Carnegie Mellon Dietrich College of Humanities & Social Sciences

09/30/2026

09/29/2026

Human emotions didn't just arrive overnight-they evolved. In a new book, behavioral economist George Lowenstein seeks to understand why.

09/22/2026

No. 1 in Management Information Systems and No. 3 in Data Analytics/Science! 🥇

Carnegie Mellon University continues to earn national recognition for its academic strengths, strong student outcomes and distinctive interdisciplinary model.

In the latest U.S. News & World Report rankings, CMU also ranked No. 4 in Undergraduate Research/Creative Projects, No. 8 in Co-ops/Internships, No. 5 in Senior Capstone and No. 5 in Most Innovative Schools.

We’re proud to celebrate the faculty, staff, students and alumni who make our programs possible.

Read more about Carnegie Mellon’s latest U.S. News rankings: https://www.cmu.edu/news/stories/archives/2026/september/carnegie-mellon-university-reaches-historic-high-at-no-14-in-us-news-rankings-takes-no-1-spot-for

09/17/2026

Check out the latest episode of the Heisman Hopefuls podcast, featuring the Department of Statistics & Data Sciences' Ron Yurko ⬇

This week on the Heisman Hopefuls Podcast, the nation’s second-leading rusher Nate Sheppard

📸 Duke Athletics

09/16/2026

Looking for student resources at Dietrich College? Whether you’re exploring your options, navigating your undergraduate experience or pursuing graduate study, find information and resources to help you along the way. Explore the student resources at Dietrich College ⬇

09/10/2026

Join us on September 17 for a Constitution Day Symposium exploring "Humanities, Law and an Inflection Point for Our Constitution."

Featuring a keynote by constitutional scholar Sanford Levinson and three thought-provoking conversations on the Constitution’s humanistic origins, textual interpretation, and literary and cultural influence, the symposium brings together scholars in law and the humanities to consider how we understand — and continue to reinterpret — this foundational document.

The day will also include a special opportunity to view the U.S. Bill of Rights, one of only five known surviving copies of the first official printing issued in 1792, along with a closing performance exploring the Constitution through theatre, poetry, and music.

Learn more about register: https://www.cmu.edu/dietrich/humanities-center/center-events/constitution-day-conference.html

Registration is now open for Carnegie Mellon University’s Constitution Day Symposium.

On September 17, the Carnegie Mellon University Dietrich College Humanities Center and the Law & Humanities Institute will present Humanities, Law, and an Inflection Point for Our Constitution, a Constitution Day symposium and part of CMU’s America250 programming.
The symposium will bring together leading scholars in law and the humanities to re-enliven the original connections among the Constitution, law, and the humanities, and examine the enduring significance of the U.S. Constitution.

Join us for this timely conversation about the Constitution and American democracy.
📅 Thursday, September 17, 2026
📍 Carnegie Mellon University
Register now: https://lnkd.in/gUtSqaBx

09/09/2026

A timely look back at this groundbreaking study from Brad Mahon, a professor of psychology, that looks at developing new ways to understand how routine hits on the field impact the brain.

09/08/2026

For nearly five decades, Dietrich College cognitive psychologist Brian MacWhinney has built TalkBank into the world’s largest open-access integrated repository for spoken-language data — generating more than 14,000 scientific publications along the way.

From understanding how children learn language to advancing research on dementia, autism, stuttering and second-language learning, TalkBank is helping researchers around the world ask new questions about how we communicate — and what language can reveal about the human mind and brain.

Discover how MacWhinney’s work continues to shape the future of language science ⬇

09/02/2026

From tracking feral hogs in the Great Smoky Mountains to helping Steelers fans understand data science, Jason Bittel has built a career around making complex ideas impossible to ignore.

As Dietrich College’s associate director of research communications, Bittel brings his storyteller’s touch to the social sciences — translating cutting-edge research into stories that connect with people beyond the university.

Learn more about Bittel and how he helps make complex science make sense. ⬇

08/31/2026

What does “We the People” mean today? On Constitution Day, September 17, Carnegie Mellon University will convene scholars in law and the humanities to explore that question — and many others — in “Humanities, Law, and an Inflection Point for Our Constitution.”

The symposium features a keynote by constitutional scholar Sanford Levinson, interdisciplinary panel conversations, a rare look at the Posner Center’s copy of the Bill of Rights, and a special closing performance incorporating theatre, poetry and music.

Together, these conversations ask us to look beyond the Constitution as a legal document and consider its history, language, literature, philosophy and cultural meaning.

The event also launches CMU’s America250 programming.
📅 September 17 | 9 a.m.–6:45 p.m.
📍 Carnegie Mellon University

Learn more at the link in comments ⬇