Academics and the Student Experience
Grand Challenge Seminar: Leveraging Unreality for Good
Augmented reality is an interactive experience where objects in the real world are enhanced by computer-generated perceptual information. In spring 2021, CMU faculty members Lauren Herckis and Tom Corbett , along with CP Moreau , a doctoral student in the Department of English, offered a Grand Challenge Seminar titled “Unreality: Immersive and Spatial Media.” The on-going pandemic offered a powerful moment to explore how immersive media and technology can be used to reduce isolation by supporting feelings of togetherness and co-presence even at a distance. Dietrich College helped students gain confidence with new technology by providing students with kits that included cardboard virtual reality (VR) viewers and Oculus Quest IIs.
Dietrich College Offers Two New Additional Majors
Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences introduced two new additional majors that CMU students can pair with any primary major. The Health Humanities major allows students to build on their understanding of scientific foundations by looking at the impact of sociocultural factors, like gender and race, in health equity, and how those factors influence a person’s relationship to their health. The college also offers an Environmental and Sustainability Studies additional major jointly with the Mellon College of Science. The Steinbrenner Institute for Environmental Education and Research advises students in the new additional major and a complementary minor, which was introduced in 2018.
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