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Year in Review 2023
A look back at the great things happening at Carnegie Mellon University in 2023.
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The Center for the Arts in Society Launches New Initiative
A new initiative from the Center for the Arts in Society in Carnegie Mellon University’s Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences explores the possibilities and limits of hospitality.
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CMU-Designed Artificially Intelligent Coscientist Automates Scientific Discovery
A non-organic intelligent system has for the first time designed, planned and executed a chemistry experiment, Carnegie Mellon University researchers report in the Dec. 21 issue of the journal Nature.
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Carnegie Mellon Holds Groundbreaking for Robotics Innovation Center
Carnegie Mellon University has broken ground on construction for its Robotics Innovation Center.
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Department Honors Top Academic Athletes at Annual Celebration
CMU's Department of Athletics welcomed faculty and staff to the annual Student-Athlete Academic Achievement Celebration.
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A Place in Space for the Humanities
James Wynn and Kathy M. Newman are leading a project called Planetary Hospitality that explores astrocolonialism, climate change, capitalism, how humans understand and influence space travel, and what makes a planet hospitable.
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Panel Issues Recommendations for Future of Particle Physics Research
HEPAP releases recommendations for U.S. particle physics priorities and funding.
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Conrad Tucker Named New Director of CMU-Africa
Conrad Tucker has been named the next director of Carnegie Mellon University in Africa.