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Read communications from the provost to the campus community below.

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Sunday, September 26, 2021

Tragic News from Our Community

With a heavy heart, I write to share the sad news that yesterday, President and Mrs. Jahanian’s son, Thomas Jahanian, tragically passed away in a drowning accident.
Thursday, September 23, 2021

Announcing Associate Vice Provost for Academic Budget

I am pleased to announce that following a national search, Prema Windokun, a financial expert in higher education, information technology and non-profit finance, has been named as CMU’s associate vice provost for Academic Budget and will assume her role on November 15.
Thursday, September 16, 2021

Announcing the 2021 Recipient of the Dickson Prize in Science

I am delighted to announce that the university professors have selected Dr. Geoffrey Hinton as the 2021 recipient of the Dickson Prize in Science. Dr. Hinton is a former CMU faculty member and a co-winner of the 2018 ACM Turing Prize, an honor that is often described as the “Nobel Prize for Computer Science.”
Monday, September 13, 2021

A Note of Thanks and Important Fall Semester Reminders

As we head into the third week of the fall 2021 semester, I want to thank you for your efforts thus far, share encouraging news with you and underscore the many strategies we have employed to keep our community safe.
Monday, August 09, 2021

Preparations for Fall Teaching and Reminders for Syllabus

Thank you for all your efforts to design, prepare and offer your courses and syllabi for Fall 2021. If you have not done so already, I would like to remind you to upload an image of your COVID-19 vaccination to the CMU Vaccine Database in HealthConnect as soon as possible.
Wednesday, June 30, 2021

Reappointment of the Dean of the Mellon College of Science

I am pleased to announce the reappointment of Dr. Rebecca Doerge to a second term as the Glen de Vries Dean of the Mellon College of Science (MCS). Since her appointment in 2016, Dean Doerge has provided valuable and effective leadership for MCS to support CMU’s long-term vision of revolutionizing science by combining automation, machine learning and data science with the foundational sciences.

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