Program Aims To Enhance Inclusive Teaching
A new program at Carnegie Mellon University is providing support to faculty to help students thrive in more inclusive classroom experiences. The Provost's Inclusive Teaching Fellows (PITF) provides a...
View ArticleSURF Student Crafts More Effective Political Arguments
As the political divide expands in the United States, one Carnegie Mellon University student's research explores a simple idea to bridge the gap — reframe political ideas using the other side's...
View ArticleVirtual spaces for realistic learning
Each summer, Carnegie Mellon University's Civil & Environmental Engineering Department (CEE) offers a Summer Research Program where students complete paid work as full-time researchers alongside...
View ArticleCommunity App Aims to Keep CMU Students Connected at a Distance
A team of Carnegie Mellon University students has turned an idea for a class project into an app to help their peers navigate the remote university experience. At the beginning of the spring 2020...
View ArticleCMU Students Work To Get Out The Vote
While millennials and Generation Z represent the largest share of eligible voters in 2020, college-aged students have not been the largest share of the electorate in previous elections due to low...
View ArticleUsing Machine Learning To Feed Families in Need
In this monotonous COVID-19 world, a team of 22 Parkhurst Dining and Eat’n Park employees begin every Monday, Wednesday and Friday the same way. The team arrives at the PNC Firstside Center in downtown...
View ArticleGuide Helps Startups Incorporate Ethics Into Business Plans
Founders of new ventures may spend most of their time creating business plans, perfecting new technology and contracting with suppliers, but it behooves them to also think about how to treat employees...
View ArticleMisperceptions About Southeast Tornado Risk
Tornadoes are spontaneous, destructive vortexes of air that descend to the Earth during particular atmospheric conditions. These storms leave a path of death and destruction that have prompted...
View ArticleOrder Up!
Engineers are always looking for materials with very specific properties for their projects. Unfortunately, there are way too many options for researchers to simply guess-and-check until they find what...
View ArticleEducational Mission
Lt. Cmdr. Evan Werner joined the U.S. Navy at 22 after graduating from the U.S. Naval Academy and receiving his commission as a Naval Officer. During his time in service, Werner served as a pilot and...
View ArticleCMU Helps Provide Free Wi-Fi to Area Students
Carnegie Mellon University has joined with Meta Mesh Wireless Communities, the University of Pittsburgh, and the Keystone Initiative for Network-based Research (KINBER) in an unprecedented partnership...
View ArticleCarnegie Mellon School of Drama Students to Host Virtual Cabaret: 'Bring Me...
The Junior Musical Ensemble of Carnegie Mellon University's School of Drama will be hosting its annual Cabaret at 7 p.m. Sunday, November 22. This year, the audience can enjoy it right from the comfort...
View ArticleThunder Nation Records Inaugural Powwow CD at CMU
A drum group brought its beat to Carnegie Mellon University earlier this year. Alexa Woloshyn, an assistant professor of musicology in CMU's School of Music, said this was the first time that powwow...
View ArticleStudent Researchers Work To Advance Sustainable Development
Carnegie Mellon University students with a passion for public service are learning analytical skills and management strategies through the lens of the world's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a...
View ArticleCMU Students Light Up The Stage Remotely
Let there be light. Carnegie Mellon University students now can light on-campus theatrical projects from the comfort of their homes. Implemented in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the upgrades to...
View Article'Hack Your Life' Helps Students with Health, Academics
The new Dietrich College course titled "Hack Your Life: The Science and Practices of Student Health and Well-Being" seeks to highlight the psychology behind modern student's habits, mental health and...
View ArticleCREATE Lab Launches Project That Helps Renters Avoid Evictions
Data is at the heart of EarthTime, a visualization tool developed by Carnegie Mellon University' CREATE Lab in the Robotics Institute's, and Pittsburgh housing data has been a particular focus for...
View ArticleCMU's Interdisciplinary Jewel
Today, amid a pandemic, it's easy to see the value of impactful communication. David Kaufer, Mellon Distinguished Professor of English and Rhetoric and current director of the Rhetoric program at...
View ArticleNew Films Explore Racial Inequality in America
The Carnegie Mellon University International Film Festival is set to showcase two films in December that raise awareness on the injustices suffered by African Americans in the U.S. Director Idrissou...
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