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Carnegie Mellon Leads NSF AI Institute for Societal Decision Making
Led by Carnegie Mellon, the AI Institute for Societal Decision Making (AI-SDM) is one of seven AI institutes announced by the National Science Foundation.
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Kamlet, Nelson Named Collaboratory Against Hate Co-directors
Mark S. Kamlet and Lisa Nelson have been named co-directors of the Collaboratory Against Hate, which honors the victims of the 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue attack by supporting research aimed at understanding and minimizing the destructive consequences of extremist hate.
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A Tartan Tail
Carnegie Mellon junior Sonja Michaluk dons a mermaid persona to raise awareness and funds for wetland conservation projects near to her heart.
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A Recipe for Understanding
Grand Challenge Seminar students explore history and culture through food.
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NEH Fellowship Supports Slate’s Research on Civil Rights
Nico Slate, professor and head of the Department of History at Carnegie Mellon University, received a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities to support his research on Highlander and the role of education within the civil rights movement.
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Nightly Sleep Is Key to Student Success
CMU's David Creswell led a team of researchers to evaluate the relationship between sleep and GPA.
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Movement Information Offers Critical Visual Cues
A new study finds that the brain uses motion cues to decipher how objects are seen.
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Tartans Celebrated for Their Exceptional Academic Standing
Excellence in academics and athletics is not mutually exclusive at Carnegie Mellon University.
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Year in Review 2022
A look back at the top stories at Carnegie Mellon University in 2022.