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![]() Carnegie Mellon Unveils New Humanities Center The College of Humanities and Social Sciences (H&SS) has established a new research center to strengthen research and teaching in the humanities; foster collaborations among the humanities faculty and faculty in other disciplines; and to nurture a greater role for the humanities in an increasingly technological and global society. The Humanities Center is a collaboration of faculty members from all four humanities departments: English, History, Modern Languages and Philosophy. "The Humanities Center will broaden the university's reputation beyond being a premier institution for technology and the arts, and establish Carnegie Mellon as a unique and innovative place to study the humanities," said Jared L. Cohon, the president of Carnegie Mellon.
"The Humanities Center will help make the excellence of Carnegie Mellon's humanities departments visible on campus and in the world at large. While often regarded as irrelevant because they do not lead to a particular career, the center will show that the humanities are in fact relevant to all careers," said Shumway, a professor of English at Carnegie Mellon. "Questions of meaning, ethics and value are central to all of our lives, and the humanities are organized to address these questions."
Another key component of the Humanities Initiative is the Center for the Arts in Society, a multidisciplinary research and education center, operated jointly with the College of Fine Arts, which brings together scholars from the humanities, social sciences and arts. "The Humanities Initiative will benefit all Carnegie Mellon students. Those outside the humanities will experience a broader education, while humanities students will enjoy a multidisciplinary, technologically enriched curriculum that they will not find at traditional liberal arts schools," said H&SS Dean John Lehoczky. H&SS is the second-largest academic unit at Carnegie Mellon and offers more than 60 majors and minors. The college emphasizes interdisciplinary study in a technologically rich environment, with an open and forward-thinking stance toward the arts and sciences.
Jonathan Potts
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