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Sep 21

Student spotlight: Dasia Aldarondo

During a high school summer camp, Dasia Aldarondo fell in love with the campus, environment, and research opportunities at Carnegie Mellon University. Today, she is a 3rd year Ph.D. student and a GEMS Fellow, developing targeted nanoparticles to terminate disease-causing genes.

Sep 15

K-12 outreach program gets kids excited about STEM Opens in new window

In the College of Engineering, faculty and students prepare and implement programs for K-12 students interested in first-hand—and hands-on—exposure to the field of engineering.

Aug 09

Whitehead's TED Talk explains mRNA, delivers hope

Katie Whitehead explains lipid nanoparticles and how mRNA drugs will provide treatments and cures for some of the world’s most deadly diseases and pathogens at the 2021 TED conference in Monterey.

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