radar could be key to resuming daily life

The Wallstreet Journal | July 20, 2020
Isolating the Elderly Is Bad for Their Health

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | July 18, 2020
Cognitive load, pheromones and ‘FIFA’: How will pro sports handle crowd noise in 2020?

Fast Company | July 13, 2020
How susceptible are you to COVID-19? These simple hacks could help fight it

WESA | July 9, 2020
As The Pandemic Continues, Advocates Say An Extended Ban On Evictions Is Needed

NPR | July 8, 2020
History Professors Find Letter Showing Frederick Douglass' Opinion On Lincoln Statue

Vox | July 7, 2020
The scariest thing about global warming (and Covid-19)

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | July 5, 2020
David M. Shribman: Frederick Douglass' July 5 words are germane to our time

The Guardian | July 5, 2020
Discovery of Frederick Douglass letter sheds light on contested Lincoln statue 

The Wall Street Journal | July 4, 2020
How a Lincoln-Douglass Debate Led to Historic Discovery

The Ladders | July 3, 2020
Study finds all people, and even monkeys, share similar thought patterns

Ladders | July 3, 2020
Study finds all people, and even monkeys, share similar thought patterns

WPXI | July 2, 2020
11 Investigates COVID-19 contact tracing apps and concerns over your privacy

Wired | July 1, 2020
Where Should Covid-19 Vaccines Be Tested? It's a Moving Target

June 2020

The Smithsonian Magazine | June 30, 2020
What Frederick Douglass Had to Say About Monuments

The Economist | June 27, 2020
Economists grapple with their race problem

Forbes | June 26, 2020
Top 10 Protests Coming To Campus And What It Means For Higher Education

Trib Live | June 24, 2020
Editorial: CMU should be able to handle a Richard Grenell

Bloomberg | June 24, 2020
Five Ways to Get Through the Summer If Camp Is Closed

The Wall Street Journal | June 19, 2020
Book Review: How the Revolution Took Tibet

MarketPlace | June 17, 2020
A soap opera leads the way into post-lockdown Hollywood

NPR | June 16, 2020
Besides Feelings Of Loneliness, What Else Does Isolation Do To Us?

WESA | June 15, 2020
CMU Psychologist Studies Effects of Isolation During The Pandemic

Trib Live | June 12, 2020
Richard Grenell, former U.S. ambassador and acting national intelligence director, joins CMU’s Institute for Politics and Strategy

Washington Post | June 12, 2020
White students exposed to more minority peers are less likely to register as Republicans, study says

AP | June 11, 2020
Historical figures reassessed after George Floyd’s death

Vogue | June 10, 2020
‘The Beauty Black Communities Create in Order to Survive’: 14 Films to Watch Now

Washington Post | June 9, 2020
You’ve got mail: What does your email signature file say about you?

The Irish Times | June 8, 2020
Róisín Ingle: My daughter hugged my mother then apologised. It's how we live now

Inside Higher Ed | June 8, 2020
Rush to Publish Risks Undermining COVID-19 Research

People Who Read People: Understanding human behavior | June 6, 2020
#19: Identifying thought patterns in brain scans, with Dr. Marcel Just

Tech Crunch | June 5, 2020
Demonstrating 15 contact tracing and other tools built to mitigate the impact of COVID-19

AdWeek | June 3, 2020
Facebook Details New Data for Good Initiatives Related to Covid-19

MarketWatch | June 2, 2020
‘People probably aren’t going to react kindly or openly to being policed’: How to deal with someone who refuses wear a face mask

Inc. | June 2, 2020
How to Add a Covid Surcharge Without Alienating Customers

May 2020

Insider | May 24, 2020
How to make good enough choices during the coronavirus pandemic, since making risk-free decisions is impossible

The Baltimore Sun | May 22, 2020
'A little piece of normal’: With Maryland creaking open, families left to navigate how far to venture out

Education Week | May 19, 2020
What Soldiers, Doctors, and Professors Can Teach Us About Artificial Intelligence During COVID-19

The Scientist | May 19, 2020
Losing Touch: Another Drawback of the COVID-19 Pandemic

MIT Technology Review | May 20, 2020
How to stay sane when the world’s going mad

Business Insider | May 18, 2020
7 benefits of meditation, and how it can affect your brain

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | May 18, 2020
CMU film festival opening movie now available to stream

US News and World Report | May 14, 2020
States Begin to Reopen During COVID Crisis, but Not Everyone Feels Ready

Scientific American | May 13, 2020
Prediction Tools Can Save Lives in the COVID-19 Crisis

Nieman Foundation | May 12, 2020
A poet’s distanced farewell to his students is an anthem for the times

Deseret News | May 12, 2020
Losing touch: What 6 feet of safety costs us

KDKA | May 12, 2020
‘NOVID’: CMU Professor Creates Anonymous Coronavirus Contact Tracing App

Salon | May 9, 2020
As colleges go remote, students revolt against the state of higher ed

Seattle Times | May 9, 2020
Clinical trial enrollment plummets as volunteers are scared off coronavirus drugs promoted by Trump

Quartz | May 8, 2020
Regulators would consider releasing an unapproved coronavirus vaccine

Trib Live | May 4, 2020
Carnegie Mellon’s COVIDcast site displays real-time data on pandemic in the U.S.

Spectrum | May 4, 2020
Autistic people may have trouble tuning out distractions

Quartz | May 1, 2020
Scientists want to see the evidence that shows remdesivir works for Covid-19

Consumer Reports | May 1, 2020
How Consumer Data Is Being Used to Track the Coronavirus

Fast Company | May 1, 2020
Contact tracing apps are on the way. Will they help us get back to normal?

April 2020

Washington Post | April 30, 2020
Antibody tests might be deceptively dangerous. Blame the math.

Washington Post | April 28, 2020
What will the covid-19 memorial look like?

Slate | April 27, 2020
A New Approach to Getting Real-Time Coronavirus Stats

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | April 28, 2020
'Maker & Muse' jewelry inspires poets in virtual reading

Public Source | April 27, 2020
COVID-19 is a nuclear blast for Pittsburgh Public Schools. We need to work with the realities and plan long term.

ABC News | April 27, 2020
Injecting healthy adults with live coronavirus provides moral dilemma, faster path to vaccine

Pittsburgh Post Gazette | April 24, 2020
Are homemade face masks effective in protecting against COVID-19?

Scientific American | April 24, 2020
Shortcuts in COVID-19 Drug Research Could Do Long-Term Harm, Bioethicists Worry

European Pharmaceutical Review | April 24, 2020
Research focus should remain on high quality studies during COVID-19 pandemic, say scientists

KDKA | April 23, 2020
‘There Was An Assumption We Would Be Prepared’: CMU Professor Says U.S. Didn’t Have Public Health Infrastructure In Place To Mitigate Pandemic Fallout 

Axios | April 23, 2020
The high stakes of low scientific standards

CBS Pittsburgh | April 23, 2020
Coronavirus Coverage: Is The United States Going To Issue ‘Immunity Certificates?’ How Do You Get One?

CNN | April 22, 2020
Coronavirus: Facebook launches UK Covid-19 symptom survey

TribLive | April 21, 2020
CMU develops contact tracing app using ultrasound technology 

Good Morning America | April 20, 2020
Mark Zuckerberg explains plans for Facebook health surveys to research and combat coronavirus

The Conversation | April 20, 2020
Hand-washing and distancing don’t have tangible benefits – so keeping up these protective behaviors for months will be tricky 

Forbes | April 19, 2020
Serendipity Lost? How All-Digital Engagements Reshape Innovation

Society for Cultural Anthropology | April 16, 2020
Seeing Indigenous Land Struggles in the “Multispecies Cloud” of Covid-19

NPR | April 16, 2020
Opinion: Iran's Aggression Continues Even Amid Coronavirus And 'Maximum Pressure'

CNN | April 16, 2020
Dating at a Distance: Dr. Sanjay Gupta's coronavirus podcast for April 16

The Chronicle of Higher Education | April 15, 2020
The Discipline That Is Transforming Higher Ed

Forbes | April 14, 2020
AI Is Helping Us Combat The Economic Problem Of Human Trafficking

Forbes | April 14, 2020
How College Campus Closings Are Affecting Graduating Seniors

Irish Times | April 11, 2020
Love in the time of coronavirus: Keeping relationships alive during lockdown

Time | April 10, 2020
The Coronavirus Outbreak Keeps Humans from Touching. Here's Why That's So Stressful

Forbes | April 10, 2020
Beware The “Shock Market”: How To Think And Act During The Pandemic

Route Fifty | April 10, 2020
Why We Don’t Have Enough Backup Ventilators

Market Watch | April 10, 2020
10 ways to get a coronavirus skeptic to take the pandemic seriously: ‘Anecdotes are much more convincing than statistics’

CNN | April 9, 2020
Long-term social distancing may be traumatic. Here is what to expect and what to do 

WESA | April 8, 2020
Resources For Those In Need Of Housing Support, Financial Assistance And Other Aid 

The Economist | April 4, 2020
The hard choices covid policymakers face

Financial Times | April 3, 2020
Can data save us from coronavirus? 

Psychology Today | April 3, 2020
Neuroscience Explains How a Narcissist Can Control Our Brain

Science News | April 2, 2020
How large a gathering is too large during the coronavirus pandemic?

Venture Beat | April 2, 2020
Surveillance, AI, and saving lives top agenda at coronavirus conference 

The Jakarta Times | April 1, 2020
Coronavirus anxiety is a thing: Here’s how to handle it

March 2020

WESA | March 30, 2020
Don't Forget To Tip: Pittsburgh Virtual Tip Jar Boosts Unemployed Service Workers 

Quartz | March 28, 2020
The race to develop coronavirus treatments pushes the ethics of clinical trials

Science Magazine | March 27, 2020
University of Rochester and plaintiffs settle sexual harassment lawsuit for $9.4 million

Reuters | March 26, 2020
How Many Americans Have Coronavirus? New Reuters Poll Might Offer a Hint

Pittsburgh Tribune Review | March 26, 2020
Grants available to small businesses impacted by coronavirus

KDKA | March 25, 2020
‘Nobody Wants To Make These Decisions’: Who Gets A Ventilator In The Coronavirus Pandemic?

Market Watch | March 25, 2020
How do you choose between the US economy and more coronavirus deaths? Measuring the cost of human life

CNN | March 23, 2020
Is going to the beach OK? What about hiking?

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | March 22, 2020
During COVID-related gun-buying frenzy, many are first-time owners

Pittsburgh City Paper | March 21, 2020
New fundraising campaign to help Pittsburgh's out-of-work food and service workers

New York Times | March 19, 2020
Op-Art: What Do We Lose When We Stop Touching Each Other?

Pittsburgh Business Times | March 19, 2020
Carnegie Mellon initiative demonstrates the flood of service industry employees out of work

Quartz | March 19, 2020
Ethicists agree on who gets treated first when hospitals are overwhelmed by coronavirus 

The Atlantic | March 17, 2020
The People Ignoring Social Distancing

Vice | March 17, 2020
How Not to Be a Coronavirus Jerk

TechXplor | March 17, 2020
Why people delay software updates, despite the risks

Pittsburgh City Paper | March 16, 2020
Pittsburgh Virtual Tip Jar launches to help service workers during coronavirus closures

Slate | March 16, 2020
Straight-up berating people with facts about COVID-19 won’t work. Taking advantage of social norms might.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | March 16, 2020
U.S. needs better risk communication

The Daily Item | March 14, 2020
Little public scrutiny of 104 suicides behind walls of PA county jails

Los Angeles Times | March 11, 2020
Why you should stop obsessing about coronavirus news, and how to do it

New York Times | March 10, 2020
Can I Boost My Immune System? 

Scientific American | March 10, 2020
Mind Reading and Mind Control Technologies Are Coming

USA Today | March 9, 2020
Ancestry.com offers free search to find your family link to women’s suffrage history

Forbes | March 7, 2020
Ancestry Commemorates Milestones In The Fight For Women's Voting Equality And Invites Everyone To Find Their Personal Place In Suffrage History With Their 'Make Them Count' Initiative

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | March 5, 2020
Tech site that provides money, help to families in crisis wins UpPrize competition

The New Yorker | March 2, 2020
The Global Panic Over Coronavirus

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | March 1, 2020
Brian O'Neill: Poems about the moon are going to the moon

February 2020

CNN | February 27, 2020
Should you travel during the coronavirus outbreak?

USA Today | February 27, 2020
Coronavirus and its global sweep stokes fear over facts. Experts say it's unlikely to produce 'apocalyptic scenario'

Business Insider | February 26, 2020
How to cope with coronavirus anxiety, according to psychologists

CNN | February 20, 2020
MoonArk will be a philosophical mini-museum, left on the moon for future explorers to discover

The New York Times | February 18, 2020
Video Chats and Ordering In: Coronavirus Quarantine With a Smartphone

The Verge | February 14, 2020
Coronavirus cancellations show evidence-based decisions are rare

American Psychological Association | February 13, 2020
Speaking of Psychology: Coronavirus Anxiety

Edsurge | February 7, 2020
Yes, I Hug My Students. Research Says You Should Too.

Trib Live | February 6, 2020
Monroeville teen recognized for poem at CMU writing competition

WESA | February 5, 2020
Remembering Quentin: Actor And Archivist Stage Show To Keep A Gay Icon's Legacy Alive

Harvard Business Review | February 3, 2020
How Digital Design Drives User Behavior

January 2020

Pittsburgh Business Times | January 31, 2020
Pittsburgh startups stand out in global contest, will compete for $3M prize

Fox News | January 26, 2020
Eric Shawn: Iran 'crying for help' from President Trump's policies

Trib Live | January 22, 2020
New report shows liberal arts education has a higher return on investment

WESA | January 20, 2020
CMU Profs Take A Global Look At Women In Computer Science In New Book

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | January 19, 2020
Honest. Daring. Eloquent.

Pittsburgh City Paper | January 13, 2020
Headspace's River City “sleepcast” lulls listeners with dreamy descriptions of Pittsburgh

Public Source | January 13, 2020
Not good enough for whom? Pittsburgh is a place worth fighting for

Bloomberg News | January 13, 2020
Behavioral Economics’ Latest Bias: Seeing Bias Wherever It Looks

The Chronicle of Higher Education | January 12, 2020
Where Do History and English Majors Come From?

WESA | January 6, 2020
CMU Professor Authors 'Sleepcast,' Set In Dreamy Pittsburgh

December 2019

The Washington Post | December 27, 2019
There are stark racial disparities in voting times. Here’s how to fix them.

The Washington Post | December 27, 2019
Five myths about the lottery

The Los Angeles Times | December 23, 2019
Norman Lear, creator of Archie Bunker, is shocked at Trump and the state of America

The Guardian | December 22, 2019
Romania comes to terms with monument to communism 30 years after Ceausescu’s death

The Daily Telegraph | December 20, 2019
Why screen time isn't always bad for your children

MIT Technology Review | December 19, 2019
How iPads might actually help kids learn to read

The Economist | December 18, 2019
Can technology plan economies and destroy democracy?

The New York Times | December 12, 2019
This Helmet Will Save Football. Actually, Probably Not.

Pittsburgh City Paper | December 11, 2019
Professor of history pens book about homegrown Mayor Sophie Masloff

STAT | December 10, 2019
I thought patriarchy in science was fading. Then I saw it in the data

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review | December 9, 2019 
‘Sophie’ biography explores struggles, success of Pittsburgh’s Mayor Masloff

Jacobin | December 4, 2019
The Power of the Black Working Class

Philadelphia Magazine | December 2, 2019
After a Heart Attack, This Bucks County Woman Hugged Her Way Across America

November 2019

ABC News | November 29, 2019 
'Tis the season to shop for health insurance. Here's your checklist

Quartz | November 26, 2019
Smartphone data shows black Americans wait longer to vote

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | November 25, 2019
Carnegie Mellon scientists read emotions in the brain

CBS News | November 24, 2019
Scientists are using MRI scans to reveal the physical makeup of our thoughts and feelings

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | November 24, 2019
David M. Shribman: The lessons of 'Areopagitica'

The Jerusalem Post | November 21, 2019
Former high State Dept official: There is a Trump Doctrine

The Jerusalem Post | November 20, 2019
Time to rekindle the tradition of mutual support

NOVA | November 20, 2019
The Violence Paradox

Pittsburgh Quarterly | November 20, 2019
An Uncommon Life in an Ordinary Place

Pittsburgh Post Gazette | November 20, 2019
'Cracking the digital ceiling:' CMU professors' book looks at computing around the world

New Scientist | November 20, 2019
Grand unified game theory can represent all two-player games

The New York Times | November 19, 2019
How the Brain Can Rewire Itself After Half of It Is Removed

Gulf News | November 16, 2019
Diabetes-related stress more harmful for young adults

Forbes | November 16, 2019
Gender Differences In Math Ability Just Don’t Add Up

Trib Live | November 14, 2019
Free meditation offered inside giant inflatable bubble at Schenley Plaza

Pittsburgh Post Gazette | November 14, 2019
These students want to learn to drop their Yinzer dialect when needed n'at

CNN | November 8, 2019
Brain scans don't lie: The minds of girls and boys are equal in math

Huffington Post | November 5, 2019
The Environmental Impact Of Your Thanksgiving Dinner

The Wall Street Journal | November 4, 2019
What Investors Can Learn From the Best Poker Players

Fast Company | November 1, 2019
3 unexpected benefits of using mindfulness apps

October 2019

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | October 31, 2019
Pittsburgh's Lindsey Shultz takes on powerhouse opponent in 'Jeopardy' tournament

New York Times | October 30, 2019
How to be a better friend

Los Angeles times | October 27, 2019
Opinion: I study terrorism. A white supremacist attack in my neighborhood woke me up to dangers at home

Analytics India | October 25, 2019
Watch: Top 10 TED Talks on Data Science

Ladders | October 21, 2019
This study explains why women feel the need to apologize so much

Tech Explore | October 21, 2019
Study shows regulators are allowing utilities higher returns

New York Daily News | October 18, 2019
Stressed-out college students are sleeping less than ever. Meditation apps claim to help

MIT Technology Review | October 18, 2019
Technology exposed Syrian war crimes over and over. Was it for nothing?

Wired | October 17, 2019
The NFL's Helmet Tests Are Brainless

Philadelphia Inquirer | October 15, 2019
Stressed-out college students are sleeping less than ever. Meditation apps claim to help.

Bloomberg Businessweek | October 9, 2019
Tesla’s Autopilot Could Save the Lives of Millions, But It Will Kill Some People First

Pittsburgh City Paper | October 9, 2019
Jane Bernstein's The Face Tells the Secret explores the repercussions of knowing nothing

WESA | October 4, 2019
Acclaimed Author Of African-American Experience Returns To Hometown For A Rare Reading Here

Hindustantimes | October 2, 2019
How Gandhi sparked solidarity across religion, race, nation and gender

Mumbai Mirror | October 1, 2019
The glass is half full

LiveMint | October 1, 2019
Gandhi and ghee: Two lessons on diet and politics

September 2019

India Today | September 27, 2019
Mahatma Gandhi's experiments with food

Forbes | September 25, 2019
How Even Professional Investors Get Their Sell Decisions Wrong

Forbes | September 24, 2019
The Evidence-Based Daily Habit That Can Boost the Quality Of Your Life

U.S.News | September 24, 2019
Humanizing the Arab World in America

Trib Live | September 20, 2019
Carnegie Library, CMU help Book Fairies in fight against banned books

City Lab | September 19, 2019
The Forgotten Urbanists of 19th-Century Boomtowns

Gulf Times | September 16, 2019
Carnegie Mellon Qatar welcomes new faculty members for 2019-20

Book Riot | September 12, 2019
Don’t Mourn, Organize! 9 More Books About The U.S. Labor Movement

The Buffalo News | September 9, 2019
Sherry Margolis: A life of love, loss and resilience

Science Friday | September 6, 2019
Randall Munroe, Football Concussion Research

Futurity | September 6, 2019
Book Offers 5 Ways to Improve Jewish Education

Broadway World | September 5, 2019
Recipients Of The 2019 American Poets Prizes Announced

USAToday | September 6, 2019
Money trolls: Why are we so judgmental about other people's finances?

City Newspaper | September 4, 2019
Judge declines to dismiss suit against the UR

June 2019

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | June 16, 2019
Don’t dump that lemonade cup: Green Team knows in and outs of keeping Arts Fest eco-friendly

My Fitness Pal | June 15, 2019
How Social Wellness Improves Your Health

Essence | June 14, 2019
Reckoning With Slavery in France

WYPL-FM | June 14, 2019
Epileptic Children Retaining Visual Perception Following Brain Surgery and Third Phase of Catalyst For A Cure In Glaucoma Research

WQED | June 13, 2019
Our Compelling Interests: Out of Many Faiths

Good Housekeeping | June 12, 2019
What Is the Gender Wage Gap?

Voices.com | June 12, 2019
Accessible Design and Culture: Why it’s Better for Business and All Your Users

Wall Street Journal | June 11, 2019
What Do Students Want From Employers?

Forbes | June 11, 2019
Does Race Help Us Understand The U.S.-China Trade War?

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution | June 11, 2019
Know your worth: Career experts reveal how to ask for and get a raise

Pittsburgh Tribune Review | June 10, 2019
WQED airs town hall on religious diversity

Technology Networks | June 5, 2019
Children’s Brains Dramatically Rewire to Retain Perception After Epilepsy Surgery

Newsweek | June 4, 2019
Epileptic girl who had half her brain removed can read after organ rewired itself

Global News Canada | June 4, 2019
Super Awesome Science Show: Me, Myself and AI

The Post and Courier | June 2, 2019
As teen suicide rates rise, brain imaging is starting to answer questions of why

Tech Crunch | June 1, 2019
Meet the first private companies that NASA has selected to deliver stuff and things to the moon

May 2019

PennLive.com | May 31, 2019
Deliberative forum on the issue of abortion tackles restrictions

Today | May 29, 2019
Bored with life? What to do when you’re in a rut

Thrive Global | May 23, 2019
The Stress of Caregivers

Pittsburgh Business Times | May 21, 2019
Carnegie Mellon adds two members to Board of Trustees

NEXT Pittsburgh | May 20, 2019
CMU and RoboTutor are educating thousands of kids in East Africa

The Atlantic | May 17, 2019
Why Do Schools Read Everyone’s Name at Graduation?

WITF | May 16, 2019
It isn’t easy being green: New research explores potential downside of nudging people to behave differently

Pittsburgh Business Times | May 16, 2019
CMU spinout RoboTutor comes up short in Global Learning Challenge

Scientific American | May 15, 2019
Brain-Controlled Hearing Aids Could Cut through Crowd Noise

Tech Crunch | May 15, 2019
Xprize names two grand prize winners in $15 million Global Learning Challenge

Ars Technica | May 13, 2019
People drop support for a carbon tax when getting less effective “nudges”

Brides | May 10, 2019
Study Finds Posting About Your Partner on Social Media Creates More Intimate Relationships

VentureBeat | May 8, 2019
Pearl raises $11 million to analyze dental scans with AI

Vox | May 8, 2019
The mess that is elite college admissions, explained by a former dean

Pittsburgh City Paper | May 7, 2019
French artist Alexis Peskine uses nails like brush strokes to illustrate the global Black experience

The Science Times | May 6, 2019
Neuroscience and Computer Vision Collaborate to Better Understand Visual Information Processing

Forbes | May 4, 2019
How to Overcome Islamophobia In Your Workplace

HuffPost | May 4, 2019
Muslim Man Was Fired When He Spoke Up About Mistreatment By His Boss

QRUIS | May 4, 2019
You can’t ignore what you already know — unless you really want to

CBS This Morning | May 2, 2019
Brain scans show promise in spotting suicidal thoughts

April 2019

Washington Post | April 30, 2019
Suicides spiked in the months after Netflix released ’13 Reasons Why,’ study finds

Pittsburgh Business Times | April 30, 2019
Personalities of Pittsburgh: Bill Garrison of advertising agency Garrison Hughes

The Wrap | April 30, 2019
Youth Suicides Jumped 29% in the Month After ’13 Reasons Why’ Released, Study Finds

AV News | April 30, 2019
Study says teen suicides increased after 13 Reasons Why, but that doesn’t necessarily mean anything

The Economist | April 27, 2019
Why investors are careful buyers but careless sellers

Inside Higher Ed | April 24, 2019
Faculty Competencies for Innovation?

WESA | April 18, 2019
CAR-Nuh-Gie Or Car-NAY-Gie? Depends On Where You're From

The New Yorker | April 12, 2019
The Campaign to Remove A Shocking Painting From the French National Assembly

The Observers | April 12, 2019
French National Assembly criticised for mural depicting racist stereotypes

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | April 11, 2019
Brian O’Neill: Hyperloop? The ‘train of the future’ has already left Pittsburgh

Feminism in India | April 11, 2019
Negotiating in the Workplace: 5 Tips That Work For Women

The Atlantic | April 10, 2019
Can We Touch?

Pittsburgh Business Times | April 5, 2019
Can this app teach MBA students conflict resolution?

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | April 4, 2019
A Night at the Gaslight concert will showcase ‘the new Dylan’

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | April 4, 2019
A North Side startup is using facial recognition to help law enforcement catch sex traffickers

Bustle | April 3, 2019
7 Fascinating Things Nobody Ever Taught You About Your Immune System

March 2019

Newsweek | March 26, 2019
Parkland and Sandy Hook Suicides: What Scientists Know About How Brain Scans Can Detect Suicidal Thoughts, Risks

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | March 24, 2019
David M. Shribman: The Periodic Table: Roadmap to the universe

Pittsburgh City Paper | March 21, 2019
CMU International Film Fest: Girls Always Happy

Times of India | March 18, 2019
Loneliness is bad for your health, this app may help

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | March 16, 2019
Modern atheism’s Mount Rushmore comes together in ‘The Four Horsemen’

Psychology Today | March 15, 2019
Talk Is Cheap: Four Do’s and Don’ts for Avoiding Cheap Talk

NPR | March 15, 2019
Social Media Companies Struggle To Pull Livestreamed Video of Mass Shootings

The Chronicle of Higher Education | March 13, 2019
Higher Education and the Illusion of Meritocracy

The Wall Street Journal | March 12, 2019
Pittsburgh Air-Quality Problem Recalls the Bad Old Days

The Economic Times, India | March 12, 2019
Want to build a healthy relationship? Include your better half in social media posts

Wall Street Journal Magazine | March 6, 2019
A Day in the Life of Everlane CEO Michael Preysman

February 2019

The Atlantic | Feb. 24, 2019
Gandhi’s Vision for Equality Involved Raw Food

MarketWatch | Feb. 19, 2019
Opinion: Even the best stock market investors fail when it’s time to sell

New York Magazine | Feb. 17, 2019
When ‘Going Outside Is Prison’: The World of American Hikikomori

90.5 WESA | Feb. 12, 2019
Symphonic Work in Pittsburgh Honors Enslaved Africans on Rice Plantations

New York Times | Feb. 9, 2019
Early Feminists Issued a Declaration of Independence. Where Is It Now?

The Christian Science Monitor | Feb. 7, 2019
Have you heard the buzz? Honeybees can count

The Chronicle of Higher Education | Feb. 6, 2019
Should You Allow Laptops in Class? Here’s What the Latest Study Adds to The Debate

Gulf Times | Feb. 4, 2019
Ethics should be integral to AI development: CMU professor

The Chronicle of Higher Education | Feb. 3, 2019
Can Data Make You a Better Teacher?

Fast Company | Feb. 1, 2019
The gender factor in salary negotiations that you probably didn’t think about

January 2019

Seeking Alpha | Jan. 31, 2019
You Likely Stink At Selling

Forbes | Jan. 30, 2019
Can Software Help People Build Better Arguments?

ABC News | Jan. 29, 2019
New research is helping scientists to understand how humans recognize voices better than computers

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Jan. 29, 2019
Kevin Kwan, ‘Last Podcast on the Left,’ lead Pittsburgh Humanities Festival

QRIUS | Jan. 27, 2019
Women won’t ask a man for more pay — But they will ask a woman

Discover Magazine | Jan. 25, 2019
To Help Computers Detect Who’s Talking, These Scientists Figured Out How Humans Do It

Sci Phi Podcast | Jan. 25, 2019
Kevin Zollman

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Jan. 25, 2019
A local historian charts the history of urban black labor in America

BroadwayWorld.com | Jan. 25, 2019
Heidi Duckler Dance Presents EBB & Flow: Culver City

Innovation & Tech Today | Jan. 23, 2019
What Drove Cleveland’s Return to Economic Prominence

Independent | Jan. 21, 2019
National Hugging Day: What are the mental health benefits of hugging?

AlterNet | Jan. 21, 2019
Women won’t ask a man for more pay — but they will ask a woman: researcher

WPXI | Jan. 18, 2019
11 local events to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. this weekend

Business Insider | Jan. 16, 2019
Sneaky ways stores like H&M, Zara, and Uniqlo get you to spend more money on clothes

Scientific American | Jan. 15, 2019
In Science, Some Ideas Are More Contagious Than Others

Hour Detroit | Jan. 14, 2019
The next wave of artificial intelligence is making critical decisions in health care

MarketWatch | Jan. 12, 2019
As stocks rally, most important skill traders need isn’t when to buy — it’s when (and what) to sell

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Jan. 6, 2019
Chasing the dream: Students in the MLK Jr. Writing Awards explore differences in identity

Ars Technica | Jan. 3, 2019
Machine learning can offer new tools, fresh insights for the humanities

Pittsburgh Tribune Review | Jan. 3, 2019
Mobile sauna business heats up for O’Hara resident

December 2018

The New York Times | Dec. 25, 2018
6 Ways to Work Smarter, Not Harder, in 2019

The Street | Dec. 21, 2018
Coping With the Selloff

90.5 WESA | Dec. 21, 2018
Short: 'Everyone's A Friend And Everyone Can Play'

Edge Effects | Dec. 18, 2018
Surviving Carmageddon in Manila

NY Daily News | Dec. 14, 2018
NYC debuts new 'novella' about colonoscopies

APM Podcasts | Dec. 11, 2018
Hair on Fire

The Guardian | Dec. 7, 2018
Technologist Vivienne Ming: 'AI is a human right'

Yahoo! India | Dec. 6, 2018
It’s Official: Hugs Can Make You Feel Better!

November 2018

Psychology Today | Nov. 30, 2018
How the Right Relationships Can Help You Heal

90.5 WESA | Nov. 28, 2018
Care Work

Pittsburgh City Paper | Nov. 21, 2018
Local author Jane Bernstein writes new children’s book about dogs and immigration

Salesforce | Nov. 16, 2018
At Carnegie Mellon University, Salesforce co-CEO Keith Block Discusses Radical Shifts in Technology and the Trust Crisis

Business Insider | Nov. 16, 2018
The 10 biggest charitable donations in the past decade

The Hill | Nov. 15, 2018
Nevada New Members 2019

CBS Pittsburgh | Nov. 14, 2018
Memorials To Squirrel Hill Synagogue Shooting Victims Being Moved Indoors

The Incline | Nov. 14, 2018
How Pittsburgh is saving Tree of Life’s massive, community-built sidewalk memorial

FOX 17 | Nov. 14, 2018
Science confirms what the heart already knows: Hugs really do make you feel better

Forbes | Nov. 13, 2018
30 Under 30 Social Entrepreneurs

Inc. | Nov. 13, 2018
Why a Hug a Day Makes Everything Better

FiveThirtyEight | Nov. 12, 2018
Can You Stave Off A Cold With Willpower?

Times of India | Nov. 12, 2018
The perfect way to solve a fight with your partner, according to science

NPR | Nov. 10, 2018
‘Farming While Black’: A Guide To Finding Power and Dignity Through Food

CBS Pittsburgh | Nov. 9, 2018
New Study Reveals Connections Between DNA & Reactions To Medication

Reuters | Nov. 8, 2018
Argue much? Hugs might help avoid bad moods after disagreements

Times Higher Education | Nov. 7, 2018
Best universities for psychology degrees 2019

Forbes | Nov. 6, 2018
How MaaS Public Transit Is Changing The World

Psychology Today | Nov. 6, 2018
Your Relationship Bill of Rights

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Nov. 5, 2018
Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life was founded when the Civil War divided the nation

The New York Times | Nov. 2, 2018
Colleges Grapple With Teaching the Technology and Ethics of A.I.

October 2018

The New York Times | Oct. 28, 2018
Tree of Life Synagogue Victims Remembered as Guardians of Their Faith

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Oct. 28, 2018
Shooting victim Joyce Fienberg, longtime Pitt researcher, embraced grad students

Pittsburgh Business Times | Oct. 26, 2018
How CMU is using Pittsburgh as a “living lab”

NBC News | Oct. 25, 2018
The health benefits of hugging

Buzzfeed News | Oct. 25, 2018
Cancer Hospital Ads Deceive Patients About Their Chances of Survival, New Report Finds

Inside Philanthropy | Oct. 25, 2018
“A Fraught Moment.” Donors Get Behind a Campus Initiative to Strengthen Democracy

Entrepreneur | Oct. 22, 2018
5 Insights Into Human Behavior That Will Boost Your Sales and Marketing

Washington Examiner | Oct. 22, 2018
Trump can pull out of the INF Treaty on his own, but lawmakers can still make his life miserable

NBC News | Oct. 19, 2018
This bizarre-looking font helps you remember what you read

Psychology Today | Oct. 19, 2018
It’s Cold and Flu Season, Call a Friend

El Diario | Oct. 19, 2018
NFL celebrates Rosana Guernica, a Puerto Rican with a heart of gold and tenacity of “steel”

Men’s Health | Oct. 18, 2018
How To Get Rid Of A Cold: 15 Best Tips

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Oct. 18, 2018
Sherri Nichols, a sabermetrics pioneer, leads lineup at CMU sports analytics conference

U.S. News & World Report | Oct. 17, 2018
Amid Khashoggi Criticism, Saudi Arabia Shows No Signs of Changing

U.S. News & World Report | Oct. 16, 2018
How to Bolster Your Earning Potential After You’re Fired

Quartz | Oct. 10, 2018
Hard-to-read fonts can help boost your memory

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review | Oct. 9, 2018
Shaler illustrator achieves childhood dream

Harpers Bazaar | Oct. 7, 2018
Hugging after an argument does make you feel better, says study

The Washington Post | Oct. 5, 2018
Researchers create new font designed to boost your memory

Scientific American | Oct. 5, 2018
What It Means When Scientists Disagree

CNN | Oct. 3, 2018
Science confirms what the hearts already knows: Hugs really do make you feel better

TIME | Oct. 3, 2018
Science Says You Should Embrace Hugging

September 2018

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Sept. 26, 2018
‘I think this is a “Who are we?” moment,’ law professor says about Kavanaugh hearings

Daily Nous | Sept. 26, 2018
Results from an Application Fee Experiment

State Impact Pennsylvania | Sept. 25, 2018
We’re wired to be wary of certain things. Here’s why pipelines are among them

MarketWatch | Sept. 20, 2018
NFL, Hispanic Heritage Foundation and Nationwide, Team for Eighth Annual NFL Hispanic Heritage Leadership Awards Presented by Nationwide

Discover Magazine | Sept. 18, 2018
Top 10 Secrets About Stress and Health

Pittsburgh City Paper | Sept. 12, 2018
Is fall disappearing?

USA Today | Sept. 10, 2018
9/11 victim identification: 17 years later, largest forensic investigation in US history continues

TIME | Sept. 10, 2018
What Salary Should You Ask For? Here’s How to Figure Out What You’re Worth

Bustle | Sept. 7, 2018
7 Things That Can Happen If You Are Sleep Deprived, And Ignoring It

TIME | Sept. 4, 2018
Why Some People Hate Being Hugged, According to Science

The Inquirer | Sept. 3, 2018
Researchers look to brain images to predict who will attempt suicide

August 2018

Wall Street Journal | August 30, 2018
Mike Pompeo Taps Foreign Policy Scholar Kiron Skinner as Chief State Department Planner

Wall Street Journal | August 24, 2018
Dear Investor, That Cocky Voice in Your Head Is Wrong

Working Class Perspectives | August 20, 2018
Sorry to Bother You: A Spectacle That Teaches

Public Agenda | August 16, 2018
Cities as Centers for Deliberative Democracy

Salon | August 13, 2018
Why scientists are taking a more active role in politics and policy

Forbes | August 13, 2018
Ask For What You're Worth

New York Times | August 10, 2018
How to Be an Ace Salary Negotiator (Even if You Hate Conflict)

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | August 4, 2018
Pittsburgh is 'world's capital for pogo'

CBC Radio | August 4, 2018
Scientists get a rare glimpse of the brain reorganizing itself after a lobectomy

Washington Post | August 2, 2018
A 12-year-old had one-sixth of his brain removed. He feels ‘perfectly normal.’

BBC | August 2, 2018
What you’re getting wrong about mindfulness

PBS Newshour | August 2, 2018
A child lost a sixth of his brain, then made an amazing comeback

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | August 1, 2018
New Stanton boy's brain finds new ways to learn after portion is removed

June/July 2018

CNN | July 31, 2018
Why men get the 'glamour work' assignments more than women

Wired | July 29, 2018
When in Nature, Google Lens Does What the Human Brain Can’t

New York Times | July 28, 2018
How the Suffrage Movement Betrayed Black Women

Wall Street Journal | July 27, 2018
No One Needs Paper Piles; SEC Should Get Smart About Broker Disclosure

ScienceNews | July 27, 2018
Women and men get research grants at equal rates — if women apply in the first place

DailyMail | July 27, 2018
How do you REALLY catch a cold? Doctors bust myths surrounding influenza - and why you should wear a jacket when you're out in chilly weather

Kennedy School Review | July 23, 2018
When Development Isn’t Complicated

DailyMail | July 23, 2018
Women are more likely to volunteer for tasks that will NOT help them to secure a promotion, scientists reveal

Harvard Business Review | July 16, 2018
Why Women Volunteer for Tasks That Don’t Lead to Promotions

BBC News | July 13, 2018
Is Kylie Jenner really a self-made millionaire?

Chronicle of Higher Education | July 12, 2018
How One College Used Student Comments to Identify Its Best Professors

DailyMail | July 10, 2018
Chatting to colleagues, neighbours and parents at the school gate benefits people's wellbeing just as much as close friendships, study finds

Washington Post | July 7, 2018
How casual daily interactions protect your health

The Times Picayune | July 1, 2018
A supportive spouse could set people up for success, says new study

Wall Street Journal | June 26, 2018
From Meditation to Medication: Headspace Has a Prescription Strategy

Bustle | June 25, 2018
Is Loneliness A Mental Health Issue? Changing Its Status Could Massively Help British Millennials

The Hill | June 24, 2018
Global energy politics are front and center at the World Cup in Russia

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | June 20, 2018
For early stage startups, federal agencies are often the key to funding success

The Star | June 19, 2018
Marriage tied to lower risk of fatal heart attacks and strokes

USA Today | June 18, 2018
Trump's insults, tariffs inspire Canadians to organize boycott of U.S. Goods

Aeon | June 18, 2018
Network visualisations show what we can and what we may know

Health News Review | June 18, 2018
‘Unconscionable’: Cleveland Clinic tweets misleading scans promoting experimental vaccine for incurable brain cancer

NBC News | June 11, 2018
Why scientists are teaching this burly robot to hug

Forbes | June 4, 2018
What U.S. Investors Can Learn From An Immigrant Venture Capitalist

Pittsburgh Business Times | June 1, 2018
Viewpoint: Pittsburgh’s opportunity to lead AI for Good

New York Times Magazine | May 30, 2018
Who Killed the Kiev Protesters? A 3-D Model Holds the Clues

May 2018

Sydney Morning Herald | May 30, 2018
Why employers should never ask job candidates about past salary

Reader's Digest | May 29, 2018
32 Everyday Mistakes That Raise Your Risk of Catching a Cold

WESA-FM | May 29, 2018
Young Black Children Are Twice As Likely To Commit Suicide As Their White Peers

PublicSource | May 28, 2018
I’m a slow learner when it comes to race, but I’m trying

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | May 26, 2018
Schools go increasingly digital, but there's still a need for paper

Newsweek | May 23, 2018
Black kids under 13 twice as likely to kill themselves as whites of the same age

Christian Science Monitor | May 16, 2018
When the humanities meet big data

CNBC | May 14, 2018
Warren Buffett says the most important decision you'll ever make has nothing to do with your money or career

Exchange | May 14, 2018
Campus Learning Laboratory

City Books | May 11, 2018
Sharon Dilworth

Harvard Business Review | May 11, 2018
3 Ways to Think Deeply at Work

Fox Business News | May 9, 2018
Trump scraps Iran nuclear deal: What's next?

WBUR-FM | May 9, 2018
Calorie Counts And Chain Restaurant Menus

Mother Nature Network | May 7, 2018
Restaurants now required to list calories

Wall Street Journal | May 4, 2018
The Free Trips Your Financial Adviser Takes Could Cost You

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | May 4, 2018
Artists of the World Unite at the 'Marx@200' exhibit Downtown

New York Times | May 1, 2018
How a Common Interview Question Fuels the Gender Pay Gap (and How to Stop It)

American Institute of Physics | May 1, 2018
NIST and White House Ramping Up Effort to Redesign Technology Transfer Policies

Fox Business News | April 27, 2018
Trump going into Merkel meeting with the upper hand?


April 2018

STAT News | April 25, 2018
Cancer centers sell out science when they advertise clinical trials as treatment

Ragan.com | April 25, 2018
7 tips to craft scintillating headlines that will hook readers

Pittsburgh City Paper | April 25, 2018
SPACE’s Marx@200 explores the German philosopher and what we can learn from his theories

New York Times | April 24, 2018
The Facebook Fallacy: Privacy Is Up to You

WESA | April 23, 2018 
A Computer Is Analyzing Parliamentary Speeches To Understand How The French Revolution Started 

U.S. News & World Report | April 20, 2018
Are Your Friends and Family Sabotaging Your Health Goals?

Littsburgh | April 19, 2018
Three Poems by Gerald Costanzo 

Forbes | April 18, 2018
Why Saying No To "Thankless Tasks" Can Close The Gender Gap

TechRepublic | April 17, 2018
How to prevent phishing by studying the psychology behind digital fraud

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | April 16, 2018
Recruiting a younger generation may take some different benefits

Futurism | April 16, 2018
AI Tool Helps Law Enforcement Find Victims of Human Trafficking

McClatchy News | April 16, 2018
Facebook embraces A.I., and risks further spooking consumers

Medscape | April 16, 2018
Are Clinical Trials Being Oversold to Cancer Patients?

ScienceNews | April 15, 2018
The Facebook data debacle may not change internet behavior

The Globe and Mail | April 15, 2018
With Syrian air strike, Trump reopens long-standing question of who in U.S. can authorize, wage war

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | April 15, 2018
'Two Sides, Three Rivers': Pittsburgh characters enliven Sharon Dilworth's short stories 

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | April 12, 2018
Alexa, do you speak Pittsburghese?

Computerworld | April 7, 2018
Mind-reading tech is here (and more useful than you think!)

The Globe and Mail | April 6, 2018
The lost art of the political speech

TheStreet | April 6, 2018
Why Playing Poker, Chess or Bridge Can Make You a Better Investor

Mic | April 5, 2018
Is there actually a wage gap? Yes, and here are some ways men can help fix it.

Educause Review | April 3, 2018
Why Aren’t Tech-Enhanced Learning Strategies More Widely Used?

Next Pittsburgh | April 3, 2018
Talking Black in America: free film screening and discussion

U.S News & World Report | April 2, 2018
Your Money: Game Theory for Your Financial Life

U.S. News & World Report | March 29, 2018
7 Ways Boosting Your Happiness Will Improve Your Finances


March 2018

Investor’s Business Daily | March 27, 2018
How To Optimize Your Memory When Reading

AdWeek | March 26, 2018
How Brands Can Use Psychology to Improve Marketing Techniques

The Incline | March 26, 2018
Why Pittsburghers add an ‘S’ to the end of words

Wall Street Journal | March 24, 2018
Why Do Some People Get Sick Less Often?

Washington Post | March 24, 2018
Mindfulness meditation is huge, but science isn’t sure how, or whether, it works

Fox News | March 24, 2018
Newt Gingrich: The future is amazing -- Here’s an incredible glimpse of what awaits us

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | March 24, 2018
Saturday Poem: Nevertheless

Consumer Reports | March 23, 2018
How to Keep Pounds Off When Dining Out

Wired | March 23, 2018
The Lose-Lose Ethics of Testing Self-Driving Cars in Public

KDKA Radio | March 21, 2018
Honorees Selected for KDKA Radio's 6th Annual 'Larry's Hometown Heroes' Event

Associated Press | March 20, 2018
Facebook: A community like no other. Should you leave it?

ABC Science | March 20, 2018
Driverless cars and the 5 ethical questions on risk, safety and trust we still need to answer

Forensic Magazine | March 16, 2018
Virtual Case Notes: How AI Can Fight Human Trafficking With Just One Picture

WESA | March 15, 2018
Pittsburgh's Neighborhoods Inspire Author's Short Fiction Collection

TechTarget | March 14, 2018
'Intelligent tutoring systems' use AI to boost student IQ

Pittsburgh City Paper | March 14, 2018
More New Films: These films are opening on March 16 in Pittsburgh

Fox Business | March 14, 2018
Pompeo facing challenges with North Korea, Iran

Pittsburgh Magazine | March 12, 2018
CMU's Francis Bacon Project Is Facebook for 16th Century

The Next Web | March 12, 2018
We should be getting paid to use Facebook and Google

TheStreet | March 9, 2018
Boost Your Retirement Savings With These Easy Tips

EdSurge | March 7, 2018
Why Professors Doubt Education Research

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | March 1, 2018
There's lots to talk about at the Pittsburgh Humanities Festival 


February 2018

USA Today | February 23, 2018
Financial shortcuts to avoid and use when saving and investing for retirement

Allegheny Front - WESA | February 23, 2018
Do We Even Need the Clean Power Plan?

Trib Live | February 21, 2018
NPR's Guy Raz, speaker during the Pittsburgh Humanities Festival, celebrates curiosity

New York Times | February 17, 2018
Russia Isn’t the Only One Meddling in Elections. We Do It, Too.

News and Tribune | February 15, 2018
Secrets of clickbait 

Pittsburgh City Paper | February 14, 2018
Jim Daniels’ Street Calligraphy  

Pittsburgh City Paper | February 14, 2018
Photography project centers LGBTQ couples 

CNBC | February 14, 2018
These psychologists say that the secret to your success is who you marry

Chicago Booth Review | February 14, 2018
Why it’s so hard to simplify the tax code

Wall Street Journal | February 11, 2018
Common Errors When Buying Insurance 

GeekWire | February 9, 2018
The ethics of AI: Robots will rise, but will they rule us all? 

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | February 6, 2018
CMU researchers are building a model to predict human behavior. It could save lives one day. 

Pittsburgh Quarterly | February 6, 2018
Air Rules

Reader’s Digest | February 1, 2018
9 Weight Loss Challenges That Are Totally Doable


January 2018

Forbes | January 31, 2018
How Mentors Can Help Us Discover Our Authentic Negotiation Style -- With Expert Dr. Linda Babcock

Big Think | January 28, 2018
Take it or leave it: How to control a negotiation like a game theorist 

GeekWire | January 28, 2018
Can GeekWire talk the talk in a new tech town? Here’s what yinz need to know about Pittsburghese

Science Friday | January 26, 2018
Boosting Vaccination Rates, One Conversation At A Time

Sunday Times | January 25, 2018
Do you hug left or hug right? The answer says a lot about how you feel

Valley News Dispatch | January 22, 2018
Shady Side Academy's Eliyah Roberts honored by CMU for poetry

VentureBeat | January 18, 2018
Black Mirror’s mind-reading tech could be here sooner than you think

Bustle | January 18, 2018
4 Things To Do If You Feel Like You're Getting Sick

Pittsburgh Today Live | January 15, 2018
CMU Hosts 19th Annual MLK Jr. Writing Awards

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | January 14, 2018
Students in the MLK Jr. Writing Awards explore the experiences of bias 

Value Walk | January 13, 2018
Win with Game Theory & Defeat Smart Opponents | Kevin Zollman

Poets & Writers | January 12, 2018
Breaking Down Our Barriers: A Q&A With Jim Daniels, Founder of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Writing Awards

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | January 12, 2018
Society honors CMU professor for work in psychology and physical health 

Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle | January 11, 2018
New CMU anthology showcases works inspired by Martin Luther King Jr.

Tribune Review | January 11, 2018
Doctors warn against flu risks

Pittsburgh City Paper | January 11, 2018
MLK Day Writing Awards winners read Monday at CMU 

Associated Press | January 10, 2018
4 challenges posed by today's long-distance relationships

Pittsburgh City Paper | January 9, 2018
Pittsburgh Humanities Festival to feature local and national authors, artists and experts 

NBC News | January 2, 2018
How to use the power of expectation to improve your life