Eighteen employees were laid off this week from Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Computer Science, officials said.
In an email from Martial Hebert, the dean of the school, stated that staff positions in several departments, academic support function and administrative positions had been eliminated, “including marketing and communications, program support, computing support and outreach,” the email said.
All individuals whose positions were terminated had been informed of the decision on Tuesday, prior to the email being sent out…