Eight outstanding soon-to-be seniors are deep into researching their Senior Honors Program theses as part of the Dietrich College Honors Fellowship Program.

To give us an inside look, the honors fellows have been blogging about their experiences, ranging from finding the perfect place to work and how to set intentions and maintain endurance to finishing outlines and running their first pilot experiment. And, they have been creative with their topics, writing about Linguistic Yoga, The Jay-Z to my Beyoncé and Mangoes, Sunsets and Other Things You Can't Bring Through Customs.

Check out the full blog or each fellow's posts about their projects:

Eleanor Haglund: Big Bite

Geneva Jackson: From Hippies to Hipsters: A Study of American Popular Music Festivals as Youthful Rites of Passage

Kaylyn Kim: Using Security Priming to Reduce Jealousy in Romantic Relationships

Kaytie Nielsen: Two Documentaries on Afro-French Identity: Exploring Filmic Storytelling through Conventional and Experimental Methodologies

Sayre Olson: Memoir Through Fiction

Lucy Pei: Language Use and Code-Switching in Bilingual Immigrant Family Storytelling

Chloe Thompson: Part of the Establishment: Comparing the Provisional Irish Republican Army and Hezbollah's Dual Identities

Laurnie Wilson: Fiction and Photography: Narratives in the 21st Century

Learn more about the Honors Fellowship Program.

Independence Day was extra special this year. The City of Pittsburgh declared July 4, 2015 "Dr. Caroline Acker Day" to recognize the longtime Carnegie Mellon University history professor for her outstanding scholarship and many contributions to the Pittsburgh community.

The proclamation was sponsored by CMU Alumnus and City Councilman Daniel Gilman (DC'04), who majored in ethics, history and public policy.

Global Enterprise for Micro-Mechanics and Molecular Medicine (GEM4) Summer Institute

English Alumna Wins Major Poetry Prize

AAC Director Gloria Hill To Retire

BrainHub Research Projects Receive ProSEED Funding

The CoAx Lab 

User Expedition: IS Alumna Rebecca Shore 

Scientists Work To Improve Research Integrity

Classroom Salon To Help Boost Capacity of Computer Science Course 

Conflicting Histories Harm Negotiations 

From Shakespeare to Torture Memos 

Learning in the Real World Tops Learning From a Tablet 

Scientists Gain First Glimpse of New Concepts Developing in the Brain

Researchers Find Everyone Has a Bias Blind Spot 

Beverley Wheeler To Receive Alumni Distinguished Service Award

Mobile App Educates Teens On Risky Sexual Behavior 

Study Finds State Vehicle Safety Inspections Should Continue 

2015 Dietrich College Staff Appreciation Luncheon 

Spring 2015 Dean's List Announced