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‘Goodbye Mall Trees’: Century-old trees ‘retired’ from Mall due to declining health

Facilities Management Services (FMS) is removing eight sycamores and one London plane tree from the Mall as they reach the “end of their natural life.” The trees have grown ...
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8 Fence painters subjected to IEX investigations, 7 restricted from campus

Carnegie Mellon’s Office for Institutional Equity and Title IX (IEX Office) is investigating eight individuals involved in recent Fence paintings, and has placed seven on interim partial campus ...
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Smoke shrouds Pittsburgh, Air Quality Index rises to 200

As of Thursday, Canadian wildfire smoke is blanketing Pittsburgh and the majority of the northeast United States. AccuWeather reports a Code Purple Air Quality Index (AQI) of 200 in the ...
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Lucy Dacus returns with poignant, intimate songs on ‘Forever Is A Feeling’

Lucy Dacus, one of my top five voices in music and a longtime favorite artist, has finally released her fourth studio album, entitled “Forever Is a Feeling.” The 13-track record, released on March 28, ...
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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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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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Taking a look at a fall favorite: “songs” by Adrianne Lenker

It’s April 2020, and you’re sheltered in a one-room cabin in Western Massachusetts. You’re trapped in the storm of the pandemic, having canceled your band’s tour, and on top of that, you’re still ...
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First-ever map of brain cell development leads recent advances in neuroscience

A map of over 1,000 neurons, reconstructed from an analysis of one cubic millimeter of mouse brain tissue. Courtesy of The Allen Institute. Made up of 86 billion neurons interacting with each other ...
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The winners of the 2024 Ig Nobel awards

The 2024 Ig Nobel awards were given out this month, recognizing some of the funnier contributions to science. The ceremony, which has been held annually since 1991, tends to highlight the sort of ...
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Parents, patients in dark as UPMC closes gender-affirming care program

Protesters stand outside UPMC’s Children’s Hospital, holding signs advocating for gender-affirming care. UPMC cut their programs for transgender youth last year. “I’m not a trans person, but it makes ...
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Trump Visits CMU for Energy Summit, Sparks Campus Protests and Fence Dispute

President Donald J. Trump visited Carnegie Mellon University on July 15, 2025, for the inaugural Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit, hosted by Senator Dave McCormick (R-Pa.). Billed as a ...
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CMU Administration paints over anti-Zionism message on Fence, citing ‘threats of violence’

Courtesy of @cmufence | The verbiage on the Fence was painted over by university administration on the evening of June 28. On the evening of Sunday, June 28, Carnegie Mellon administration worked with ...