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Monday, July 1, 2013

Press Release: Counting Civilian Casualties: New Book By Carnegie Mellon, Pitt Authors Explores Proper Way To Record Deaths in Areas of Conflict

Jay AronsonBaruch FischhoffTaylor SeboltCo-edited by CMU's Jay D. Aronson and Baruch Fischhoff and the University of Pittsburgh's Taylor B. Seybolt, the book contains contributions from the top researchers in the field, presenting case studies from Latin America, South America, Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia. MORE
Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Press Release: Carnegie Mellon Researchers Identify Emotions Based on Brain Activity

HappyBrainThe new study extends CMU's "mind reading" research to feelings by applying machine learning techniques to fMRI data. MORE
Thursday, June 13, 2013

Press Release: Volunteering Reduces Risk of Hypertension In Older Adults, Carnegie Mellon Research Shows

VolunteeringNew research from Carnegie Mellon University shows that older adults who volunteer for at least 200 hours per year decrease their risk of hypertension, or high blood pressure, by 40 percent. The study, published by the American Psychological Association's Psychology and Aging journal, suggests that volunteer work may be an effective non-pharmaceutical option to help prevent the condition. MORE
Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Six Degrees of Francis Bacon

francis bacon projectCarnegie Mellon researchers mine the early modern social network of the 16th through 17th centuries, tracing the influence and ideas of Bacon, Shakespeare, Isaac Newton and more than 6,000 others. MORE
Monday, June 3, 2013

Press Release: Carnegie Mellon Authors Reflect on Fact, Fancy and Johnny Miller's 63 at the 1973 U.S. Open

Golf ImageCarnegie Mellon Historian Steve Schlossman and Alumnus Adam Lazarus (DC'06) offer their observations of what many experts still consider to be the greatest round of golf ever played. MORE
Friday, May 31, 2013

Press Release: Six Recent Carnegie Mellon Graduates, Rising Sophomore Earn Fulbright Awards to Asia, Europe and South America

AponteSix recent Carnegie Mellon University graduates have received grants to research, study and teach across three continents through the Fulbright U.S. Student Program. In addition, a rising sophomore has been selected to participate in the U.S.-U.K. Fulbright Commission's Queens University Belfast Summer Institute. MORE