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15 of 17 Tartan Scholars Ambassadors resign, citing lack of support for program

On Friday, Feb. 27, 15 out of the 17 Tartan Scholars Ambassadors — student workers who help facilitate the Tartan Scholars program — announced their ...
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Silence, systemic gaps, and a petition: CMU community pushes for mental health reform

CaPS is a university-operated mental health service for students. Editor’s note: This story includes conversations about suicide. If you or someone you know is in crisis, call or text 988 for the ...
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Scientists find way to remove chromosome in Down syndrome, raises ethical questions

For genetic disorders such as sickle cell anemia or Huntington’s disease, doctors have often focused on how effectively patients’ symptoms can be managed. Recently, scientists have discovered how to ...
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CMU Cloud Lab to bring remote science into mainstream

Nestled in the corner of an old warehouse in Bakery Square, the Carnegie Mellon Cloud Lab is one month away from becoming the nation’s first remote academic laboratory after six years in development.
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10th annual Giving CMU Day raises record-high $2.3 million

Carnegie Mellon organizations raised a record $2.3 million during the annual Giving CMU Day on Dec. 3. Arden Ryan/ News Editor On Tuesday, Dec. 3, Carnegie Mellon celebrated its 10th annual Giving CMU ...
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Standing ovation for Pittsburgh Opera’s production of ‘Curlew River.’

The Pittsburgh Opera’s recent production of Benjamin Britten’s hauntingly beautiful and musically challenging “Curlew River” premiered this weekend. Performed at Calvary Episcopal Church, the intimate ...
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EdBoard: Values in modern dating and the influence of social media on relationships

Every February, as Valentine’s Day rolls around, the holiday serves as a yearly time capsule of how dating culture has evolved. Social media further heightens the idealization of what romance looks ...
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Literature and Cultural Studies program cut, replaced with Computational Cultural Studies

The English Department primarily holds classes in Baker Hall. In Feb. 2024, Richard Scheines, Dean of the Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences, placed an administrative hold on ...
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CMU undergraduate women’s enrollment declines across colleges

In 2025, Carnegie Mellon University welcomed a cohort of 1,804 new undergraduate students at its Pittsburgh campus. Though the university’s overall population has 42.2 percent of students identify as ...
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette shutters after 240 years of publication

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s offices in North Shore. On Jan. 7, the company Block Communications announced the shuttering of the Post-Gazette, the largest daily newspaper in the Pittsburgh ...
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Pittsburgh Start-Up noVRel Transforms Neurosurgery Through Augmented Reality

Pittsburgh startup noVRel won second place in Carnegie Mellon’s McGinnis Venture Competition, receiving $5,000. Courtesy of CMU Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship via Youtube Students from the ...
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CMU, Pitt students hold walkout, protest ICE

Students hold up signs in front of Warner Hall, where most university administration work. Protestors walked out of class on Feb. 6 to protest ICE and demand protections for international students.