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Wednesday, February 11, 2026

Study Shows Game-Based Learning as Effective as Intentional Instruction

CMU's Seth Wiener recently completed a multi-year study showing that learners can improve their ability to perceive and categorize unfamiliar speech sounds by playing a specially designed video game.
Tuesday, February 10, 2026

DebunkBot Uses AI to Make Belief In Conspiracy Theories Crumble

SDS assistant professor Thomas Costello has been awarded the AAAS Newcomb Cleveland Prize for his paper describing DebunkBot, an AI that helps erode trust in conspiracy theories.
Tuesday, February 03, 2026

From Text to Artifact: Teaching the Constitution in the Renovated Posner Center

The Department of History's Scott Sandage uses CMU's Special Collections to enhance his class on the Constitution.
Tuesday, February 03, 2026

Julie Downs Named Head of Carnegie Mellon’s Department of Social and Decision Sciences

Julie Downs will succeed Gretchen Chapman as head of CMU's Department of Social and Decision Sciences, effective July 1.
Monday, February 02, 2026

First-year Students Explore Resilience Through Art in Grand Challenge Seminar

CMU students are examining resilience — emotional, relational and collective — through comics, graphic narratives and hands-on intergenerational community engagement.
Thursday, January 29, 2026

Carnegie Mellon Launches Learnvia To Catalyze Student Success Nationwide

The nonprofit learning collaborative leverages a landmark $55 million investment from the Gates Foundation and CMU’s longstanding leadership in learning science and AI.
Wednesday, January 28, 2026

Carnegie Mellon University Launches Programs in Global Cultures & Emerging Technologies

In response to growing interest among students, CMU's Department of Languages, Cultures & Applied Linguistics has launched new programs in Global Cultures and Emerging Technologies.
Tuesday, January 27, 2026

Why Climate Change and the Obesity Epidemic Are Not Your Fault

A Q&A with George Loewenstein, Herbert A. Simon University Professor of Economics and Psychology at Carnegie Mellon University’s Department of Social and Decision Sciences, regarding his new book:  “It’s On You: How Corporations and Behavioral Scientists Have Convinced Us That We’re to Blame for Society's Deepest Problems”.
Tuesday, January 27, 2026

Faculty Spotlight: Ankit Pensia

Ankit Pensia joins the Carnegie Mellon Department of Statistics & Data Science to study the development of outlier-robust algorithms.
Fall 2025 Dietrich College Dean's List Announced
Wednesday, January 21, 2026

Fall 2025 Dietrich College Dean's List Announced

Congratulations to all of the undergraduate students who have been named to the fall 2025 Dietrich College Dean's List!
Steve Awodey Selected for British Royal Society Fellowship
Thursday, January 15, 2026

Steve Awodey Selected for British Royal Society Fellowship

Carnegie Mellon's Steve Awodey has been selected for a UK-based fellowship that will advance the formalization of mathematics.
Meet the Dietrich College Assessment Fellows
Thursday, January 15, 2026

Meet the Dietrich College Assessment Fellows

Each year, up to three Dietrich College graduate students receive a fellowship to advance general education assessment.
David Badre To Lead Carnegie Mellon’s Neuroscience Institute
Tuesday, January 13, 2026

David Badre To Lead Carnegie Mellon’s Neuroscience Institute

Renowned cognitive neuroscientist David Badre will join Carnegie Mellon as the next director of the Neuroscience Institute on July 1, 2026.
Evidence-Based Sex Education Programs, Available for Free Throughout 2026, Focus on Rehearsing Conversations to Reduce Risk
Monday, January 12, 2026

Evidence-Based Sex Education Programs, Available for Free Throughout 2026, Focus on Rehearsing Conversations to Reduce Risk

Carnegie Mellon's Center for Risk Perception and Communication is making its sex education programs for teenage girls free for 2026.
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