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Registration Opens for 2027 Three Minute Thesis Competition

Registration is now open for Carnegie Mellon University's 2027 Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition, which challenges Ph.D. students to communicate the significance of their research in just three minutes.

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2026 Ohio Valley Shakespeare Conference Photo Gallery

From Oct. 15–17, scholars studying the works and the cultural significance of William Shakespeare and other early modern dramatists gathered in the Posner Center for Special Collections for the 2026 Ohio Valley Shakespeare Conference.

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Libraries Halloween Event Photo Gallery

The week of Halloween, CMU Libraries embraced the spooky season with two events that brought the community together for fall crafts and connection. “Hands-On: Halloween Harvest,” held the afternoon of Oct. 28, offered attendees a crafternoon of autumnal activities, including ghostly garland, seasonal suncatchers, and personalized postcard designs.

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Building a Research Library for an AI-Enabled Future

CMU Libraries employees are engaging with AI across research, operations, and workforce development. Featuring the AI-Powered Tool Assessment Framework, AI-assisted cataloging for rare materials, the AI-Fluent Workforce Task Force, and the Summer Gathering AI Futurescape workshop, the story explores how staff are applying AI thoughtfully and transparently to strengthen knowledge infrastructure, improve discoverability, and prepare the Libraries for an AI-enabled future.

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Meet the 2026-2027 Libraries Student Advisory Council

The 2026-2027 Libraries Student Advisory Council (LSAC) has started meeting! This year’s LSAC cohort will focus on exploring Libraries’ new Role Playing Game (RPG) Collection. Arts and Humanities Librarian Ashley Werlinich and Business and Entrepreneurship Librarian Jennifer McKee will work with students to explore themes of ideas of community, creativity, expression, and belonging through the medium of games!

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Discover & Discuss: Veterans Day

This month's collection brings together works that examine military service through historical accounts and personal narratives. Explore these resources and visit the exhibition in Hunt Library to deepen your understanding of veterans' experiences and consider how their stories continue to inform our understanding of service and its impact on society.

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GIS Day 2026: Exploring the Power of Mapping for All

Join the CMU Libraries Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Services team on Friday, November 13 for “GIS Day 2026: GIS for All.” For the fifth year in a row, the Libraries will celebrate the positive impact of GIS applications, welcoming members of CMU and the wider Pittsburgh community to a day-long symposium dedicated to exploring resources, sharing research, and networking.

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CMU to Host Challenge to Put Scientific Data to Work With AI

The Hugging Face / OFAI partnership is aimed at helping universities and federal partners use Hugging Face as shared infrastructure for open science—especially for depositing and working with data + AI models in a way that fits academic realities.⁠

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Posner Center Rededication Celebrates 50 Years of Partnership and Discovery

CMU leaders, members of the Posner family and representatives from across the university community gathered at the Posner Center for Special Collections on Tuesday, Oct. 27, to formally rededicate the newly renovated facility and celebrate 50 years of partnership between the Posner family and the University Libraries.

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From Musical Scores to Open Data

New research from Carnegie Mellon University Research Data Services Librarian Alfredo González-Espinoza uses mathematical and computational methods to examine some of those changes systematically across 400 years of music. The study also demonstrates how openness can extend throughout the research process.