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.
TribLIVE | September 18, 2017CMU spinoff company named a finalist in $15M Global Learning XPRIZE
Nautilus | September 14, 2017
Is Tribalism a Natural Malfunction?
Lifehacker | September 14, 2017
Have a "Chore Auction" With Your Kids When They Can't Work Something Out Peacefully
NBC News | September 13, 2017
Controversial AI ‘Gaydar’ Study Spawns Backlash, Ethical Debate
New York Times | September 8, 2017
Apocalyptic Thoughts Amid Nature’s Chaos? You Could Be Forgiven
USA Today | September 7, 2017
Alleged Russian political meddling documented in 27 countries since 2004
Science News | September 6, 2017
Machines are getting schooled on fairness
CNBC | September 6, 2017
How your significant other may be unintentionally sabotaging your career
a16z Podcast | September 5, 2017
The Macro and the Micro of Parenting
Chronicle of Higher Education | August 31, 2017
Teaching Newsletter: Education and Polarization
EdTech | August 31, 2017
As AI Gets Smarter, Scholars Raise Ethics Questions
Fox News | August 28, 2017
Researchers developing computer program to read people's minds
WESA | August 28, 2017
18 Years Of Student Poetry And Prose On Race And Identity Compiled In CMU Anthology
Adios | August 22, 2017
Study: knowing more doesn't change disbeliefs about science
CNBC | August 21, 2017
Why the secret to your success is who you marry
Big Think | August 21, 2017
People in Supportive Relationships More Likely to Take Risks That Lead to Growth
Computer World | August 18, 2017
Beginner's guide to R: Syntax quirks you'll want to know
BBC | August 18, 2017
How Do You Fix Someone Else's Election?
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | August 17, 2017
Steelers fans should worry about Patriots RB Rex Burkhead. These CMU statisticians tell you why.
Bustle | August 13, 2017
What Does Reading Do To Your Brain? These 5 Effects Are Pretty Astounding
Observer Reporter | August 12, 2017
Forty years after his death, the memory of Elvis lives on
SheKnows | August 11, 2017
8 Totally Simple Ways to Bust Out of a Bad Mood in a Hurry
U.S. News & World Report | August 10, 2017
Postpone the 2020 Election? Many GOP Voters Say Yes
Martha Stewart | August 8, 2017
Volunteering is a "Good Thing" for Your Health — and Your Community
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | August 8, 2017
Pittsburgh consumers not balking at waiting over a year for Tesla Model 3
Washington Post | August 7, 2017
Women friends like to handle conflicts by talking them out. But does it work?
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | July 28, 2017
What's the longest line in Pittsburgh? And what's worth waiting for?
BYU Radio | July 27, 2017
Children of Divorce
York Daily Record | July 24, 2017
Pennsylvania's great 'soda'/'pop' divide explained
Pittsburgh Magazine | July 24, 2017
A Great Novelist Finds Her Voice in Pittsburgh
Governing | July 24, 2017
Getting Public Benefits to the People Who Need Them
Jalopnik | July 20, 2017
Ethics Experts Want Self-Driving Cars Approved Like New Drugs
CNN | July 15, 2017
How often has US meddled in others' elections?
Consumer Reports | July 12, 2017
How to Relieve Severe Stress
Times Higher Education | July 12, 2017
Failure to embrace new teaching techniques not just about fear of embarrassment
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | July 11, 2017
Using brain patterns may be first step to reading the mind, CMU study shows
Reuters | July 5, 2017
Nasty parental divorce may leave a mark on adult immune system
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | July 5, 2017
CMU professor co-chairs truck safety National Academies committee
Huffington Post | July 4, 2017
Why Abraham Lincoln Is An Icon For Republicans And Democrats Alike
The Register | July 4, 2017
Why, Robot? Understanding AI ethics
Times Higher Education | July 4, 2017
Academics ‘fail to change teaching due to fear of looking stupid’
WESA-FM | July 3, 2017
CMU Researchers Are Teaching Computers To Read Minds
WESA-FM | June 26, 2017
XPRIZE Semifinalist App Could Help Kids In Developing Countries Teach Themselves
Pittsburgh Quarterly | June 20, 2017
Latin Mass
The Incline | June 19, 2017
6 degrees of separation in Pittsburgh: Why it feels like you know everyone here
Bustle | June 19, 2017
Why Unhappiness Might Be The Key To Your Creative Success
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | June 16, 2017
Penguins hire Carnegie Mellon analytics guru Sam Ventura to front-office job
Wired | June 11, 2017
New Math Untangles the Mysterious Nature of Causality
CBS News | June 9, 2017
Friendly chatter on Facebook could be behind our current housing bubble
Popular Science | June 9, 2017
Scientists want to know if your parents' divorce is making you sick
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | June 5, 2017
Bitter divorces can impact children’s' health into adulthood, CMU study shows
NPR | May 31, 2017
Activists Build Human Rights Abuse Cases With Help From Cellphone Videos
Huffington Post | May 30, 2017
Trump and Russia: Connecting Some Dots
Seeker | May 26, 2017
How Your Brain Helps You Lie To Yourself
NIH Research Matters | May 23, 2017
How drug marketing may influence prescriptions
Huffington Post | May 23, 2017
Calories On Menus Are Making Healthy Choices Even Harder
Wired | May 19, 2017
Even If Dana Rohrabacher Was a Russian Asset, Would He Know?
WESA-FM | May 18, 2017
Chinese Food Is 'Communication,’ Connecting Cultures In Pittsburgh
Miami Herald | May 18, 2017
The HistoryMakers: An idea that changes our world
Live Science | May 16, 2017
Fidget Spinners Renew Focus on Kids' Attention Spans
NBCNews.com | May 16, 2017
Mindfulness Meditation May Help Students Combat High Levels of Stress, Depression
Headspace | May 16, 2017
Meditation can help your body feel better too. Here’s how.
Quartz | May 12, 2017
The way we pay doctors in the US makes them find problems that aren’t there
Citadel | May 11, 2017
The Arc of Data Science: Advice from CMU After 50 Years of Teaching Statistics
Hoover Institution | May 11, 2017
"America First" Then And Now
Reader’s Digest | May 9, 2017
Why Do Movie Villains Always Have Skin Conditions?
Eater | May 5, 2017
What Is City Chicken, Really?
Washington Post | May 5, 2017
5 lessons from former presidents on making good decisions
Forbes | May 4, 2017
Teaching Creativity Is A Necessary Part Of Undergraduate Education
Associated Press | May 4, 2017
Obama endorses a French presidential candidate
Inside Higher Ed | May 3, 2017
Easing Instructional Designer-Faculty Conflicts
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review | May 2, 2017
Gift-bearing drug reps can influence a doctor's prescription
WESA-FM | May 2, 2017
Restricting Gifts From Pharma Reps May Change Doctors' Prescribing Habits
Slate | May 2, 2017
Why Do Drug Reps Give Doctors Free Pens?
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | May 2, 2017
Restricting drug company access to doctors cuts prescriptions touted by industry
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | April 26, 2017
Carnegie Mellon professor among 35 Andrew Carnegie Fellows
Forbes | April 25, 2017
In Today's Business World, Confronting Information Avoidance Is A Must
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | April 23, 2017
Hulu's 'Handmaid's Tale' a disquieting depiction of devaluation of women
Business Insider | April 20, 2017
David Selverian’s Advice to Aspiring Entrepreneurs
Pacific Council on International Policy | April 19, 2017
For U.S. Defense, Technological Change Compels New Strategy
MarketPlace | April 17, 2017
Beacons help Waze users navigate Pittsburgh's tricky tunnel exits
e-Literate | April 17, 2017
Can There Be a Microscope of the Mind?
WESA-FM | April 17, 2017
This Nonprofit Is Attempting To Reduce The Wage Gap By Teaching Girls Negotiation Skills
TwinCities.com | April 14, 2017
Kevin Zollman: Don’t return to the democratic dark ages, keep ranked voting
NPR | April 13, 2017
The United Airlines Fiasco: How Game Theory Could Help
National Magazine | April 7, 2017
Rules of the road: How are we going to regulate autonomous cars?
Pittsburgh City Paper | April 5, 2017
The 11th annual Carnegie Mellon International Film Festival Faces of Identity continues in Pittsburgh
Nature | April 4, 2017
Label the limits of forensic science
College Factual | April 3, 2017
Best Colleges Offering Degrees/Majors in Statistics : Nationwide
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | April 2, 2017
Self-driving, but not self-regulating
Los Angeles Times | March 30, 2017
Russia's meddling in other nations' elections is nothing new. Just ask the Europeans
New Scientist | March 29, 2017
Bias test to prevent algorithms discriminating unfairly
EdSurge | March 28, 2017
Living, Breathing and Eating Math: An Interview with Carnegie Learning's Barry Malkin
Crain’s New York | March 28, 2017
40 Under 40, Class of 2017: Steve Martocci, 35
Quartz | March 26, 2017
Humans selectively edit reality before accepting it, a review of decades of social and economic behavior shows
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | March 23, 2017
The many 'Faces of Identity' at CMU's International Film Festival
Pittsburgh Magazine | March 22, 2017
The CMU Film Fest Opens with One of 2016's Best
Pittsburgh City Paper | March 22, 2017
Pittsburgh Humanities Festival runs March 24-26
Big Think | March 19, 2017
Why People Use Information Avoidance to Choose Their Own Reality
EdTech | March 16, 2017
Can Machine Learning and Crowdsourcing Fight the Flu?
Hoover Institution | March 15, 2017
Moving Forward: The Need For Innovations In Technology And Strategy
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | March 15, 2017
Avoiding information that might upset you? Well, you’re only human.
Wall Street Journal | March 10, 2017
It’s Time for a Revolution in Investor Disclosures
American Economic Association | March 10, 2017
I don't want to know: Why do we avoid certain information and what are the consequences for our society?
TIME Magazine | March 7, 2017
Here’s How Much Sex You Should Have Every Week
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | March 6, 2017
Data-driven stats geeks make their mark on sports locally and nationally
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | February 28, 2017
Lower cortisol may give married people advantage
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review | February 24, 2017
Meditation techniques help people be in the moment
Fox Business | February 23, 2017
Will the Trump administration create a stronger relationship with Mexico?
Nature | February 22, 2017
Stephen E. Fienberg: Statistician Who Campaigned for Better Science in Court.
Pittsburgh City Paper | February 22, 2017
Poet Jim Daniels continues fruitfully mining memories of his youth in a blue-collar town
Reuters | February 21, 2017
Stress hormone may help explain health advantages of marriage
Huffington Post | February 20, 2017
How Job And Name Discrimination Can Hurt A Business And A Career
Forensic Magazine | February 15, 2017
Stats Expert to Present Fingerprint Doubts at AAFS 69th Annual Meeting
Bloomberg | February 14, 2017
Stop Telling Me How Dangerous My Bathtub Is
Defense One | February 9, 2017
US Counterterrorism Strategy Must Be About More than ISIS
e-Literate | February 8, 2017
Understanding Learning Science and Its Value to Educators
NIH News in Health | February 8, 2017
Do Social Ties Affect Our Health?
Pittsburgh City Paper | February 8, 2017
Sex research can yield unexpected answers
NPR | February 8, 2017
3 Things You Might Not Know About Charles Darwin
The Conversation | February 1, 2017
Why using a mobile phone while driving is so dangerous … even when you’re hands-free
Quartz | January 31, 2017
The psychology of why 94 deaths from terrorism are scarier than 301,797 deaths from guns
The Atlantic’s CityLab | January 29, 2017
Self-Driving Cars Should Be Regulated Like Drugs
Inverse | January 29, 2017
How to Speed Read the Internet
CreditCards.com | January 25, 2017
Poll: 9 out of 10 millennials admit to impulse buys
WESA-FM | January 24, 2017
No Coding Skills Needed, Supercomputer Builds ‘Bridges’ To Non-Traditional Users
Inside Higher Ed | January 23, 2017
Beyond Teaching by Instinct
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | January 22, 2017
Steelers got you stressed? Try meditation, expert says
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | January 21, 2017
Do you speak Hafez?
Reader’s Digest | January 18, 2017
The Magical Health Benefits of One Hug a Day
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | January 15, 2017
Race is a part of who we are, but not the sum, writes student Cherisse Tompkins
New York Times | January 14, 2017
New Path to the N.H.L.: Crunching Numbers, Not Opponents
Fast Company | January 13, 2017
The Huge Difference Between Business And Political Strategies
Yahoo! Finance | January 11, 2017
Kids Menus Aren't Getting Healthier, New Study Finds
CBS Pittsburgh | January 11, 2017
CMU Honors Young Writers With MLK Writing Awards
NextPittsburgh | January 10, 2017
17 Pittsburgh tech companies to watch in 2017
EdSurge | January 9, 2017
When Personalized Learning Is a Logical Fallacy
New Scientist | January 4, 2017
Give your car a conscience: Why driverless cars need morals
Pittsburgh City Paper | January 4, 2017
The Pittsburgh stories of canonical novelist Willa Cather
Slate | January 4, 2017
Election Meddling Is Surprisingly Common
Psychology Today | January 3, 2017
The Mystery of Motivation
NextPittsburgh | January 3, 2017
How The Art of Democracy is making tough issues and decisions easier for groups to tackle
The Conversation | December 30, 2016
Finding trust and understanding in autonomous technologies
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | December 27, 2016
What makes facial recognition 'almost magical'?
NPR | December 22, 2016
Database Tracks History Of U.S. Meddling In Foreign Elections
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review | December 21, 2016
Carnegie Mellon to offer major in behavioral economics
Huffington Post | December 21, 2016
Abolish The Electoral College
Research shows not negotiating your salary could cost you $1 million (especially women)
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | December 16, 2016
Obituary: Stephen E. Fienberg / Statistician used data as ‘force for good’
CSO | December 15, 2016
Protecting more than privacy in K-12 sector
The Incline | December 14, 2016
What can Pittsburgh do with vacant lots? These CMU students have ideas.
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review | December 9, 2016
Looking to gauge flu season's severity? Ask CMU computer scientists, statisticians
Bustle | December 5, 2016
How To Decorate Your Home, According To Science
c&en | December 5, 2016
Perspectives: When are industries judged fairly?
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review | December 2, 2016
Art exhibit documents heartbreak of broken relationships
Pittsburgh City Paper | November 23, 2016
Jay D. Aronson’s new book “Who Owns the Dead? The Science and Politics of Death at Ground Zero” explores the ethical frontiers of DNA identification of bodily remains
devex | November 23, 2016
Why do people make bad decisions? 'Information avoidance' can explain
CityLab | November 23, 2016
What Thanksgiving Costs the Climate Where You Live
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | November 22, 2016
Brain architecture is as unique as our fingerprints
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | November 22, 2016
CMU prof lands spot on Trump transition team for National Security Council
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | November 19
The sports analytics community has Mike Tomlin's back
Huffington Post | November 18, 2016
Scientists Have Figured Out How To ‘Fingerprint’ Your Brain
Baltimore Sun | November 17, 2016
In search of ever more sales, Maryland Lottery to offer $30 scratch-off tickets
Science of Us | November 2, 2016
It Is Stupidly Important to Plan Your Election-Day Logistics
New York Times | October 31, 2016
Is High-Deductible Health Insurance Worth the Risk?
The Conversation | October 31, 2016
Why do so many believe Hillary Clinton is inauthentic?
Literary Hub | October 28, 2016
How I Helped Tell a Soldier's Story
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review | October 28, 2016
Ex-CIA director Hayden: If U.S. can hack into Russian emails, it should
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | October 29, 2016
Saturday Poem: Prequel with Mr. Rogers
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review | October 28, 2016
Ex-CIA director Hayden: If U.S. can hack into Russian emails, it should
Pittsburgh City Paper | October 28, 2016
Showcase for Pittsburgh-area filmmakers begins eighth season on WQED tomorrow
Washington Post | October 27, 2016
‘Will & Jane’: Making literary celebrity work for the humanities
New Scientist | October 19, 2016
Who Owns the Dead? The atrocity of 9/11 casts a long shadow
Huffington Post | October 18, 2016
Busy But Getting Nothing Done: 3 Subtle, Subconscious Ways We Procrastinate
Bloomberg | October 18, 2016
Can Science Make People Save Money?
Newsweek Europe | October 17, 2016
How Election 2016 Would Be Different With Ranked-Choice Voting
The Atlantic | October 13, 2016
Why Republicans Are Flip-Flopping on Their Endorsements
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | October 12, 2016
“BodyWorks” uses cutting edge technology to explore the workings of the human body
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | October 12, 2016
Museum collects pieces of broken relationships
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review | October 11, 2106
CMU professor looks at politics of Ground Zero
Chicago Tribune | October 10, 2016
Parenthood makes us better, if not happier
TIME | October 3, 2016
The Science of Why Good People Choose Bad Health Plans
Vice | September 26, 2016
The DEA Is About to Make Life Even More Dangerous for US Heroin Users
Pittsburgh City Paper | September 22, 2016
Rare Shakespeare book at Pittsburgh's Carnegie Mellon University
Yahoo! Finance | September 20, 2016
How to Eat Healthier at Restaurant Chains
Christian Science Monitor | September 20, 2016
What happens when the systems we rely on go haywire?
Sputnik International | September 19, 2016
What next for US-Cuba Relations?
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | September 18, 2016
At Smithsonian's new African American museum, Pittsburghers helped shape exhibits
Huffington Post | September 18, 2016
Relying on “Smile Scores” To Measure Student Learning Is Not a Good Idea
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | September 17, 2016
First Person: See something, say nothing?
The Incline | September 16, 2016
The science of why drivers slow down for Pittsburgh tunnels
Huffington Post | September 13, 2016
What’s It All About?
Wall Street Journal | September 11, 2016
Are Investors More or Less Willing to Take on Risk After a Big Money Loss?
CBC News | September 11, 2016
Homework: 'A sin against childhood' or a useful way to learn?
Washington Post | September 11, 2016
After 15 years, the political power of the 9/11 victims endures
Fox News | September 10, 2016
September 11: The day that changed my country (and my career path) forever
The Economist | September 10, 2016
Quantum of scholars
Washington Post | September 7, 2016
Sure, the U.S. and Russia often meddle in foreign elections. Does it matter?
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review | September 3, 2016
Newsmaker: Casey Roark
The Atlantic | September 2, 2016
At Work in Two Genders
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review | August 29, 2016
'Living Proof' ads feature real patients, not actors, scripts
New York Times | August 21, 2016
Whose Lives Should Be Saved? Researchers Ask the Public
TheStreet | August 21, 2016
Don't Settle for a Low Salary on Your First Job
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review | August 20, 2016
Technology saturates curricula in Alle-Kiski Valley schools
Education Week | August 18, 2016
Brain Imaging Eyed as Path to Better Education Software
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | August 18, 2016
No need to give your ‘needs’ a ‘to be’
Huffington Post | August 17, 2016
To Serve And Protect
Pittsburgh Business Times | August 12, 2016
Five things to know today
Washington Post | August 11, 2016
‘Will & Jane’ is the Folger’s look at how the two authors reflect ourselves
Consumer Reports | August 10, 2016
The Truth About Vitamin C and Other Supplements for the Common Cold
CNN | August 10, 2016
Trump fires back at GOP foreign policy critics
New York Times | August 9, 2016
Time-Delayed Eating Leads to Better Food Choices
Consumer Reports | August 7, 2016
5 Surprising Reasons You Eat More When Dining Out
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | August 7, 2016
Pittsburgh's illuminating history
New York Times | August 4, 2016
Lit’s Dynamic Duo, Will and Jane, Shared Path to Pop Stardom
WESA | July 28, 2016
CMU Maps Your Brain On Math
New York Times | July 28, 2016
What Your Brain Looks Like When It Solves a Math Problem
Inc. | July 27, 2016
How Mindfulness Meditation Can Improve Your Life in Just 3 Minutes a Day
CityWatch | July 25, 2016
Hugs Keep Us Healthy!
The New Yorker | July 25, 2016
A Guide To Guerilla Parenting
Huffington Post | July 25, 2016
Climate Talk
Education Week | July 22, 2016
Researchers Target Brain-Scanning Technology to Improve Ed. Software
Mental Floss | July 22, 2016
Ordering Lunch Early Could Help Us Cut Down on Calories, Study Finds
Scientific American | July 19, 2016
How Your Brain Learns Physics
Forbes | June 30, 2016
Busy But Getting Nothing Done: 3 Subtle, Subconscious Ways We Procrastinate
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | June 30, 2016
Plagiarism hysteria strikes Pittsburgh schools
Wall Street Journal | June 29, 2016
Who Made Money in the Brexit Chaos? Machines, Not Humans
Money Matters | June 29, 2016
5 Rules to Follow Next Time You’re Tempted to Believe a Permabear
Washington Post | June 29, 2016
Men say they work more than women. Here’s the truth.
NPR | June 28, 2016
Click For Fewer Calories: Health Labels May Change Online Ordering Habits
Forbes | June 28, 2016
The 'I Just Can't Say No' Club Women Need To Advance In Their Careers
World Economic Forum | June 20, 2016
Q&A: A scientist explains why your brain forms false memories
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review | June 18, 2016
Decade of persistence pays off as CMU police veteran earns degree
Inc. | June 16, 2016
The Remarkable 1-Minute Confidence Boost Based on Science
WTAE | June 16, 2016
Feeling Stressed Out?
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | June 16, 2016
Estimating parade crowd presented unique challenge for Pittsburgh officials
MarketWatch | June 14, 2016
What turns people into total cheapskates? (Hint: Not payment apps)
The Conversation | June 10, 2016
In obesity fight, UK’s heavy-handed soda tax beats US' watered-down warning
NPR | June 8, 2016
Apps That Aim To Give Parents 'Superpowers'
Golf Digest | June 7, 2016
Why Hasn't Anyone Broken The Record Johnny Miller Set At Oakmont?
NextPittsburgh | June 2, 2016
Werner Herzog spotlights CMU innovations in new movie, “Lo and Behold”
Washington Post | May 27, 2016
150 experts say Olympics must be moved or postponed because of Zika
WESA-FM | May 27, 2016
With Big Data And Little Sleep, CMU Students Work To Accelerate Pace Of Brain Mapping
Forbes | May 24, 2016
The Beginnings Of A Trump Doctrine
WESA-FM | May 23, 2016
CMU Students Will Forgo Sleep To Hack The Brain At First Ever Neurohackathon
Fortune | May 18, 2016
Researchers Caused an Uproar By Publishing Data From 70,000 OkCupid Users
AAFP | May 18, 2016
Can Mindfulness Meditation Deliver Us From Burnout?
The Atlantic | May 17, 2016
The False Promise of DNA Testing
LA Times | May 13, 2016
Research backs relationship between health, happiness
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | May 15, 2016
'Brain dress' by Carnegie Mellon University professor weaves together science, fashion
Huffington Post | May 6, 2016
A Solution in Search of a Problem
LA Times | May 3, 2016
Why both Trump and Cruz can claim to represent the majority of Republicans
AMSTAT News | May 2, 2016
An Interview with Steve Fienberg, 2015 NISS Jerome Sacks Award for Cross-Disciplinary Research Winner
MSNBC | May 1, 2016
Trump foreign policy breeds criticism
Verily Magazine | April 26, 2016
The One-Minute Trick to Boost Your Confidence
STAT | April 25, 2016
An ‘insurance warrior’ fights to get pricey therapies covered
Washington Post | April 25, 2016
The women’s suffrage leaders missing from the redesigned $10 bill
Marketplace | April 25, 2016
How Cruz and Kasich are playing at game theory
Boston Globe | April 20, 2016
When it comes to negotiating salaries, women face traps that men don’t
World Economic Forum | April 19, 2016
How our ancient brains learn new things
Deutsche Welle | April 15, 2016
Chinese gay rights movement sees win in court loss
WRSI | April 13, 2016
Where Statistics & Big Data & Your Brain Meet
Vice | April 13, 2016
Why Sex Criminals Get Locked Up Forever
HealthDay | April 11, 2016
Mom Was Right: A Good Night's Sleep Helps Keep You Healthy
Pittsburgh City Paper | April 6, 2016
A Carnegie Mellon researcher applies game theory to parenting
The Brian Lehrer Show | April 4, 2016
The Game Theorist's Guide to Raising Happy Kids
MSNBC | April 2, 2016
Criticism looms over Trump’s foreign policy
Wall Street Journal | April 1, 2016
You Can’t Win
Business.com | March 31, 2016
Time to Get Deep: Why CEOs Need to Embrace Mindfulness
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review | March 31, 2016
Newsmaker: Ian Asenjo
Vox | March 29, 2016
The improbable rise of the banana, America’s most popular fruit
Forbes | March 29, 2016
Batman V Supergirl: Dawn Of Optimism?
The Today Show | March 29, 2016
Serenity Now: Finding Mindfulness Through Meditation
Forbes | March 29, 2016
Batman V Supergirl: Dawn Of Optimism?
Huffington Post | March 28, 2016
Visit a Children’s Museum!
Kidsburgh | March 28, 2016
11 music programs helping Pittsburgh youth break into the biz
Huffington Post | March 28, 2016
Visit a Children’s Museum
Yahoo! | March 27, 2016
The Pros and Cons of Published Calorie Counts on Menus
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | March 27, 2016
The Easter Rising, 100 Years Later
U.S. News & World Report | March 25, 2016
How to Cultivate a Mindset of Frugality
The Atlantic | March 25, 2016
The Anti-Trump Endorsement Game
NPR | March 24, 2016
'Fastball' Documentary Explores Classic Showdown Between Pitcher And Batter
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review | March 23, 2016
Process for filling Supreme Court vacancies damaged, appeals judge says
Inside Edition | March 23, 2016
Counterterrorism Experts Call For More Security Around Airports in Wake of Attacks
WESA-FM | March 22, 2016
Looking At The Future Of Our Relationship With Cuba
Washington Post | March 21, 2016
Justice Department frames expanded review of FBI forensic testimony
Money Magazine | March 17, 2016
Yes, Financial Advisers Should Have to Put Your Interests First
Fast Company | March 16, 2016
How Your Brain Reacts To Change
The Weather Network | March 14, 2016
Four terrible effects of Daylight Saving Time
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | March 13, 2016
Four experts explain why forensic analysis of crime scenes is not as reliable as you might think
Scientific American | March 8, 2016
The U.S. Government Launches a $100-Million "Apollo Project of the Brain”
New York Times | March 8, 2016
Mr. Darcy’s Shirt Is Coming to America
WESA-FM | March 7, 2016
Local Author Documents Nancy and Ronald Reagan's Life In Letters
Nature | March 2, 2016
Social networks: Better together
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review | February 27, 2016
Analytics as vital as scouting for Penguins GM Rutherford in weighing potential targets
Back Story Radio | February 26, 2016
Hard Times: A History of Unemployment
CBS Pittsburgh | February 25, 2016
Mindfulness Teaching People To Reduce Stress & Live In The Moment
New York Times | February 23, 2016
Nudges Aren’t Enough for Problems Like Retirement Savings
Center for Digital Education | February 19, 2016
Breaking Down the Silos in Student-Learning Research
New York Times | February 19, 2016
Male Sellers on eBay Have an Edge Over Women, Study Finds
Washington Post | February 19, 2016
Monopoly is changing again–and some parents are not going to like it
New York Times | February 18, 2016
How Meditation Changes the Brain and Body
Forbes | February 11, 2016
The Top 10 Cities For Meditation In The U.S., According To Google
New York Magazine | February 9, 2016
The Most Highly Confident Young Men Have the Least Success in Online Dating
Vice| February 9, 2016
The Metaphysical Astronauts
Scientific American Mind | February 9, 2016
Game Theory for Parents
Huffington Post | February 8, 2016
Here's How Meditation Reduces Inflammation And Prevents Disease
Penn Live | February 5, 2016
How much money did Pennsylvania voters give to 2016 presidential candidates?
MIT Technology Review | February 4, 2016
Better Brain Imaging Could Show Computers a Smarter Way to Learn
Southern California Public Radio | February 2, 2016
Weighing the negative effects of mindfulness meditation
Wall Street Journal | February 1, 2016
The Self-Styled Healthy May Get Fewer Colds
Autism Speaks | January 28, 2016
Autism Speaks names top ten research papers of 2015
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review | January 28, 2016
Challenger astronaut Resnik's legacy continues to inspire
WESA | January 26, 2016
Why Don't Americans Claim Their Earned Income Tax Credit?
Reader’s Digest | January 26, 2016
5 Life Lessons People Learn Too Late
The American Interest | January 25, 2016
Reagan as History
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | January 20, 2016
Providers fine-tune their business models as a la carte streaming services proliferate
CBS Pittsburgh | January 18, 2016
Local Students Honored For Poetry & Prose Writings
New York Times | January 15, 2016
How To Bridge That Stubborn Pay Gap
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | January 13, 2016
Can 'skinny bundling' your most watched networks save money?
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | January 13, 2016
President's supporters, opponents chime in on what's been done, what needs to be done
Los Angeles Times |January 12, 2016
Some see a dark side to Powerball frenzy — the toll on poor players
CNN | January 8, 2016
Why we play the Powerball
Los Angeles Times | January 7, 2016
Applying for a job? Better delete your social media accounts.
Forbes | January 6, 2016
Pinterest Hires Its First Head Of Diversity
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | January 3, 2016
Reducing the harm: the limits of the city’s marijuana decriminalization law
ScienceLine | January 2, 2016
Seeing through the eyes of an expert
2015
Washington Post | December 31, 2015
There’s a scientific reason New Year’s Eve is generally terrible
PsychCentral | December 31, 2015
Behavioral Nudge Can Work Even When We Know We Are Being Nudged
Huffington Post | December 29, 2015
The 5 Most Important Things We Learned About Mindfulness This Year
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | December 27, 2015
Six degrees of Francis Bacon: A new website seeks to create a Facebook for Britons of yore
Huffington Post | December 22, 2015
New Year's Resolutions: Why We Do What We Do
Slate | December 21, 2015
Five More Digital History Projects We Loved in 2015
NewsTalk | December 21, 2015
Game Theory, Water, Science Stories of 2015
Washington Post | December 18, 2015
Is a vegetarian diet really better for the environment? Science takes aim at the conventional wisdom
Wired | December 18, 2015
You’ll Be Outraged at How Easy It Was to Get You to Click on This Headline
Consumer Reports | December 17, 2015
The Best Way to Boost Your Immune System
Vox | December 15, 2015
Here’s an amazingly simple way to cut poverty
Washington Post | December 14, 2015
Are extremely confident politicians as accurate as they should be? A decision scientist weighs in.
Hechinger Report | December 14, 2015
Did you love watching lectures from your professors?
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | December 14, 2015
Paris and the seeds of radicalization
New Scientist | December 9, 2015
How to win at game theory
CNBC | December 9, 2015
Is big pharma on drugs?
Newsmax | December 8, 2015
The Role of Religion in Foreign Policy
NextPittsburgh | December 5, 2015
El Circulo gives Spanish-speaking kids a sense of community
The National | December 3, 2015
Experts warn new Dubai statistics law could affect transparency, property sector
ScienceNews | December 3, 2015
Pay attention to that under-the-weather feeling
New York Times | December 3, 2015
The Politics of Math Education
Business Insider | November 25, 2015
15 ways to manage stress, according to scientists
NPR | November 24, 2015
How To Survive (And Maybe Even Enjoy) Thanksgiving Dinner
Quartz | November 23, 2015
Why you always get sick over the holidays
MSNBC | November 22, 2015
Paris attack ignites debate over encryption
Autism Speaks | November 20, 2015
Study finds lags in unconscious learning among adults with autism
Oxygen Magazine | November 17, 2015
Meditate The Pounds Away
My Domaine | November 17, 2015
How to Decode Health Insurance and Limit Your Spending
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | November 17, 2015
Study: Navigational skills help improve brain functions
Huffington Post | November 16, 2015
If You Think You're Getting A Cold, You're Probably Right
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | November 16, 2015
In the Pocket With Charlie Batch event supports literacy
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | November 16, 2015
Welders vs. philosophers
Washington Post | November 13, 2015
Boston is offering free negotiation classes to every woman who works in the city
WESA | November 11, 2015
CMU Maps The Social Network Of Elizabethan England
Wall Street Journal | November 10, 2015
Picking a Health Plan? An Algorithm Could Help
Fox Business News | November 8, 2015
5 Smart Money-Saving Tips for the Holidays
New York Times | November 1, 2015
Why Consumers Often Err in Choosing Health Plans
Quartz | October 31, 2015
Visiting a haunted house is good for your mental health
Huffington Post | October 30, 2015
Try Serena Williams' Super Quick Happiness Hack
New York Times | October 30, 2015
Colleges’ Most Difficult Cruise Courses
Times Higher Education | October 29, 2015
Is industry funding undermining trust in science?
OZY | October 28, 2015
Self-Help, the Übernerd Version
WESA | October 27, 2015
NSA Director Talks Snowden, Ethics, Accountability At CMU
Huffington Post | October 26, 2015
Lessons on Success and Deliberate Practice From Mozart, Picasso and Kobe Bryant
Slate | October 25, 2015
Artificially intelligent software is replacing the textbook—and reshaping American education
CBS Pittsburgh | October 23, 2015
CMU Launches New Diabetes Study
Huffington Post | October 21, 2015
What Women Can Learn From Paul Ryan. Really.
Slate | October 21, 2015
Fight ISIS by Thinking Inside the Bot
Daily Mail | October 20, 2015
Six degrees of FRANCIS BACON: Interactive relationship maps show 'friends of friends' for historical figures
Washington Post | October 16, 2015
What Bill O’Reilly’s new book on Ronald Reagan gets wrong about Ronald Reagan
ResearchGate | October 15, 2015
False overconfidence and the 2016 election
The Guardian | October 15, 2015
Negotiating a pay rise: what I wish Jennifer Lawrence had known
New York Post | October 14, 2015
4 ways to stop a cold before it starts
Psychology Today | October 14, 2015
Idiosyncratic Brain Synchronization Associated with Autism
Huffington Post | October 12, 2015
Governing the U.S. House of Representatives
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | October 11, 2015
Railroads should join civic groups in a mission to improve air quality
Boston Globe | October 7, 2015
Confessions of a driver who can’t stop looking at her phone
Autism Speaks | October 6, 2015
Too much repetition can hinder learning in those with autism
WESA | October 2, 2015
Voting Has Always Been A Beginning, Not An End
NBC Pittsburgh | September 30, 2015
Lawmaker proposes revamp of Pittsburgh Ethics Committee that last met in 2008
Daily Nous | September 28, 2015
Philosophers On Drug Prices
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | September 27, 2015
The storied life of Hilary Masters
Inc. | September 24, 2015
How Pricing Psychology Can Improve Your Sales
New York Times | September 24, 2015
Mecca Stampede Shows How Crowds, Usually Calm in Crisis, Can Panic
U.S. News & World Report | September 22, 2015
More Sleep May Be Key To Fewer Colds
History News Network | September 20, 2015
Things Historians Can’t Live Without
WBGH Innovation Hub | September 18, 2015
From Robber Barons to Robots
War on the Rocks | September 17, 2015
5 Questions with Kiron Skinner on Rand Paul, Reagan, and the GOP Race
Chronicle of Higher Education | September 16, 2015
In Online Courses, Students Learn More by Doing Than by Watching
Salon | September 13, 2015
Healthcare.gov’s choice overload: It’s no wonder people end up spending more than they need to
Marketplace | September 11, 2015
Why Health Insurance Execs Are A Stressed-Out Bunch
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review | September 2, 2015
Personality Test: Jake Berntsen
New York Times | September 1, 2015
Between Iraq and a Hawk Base
USA Today | September 1, 2015
5 tips from professors for decoding your syllabus
NPR | September 1, 2015
Sleep More, Sneeze Less: Increased Slumber Helps Prevent Colds
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | August 30, 2015
CMU grad builds cybersleuthing tool to snare sex traffickers
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review | August 22, 2015
Rockers find welcome reception, new gigs in today's culture
Huffington Post | August 17, 2015
Work and Play(s)
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | August 12, 2015
Fire challenge one of many harmful stunts people try
The Writer’s Almanac | August 8, 2015
Last Night I Drove My Son Home
GoBankingRates.com | August 7, 2015
5 Ways Katy Perry and Rihanna Botched Their Finances — What You Can Learn
ABC News (Australia) | August 6, 2015
Interview with Kiron Skinner
Chicago Tribune | August 6, 2015
Be generous: It's a simple way to stay healthier
Los Angeles Times | August 5, 2015
Gaming against sexual assault, with 'Decisions That Matter' and other video games
Pittsburgh Business Times | August 5, 2015
CMU startup Neon honored by World Economic Forum
Inc. | August 3, 2015
Can Therapy Help You Balance Your Checkbook?
CBS Detroit | August 3, 2015
How A Philosophy Course Based On ‘The 100’ Came To Be At Carnegie Mellon
U.S. News & World Report | July 27, 2015
Carnegie Mellon Project Revives inBloom's Student Data Dream
New York Times | July 25, 2015
Salesforce Makes Strides Toward Gender Equality in Silicon Valley
NBC Sports | July 22, 2015
Fancy That: Pens Hire War on Ice’s Sam Ventura
Education Week | July 21, 2015
Practical Guidance from MOOC Research: Students Learn by Doing
The Guardian | July 12, 2015
Can neuroscience solve the mystery of how students learn?
OZY | July 12, 2015
Here’s Why Mass Murder Bores You
Scicurious | June 29, 2015
No matter the language, disease risk is hard to communicate
New York Times | June 25, 2015
The Joy of (Just the Right Amount of) Sex
Popular Science | June 15, 2015
Here's A Photo Of A Brain Forming A New Idea
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | May 27, 2015
Suicide rates increase sharply among African-American children
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | May 26, 2015
CMU interactive 'game' focuses on sex assault bystanders
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | May 22, 2015
Newsmaker you should know / CMU professor knew his calling as a child
New York Magazine | May 15, 2015
A Group of Couples Started Having More Sex, and It Made Them Less Happy
TIME Magazine | May 12, 2015
How Self-Promotion Can Backfire
Remake Learning | May 7, 2015
Community Corps Brings Digital Education to County Kids
Huffington Post | May 7, 2015
How Mindfulness Has Changed The Way Americans Learn And Work
CBS Pittsburgh | May 4, 2015
Crowd Sourcing Site Lets Group Review Your Medical Condition
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review | April 27, 2015
Pulitzer-winning poet Smith turns to memoir but seeks same result — discussion
Boston Globe | April 24, 2015
Dangers of loneliness
NPR | April 23, 2015
Some Companies Fight Pay Gap By Eliminating Salary Negotiations
Smithsonian Magazine | April 22, 2015
Cognitive Scientists Question a Journal's Gender Balance
WESA-FM | April 22, 2015
CMU Lands Grant for Technology-Enchanced Learning Project
Huffington Post | April 20, 2015
Getting Women Into Science-Filled Rooms
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | April 19, 2015
Keeping an eye on Pittsburgh: We can learn a lot from other cities’ surveillance policies
Discovery News | April 16, 2015
Remote Control Humans Are Here
Pacific Standard | April 11, 2015
The Top 20 Thinkers Under 30: Alex Imas, 29, Economics
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review | April 11, 2015
Melding disciplines at CMU
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | April 11, 2015
Analytics gaining foothold in NHL, too
WHYY-FM | April 2, 2015
Could better health be just a hug away?
Harper’s Bazaar | April 2, 2015
What To Eat (Or Think) To Banish Stress
Pittsburgh City Paper | March 31, 2015
Inaugural Pittsburgh Humanities Festival Wraps
MSN | March 31, 2015
4 types of savings addicts: Which one are you?
Fitness Magazine | March 31, 2015
What's Your Stress Style?
The Dana Foundation | March 30, 2015
Studying the Blind Leads to New Insights in Human Brain Specialization
New York Times | March 25, 2015
‘Where You Go Is Not Who You’ll Be’ and ‘The End of College’
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | March 22, 2015
Art, philosophy, history and more at the first Pittsburgh Humanities Festival
Quartz | March 18, 2015
See how your brain morphs when you learn physics
Scientific American | March 17, 2015
A Hug a Day Keeps the Doctor Away
Chronicle of Higher Education | March 16, 2015
Ph.D. Candidate Helps Rethink Graduate Education in the Humanities
WESA | March 13, 2015
Private Clubs, a Liquor Code Loophole and Lucky: How Gay Life Came of Age in Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | March 13, 2015
Fear of Friday the 13th could be self-perpetuating
Edventures | March 10, 2015
Adaptive Learning: The Real Revolution in Online Learning
Michigan Radio | March 9, 2015
"Eight Mile High:" Short stories zoom in on scrappy Warren neighborhood in 60's and 70's
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review | March 4, 2015
Controversy over Netanyahu warnings to Congress won't affect ties, Pittsburgh Jewish leaders say
Fast Company | March 2, 2015
What It’s Like To Go Without Complaining For a Month
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | March 1, 2015
Mind over mucus? CMU researcher gives subjects common colds to test psychological factors in immune systems
Business Insider | February 25, 2015
Women face 6 big paradoxes at work — here's how to break free
Washington Post | February 23, 2015
Dr. Google may not be the best way to get information for picking a hospital
Washington Post | February 17, 2015
Best new poetry for February
TIME Magazine | February 11, 2015
The New Math Strikes Back
Yahoo! Finance | February 11, 2015
Your Worst Money Habit Might Not Be That Bad
Popular Science | February 10, 2015
9 Strategies For Battling Stress
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | February 9, 2015
Odysseys: In Pittsburgh, Uruguay native became immersed in teaching
Gizmodo | February 5, 2015
No, Women's Voices Are Not Easier to Understand Than Men's Voices
New America | February 5, 2015
Learning from Pittsburgh’s Energy History from Westinghouse to Marcellus
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review | February 3, 2015
Western Pennsylvania literary community weighs in on Lee news
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | February 3, 2015
Statistics is a fast-growing discipline, including at CMU
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | February 1, 2015
'The Collected Stories of Gladys Schmitt': A teacher and exquisite fiction writer from Pittsburgh is ready for her close-up
Salon | January 31, 2015
Can hugs make you healthier?
Wall Street Journal | January 29, 2015
Can Big Data Predict the Super Bowl? One Startup Says It Can
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review | January 28, 2015
Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust to host humanities festival
SciDevNet | January 27, 2015
Four steps for effective science communication
New York Times | January 23, 2015
The League, a Dating App for Would-Be Power Couples
San Francisco Chronicle | January 22, 2015
Why the failure of Google Glass is good for Google
Huffington Post | January 21, 2015
The Fascinating Idiosyncracies Of The Autistic Brain
New York Times | January 19, 2015
U.S. Universities Going Global Is Vital to Society
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | January 19, 2015
What Identity Means To Local Students
TechCrunch | January 9, 2015
Here Are The Best 6 Images From CES (According To Neon Labs)
Washington Post | January 7, 2015
It’s a week into January and a quarter of us have already abandoned our New Year’s resolutions
WESA | January 4, 2105
Biological Autism Diagnosis Could Be Within Reach
NPR | January 2, 2015
Trial Of Polygraph Critic Renews Debate Over Tests' Accuracy
2015
Pittsburgh Tribune Review | December 28, 2014
Carnegie Mellon University keeps writer-educator Schmitt's memory alive
Pittsburgh Business Times | December 19, 2014
CMU awarded $2M from Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | December 19, 2014
Pittsburgh goes to Cuba: ‘Deliberative democracy’ could be one of our most valuable exports
WESA | December 18, 2014
Local Voices React to Announcement of a New Relationship with Cuba
Washington Post | December 18, 2014
Who needs a hug? Anyone trying to ward off a cold this winter
WESA | December 14, 2014
CMU Students Present Privacy and Surveillance Report to Police Chief, Councilman
Radio Free Europe | December 13, 2014
Donetsk Snapshot: The Frightening Rise Of Denunciations
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | December 7, 2014
A German soldier's album provides an unusual perspective on World War I
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review | December 6, 2014
Slow Readers Learn to Savor Every Word
TIME Magazine | December 2, 2014
How Brain Scans Can Diagnose Autism With 97% Accuracy
The New York Times | November 30, 2014
Kiron Skinner: A Secretary of Defense With a Doctrine Could Help Obama
The New York Times | November 26, 2014
Calories on Menus: Nationwide Experiment Into Human Behavior
Cosmopolitan | November 25, 2014
Is the Piropo Really Just Catcalling in Disguise?
Associated Press | November 21, 2014
NHL teams slowly embracing advance statistics
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | November 16, 2014
For a smaller WQED, competing visions of its future
Mashable | November 11, 2014
19 billion reasons that numbers stopped making sense in 2014
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review | November 11, 2014
CMU professor's book proposes we may have seen last of 'Rock Star'
CBS Pittsburgh | November 10, 2014
CMU Working To Decode Brains & Read Your Thoughts
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | November 4, 2014
Pittsburgh researchers explain complex genetics involved in autism
The Scientist | November 1, 2014
A Face to Remember
AARP | November 2014
Stress! Don't Let It Make You Sick
New York Times | October 31, 2014
A Space to be Mindful
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review | October 29, 2014
Fulbright Program gives Pine woman taste of Thailand
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | October 26, 2014
CMU Classroom innovator brought science and art under same roof
Associated Press | October 23, 2014
Ebola: A crash course in fear and how it hurts us
U.S. House of Representatives | October 20, 2014
Congressman Fattah Commemorates 20th Anniversary of Pittsburgh's Center for Neural Basis of Cognition
New York Times | October 19, 2014
In U.S., Fear of Ebola Closes Schools and Shapes Politics
Huffington Post | October 16, 2014
How Positive Relationships Help You Grow and Thrive
New York Times | October 15, 2014
Experts Offer Steps for Avoiding Public Hysteria, a Different Contagious Threat
WESA | October 14, 2014
Is the Pittsburgh Accent 'Ugly?'
NBC News | October 13, 2014
The Bare Walls Theory: Do Too Many Classroom Decorations Harm Learning?
Wall Street Journal | October 12, 2014
How to Stay Healthy in Cold and Flu Season
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review | October 10, 2014
Former Supreme Court justice makes case for humanities in speech at CMU
Nerd Scholar | October 6, 2014
15 Colleges with the Highest Salaries for Liberal Arts Grads
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | October 5, 2014
Opinion: Professor Joel Tarr on “Pedestrians at Risk”
Huffington Post | October 1, 2014
7 Percent Of Americans Don't Lock Their Doors. Here's Who They Are