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Friday, January 31, 2020

Rebecca Nugent Receives Fienberg Professorship

Carnegie Mellon University’s Rebecca Nugent received the Stephen E. and Joyce Fienberg Professorship in Statistics and Data Science at a ceremony during the fall semester.
Monday, January 27, 2020

Ramdas Honored for Efforts Improving Research Reproducibility

NSF honors Aaditya Ramdas for exploring new statistical approaches to reduce the false-positive results that can occur naturally during large-scale hypothesis testing.
Friday, January 24, 2020

Seniors Leveraged Behavioral Economics to Improve NHL Fan Engagement

Seniors in the behavioral economics, policy and organizations major partnered with the NHL and Pittsburgh Penguins for the capstone course.
Tuesday, January 21, 2020

Fall 2019 Dean’s List Announced

Congratulations to all of the undergraduate students who have been named to the Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences Dean’s List for the Fall 2019 semester.
Friday, January 17, 2020

Simon Initiative Work in Rural Panama Begins

Carnegie Mellon University learning engineers are heading to rural Panama to help teachers improve student outcomes in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) courses.
Monday, January 13, 2020

Student Applications Now Open for Summer Global Tech Consulting Experience

Students interested in completing a 10-week international internship to build their technology consulting skills will find a great summer home in Technology Consulting in the Global Community (TCinGC).
Thursday, January 09, 2020

Western Pennsylvania Students Tackle Issues of Difference and Diversity Through Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Writing Awards

Students touched on topics ranging from race to sexual orientation and religion to immigration status and near and physical disabilities.
Wednesday, January 08, 2020

Tru-ly Inspiring

Alumna Terry Babcock-Lumish’s dream job at The Truman Foundation has brought her full circle to lead a community that changed her life.
Friday, January 03, 2020

Her Pen is Mighty

Alumna and novelist Jewell Parker Rhodes wants to make the world a better place for all — one middle school student at a time.
Major Decisions
Thursday, January 02, 2020

Major Decisions

New research from Carnegie Mellon University shows that fatigue during an introductory class, either from time of day (7:30 a.m.) or back-to-back classes, can deter a student from pursing that subject as a major.
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