News & Events
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Randi Williams Delivers Play@TED Talk: How to Raise Kids Who Question AI
As artificial intelligence (AI) makes its way into toys, cultivating a new era of digital literacy with children is a necessity.
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CMU at DIS 2026
The Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) Conference on Designing Interactive Systems (DIS) was held June 13-17, 2026, in Singapore. ...
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Why Pittsburghers Are Already Stressed About the Parkway East Closure — and What They Can Do About It
Before the upcoming closure of the Parkway East, many Pittsburgh commuters are already feeling the stress.
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Designing the Future of Tech Governance
Carnegie Mellon University students are stepping out of the classroom ready to prove that the people who design technology are uniquely qu...
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NoRILLA Wins Global Competition
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science won an international competition aimed at transforming kindergarten...
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Looking Ahead: AI Needs UI
There is a distinct tension when opening an artificial intelligence (AI) tool and facing that empty text box with its blinking cursor. Wha...
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Don’t Let FOMO Be Your Organization’s AI Strategy
Driven by the fear of falling behind their competitors, organizations are rushing to throw AI at their problems. But it's not solving ever...
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How Do Boomers Really Feel About AI?
As older adults embrace artificial intelligence, they want the technology to be more in tune with their emotional needs, according to a re...
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Listening to Your Fingertips
The future of precise hearing could be at your fingertips. CMU researchers have developed a technique that turns a person's fingertips int...
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Commencement 2026: ‘Shape What Comes Next’
Carnegie Mellon University conferred more than 5,800 undergraduate and graduate degrees at its 128th Commencement ceremony on Sunday, May ...
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CMU Tool Prevents Anxiety Spirals When Searching for Medical Advice Online
Reddit isn't a doctor, but that doesn't stop people from turning to it for medical questions. And since people won't change their behavior...
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Design Tweaks That Keep Students Learning
Getting a question wrong might be the best thing that can happen to a student, if they try again. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon Universit...
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Job Interviews, But Make It a Game Night
A team of recent graduates from Carnegie Mellon University turned career prep into a card game. Terrible Workers helps middle and high sch...
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Fujitsu, CMU Launch Joint Center for Physical AI
At the center, Fujitsu and CMU will jointly advance research and development of core technologies to enhance the capabilities and scalabil...
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EcoAssist Shows Devs Greener Ways to Code
The environmental impact of the internet continues to climb. Every line of code written for a website leads to power consumption and energ...
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Rethinking PDF Accessibility From the Ground Up
Researchers in the Carnegie Mellon University School of Computer Science have developed a system that automatically improves PDF accessibi...
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The AI Is in the Room
In this ghost story, there is no haunted mansion. No candles mysteriously snuffed out. No strange things going bump in the night or glimps...
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CMU at CHI 2026
This year, authors from CMU contributed to 76 papers accepted to CHI, including 12 award-winning papers. “The interdisciplinary CHI confer...
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Application Opens for 2026 LearnLab Summer School
This intensive, one-week program gives participants hands-on experience building advanced educational technologies and tutoring systems to...
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When an AI Bot Becomes Your Boss
Artificial intelligence isn't likely to replace managers in the workplace, but it can help with routine tasks, a study by researchers in C...
