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Wednesday, November 27, 2019

NOVA Examines the History of Violence

Carnegie Mellon University researcher contributes to a NOVA program, bringing his expertise in data analysis to crawl through documents to explore the violence in the written record.
Wednesday, November 27, 2019

Fred Rogers' Neighbors: A Carnegie Mellon Story

CMU recently highlighted connections to “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,” including the work of Psychology Department alumna Hedda Sharapan (DC 1965).
Wednesday, November 27, 2019

Incentivizing Innovation in the Humanities and Social Sciences

The Carnegie Mellon University community gathered this fall to celebrate the installation of Richard Scheines as the inaugural Bess Family Dean’s Chair of the Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences.
Roeder Named 2020 AAAS Fellow
Tuesday, November 26, 2019

Roeder Named 2020 AAAS Fellow

The American Association for the Advancement of Science recognizes Kathryn Roeder for her distinguished contributions to statistical genetics and genomics methodology.
John Milton's Freedom of the Press Pamphlet Printers Found
Saturday, November 23, 2019

John Milton's Freedom of the Press Pamphlet Printers Found

Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University have attributed the printing of Areopagitica to two, possibly three, London printers.
60 Minutes highlights advances in CMU brain science research
Thursday, November 21, 2019

60 Minutes highlights advances in CMU brain science research

Lesley Stahl, a correspondent with the CBS program “60 Minutes,” returns to the Carnegie Mellon University campus to speak with Marcel Just about the use of brain imaging and machine learning to identify thoughts.
Carnegie Mellon System Locates Shooters Using Smartphone Video
Thursday, November 21, 2019

Carnegie Mellon System Locates Shooters Using Smartphone Video

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University’s Center for Human Rights Science and Language Technologies Institute have developed a system that can accurately locate a shooter based on video recordings from as few as three smartphones.
Cognitive Neuroscience Society Honors Behrmann for Distinguished Career
Friday, November 15, 2019

Cognitive Neuroscience Society Honors Behrmann for Distinguished Career

Carnegie Mellon University’s Marlene Behrmann, the Thomas S. Baker University Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience, has been awarded the Fred Kavli Distinguished Career Contributions award.
Life Experience Critical for Managing Type 2 Diabetes
Friday, November 15, 2019

Life Experience Critical for Managing Type 2 Diabetes

A team of researchers at Carnegie Mellon University found that age plays a critical role in the well-being of people newly diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes.
Fall Speaker Series from the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Writing Awards Welcomes Two CMU Alumnae
Thursday, November 14, 2019

Fall Speaker Series from the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Writing Awards Welcomes Two CMU Alumnae

Department of English alumnae Shannon Gibeny (DC 1997) and Sarah Valentine (DC 2000) held readings and Q&A sessions on their work.
Phi Beta Kappa Inducts 16 Students
Thursday, November 14, 2019

Phi Beta Kappa Inducts 16 Students

CMU’s chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa Society (PBK) has inducted 16 students, including nine from the Dietrich College.
Study: Conflict of Interest Disclosures Don’t Alter the Recommendations of Peer Reviewers
Monday, November 11, 2019

Study: Conflict of Interest Disclosures Don’t Alter the Recommendations of Peer Reviewers

A new study from researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, Harvard and the University of California, San Francisco suggests that conflict of interest disclosures have no impact on journal reviewers, even when the authors of submitted research papers did, in fact, report conflicts.
Shinn-Cunningham Receives Professorship
Monday, November 11, 2019

Shinn-Cunningham Receives Professorship

Carnegie Mellon University's Barbara Shinn-Cunningham received the George A. and Helen Dunham Cowan Professorship in Auditory Neuroscience at a ceremony Nov. 6.
Study Finds Girls and Boys Have Equal Math Ability
Friday, November 08, 2019

Study Finds Girls and Boys Have Equal Math Ability

New research at Carnegie Mellon University indicates that there is no gender disparity in how children learn and perform math skills
In Hunting for Cures, Ethics Can Strengthen Clinical Trials
Wednesday, November 06, 2019

In Hunting for Cures, Ethics Can Strengthen Clinical Trials

Alex John London examines the ethics of clinical trial portfolios.
Joseph Mertz Named Director of Carnegie Mellon’s Information Systems Program
Tuesday, November 05, 2019

Joseph Mertz Named Director of Carnegie Mellon’s Information Systems Program

Mertz was named the program’s interim director last July. He succeeds Randy Weinberg, who led the program for 18 years and retired in 2018.
Why Tech Needs Humanities Majors
Friday, November 01, 2019

Why Tech Needs Humanities Majors

Leslie Robertson (DC 1989), vice president of software development at Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, recently brought her experience in the tech industry to an interactive talk and roundtable discussion for the Dietrich College Entrepreneurship Speaker Series.
Historian Examines Japan’s Unexpected Alliance with Nazi Germany
Friday, November 01, 2019

Historian Examines Japan’s Unexpected Alliance with Nazi Germany

Ricky W. Law’s book is the first of its kind to draw sources, such as newspapers, films, magazines and text books, from three languages.
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