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Greta Markey Receives Prestigious Stanford Knight-Hennessy Award, a First for Carnegie Mellon…
Greta Markey, an alumna of Carnegie Mellon University’s College of Engineering(opens in new window), has been named a recipient of the Stanford Knight-Hennessy Scholars(opens in new window) award. Knight-Hennessy scholars are provided…
Kathy McConnell-Miller Appointed Head Women’s Basketball Coach at Carnegie Mellon
Kathy McConnell-Miller has been named the new head coach of the Carnegie Mellon Women's Basketball(opens in new window) program. McConnell-Miller, who has coached at the high school, college and professional levels, will assume…
Carnegie Mellon University Appoints Tysen Kendig as Vice President for University Communications and…
Carnegie Mellon University has named Tysen Kendig, the current vice president for communications at the University of Connecticut, to the position of vice president for university communications and marketing. Kendig will join CMU’s…
University of Mannheim Study: Top 10 Percent Primary Beneficiaries of Globalization
In their study, the researchers tried to answer the question if and how the globalization of the last 50 years has affected inequalities between people worldwide. The result: Globalization has led to greater income inequalities within many…
University of Mannheim Implements New Incentive Scheme to Decrease Aviation-Related CO₂ Emissions
The climate crisis is one of the key global challenges of our time. Universities are places of research and teaching and can provide expertise in dealing with this challenge. For the University of Mannheim, it is a question of…
Study Finds Link Between Tropical Forest Resilience to Seasonal Drought and Nutrient Availability
Tropical forests are highly productive ecosystems accounting for nearly half of the global forest carbon sink. If tropical forests can no longer remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, the effects of climate change may become even more…
University of Göttingen: Study Reveals Regional Differences in Bird Diversity within Agroforestry…
The diversity and ecological functionality of bird communities in tropical agroforestry systems are shaped by the surrounding landscape, in particular the extent and composition of the forest. An international research team led by the…
Technical University of Munich Study Explores Acceptance of Animals in Urban Environments
The relationship between city inhabitants and urban animals is complex, as the study shows. The researchers conducted a survey to find out how Munich residents rate 32 urban animal species and where in the city they would prefer to see…
Technical University of Munich Welcomes Two New Humboldt Professorships in Artificial Intelligence
The Humboldt Professorships aim to attract top talent from all over the world to German universities. Each professorship is endowed with up to five million euros, making it the most highly endowed research award in Germany. The Humboldt…
Media Influence on Risk Perception Less Significant Than Previously Believed, Study Finds
From road traffic accidents to fires and murders, dramatic causes of death receive considerable media attention. The scientific consensus to date has been that, because the media report dramatic causes of death more frequently than “silent”…