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Celebrating National Arts in Education Week 2024: CMU Community Shares Personal Reflections on Art’s Impact

In celebration of National Arts in Education Week, members of the Carnegie Mellon University community share how the arts have touched their hearts and minds — and influenced both their personal and professional journeys.
Susanne Ferber

Susanne Ferber Appointed Head of Carnegie Mellon’s Department of Psychology

Carnegie Mellon University has named Susanne Ferber head of the Department of Psychology.
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Carnegie Mellon University Welcomes Class of 2028+

Carnegie Mellon University President Farnam Jahanian and the deans of its seven schools and colleges officially welcomed the Class of 2028+ to campus on Aug. 22.
Camille Chandler

Psychology Student Camille Chandler Named Beinecke Scholar

Carnegie Mellon's Camille Chandler is a 2024 Beinecke Scholar.
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Autonomy Boosts College Student Attendance and Performance

A new paper from Carnegie Mellon University suggests that the key to boosting college students’ attendance and performance isn’t stricter rules, but more freedom.
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Edda Fields-Black Named Director of the Humanities Center at Carnegie Mellon University

Edda Fields-Black, a professor of history, has been appointed director of the Humanities Center at Carnegie Mellon University, effective July 1, 2024.
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In Juneteenth Keynote, CMU Historian Outlines Harriet Tubman's Role in Civil War Raid

For CMU’s 2024 Juneteenth Keynote Lecture, Edda Fields-Black, associate professor of history, discussed the Combahee River Raid of 1863, which she details in a book of her research published in February, and calls one of the most dramatic episodes of the Civil War and the largest and most successful slave rebellion in U.S. history.
Christopher Phillips

Christopher Phillips Appointed Head of Carnegie Mellon’s Department of History

Christopher Phillips, a professor of history, will be the next head of the Department of History in Carnegie Mellon University’s Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences.
CMU graduates celebrate at Commencement.

Carnegie Mellon University Holds 126th Commencement

On Sunday, May 12, Carnegie Mellon University held its 126th Commencement
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