Marianna Brown Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences Carnegie Mellon University September 2021

Dietrich College News

Dietrich Welcomes New Faculty, Postdocs and Visiting Faculty

Carnegie Mellon University’s Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences welcomes 21 new faculty, postdoctoral fellows and visiting lecturers, who bring their cutting edge research and world class pedagogy to the college. Read more about Dietrich's newest scholars

Local Perceptions Obscure COVID Risk During Pandemic

Super-spreading events have proven to be the primary mode of infection driving the COVID-19 pandemic, which has led to an inaccurate perception of risk. A survey conducted early in the pandemic found that local perceptions of risk often do not correlate with the national infection rate, leading people to take inappropriate actions. The results are available in the August 16 issue of the journal Decision.  Read more about Stephen Broomell's study

Where Talent Meets Opportunity

Three 2021 Dietrich College graduates have set their path to an exciting future. Krithika Veerappan, a neuroscience major with a concentration in computational neuroscience, has been hired as a consultant at the strategic consulting firm Pariveda Solutions. Matthew Kern, an information sciences major, will join Capital One. Simon Lenoe, a German major with minors in music and Japanese, has joined the Global Language institute. Read more about our new alums

Make a Wisch

Josh, a 1997 graduate of the Dietrich College for Humanities and Social Sciences and Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy, grew up in a small Ohio town that’s big on Pittsburgh sports. A 1999 graduate of the College of Fine Arts, Malia was born and raised 6,000 miles away in Hawaii. They met during an orientation session in 1996. Read more about their love story

CMU's Posner Lays Track for Future of Rail Transit Henry Posner III, the chairman of Railroad Development Corporation and an adjunct instructor at CMU, demonstrates his vision for a rail-based mass transit system in the United States.

Upcoming Remote Alumni Events

Alumni Community. The new community can be found at community.cmu.edu. Online events. A number of online events are planned. Register here. The archive of past webinars is available at any time. Social media. Follow university channels to connect and view news. A directory of many channels is available at community.cmu.edu/s/cmu-social. Share stories. The university wants to highlight stories of Tartans who are volunteering, working in a critical field or brightening the world during this time. Submit your stories.  Faculty Dialogue. The Alumni Association’s academic programming puts you in the room with faculty whose research is changing the world. Tune in to listen to, “The Past, Present and Future of the Black Experience.”

Dietrich College in the News The New York Times Covid Isn’t Going Away. So What Now? NPR Shots Even Moderate COVID Restrictions Can Slow The Spread Of The Virus — If They're Timely The Atlantic Masks Are Back, Maybe for the Long Term More media coverage

Class Notes Find out what's new with Dietrich College students and alumni, including Phil Simon (DC 1994), Pavithra Tantrigoda (DC 2011, 2018) and Richard Branscomb (DC 2023), in Class Notes. Have something to share? Network with other alumni in the Dietrich College Alumni LinkedIn Group.

Personal Mentions Read about news and accomplishments from the college's faculty and staff, including Marlene Behrmann, in this issue's Personal Mentions.  Share your news.

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