Simon News
March 5, 2024
The Simon Initiative Welcomes Lindsay Forman as K-12 Coordinator
Lindsay Forman has joined the Simon Initiative as its new K-12 Coordinator. She began her new position in July of 2023 and has been working on a multitude of new projects since. Forman was excited to work at the Simon Initiative because she was intrigued by the potential to grow and amplify the existing connections between the innovative work happening at Carnegie Mellon University and Western Pennsylvania’s regional K-12 partners.
February 13, 2024
Carnegie Mellon University and Play Included® Bring LEGO® Brick Based Interventions to US
Brick by brick, Carnegie Mellon University is building a new way to transform children’s social and emotional learning in schools and community organizations throughout Pittsburgh and, eventually, across the country.
May 9, 2023
CMU Team Wins $1M XPRIZE Digital Learning Challenge
Carnegie Mellon University learning science researchers John Stamper, Norman Bier and Steven Moore are part of a team that won first place in the XPRIZE Digital Learning Challenge, a competition to find and improve the most effective learning tools.
March 31, 2023
The Myth of the Fast Learner
Learning science experts from Carnegie Mellon University's Human Computer Interaction Institute found that, in the right conditions, people learn at a remarkably similar rate. Ken Koedinger, the Hillman Professor of Computer Science, led the research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.