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Mellon, Hewlett Support Values-Enacted Leadership Institute

In August 2024, the Mellon Foundation awarded a three-year, $650,000 grant to the University of Oregon to support a new institute aimed at transforming the culture of leadership in higher education: the Values-Enacted Leadership Institute (VELI). In January 2025, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation contributed another $650,000. Associate Dean for Academic Engagement Nicky Agate, who has worked alongside Christopher P. Long, provost and senior vice-president at the University of Oregon and VELI Principal Investigator as a part of the HuMetricsHSS initiative for the past eight years, will lend her expertise in workshop facilitation, community building, and open science principles to the project.

Faculty and Staff Achievements: February 2025

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.

Faculty and Staff Achievements: December 2024

Spotlight: Patrick Hannay

At the University Libraries, faculty and staff bring diverse backgrounds and interests to their roles, elevating the Libraries’ culture of interdisciplinary collaboration and lifelong learning and curiosity. We asked Overnight Library Assistant Patrick Hannay a few questions about his work, to find out more about the inspiration behind his contributions to the campus community.

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Open Access By The Numbers: October 2024

KiltHub is a comprehensive institutional repository maintained by the University Libraries and hosted on the figshare platform, where Carnegie Mellon University researchers and their collaborators can share the scholarly outputs and research data produced in the course of their research. KiltHub curates, collects, preserves, and provides open access to this material as part of the Libraries' commitment to open scholarship and collaboration.

Faculty and Staff Achievements: November 2024

Spotlight: Jen McKee

At the University Libraries, faculty and staff bring diverse backgrounds and interests to their roles, elevating the Libraries’ culture of interdisciplinary collaboration and lifelong learning and curiosity. We asked Business and Entrepreneurship Librarian Jen McKee a few questions about their work, to find out more about the inspiration behind their contributions to the campus community.

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GIS Day 2024: Sustainable Communities and Technologies

Join the CMU Libraries Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Services team on Wednesday, November 20 for “GIS Day 2024: Sustainable Communities and Technologies” to celebrate the positive impact of GIS applications. The Libraries is hosting a day-long symposium exploring the connections between GIS, spatial inquiry, and sustainability.

Spotlight: Talia Perry

At the University Libraries, faculty and staff bring diverse backgrounds and interests to their roles, elevating the Libraries’ culture of interdisciplinary collaboration and lifelong learning and curiosity. We asked Digital Projects and Publishing Specialist Talia Perry a few questions about her work, to find out more about the inspiration behind her contributions to the campus community.

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Meet the 2024–2025 Libraries Student Advisory Council

This fall, the newest cohort of the Libraries Student Advisory Council (LSAC) has begun meeting to expand opportunities for communication between the Libraries and the CMU student body. A team of undergraduate and graduate students from across campus will partner with the University Archives, focusing on documenting student life and the importance of preserving present-day CMU history by collecting key materials from a variety of student organizations.