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Tuesday, October 21, 2025

English Faculty Talk About Kurt Vonnegut and His Carnegie Mellon Connection

Kathy Newman, Jake Grefenstette and Jeffrey Williams from the Department of English are featured in two stories about Kurt Vonnegut and his connection to the Army Specialized Training Program held at Carnegie Mellon during World War II.
Monday, October 20, 2025

CMU Celebrates Early Phi Beta Kappa Inductees

CMU celebrated 20 students selected for early initiation into Phi Beta Kappa, six of whom are humanities and social sciences students.
Tuesday, October 14, 2025

Amy Bastian to Receive Andrew Carnegie Prize in Mind and Brain Sciences

The prize honors trailblazers in brain and behavioral sciences whose research has transformed the field and its applications.
Tuesday, October 07, 2025

Dietrich College Offers Summer Programs at Carnegie Mellon

During the summer months on CMU's campus, high school and undergraduate students from around the country attended a variety of programs offered.
Monday, October 06, 2025

Carnegie Mellon University Joins Global Network for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine

Through the efforts of Carnegie Mellon University Libraries and the Department of History, the university joins a network of institutions committed to advancing research, teaching and collection development of the history of science, technology and medicine.
Monday, October 06, 2025

With “Stratospheric” Eval Scores and a “Flipped” Classroom Approach, Mark Patterson Earns the 2025 Dean’s Innovation Scholar Award

Mark Patterson has been named the recipient of the 2025 Dean's Innovation Scholar Award.
Wednesday, October 01, 2025

Peacocks Eating Ice Cream: CMU Philosophers Teaching AI to Ask 'Why?'

A groundbreaking interdisciplinary team, led by Kun Zhang and Peter Spirtes, is teaching AI to understand the "why" behind complex problems, not just the “what.”