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Faculty & Staff Achievements: May 2023

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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C-MAP/CMARC 55 Years Later

From 1968 to 2017 the Carnegie Mellon Action Project (C-MAP) — later renamed the Carnegie Mellon Advising Resource Center (CMARC) — provided a space to gather, find support, and build community for Black and underrepresented students at a predominantly white institution.

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Maria Paul Kyros, Oral History Highlights

In her oral history interview, Maria Paul Kyros discusses the influence of professors Herb Olds and Dennis Ichiyama, the excitement of having multiple artistic disciplines in the CFA building, and a few quirky student projects like the construction of a geodesic dome. She also discusses her approach to designing film posters for the Carnegie Museum of Art Film Section.

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Anniversary Exhibitions Trace Influence of Shakespeare through Time and Technology

This year, the Carnegie Mellon University Libraries presents two exhibitions to mark the quatercentenary (1623-2023) of Shakespeare’s First Folio, a copy of which is held in the Libraries’ Special Collections.

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Filmed in Pittsburgh: "Abduction"

Library Specialist Jan Hardy reviews another movie filmed in Pittsburgh. This time, "Abduction" (2011) featuring Taylor Lautner, Lily Collins, Alfred Molina, and Sigourney Weaver.

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Cut Pathways Special Episode: Futures of Artificial Intelligence

AI chatbots such as ChatGPT have been making headlines recently, leading to speculation about the future of AI. In this special episode of the Cut Pathways podcast, we hear from computer scientists about their hopes for the next ten, twenty, and fifty years of the field.

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CMU Librarians Win 2023 ELD Best Publication Award

A recent article written by researchers from the University Libraries of CMU in conjunction with researchers from the University Libraries of the University of Colorado Boulder has been chosen for the 2023 American Society for Engineering Education, Engineering Libraries Division Best Paper Award.

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One Year Into Digitization Efforts Smith Gift Expands Digital Photograph Collection

Thanks to a 2021 gift from Michael and Lonna Smith, the Libraries’ Digitization Lab, in close partnership with the University Archives, has now completed the first year of a four-year project to digitize this extensive collection.

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DEI Book Display: Asian Pacific Islander Month

Celebrate Asian Pacific Islander Month with us. A physical book display is now available at the Libraries with the selection rotating weekly.

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How an Economics Student Used the Archives to Explore the History of Army ROTC on Campus

Senior Alexandre Ganten, who is a cadet in the University of Pittsburgh’s Three Rivers Battalion Army ROTC, wanted to dig deeper into the background of the AROTC.