CMU and Pitt Launch Center Dedicated to Combating Extremist Hate
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PITTSBURGH, March 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh are jointly launching a new center to study extremist hate. Scholars at both universities will partner through the Collaboratory Against Hate — Research and Action Center to develop effective tools that inhibit hate's creation, growth and destructive consequences.
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The center will bring together the collective expertise from all relevant disciplines — including computer science, data science, social sciences, psychology, psychiatry and the law — as collaborators seek to better understand and combat hatred based on race, ethnicity, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation and other prejudices.