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Dietrich College News

A Message From Dean Richard Scheines Dean Richard Scheines responds to the Tree of Life synagogue shooting and community response. Read more .

The Dietrich College Celebrates President Farnam Jahanian's Inauguration

Faculty, students and alumni from the Dietrich College played prominent roles in the inauguration of Farnam Jahanian as Carnegie Mellon University’s 10th president. View photo slideshow .

Askwith Kenner Global Languages and Cultures Room Brings the World to Campus The Askwith Kenner Global Languages and Cultures Room, a new space within the David A. Tepper Quadrangle, offers students and the community an immersive, interactive language classroom and learning space. The space was made possible thanks to a generous gift from long-time supporter, alumna and emeritus trustee Patricia Askwith Kenner (MM'66). Read more .

Exploring New Frontiers in Brain-Based Education at Carnegie Mellon Building on groundbreaking research that identified the brain representations of elementary physics concepts, CMU's Robert Mason and Marcel Just have received a $549,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to investigate the brain representations of physics concepts in college students and determine their relation to the students’ academic performance. Read more .

CMU Historians Awarded Andrew W. Mellon Grant to Host Yearlong Seminar on Urban Food and Water Provisioning The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has granted Carnegie Mellon University $225,000 for a prestigious 2019-2020 Sawyer Seminar on “Bread and Water: Access, Belonging and Environmental Justice in the City.” Read more .

Alumni Spotlight: Rubini Naidu Is Changing Perspectives After receiving her degree in psychology in 2016 from the Dietrich College, Rubini Naidu worked for the Bill & Melinda Gates Institute of Population and Reproductive Health. Now, Naidu is a Fulbright Scholar, continuing research in India she started while at CMU.  Read more .

More Headlines Phi Beta Kappa Inducts 20 Students Seven Dietrich College Seniors Named Andrew Carnegie Society Scholars Creative Writing Program Celebrates 50th Anniversary Zachary Goldstein Explored Data Journalism Through the Pittsburgh Summer Internship Program Krishna V. Shenoy To Receive Andrew Carnegie Prize in Mind and Brain Sciences Lab School Educates All Ages Donaldson Doubles as Hometown Hero Education App Uses Photos To Help People Form Proper Sentences Television’s Best: CMU Alumni Nominated for 15 Emmys Alumna Apeksha Atal Awarded Fulbright to Teach English in Thailand

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Sophomore information systems student Pavi Bhatter discusses her Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing presentation. Washington Semester Program students attend a panel hosted by the Center for Strategic and International Studies

The English Department's John Oddo drew a crowd at CMUThink NYC. Mayor Bill Peduto honored senior social and decision sciences major Rosana Guernica with a City of Pittsburgh Proclamation.

Dietrich College in the News Scientific American What It Means When Scientists Disagree NBC News This bizarre-looking font helps you remember what you read CNN Science confirms what the hearts already knows: Hugs really do make you feel better Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ‘I think this is a “Who are we?” moment,’ law professor says about Kavanaugh hearings More media coverage

Class Notes Find out what's new with Nitya Chambers (DC 2001), Matt Ewalt (DC 2002, 2003), Brian Maruca (DC 1999), Jule Pattison-Gordon (DC 2013) and others in Class Notes . Have something to share ? Network with other alumni in the Dietrich College Alumni LinkedIn Group .

Personal Mentions Read about news and accomplishments from the college's faculty and staff. Colin Clarke, Bill Eddy, Roberta Klatzky, D anielle Wenner and more are included in this issue's Personal Mentions . Share your news .

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