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Thursday, February 27, 2020

Applications for Senior Honors Program & Fellowship Open

Rising seniors who may be interested in furthering their careers in academia, pursuing a creative project or exploring a career in research will be interested in the Senior Honors Program offered through the Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences.
Tuesday, February 25, 2020

Leading AI Scholars Featured in New Oral Archive

A multi-institutional study identified more than 50 new gene variants that are closely linked to symptoms associated with autism spectrum disorder.
Monday, February 24, 2020

Roeder Honored for Contribution to Statistics

Roeder was honored for her outstanding contributions to statistical science in the areas of mixture models, semiparametric inference, and multiple testing, and to the development of statistical methods aimed at finding the genetic basis of human disease.
Thursday, February 20, 2020

Student Spotlight: Shannon Werntz and the Girls of Steel

While pursuing her studies at Carnegie Mellon University, Shannon Werntz volunteers as an awards mentor with a local all-girls robotics team that is part of the FIRST robotics competition (FRC).
Wednesday, February 19, 2020

Say Hello to Dietrich College’s Student Communicators

Cameron Monteith and Cassandra Scanlon will provide a student lens to the Dietrich College’s news stories and social media channels.
Wednesday, February 19, 2020

Obituary: Edwin Fenton Was Central to CMU’s Teaching, Outreach and Research

Edwin “Ted” Fenton, a professor emeritus known for his significant contributions to education and his personal charm, died Feb. 8.
Friday, February 14, 2020

Celebrating the Revelatory

Dietrich college researchers dispel myths to reveal the true experiences of African Americans and French-born women of African and Caribbean descent.
Wednesday, February 12, 2020

Examining the Various Threads of Freedom

Danielle Wenner discusses her recent paper, “Nondomination and the Limits of Relational Autonomy,” to examine the concept of autonomy through the prism of philosophy.
Tuesday, February 11, 2020

Largest Genetic Study Points to Autism Culprits

A multi-institutional study identified more than 50 new gene variants that are closely linked to symptoms associated with autism spectrum disorder.
Video, Photos from 2020 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Writing Awards
Tuesday, February 11, 2020

Video, Photos from 2020 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Writing Awards

The awards celebration featured readings of winning pieces, the presentation of the first-ever Special Drama Award and musical performances.
Local and Global Community Engagement on Display, Feb. 14
Friday, February 07, 2020

Local and Global Community Engagement on Display, Feb. 14

The Engaging Community event aims to connect students to fellow classmates who have studied or undertaken research abroad, as well as those who have completed service learning or community outreach locally or globally, offered in and outside Dietrich.
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