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Students paint the Fence one last time before Spring 2020 classes moved online due to the coronavirus pandemic. Photo courtesy of the University Archives.
Over 100 years after the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918 disrupted operations on the Carnegie Mellon University campus, the university found itself once again adjusting to a new normal with the move to online instruction and closure of many campus facilities as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19).
As we all anxiously await the outcome of ongoing clinical trials seeking a COVID-19 vaccine, Carnegie Mellon University scholars, students, faculty, and staff might be surprised to learn that the Posner Collection holds a first-edition copy of the foundation text of modern immunology and vaccination: Edward Jenner’s "An Inquiry into the Causes and Effects of the Variolae Vaccinae, a Disease Discovered in Some of the Western Counties of England" (London, 1798). In this scholarly blog post, Dr.
As our small but mighty team prepared for, and swiftly made the move to, remote working alongside our colleagues and students, it was clear that our essential support of the CMU-Q community would be needed now more than ever.
So Min (Vivian) Noh (BFA '22, Department of Art) chose Hunt Library as the location for her “Word of Mouth” photograph, for Professor John Carson’s class “Intro to Contextual Practice.”
Mary Kay Johnsen’s career as the Special Collections Librarian at the University Libraries began September 15, 1982. Before it comes to an end this summer, with Johnsen’s retirement after 38 years of service, we sat down to capture some of her favorite memories.
The latest attraction at Carnegie Mellon University Libraries is a workshop-on-wheels known as the “zine cart.” Created by University Libraries' Liaison Librarian Jill Chisnell, a zine is a self-published booklet of original or appropriated text and images—Chisnell’s cart allows students on campus to create their very own.
The University Archives acted as a key resource for producers of the “99% Invisible podcast,” who reached out for materials to create their recent episode about the early days of AI.
Carnegie Mellon University Libraries Comment on NIH’s DRAFT Data Management and Sharing Policy and Supplemental DRAFT Guidance
On behalf of the Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) research community, the University Libraries has collated feedback from our research community and institutional leadership that responds to NIH’s Draft Data Management and Sharing Policy and Supplemental Draft Guidance. This response is based on CMU’s data sharing practices, our experience and institutional support in the data sharing arena, and specific feedback from those in receipt of NIH funding.
IDeATe’s primary role is helping students augment their disciplinary education with an exposure to the skills and techniques of working with other people. We know our graduates will have to work with others when they enter the workforce, and we want them to understand the skills and habits of mind from colleagues in other fields. Many of our courses involve collaboration and making as practical ways of allowing interdisciplinary skills to be developed and practiced. These practical approaches are highly relevant in a time of interest in maker-movements.
Researchers had a rare opportunity to peek “under the hood” of the Carnegie Mellon University Libraries’ two Enigma machines, opening the World War II-era machines to photograph their carefully-crafted interiors and to locate and record the serial numbers printed on their rotors.
