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Wednesday, December 27, 2017

Four Ways To Make Your New Year's Resolutions Stick

Looking at New Year's resolutions through the lens of CMU behavioral economists, here are four ways to map out a plan of attack and have your 2018 goals stick.
Saturday, December 23, 2017

Information Systems Students Get Innovative

Fifteen teams of CMU seniors in Information Systems created plans for new and creative apps.
Thursday, December 21, 2017

CMU Researchers Receive DARPA Grant to Forecast the Flow of Information Online

The $6.7 million grant is one of the largest federally funded projects of its kind. It comes at a time when, according to a 2016 Pew Research Center Study, a majority of U.S. adults rely on social media as their primary news source.
Pittsburgh Organizations Can Now Find CMU Dietrich College Interns More Easily
Thursday, December 21, 2017

Pittsburgh Organizations Can Now Find CMU Dietrich College Interns More Easily

Launching in 2018, the Dietrich College Pittsburgh Summer Internship Program will offer students in need of valuable internship experiences an opportunity to connect with companies and organizations in the Pittsburgh area, particularly in ways that benefit the community.
Learning by Doing Good
Wednesday, December 20, 2017

Learning by Doing Good

In the project course "Computing for Good," several dozen students used satellite imagery to detect illegal mines in the Congo, created apps to coordinate timely pickup of harvested crops in Columbia and designed an augmented reality system for farmers in Rwanda.
Carnegie Mellon Launches the First Behavioral Economics Ph.D. Program
Wednesday, December 20, 2017

Carnegie Mellon Launches the First Behavioral Economics Ph.D. Program

Smartly designed and implemented behavioral interventions change the way we make decisions, alter the way organizations operate and influence how policies are implemented. Now, students looking to do cutting-edge research at the intersection of economics and psychology can get the first and only Ph.D. in behavioral economics at Carnegie Mellon University.
Student-Athletes Honored at Fourth Annual Academic Achievement Celebration
Saturday, December 16, 2017

Student-Athletes Honored at Fourth Annual Academic Achievement Celebration

Hosted by CMU's Department of Athletics, twenty-nine student-athletes paused during finals week to celebrate each other and their successes on and off the field.
The Voices Behind Teenie Harris’ Photos
Wednesday, December 13, 2017

The Voices Behind Teenie Harris’ Photos

CMU’s Joe Trotter and Newcastle University’s Ben Houston created the exhibit “Teenie Harris Photographs: In Their Own Voice.”
Study Shows Default Choices Matter, Especially for Poorer, Less Educated Individuals
Wednesday, December 13, 2017

Study Shows Default Choices Matter, Especially for Poorer, Less Educated Individuals

Researchers took advantage of a resulting federal lawsuit against a fraudulent company to test default choice architecture when the optimal choice was clear: End the subscriptions.
Selecting Sounds: How the Brain Knows What To Listen To
Monday, December 11, 2017

Selecting Sounds: How the Brain Knows What To Listen To

A team led by scientists at Carnegie Mellon University and Birkbeck, University of London has developed a new approach to how the brain singles out a specific stream of sound from other distracting sounds.
Koedinger Assumes Hillman Professorship
Friday, December 08, 2017

Koedinger Assumes Hillman Professorship

Ken Koedinger, professor in the Human-Computer Interaction Institute and Department of Psychology, accepted the Hillman Professorship of Computer Science in a ceremony Dec. 6 in the Gates and Hillman centers.
Marking Human Rights Day With a Focus on Scientific Freedom
Thursday, December 07, 2017

Marking Human Rights Day With a Focus on Scientific Freedom

December 10 is International Human Rights Day, as declared by the United Nations General Assembly. This year’s observance coincides with the American Association for the Advancement of Science’s (AAAS) recently released scientific freedom and responsibility statement that supports its mission to promote scientific freedom—and that freedom’s inseparable counterpart, scientific responsibility.
Psychology Graduate Students Host Workshops for Local Students
Thursday, December 07, 2017

Psychology Graduate Students Host Workshops for Local Students

Last weekend, Sewickley Academy’s Super Saturday event included time on Carnegie Mellon University’s campus.
Advances to Brain-Interface Technology Provide Clearer Insight Into Visual System Than Ever Before
Monday, December 04, 2017

Advances to Brain-Interface Technology Provide Clearer Insight Into Visual System Than Ever Before

Carnegie Mellon University engineers and cognitive neuroscientists have demonstrated that a new high-density EEG can capture the brain’s neural activity at a higher spatial resolution than ever before.
DoD Appoints Kiron Skinner to Defense Policy Board
Saturday, December 02, 2017

DoD Appoints Kiron Skinner to Defense Policy Board

U.S. Secretary of Defense James N. Mattis has appointed Carnegie Mellon University’s Kiron Skinner to the Defense Policy Board.
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