Meet the 2020 RI Summer Scholars!

The Carnegie Mellon Robotics Institute Summer Scholars program connects students from across the country and world to contribute to robotics research alongside top CMU researchers. With 43 scholars from 11 countries and 33 home universities, the 2020 RISS cohort is the largest cohort since the inception of the program in 2006. Forty percent of our 2020 participating scholars are from communities underrepresented in STEM.

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Twenty-four of the 2020 scholars are from the United States, a significant point that showcases a push in our country to support STEM research and education. The RISS 2020 international scholar community is represented by 19 scholars from 10 different home countries.