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How Data Visualization Mapped CMU Graduate Research

Research Data Services Librarian Alfredo González-Espinoza wants to make it easier for CMU researchers to find related projects and opportunities for collaboration across disciplines.

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Meet the Libraries’ Student Workers Spring 2025, Part 1

At the University Libraries, more than 30 students are part of the team that keeps facilities open and services available for the CMU community. These students staff the circulation desks at both Hunt and Sorrells libraries, serve as Stacks Assistants, assist the University Archives and the Sustainability Initiative with processing collections and engaging in outreach, and more.

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Faculty and Staff Achievements: February 2025

At Carnegie Mellon University Libraries, we celebrate the many contributions of the faculty and staff who make the Libraries the destination for scholarly information, creative inquiry, and intellectual collaboration across disciplines, propelling the significance, reach, and impact of the university.

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Carnegie Mellon University Libraries Announces Anonymous Gift to Establish the T. D. Jacobsen Endowed Acquisition Fund

Carnegie Mellon University Libraries is pleased to announce an anonymous gift of $1 million to establish the T. D. Jacobsen Endowed Acquisition Fund in honor of Terry Jacobsen, Director and Principal Research Scientist at the university's Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation.

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Summer Institutes in Computational Social Science Applications Open

This May, the University Libraries will host a Summer Institutes in Computational Social Science (SICSS) session in Pittsburgh. Led by Social Sciences Librarian Di Yoong and Open Knowledge Librarian Emily Bongiovanni, SICSS aims to bring together graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, staff and faculty interested in exploring computational methods through interdisciplinary work.

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Pittsburgh Youth Leaders in Sustainability Network Builds Community

An engaged network of college students committed to sustainability is growing across Pittsburgh, and CMU’s Sustainability Initiative interns are leading the charge.

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Celebrate Love Data Week with the Libraries

This February, the CMU community is offering more opportunities than ever before to get involved in the 2025 Love Data Week hosted by the University Libraries.

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Spotlight: Brad King

At the University Libraries, faculty and staff bring diverse backgrounds and interests to their roles, elevating the Libraries’ culture of interdisciplinary collaboration and lifelong learning and curiosity. We asked Anniversary Exhibits and Publishing Managing Editor Brad King a few questions about his work, to find out more about the inspiration behind his contributions to the campus community.

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Mellon, Hewlett Support Values-Enacted Leadership Institute

In August 2024, the Mellon Foundation awarded a three-year, $650,000 grant to the University of Oregon to support a new institute aimed at transforming the culture of leadership in higher education: the Values-Enacted Leadership Institute (VELI). In January 2025, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation contributed another $650,000. Associate Dean for Academic Engagement Nicky Agate, who has worked alongside Christopher P. Long, provost and senior vice-president at the University of Oregon and VELI Principal Investigator as a part of the HuMetricsHSS initiative for the past eight years, will lend her expertise in workshop facilitation, community building, and open science principles to the project.

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Lunar New Year Celebration Photo Gallery

On Wednesday, January 29, more than 75 members of the CMU community gathered at Hunt Library to celebrate the first day of the Lunar New Year. Attendees kicked off the Year of the Snake with traditional Lunar New Year activities, including fortune telling, Chinese zodiac animal hand puppets, origami, and enjoying dumplings and other treats. Everyone who attended also received a lucky red envelope, which symbolizes good luck and prosperity.