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• Harry Potter and the gamer's dilemma

  No, I don’t condone any of the transphobic viewpoints of J.K. Rowling. Just making that clear now.

  Forum | February 20, 2023
• Study points to air pollution decreasing chess player performance

  On Jan. 26, researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Maastricht University published a paper titled “Indoor Air Quality and Strategic Decision Making.” The study focuses on comparing readings from air-quality monitors to the quality of 30,000 moves in a chess tournament.

  SciTech | February 20, 2023
• CMU approves 2023-2024 calendar, features ‘Democracy Day’

  On Feb. 15, Provost and Chief Academic Officer Jim Garrett announced that the University approved the calendar for Academic Year 2023-2024 (AY23-24). Though the calendar for summer 2024 has not yet been finalized, the official calendar is now listed on...

  News | February 20, 2023
• Please stop stalking other students and then posting on Missed Connections

  Every time a Carnegie Mellon missed connection is posted, I can’t help but think about how many stalkers we have on campus. In case you didn’t know, Carnegie Mellon does actually have a stalking problem. In 2019, there were 24 total cases of stalking, 10 in 2020, and 13 in 2021. Yikes! When Missed Connections first became a thing, I thought it was cute, but the more I thought about it, I realized ...

  Pillbox | February 13, 2023
• Scientists discover new antimicrobial, name it after Keanu Reeves

  In a paper published this past month in “Journal of the American Chemical Society,” scientists named new antimicrobial particles “Keanumycins” after actor Keanu Reeves since they “are so efficient at killing different microbial species” and Reeves “played many iconic killers in his cinematic career.”

  SciTech | February 13, 2023