Understanding and Engaging a Global Society

Globalization requires new and innovative approaches to education, producing graduates who understand the complex interconnections between politics, cultures, economies and technologies around the world. Carnegie Mellon is on the frontier of redefining education in a global economy.

Learn more about the people and projects making Carnegie Mellon a leader on a multinational playing field:

Fall 2009

• Improving Education: Students Lend Hand in Philippines
• Homecoming Weekend: Welcome Back!
• America's Global Navy: Chief of Naval Operations Visits
• Economic Excellence: Alum Shares Nobel Prize
• Fulbright Scholars: Three Alums Named
• Bored with Same? Researcher Has the Solution
• What a Week: Reflecting on G-20 Events
• A Special Visit: Australian Prime Minister Rudd
• Future of the G-20: Facing the Economic Turning Point

Summer 2009

• Welcome, World: Carnegie Mellon's Week Ahead
• Hungry for Solutions: Tackling Global Poverty
• Education in Action: Tech Consulting in Global Community
• Welcome Students: Find. Connect. Tweet. Brag
• TechBridgeWorld iSTEP: Innovative Intership Experience
• Future Tenant: A Non-Traditional Art Experience
• Sopagna Seang: An Education in Justice
• UDream: Architects Get Real-World Training
• Facebookers Beware: Public Info Makes SSN Predictable
• Where's My Bus? IT Students Have the Answer

Spring 2009

• Charlee Brodsky: Picturing Understanding
• Trade and Reform: Exploring Indian Pharma
• Worried About Your Job? How to Be a Star at Work
• Off the Tennis Court: And On to Italy
• Allison Lucaksy: Architect of Healing
• Once in a Lifetime: Students Meet Liberian President
• Via GigaPan: O'Hare Travelers Explore Chicago
• Computing for Life: Bill Gates Visits Qatar
• US Economic Recovery: Panel Offers Reviews, Ideas
• Synthesized Learning: From the Classroom to the World
• The Tap Project: Student's Raise Water Awareness

Winter 2009

• Health Policy: Developing Agents for Change
• Color-Blind Judges: Carnegie Mellon, Pitt Findings
• A Break in the Clouds: Qatar Initiative Opens Doors
• Home in Qatar: Carnegie Mellon Building Opens
• Global Solutions: Conference Focuses on Human Rights
• A Dream Come True: Scholarship Offers Global Experience
• NFL Films Presents: Randy's Legacy Reaches the NFL
• First Impressions: Heinz Students on the Inauguration
• BIOS3 Mini-Course: Street Smarts on a Global Scale
• Sheela Ramesh: Marshall Scholarship Winner

Fall 2008

• Dieting for Dollars: Study Could Help with Weight Loss
• GigaPan Pen Pals: New Kind of Student Exchange
• Collaborative Teaching: Classical Athens in the Classroom
• Deliberative Democracy: Engaging & Empowering the Voter
• Cancer Awareness: Senate Honors Randy Pausch
• Inside the Beltway: Students Gain Unprecedented Access
• Discovery Science: A Nationwide Science Experiment
• TechBridgeWorld: Bridging Global Technology Divides
• Muppet Diplomacy: Sweeping the Clouds Away
• In Memoriam: Celebrating Randy Pausch's Life

Summer 2008

• ARABOH.com: Alum's Site is Key New Resource
• High-Tech Help: Students Work w/ Doha Non-Profits
• Farah Zaman: Working for Change in Darfur
• A Capital Experience: New Heinz Apprenticeships in DC
• First of Its Kind: Doha Virtual Stock Market
• e-Voting in Japan: Student Research Alters Course
• Tourism in China's West: Ambiguities of Modernization
• Exploring South Africa: Spring Break Takes On New Flavor