Neuwirth joined CMU’s faculty in 1983. Her research focuses on developing theory- and research-based computer tools for reading and writing, as well as conducting empirical research that explores the effects of those tools. The tools allow us to test hypotheses about how external representations can augment writers’ performances. Her latest project is a machine-learning based tutor for prose style. In retirement, she is looking forward to more flexibility in spending time with family and friends and cultivating interests in music, watercolor, the outdoors and travel, as the pandemic allows.

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Tarr, who joined CMU’s faculty in 1967, studies the environmental history of cities and the history and impact of their technological systems. He is particularly interested in using history to understand contemporary problems. Tarr held many leadership positions throughout his time at CMU. He served as acting dean of Heinz College (1986), associate dean of Dietrich College (1988–1991), acting dean of Dietrich College (1991–1992) and acting head of the Department of History (1992–1993). Tarr has received numerous awards for his work. In 1992, he received CMU’s Robert Doherty Prize for Contributions to Excellence in Education. In addition, he has received the Society for the History of Technology’s 1998 Leonardo da Vinci Medal, presented to an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to the history of technology. Tarr was president of the Public Works Historical Society from 1982 to 1983 and president of the Urban History Association in 1999. He served on National Research Council committees dealing with issues of urban infrastructure, public transit, water pollution and the human dimensions of global change. During retirement, he plans to travel, research and continue some teaching.

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Cherin began teaching at the Children’s School in 2001 after sending both of her sons to the school for their foundational years. She served as a preschool 4’s and pre-K teacher for 21 years and is recognized for the many ways she connected the Children’s School with community resources to enrich the learning experience. Cherin plans to return to the Children’s School next year as a part-time substitute teacher. In retirement, she also plans to spend more time with her husband, children and grandchildren who live in two different states, as well as her mother. 

Cohen joined CMU’s faculty in 1982 and directed the Psychology Department’s Laboratory for the Study of Stress, Immunity and Disease. He served as an adjunct professor of psychiatry and pathology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, as well as a member of the Pittsburgh Cancer Institute. Cohen's work has focused on the roles of stress, affect and social support systems in health and well-being. He has published pioneering theoretical and empirical work on the effects of aircraft noise on health and development of school children, and on the roles of stress, socioeconomic status and social networks in physical and mental health. Cohen received three consecutive Career Awards from the National Institute of Mental Health and was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2004. He has also received awards for his distinguished contribution to science from the American Psychological Association, American Psychological Society and the American Psychosomatic Society. In retirement, Cohen plans to maintain the strong social network he has developed over the last 40 years through both intellectual and social engagement. He will continue walking and gardening and is planning to travel to visit family and friends throughout the world. 

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Perovich joined the Children’s School administrative team in 1997 and transitioned to teaching in the kindergarten two years later. She is known for her creative leadership with extended projects, deep thematic units and Make Shop explorations, especially during the pandemic years, when she flexibly covered classes at all levels as other educators needed extended time off. After wrapping up her 25 years at CMU, she plans to spend her next 25 years concentrating on her small community of family and enjoying her five grandchildren.

Rosenblum began her career at the Children’s School as the older 3’s teacher in 2000 and began transitioning to an educational administrator role in 2009, with morning administrative work and an afternoon class. She has strengthened the school’s undergraduate support and parent involvement, and she is widely recognized among her peers for her humor. Rosenblum will return to the Children’s School next year as a consultant and substitute administrator. She looks forward to not setting an alarm and increasing her mystery novel reading and chocolate consumption.

Lehoczky, who joined CMU in 1969, has played a fundamental role helping the university to achieve national prominence in the humanities and social sciences. He was head of the Department of Statistics & Data Science from 1984 to 1995, dean of Dietrich College from 2000 to 2014, and interim executive vice president of CMU in 2014. Lehoczky’s main teaching and research interests have involved the theory and application of stochastic processes to model the behavior of real applications, most recently focused on financial markets and real-time computer systems. He is one of the founders of the Master of Science in Computational Finance program, a collaborative venture of four CMU schools and colleges. In addition, he is a fellow of five professional organizations: the American Statistical Association, Institute of Mathematical Statistics, International Statistical Institute, American Association for the Advancement of Science and Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. He received the university’s Robert E. Doherty Award for Sustained Contributions to Excellence in Education in 2013 and the IEEE Simon Ramo Medal in 2016. Lehoczky and his wife, Mary Lou, and had planned travel significantly during retirement, especially to visit family. However, the COVID-19 pandemic and ongoing responsibilities at CMU have kept him engaged in teaching, serving on university committees and helping to manage the University Professor program. 

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Sestrich has worked with Jay Kadane, Leonard J. Savage University Professor of Statistics and Social Sciences, Emeritus, for the past 33 years. As the years have gone by, she has added many different tasks to her portfolio of work, including supporting additional faculty, but the one constant thing has been using LaTeX document preparation software for statistical papers and books. In retirement, Sestrich is looking forward to working in her yard, painting every room in her house, traveling, taking boxing classes, volunteering at Animal Friends and trying to learn piano and/or guitar. She also plans do her best to remind herself that sometimes “it’s okay to do nothing.”