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Put Children In The Driving Seat Of Their Own Learning For Better Results
October 5, 2021
Children learn better when they are more active in lessons and have more control over their learning, says a new ... Read more
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New Research Shows Learning Is More Effective When Active
September 30, 2021
Engaging students through interactive activities, discussions, feedback and AI-enhanced technologies resulted in improved academic performance compared to traditional lectures, lessons or readings, faculty from ... Read more
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Jessica Hammer To Receive Carnegie Science Center Award for Work in STEM Education
September 29, 2021
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Five SCS Students Named Siebel Scholars
September 29, 2021
Five graduate students at Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science have received Siebel Scholars awards for 2022. Karan Ahuja, Priya Donti, Yasmine Kotturi, Ryan Shi and ... Read more
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HCII Seeks Capstone Project Sponsors for 2022
September 16, 2021
Apply our future HCI leaders to your organization's challenges in 2022
The Human-Computer Interaction Institute invites companies, startups and nonprofits alike to sponsor a Capstone project for HCI students. Our MHCI Program is currently seeking client ... Read more
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Designer Studies Cutting Edge of Fashion Via Luminous Material
August 18, 2021
Carnegie Mellon University senior Ashley Burbano had glowing results in her summer research into understanding the applications of a material that lights up when stimulated.
A student in the ... Read more
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Want to eat more sustainably? Try flat-pack pasta
August 17, 2021
Flat packed noodles that form iconic pasta shapes when cooked could lead to more sustainable packaging, transportation, and storage.
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Pittsburgh researchers can’t stop tech giants or hackers from using your data. But they can try to protect your identity
August 15, 2021
Questions about the future of the multi-billion smart technology industry that tracks what we are doing are more than theoretical in Pittsburgh. Researchers at places like Carnegie Mellon University are studying the implications of all this data collection and working to ... Read more
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School of Computer Science Part of Four New NSF AI Institutes
July 29, 2021
CMU Contributing to Innovations in Caregiving, Agriculture, Wireless Networks
Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Computer Science will contribute fundamental and cutting-edge research to a government-led push to bring about life-changing ... Read more
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NoRILLA: AI Gorilla Brings STEM to Life at the Children's Museum of Atlanta
July 19, 2021
There’s something new rumbling and tumbling at CMA! If you’ve visited the museum lately you’ve seen children building towers and other structures out of blocks. That’s pretty common – we’re big block fans! But the friendly animated gorilla sharing challenges and feedback ... Read more
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CMU, Apple Team Improves iOS App Accessibility
June 17, 2021
SCS Researchers Part of Best Paper Effort at CHI 2021
A team at Apple analyzed nearly 78,000 screenshots from more than 4,000 apps to improve the screen reader function on its mobile devices. The result was Screen Recognition, a tool that uses ... Read more
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Jessica Hammer Named HCII Interim Associate Director
June 14, 2021
Award-winning game designer Jessica Hammer will soon level up when she takes on the role of interim associate director of the
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Forlizzi Named Dean of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for School of Computer Science
June 7, 2021
Jodi Forlizzi will lean on her background as a designer to address what she calls "a truly wicked problem" in her role as the inaugural associate dean of diversity, equity and inclusion in the School of Computer Science.
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Significant Otter Helps Couples Communicate From the Heart
May 27, 2021
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Alumni spotlight with Connie Chau
May 26, 2021
We recently caught up with Connie Chau, class of 2020, to talk about her time at Carnegie Mellon. Our conversation is below, formatted as Q&A style.
HCII: Hi Connie! Tell us about yourself. What was your undergraduate major at ... Read more
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Agarwal is First Graduate of New BS in HCI Program
May 24, 2021
Less than one year after the ... Read more
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Overcoming Tab Overload
May 12, 2021
If you are reading this, chances are you have several other tabs open in your browser that you mean to get to eventually.
Internet browser tabs are a major source of friction on the internet. People love them.
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CMU at Virtual CHI 2021
May 10, 2021
More than one hundred researchers from Carnegie Mellon will log on to virtually attend the international ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems ... Read more
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CMU Lab Leads Development of Pasta That Morphs Into Shape When Cooked
May 5, 2021
Flat-Packed Noodles Create More Sustainable Packaging, Transportation and Storage
People love pasta for its shapes — from tubes of penne and rigatoni to spirals of fusilli and rotini.
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SCS Remembers Adobe Founder and Ph.D. Alum Charles Geschke
April 28, 2021
A creator of software that revolutionized the way people collaborate, Charles M. Geschke left his mark on Carnegie Mellon University long after earning his degree.
"Chuck" Geschke, who received a Ph.D. in
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