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Constitution Day 2025: Make Your Mark Photo Gallery

On Wednesday, September 17, the CMU community gathered in Hunt Library to celebrate Constitution Day with a hands-on, drop-in workshop. Hosted by the University Libraries and the Office of Community Engagement and Leadership Development, the event invited attendees to craft their very own pocket-sized U.S. Constitution by decorating the cover and personalizing the pages. Visitors could then take home this unique keepsake that connected them to the nation’s founding document.

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Keith Webster Elected to OCLC Board of Trustees

Carnegie Mellon University Libraries is pleased to announce that Keith Webster, the Helen and Henry Posner, Jr. Dean of University Libraries, has been elected to the OCLC Board of Trustees. OCLC is a global nonprofit library cooperative that provides shared technology services, original research, and community programs for libraries worldwide. Its Board of Trustees helps guide the organization’s strategic direction and ensure its ongoing impact.

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How the Archives Supported a Local High School’s History Preservation

Woodland Hills High School Library Media Specialist Kevin McGuire teaches a library science internship class, working with students in grades 9 through 12 to introduce them to a variety of library-related skills: cataloguing, processing books, and even archiving materials. Each spring, his students visit the Carnegie Mellon University Archives to dive into the materials and explore what archivists do during a day at work.

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Hands-On: Pizza & Pennant Making Event Kicked Off CMU’s 125th Anniversary Exhibit

On Sept. 9, more than 125 students gathered in IDeATe Studio for Hands-On: Pizza & Pennant Making, kicking off the University Archives' 125th Anniversary exhibit, “Room to Imagine.” Participants traded screens for fabric, glue guns, and plenty of pizza, diving into the tactile joy of creating colorful banners inspired by the vintage pennants, which are some of Crystal Johnson's favorite pieces in the archives.

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Hidden Genius

What if a brilliant artist and scientist had lived longer? For Rafael Lucas Rodríguez Caballero, the question isn’t just what more he could have created, but how much of his work might have been shared sooner. The Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation at Carnegie Mellon University is exploring that question in "The Art and Science of Rafael Lucas Rodríguez Caballero", on view from September 16 to December 17, 2025. The exhibition celebrates the Costa Rican polymath, whose career was cut short by Hodgkin lymphoma in 1981, when he was just 66.

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Lights, Camera, Library!

This summer, the University Libraries took an all-hands-on-deck approach to showcase things the CMU community can do in and around the library. At the annual Libraries gathering on July 31, faculty and staff joined together to record 125 short-form videos highlighting physical and virtual spaces, resources, services, and activities.

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Room to Imagine

Julia Corrin knows Carnegie Mellon's impact on the world runs deep. As the university's archivist and associate dean for Distinctive Collections, she's spent years cataloging achievements and preserving institutional memory. But researching CMU's 125th anniversary exhibit continues teaching her something startling: she's still discovering innovations she never knew existed.

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University Archives Alumni: Where Are They Now?

Through the Carnegie Mellon University Archives, CMU students with a passion for primary sources and collective memory can dive into the intellectual, cultural, and administrative history of the university, exploring the past and investigating how it informs the present moment. We checked in with 2024 Dietrich College graduate Nicholas Mlakar, who worked as a student assistant in the Archives, to see where that passion has taken him post-graduation.

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Photo Gallery: Libraries Orientation Events

On Friday, August 22, new and returning students and other CMU community members gathered in various locations throughout Hunt and Sorrells libraries to participate in orientation information sessions. The sessions covered a variety of areas that live within the Libraries, including the University Archives, the Sustainability Initiative, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, and the Integrative Design, Arts, and Technology network (IDeATe).

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Discover & Discuss: National Hispanic Heritage Month

September marks the beginning of National Hispanic Heritage Month, a time to recognize the rich and diverse histories, cultures, and contributions of Hispanic and Latino communities in the United States. While the term "Hispanic" often refers to Spanish-language heritage, and "Latino" to cultural and ancestral ties to Latin America and the Caribbean, both identities are honored during this celebration.