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Alumnus Ted Danson Nominee and Honoree for 82nd Golden Globe Awards

Since graduating from CMU, Danson has remained connected to the School of Drama, visiting often to connect with current students and engage with the university. In 2018, he was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts Degree.

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Biological Sciences Professor Awarded Grant To Advance Prader-Willi Syndrome Research

Carnegie Mellon’s Joel McManus and Pitt’s Robert Nicholls received a $162,000 grant from the Foundation for Prader-Willi Research to study the regulation and function of a key gene that is usually deleted in patients with the disorder.

December 12, 2024
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Department Honors Top Academic Athletes at Annual Celebration

In its 11th year celebrating academic and athletic achievement on Reading Day, the Carnegie Mellon University Department of Athletics welcomed faculty and staff to the annual Student-Athlete Academic Achievement Celebration on Wednesday, Dec. 11.

December 12, 2024
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Milton Rubén Laufer Will Join CMU College of Fine Arts as School of Music Head

Milton Rubén Laufer has been named the new head of the School of Music within the College of Fine Arts at Carnegie Mellon University. He will join the university in his new role beginning July 1, 2025.

December 11, 2024
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Multimodal Machine Learning Model Increases Accuracy

Researchers in the Department of Mechanical Engineering have developed a novel machine learning model combining graph neural networks with transformer-based language models to predict adsorption energy of catalyst systems.

December 10, 2024
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Neuroscience Doctoral Student Awarded 2024 Sutherland-Merlino Fellowship

First-year Ph.D. student Grace Kollman is this year’s recipient of the Sutherland-Merlino Fellowship, which since 2021 has annually provided financial support to one incoming Ph.D. student who shows excellent academic and professional promise, an eagerness to learn and an enthusiastic spirit.

December 6, 2024
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Rales HCI Fellows Bring Inclusive Technology to the Forefront of Industry

Three students from the first-ever selection of Rales Fellows — Lizeth Anaya-Ojeda, Christian Johnson and Zoe Mercado — are pursuing master’s degrees from the Human-Computer Interaction Institute at Carnegie Mellon.

December 6, 2024

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