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Computational Humanities News

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Aug 03, 2026

What Do We Really Mean When We Say AI ‘Thinks?’

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Jul 09, 2026

From Proof to Program: CMU and the Rise of AI-Driven Mathematics

Sam Lemely and Christopher Warren

May 18, 2026

A Lab for the Humanities

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May 18, 2026

Digitizing Student Theater History

Tatyana Gershkovich

Mar 09, 2026

Tatyana Gershkovich Receives NEH Fellowship for Book Project ‘Tolstoy Red and White’

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Jan 28, 2026

Carnegie Mellon University Launches Programs in Global Cultures & Emerging Technologies

John Rose, a graduate student in the Department of English, presents a final project in the Coding for Humanists course.

Dec 15, 2025

Blending Humanistic Inquiry and Technology, Carnegie Mellon Leads a New Era of Cultural Study and Research

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Nov 17, 2025

Dear Diary: What Analyzing a Century of Russophone Journaling Reveals About the Diary as a Genre

The Department of Philosophy's Kun Zhang (left) and Peter Spirtes (right) pictured in front of a chalkboard.

Oct 01, 2025

Peacocks Eating Ice Cream: CMU Philosophers Teaching AI to Ask 'Why?'

Jeremy Avigad

Aug 04, 2025

New NSF Institute at CMU Will Help Mathematicians Harness AI and Advance Discoveries

Edda Fields-Black

May 06, 2025

Carnegie Mellon Professor Wins 2025 Pulitzer Prize in History

Panelists speak on stage at the CMU-K&L Gates Conference.

Mar 17, 2025

Experts Tackle Generative AI Ethics and Governance at 2025 K&L Gates–CMU Conference

Edda Fields-Black

Mar 14, 2025

Fields-Black Receives Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize for ‘COMBEE’

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Feb 21, 2025

Is It Human, or Is It AI?

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Jul 26, 2024

New Course Harnesses AI To Kindle Creativity

Edda Fields-Black

Mar 13, 2024

Historian Illuminates Crucial Chapter of Harriet Tubman's Legacy

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Jan 08, 2024

The Ethics of AI: Building Systems That Benefit Society

Uniting the States with Telegraphs, 1844-1862 map

May 22, 2023

Digital Map Provides Interactive Lesson on Telegraph History

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May 12, 2023

Anniversary Exhibitions Trace Influence of Shakespeare through Time and Technology

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Apr 11, 2022

CMU Projects Sleuth Secret Printers, Teach Shakespeare in VR