Exceptional Poetry
|  "Lighthead," a book of poetry written by English Professor Terrance Hayes, has been selected as a finalist for the 2010 National Book Awards.
In the collection, Hayes combines different poetry styles, including the Japanese presentation format Pecha Kucha, to tell personal, political and historical stories.
Read the full article. Watch a video of Hayes reading from "Lighthead."
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Robert Siegler Develops
Teaching Guide for Fractions
| The U.S. Department of Education recently released "Developing Effective Fractions Instruction," created by Cognitive Psychologist Robert Siegler. The guide presents five recommendations for teaching fractions to students in kindergarten through eighth grade.
"Understanding fractions and how to use them is difficult for many children to learn," said Siegler, the Teresa Heinz Professor of Cognitive Psychology at Carnegie Mellon. "Teachers, principals and math coaches can use this guide to help students learn basic and more complex concepts and procedures involving fractions."
Read the full article.
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CMU's Human Histogram of Heights
| Have you ever wondered how the height of the CMU campus community is distributed? Well, you do not need to wonder any more.
In honor of the first-ever World Statistics Day on October 20, 2010, the Statistics Department's Undergraduate Student Advisory Committee led faculty, staff and students in creating a human histogram of heights.
"We had the campus community come to the football field and report their height," said Emily Butler, a senior statistics major who led the efforts for the student advisory committee. "Based on their height, they stood on different yard lines, one-by-one, so that we could see how many people were of what height."
Read the full article. View the GigaPan of the Human Histogram.
Watch a video of the event. View photos from the event.
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New Book Details African American Life in Pittsburgh After World War II
| For a city that has recently been named "America's Most Livable City," part of Pittsburgh's path to emerging as a seemingly re-vitalized metro area is not very pretty.
"Race and Renaissance: African Americans in Pittsburgh Since World War II," a new book by history professors Joe W. Trotter and Jared N. Day provides a detailed account of what life has been like for African American Pittsburghers since the end of the second World War.
"We wrote the book partly because of a lack of research on African Americans in Pittsburgh," said Trotter, the Giant Eagle Professor of History and Social Justice and head of the Department of History. "It was designed to fill a gap in our understanding of this city's history and to encourage new research on the subject."
Read the full article.
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A reminder about the new H&SS News.
H&SS News is now online. Over the next several months, improvements will continue to be made to the online news format and H&SS website to make information easier to find and use. To stay connected between issues, you can follow H&SS on Twitter and interact with alumni, faculty, staff and students on Facebook. If you have story ideas, news to share or feedback, please feel free to send an email to Shilo Raube, H&SS public relations director. |
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Invitation to
H&SS Homecoming Events | CMU's 2010 Homecoming Weekend is November 5-6. H&SS invites you to three events: a special lecture, the H&SS Homecoming Reception and the CMU Alumni Awards Ceremony and Reception.
Details and RSVP.
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