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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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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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Senate raises activities fee by $8, proposes several initiatives

On Nov. 6, the Undergraduate Student Senate held a General Body Meeting (GBM), and voted to increase the student activities fee by three percent for the 2027 fiscal year. The 2027 fiscal year refers ...
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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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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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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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SATIRE: Fetty Wap pulls out of concert, AB left scrambling

On March 30, the Carnegie Mellon Activities Board (AB) announced that rapper and singer Fetty Wap will no longer be headlining the 2026 Spring Carnival Concert on April 11. Mr. Wap, who was recently ...
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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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CMU Qatar moves to online instruction after Iran strikes Doha

In an email sent to Carnegie Mellon students, Provost Jim Garrett announced that Carnegie Mellon’s campus in Doha, Qatar would also be switching to remote instruction until further notice. On Feb. 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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The “cure” for deafness? New gene therapy sparks identity debate

A recent study published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) found that a new gene therapy drug used to cure congenital deafness was clinically effective in improving hearing for 92 percent ...
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Literary 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 ...