Have you ever wanted to learn a skill, but haven’t found the time? Interested to learn more about library resources, straight from a librarian? This semester’s workshops at the University Libraries offer numerous opportunities to connect with resources to support your teaching, learning and research needs.
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Carnegie Mellon University Libraries welcomes all new and returning students, staff, and faculty to the start of the fall 2022 semester!
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CMU Carnival attendees enjoyed the April 7 event, “The Wild West of Computing” Live! An Oral History Podcast Performance from Cut Pathways.
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Three-Minute Thesis finalists confront the fear of public speaking and pitch their passions to win over an audience.
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During Spring Carnival, the University Archives hosted a “Buggy to Bots” open house, which showcased Carnegie Mellon University’s history, traditions, and stories that make the CMU community unique. At least 90 people attended the open house, which the university archivists opened early because of how eager attendees were to enter.
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During Spring Carnival, the Posner Center for Special Collections invited members of the CMU community to explore the recently renovated space and experience its inaugural exhibition. The open house highlighted Special Collections as a campus and community resource, both for scholarly research and more spontaneous exploration.
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Four years ago, the University Archives opened its first exhibition in the new gallery space on the first floor of Hunt Library. “Nuts, Bolts, & Wheels: 100+ Years of Buggy” introduced the CMU community to the power of using archival materials to tell stories about the university’s past — and imagine its future.
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CMU’s Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation explores this evolution of human understanding in "To Make a Prairie: Pollination and Human Understanding," running March 17 through June 30. Drawing its title from Emily Dickinson's observation that "To make a prairie it takes a clover and one bee," the exhibition reveals how centuries of curiosity, observation, and debate transformed isolated discoveries into scientific consensus.
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As the 2026 spring semester comes to a close, the 2025-2026 Libraries Student Advisory Council (LSAC) is putting the finishing touches on their year-long mapping project to explore how space, memory, and identity shape their journeys at Carnegie Mellon. On Wednesday, April 22, join LSAC from 4:30–6:30 p.m. in Hunt Library’s Sustainability Studio as they showcase unique maps shaped by campus experiences in “Journey to this Spot: Mapping Everyday Life at CMU.”
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Ten doctoral students lit up the stage as they raced the clock to explain research from fighting cancer to training robot teams to giving AI a sense of touch — all in just three minutes. The Carnegie Mellon University Libraries’ Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Championship, held March 25 in McConomy Auditorium, brought together finalists from across campus and challenged them to make their cutting‑edge work clear and compelling for a general audience.
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