Deborah Chu Assistant News Editor

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• Tim Murphy calls for nationwide mental health reform bill

  This past week at Heinz College, U.S. Representative Tim Murphy of the 18th congressional district of Pennsylvania spoke about his recent bill, the Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act of 2015. Describing the alarming state of mental health issues in America today, Murphy demonstrated that our current laws are inadequate in terms of providing a solution.

  News | February 22, 2016
• Chinese New Year 2016 Ushers in the Year of the Monkey

  Last week, various events at Carnegie Mellon University and around the Pittsburgh area were held to honor the Chinese Lunar New Year, which fell on Monday, Feb. 8 this year. Major celebrations at Carnegie Mellon included a Chinese New Year Extravaganza, which was featured on Friday, Feb. 5, for Carnegie Mellon’s weekly Late Night series, and Lunar Gala, an annual student-led fashion show that cons...

  News | February 15, 2016
• Capital One event “People + Money” analyzes our relationship with money

  Last Tuesday, Capital One hosted its “People + Money” event in the Connan Room of the Cohen University Center. The event focused on “rethinking our relationship with money,” and featured three fast-paced talks by Capital One representatives, two of whom were Carnegie Mellon alumni. The lively evening was emceed by Brandon Schauer, head of Adaptive Path, a San Francisco-based design firm acquired b...

  News | February 8, 2016
• Campus News in Brief

  CMU endeavors to reverse-engineer the brain for research on artificial intelligence

  News | February 8, 2016
• CMU Celebrates International Data Privacy Day

  Last Thursday, Carnegie Mellon hosted CMU Privacy Day, a six-hour event to celebrate the Ninth Annual International Data Privacy Day. The international holiday’s purpose is to “empower and educate people to protect their privacy and control their digital footprint,” according to Carnegie Mellon’s website. Data Privacy Day has occurred annually on Jan. 28 since 2007, and is observed in the United ...

  News | February 1, 2016