As new graduates begin their lives and careers beyond @cmu.edu, they retain access to many resources and programming opportunities at the Libraries. Here are all the ways alumni can stay connected and continue to benefit from our offerings. 💻 Learn more: library.cmu.edu/about/news/2...

This year marks 50 years since Pittsburgh's most beloved neighbor stopped by our commencement. 🎓 In 1976, @cmu.edu awarded Fred Rogers an honorary doctorate in fine arts. At #CMU, our hearts remain in the work that #MrRogers championed for all of us. 🫶 Congrats to all graduates!

The Posner Center for Special Collections was delighted to welcome Simon Armitage, the Poet Laureate of the UK, for our first annual #Shakespeare Lecture. The event concluded with a Q&A led by Jake Grefenstette, President and Executive Director of @poetryforum.bsky.social. bit.ly/shakespeare-...

Did you see NEXT Pittsburgh recently went on a tour of the Posner Center? @samlemley.bsky.social and Catherine Blauvelt showed off the World War II era Enigma machines along with other amazing artifacts held in Special Collections. 📽️ Watch here: youtu.be/oWV3zJgXkAg?...

The Sustainability Initiative recently connected with partners working on the Sustainable Development Goals across local government, the United Nations, and education sectors. 🇺🇳 Director Alex Hiniker was joined by the program's five interns who presented at the workshop. Read more: bit.ly/UNAI-CMU

Celebrate Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander #AANHPI Heritage Month with us! Explore these titles online or stop by the Hunt Library lobby for our physical book display. 💻 library.cmu.edu/about/news/2... 🎉 We'll also host a kickoff party today 12-2pm in Hunt & Sorrells Library!

“The University Libraries is one of the few places on campus where I don't feel rushed. At a school like @cmu.edu, I think it's so valuable to have a place of relative calm and of no expectations to relax, meet friends, or get work done.” –Moira Doolittle, College of Fine Arts

First celebrated in 2004, National Library Workers' Day recognizes the unique contributions that library workers make to help people find the information they need. Thank you to all the library workers who make CMU Libraries the destination for discovery. We appreciate you! 🫶 #NLWD26 #FindYourJoy

We recently stretched and mounted “Two Men on the Edge” (1988) by Harold Cohen. Cohen developed AARON, one of the first artificial intelligence programs designed to create art. This 80 × 97" canvas was part of a 2018 gift from Pamela McCorduck. Come and see it on display at the Posner Center! 🖼️ 👀

What do #NFL stadiums have in common with @cmu.edu's campus? Hint: you walk on it everyday. 🌱 As Pittsburgh prepares to host the #NFLDraft 🏈 Acrisure Stadium 🏟️ is replacing its Kentucky bluegrass field with a newly engineered bermudagrass designed for cold-weather performance. bit.ly/nfl-cmu-grass

Our 2026 Pitt Partner intern Josie Karkkainen is hard at work in the Architecture Archives. 📐 Have you been to the 4th floor of Hunt Library to see our exhibit?

Happy Student Employee Appreciation Week! 🎉 From checking out materials and helping visitors at our service desks, to maintaining our collections and supporting workshops and classroom learning—you do it all! 📚 We couldn’t do this work without you. Your contributions make a real difference. 🫶

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 @cmu.edu. 🗺️ Learn more: library.cmu.edu/about/news/2...

On campus, @cmu.edu students experience the Libraries in many different ways — through study, research, collaboration, and discovery. The following reflections are drawn from student voices featured in our stories over the past year. 🫶 Read the quotes from our students: bit.ly/4mo0bnO

A fifth year student on @cmu.edu’s campus is exploring new ideas and interdisciplinary work aimed bringing current students and alumni closer to the University Archives, including digitized materials from Scotch'n'Soda Theatre. 🎭 💻 Read more: library.cmu.edu/about/news/2...

For the first time, UK Poet Laureate Simon Armitage will read from a series of new and unpublished poems about the human soul, all composed as Shakespearean sonnets, and offer context and insight on the collection. 🗓️ Tuesday, April 28, 2026 ⏰ 4:30 - 6:30 p.m. 📍 Posner Center cmu.is/shakespeare-...

Congrats to the 2026 #3MTCMU winners! 🥇 Raouf Belkhir, Psychology, Dietrich College 🥈 Christopher Blum, Chemistry, @cmuscience.bsky.social 🥉 Lara Abdelmohsen, Biomedical Engineering, @cmuengineering.bsky.social People’s Choice: Anish Pyne, Biological Sciences, MCS Alumni Choice: Christopher Blum

The 2026 Three Minute Thesis championship is about to begin! ⏰ Join us in the McConomy Auditorium, CUC and cheer on your favorite presenters! #3MTCMU #3MT @cmu.edu

Explore botanical imagery from the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation. 🌹🧑‍🎨 Join us 3/25, 4:30-6:30PM in the Posner Center for Botanical Illustration & Enlightenment to explore how artists and scientists have collaborated to depict the natural world. All are welcome! Snacks + fun provided.

The CMU Libraries 2025 Distinctive Collections Annual Report is here! 110% growth in research interactions, 450K+ online viewers reached, the Posner Center reopened after an $8M renovation, and 381K+ web pages archived. 💻 A big year for preserving CMU's history. online.fliphtml5.com/frfzbb/qxtw/

Join us for an evening of student-led sessions on some of today's biggest challenges and opportunities in student publishing. Thursday, March 12, 2026 4:30pm - 7:30pm Hunt Library, IDeATe Studio A @cmu.edu 💻 Register today: cmu.libcal.com/event/16040442

Trinity College Dublin has joined the Open Forum for AI (OFAI), strengthening global collaboration on transparent and accountable AI. Through the @adaptcentre.bsky.social, Trinity will contribute to OFAI’s Research Working Group to advance open, human-centered AI. 💻 Learn more: bit.ly/3N5F64b

This month’s book collection highlights the achievements, struggles, and lasting impact of women whose work has shaped communities and institutions, both widely known figures and those whose stories are less often told. Explore our #WomensHistoryMonth book and streaming movie list: bit.ly/whm-list

As part of #LoveDataWeek (Feb. 9–13), we held a "Hands-On" event using LEGO® bricks to visualize trends and explore data storytelling in a fun, collaborative environment. 🧱+📊 💻 See the photos here: library.cmu.edu/about/news/2...

Congrats to Three Minute Thesis #3MT prelim round 5 co-winner, Deepanjali Mishra of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the @cmuengineering.bsky.social! 📣 Presentation: The Hidden Energy Cost of Waiting in Computers. ⏰ Join us for the #3MTCMU Championship! 🗓️ 3/25, 6-8pm 💻 cmu.is/2026-3MT-Champ

Carnegie Mellon has a long legacy of pushing the boundaries of research and innovation in #robotics. 🤖 Explore the robust history of robotics at CMU, compiled by @library.cmu.edu. @cmurobotics.bsky.social

Congrats to Three Minute Thesis #3MT prelim round 5 co-winner, Anish Pyne of Biological Sciences at @cmuscience.bsky.social! 📣 His presentation is titled, "Practice Makes Pathogens: How Bacteria Train for Infections." ⏰ Join us for the #3MTCMU Championship! 🗓️ 3/25, 6-8pm 💻 cmu.is/2026-3MT-Champ

DYK... our libraries are so much more than a building for books? From technology lending to a wide variety of workshops to departmental librarians with extensive knowledge of disciplinary information, check out resources we provide students, faculty and staff. library.cmu.edu/about/news/2...

Congrats to Three Minute Thesis #3MT preliminary round 4 co-winner, Rishi Veerapaneni of @cmurobotics.bsky.social at @scsatcmu.bsky.social! 📣 His presentation is titled, "How to train your ~~dragon~~ robot team!" ⏰ Join us for the #3MTCMU Championship! 🗓️ 3/25, 6-8pm 💻 cmu.is/2026-3MT-Champ

Congrats to Three Minute Thesis #3MT preliminary round 4 co-winner, Jimmy Wang of Mechanical Engineering at @cmuengineering.bsky.social! 📣 Wang's presentation is titled, "Building Bridges for Heat." ⏰ Join us for the #3MTCMU Championship! 🗓️ 3/25, 6-8pm 💻 cmu.is/2026-3MT-Champ

@nature.com recently highlighted the work of our #STEM Librarians Melanie Gainey and Chasz Griego. The piece explores the ways librarians can serve as key research partners who help to scour the literature, manage data and make science open. 💻 Read the article: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

More than 70 members of the @cmu.edu community gathered at Hunt Library to celebrate #LunarNewYear. There was fortune telling, origami, paper lantern crafts, traditional eats like dumplings and mandarin oranges, and more at the event. 🏮 See the photo gallery here: library.cmu.edu/about/news/2...

Congrats to Three Minute Thesis #3MT preliminary round 3 co-winner, Christopher Blum of the Dept. of Chemistry at @cmuscience.bsky.social! 📣 Blum's presentation is titled, DNA Disguised Messengers for Cancer Treatment. ⏰ Join us for the #3MTCMU Championship! 🗓️ 3/25, 6-8pm 💻 cmu.is/2026-3MT-Champ

Congrats to Three Minute Thesis #3MT preliminary round 3 co-winner, Ruihan Gao of @cmurobotics.bsky.social at @scsatcmu.bsky.social! 📣 Gao's presentation is titled, "Teaching AI the Sense of Touch." ⏰ Join us for the #3MTCMU Championship! 🗓️ 3/25, 6-8pm 💻 Register to attend: cmu.is/2026-3MT-Champ

Join us to kick off 🦵 the Year of the Horse 🐴 with origami 🦢, paper lantern crafts 🏮, and traditional Lunar New Year 🌚 eats liked dumplings 🥟 and mandarin oranges 🍊! 🗓️ Today, February 17 🕟 4:30 - 6:30 p.m. 📍 Hunt Library, Studio A (Floor 1)

Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) #Libraries and #NVIDIA #Hackathon Prototypes the Future of #Bioinformatics (via @library.cmu.edu) www.library.cmu.edu/about/news/2...

The University Libraries offers resources, hosts events, and offers a space for people to study, read, and do research. Learn more about our amazing student workers whose contributions help make this possible! 💻 library.cmu.edu/about/news/2...

Congrats to Three Minute Thesis #3MT preliminary round 2 co-winner, Raouf Belkhir of the Department of Psychology at Dietrich College! 📣 Belkhir's presentation is titled, "When 'No Error' isn't the End of the Story." ⏰ Join us for the #3MTCMU Championship! 🗓️ 3/25, 6-8pm 💻 cmu.is/2026-3MT-Champ

Congrats to #3MT prelim round 2 co-winner, Sunreeta Bhattacharya of the Neuroscience Institute at @cmuscience.bsky.social! 📣 🧠 "Deciphering the brain’s uncertainty-processing algorithms for learning and decision-making." ⏰ Join us for the #3MTCMU Championship! 🗓️ 3/25, 6-8pm cmu.is/2026-3MT-Champ

Sage Explorer allows faculty and students to explore all Sage Learning Resources, including materials that support teaching, research, methods instruction, and interdisciplinary learning. This @cmu.edu campus-wide trial runs through May 1, 2026. 💻 Check it out! search.sagepub.com

Join the AI In Research (AIR) Program Community of Practice Show & Tell event to see how @cmu.edu students and researchers are using GenAI and other AI-powered tools. 🗓️ 4/16 from 3-5 p.m. (Sorrells Library, Den) To participate as a presenter, fill out this form by 4/2: forms.gle/7H2feoRCZgEZ...

Congrats to #3MT prelim round 1 co-winner, Lara Abdelmohsen of Biomedical Engineering at @cmuengineering.bsky.social! Her presentation: "The Brain’s Roundabout: Understanding Stroke in Adults with Sickle Cell Disease." ⏰ Join us for the #3MTCMU Championship! 🗓️ 3/25, 6-8pm 💻 cmu.is/2026-3MT-Champ

Congrats to Three Minute Thesis (3MT) prelim round 1 co-winner, Mary Anna Ebbert of Mechanical Engineering at @cmuengineering.bsky.social! 📣 Ebbert's presentation is titled, "Making Lightweight Fuel from Seawater." ⏰ Join us for the #3MTCMU Championship! 🗓️ 3/25 at 6pm 💻 cmu.is/2026-3MT-Champ

Data isn't just spreadsheets and code. As part of #LoveDataWeek, we're partnering with the ETC using LEGO® bricks to visualize trends and explore data storytelling in a fun, collaborative environment. Join us 2/18 4-6pm in Hunt Library. Click to learn how to make this model. etc.cmu.edu/26001.pdf

The Sustainability Initiative is pleased to partner with the Office of Undergraduate Research and Scholar Development to offer five new Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships. 💻 Learn more and apply by February 18: www.cmu.edu/sustainabili...

The theme of this year’s Love Data Week is “Where's the Data?” We want to encourage thinking about the journey of your data from collection to access to preservation.❣️ We're excited to help the @cmu.edu community understand, use, communicate, and code with data. guides.library.cmu.edu/lovedataweek

We asked ETC Assistant Teaching Professor Vivian Shen, who won first place in the 2025 #3MTCMU Championship, a few questions about her experience and how it shaped her journey. "3MT helped me a lot specifically in distilling my thesis topic into a very digestible format." 👩‍💻 bit.ly/3MT-Vivian

Freeze the day at Hunt Library! ☃️📚👩‍💻☕️❄️ Monday: 8:00 a.m. – 3:00 a.m. Tuesday: 8:00 a.m. – 3:00 a.m. Wednesday: 8:00 a.m. – 3:00 a.m. Thursday: 8:00 a.m. – 3:00 a.m. Friday: 8:00 a.m. – 3:00 a.m. Saturday: 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 a.m. Sunday: 12:00 p.m. – 3:00 a.m.

Did you hear? De Fer Coffee & Tea in Hunt Library has reopened after undergoing a major renovation! Stop by sometime and grab a ☕ 🍵 or 🥯 🥐 🥪! Monday: 8 AM - 8 PM Tuesday: 8 AM - 8 PM Wednesday: 8 AM - 8 PM Thursday: 8 AM - 8 PM Friday: 8 AM - 8 PM Saturday: 10 AM - 5 PM Sunday: 12 PM - 8 PM

This month's book display commemorates #BlackHistoryMonth, which celebrates its 100th anniversary this year! Stop by Hunt Library lobby for our physical book display or click the link below to explore the eBook reading list. 📚 💻 library.cmu.edu/about/news/2...