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Monday, February 22, 2021

Making Sense of Explanations

A research team explores the factors behind how an explanation is constructed, from validating scientific arguments to opening a window to how conspiracies form.
Thursday, February 18, 2021

CMU’s Department of Philosophy Builds Community Through Summer School

CMU's Summer School in Logic and Formal Epistemology is a program for students in philosophy, math, computer science, linguistics, economics and other sciences.
Thursday, February 18, 2021

Finding the Hidden Gems of the Modern Photography World

James Wang decided to merge two passions – machine learning and photography – to create the Silver List, a program aimed to raise the visibility of diverse, high-quality and otherwise-overlooked photographers.
Monday, February 15, 2021

Making Good Decisions about COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic isn’t just a challenge for medicine, it’s a challenge for decision making of all types.
Monday, February 15, 2021

Big Data Accelerates Biodiversity Research

Research collaboration between the Digital Sciences, Humanities, Arts: Research and Publishing coalition at CMU and Carnegie Museum of Natural History collaborate on a study to explore how big datasets motivate biodiversity research.
Friday, February 12, 2021

English Alumnus Elected to National Academy of Engineering

Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences alumnus William D. Magwood IV is among six Carnegie Mellon University faculty members and alumni elected to the National Academy of Engineering this year.
Thursday, February 11, 2021

The Politics of Synonyms

A team of researchers at Carnegie Mellon University found people are more successful at identifying language associated with Republican speech than Democratic speech patterns.
Wednesday, February 10, 2021

COVID-related Depression Linked to Reduced Physical Activity

New research found that 61% of surveyed university students were at risk of clinical depression, a value twice the rate prior to the pandemic.
Friday, February 05, 2021

CMU Film Festival Presents Award-Winning Film from Lesotho

The CMU International Film Festival will showcase Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese’s dramatic movie, “This is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection,” the first feature filmed entirely in Lesotho with local actors speaking in the Sesotho language.
Gang Liu Publishes Children’s Book Series
Monday, February 01, 2021

Gang Liu Publishes Children’s Book Series

Six-year-old Luoluo Ting and her two feline friends explore ancient China in the newly published children's series, written by CMU's Gang Liu.
Applications are Open for Pittsburgh Summer Internship Program
Monday, February 01, 2021

Applications are Open for Pittsburgh Summer Internship Program

More than 40 organizations are looking for summer interns from CMU’s Dietrich College as part of the Pittsburgh Summer Internship Program.
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