In 1985, Steve Jobs visited @cmu.edu after launching NeXT to share his vision for the future of higher education computing. 👩‍💻 Read how the making of a new Steve Jobs biography reveals how our University Archives continue to inform scholarship decades after the records were created. bit.ly/4wqVtJW

Research today is more collaborative, data-intensive, and interdisciplinary than ever before. Read how we're helping researchers navigate this evolving landscape through expertise in open scholarship, evidence synthesis, research data, scholarly publishing, and responsible AI. 💻 bit.ly/3RZPRHC

Arts and Humanities Librarian Kristin Heath has led "Breathe, Reset, Connect with Your Heart" 🫶 workshops since Fall 2024, connecting with folks across @cmu.edu. What began as a workshop series has since evolved into a monthly virtual program. 💻 Read more: library.cmu.edu/about/news/2...

If you are (or you know) a recent PhD with an interest in exploring careers in emerging forms of scholarly #publishing, #digitalhumanities, or academic community building, this @cmupress.bsky.social / @library.cmu.edu role might be of interest. cmu.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/CMU/job/Pitt...

Postdoctoral Fellow in Computational Humanities and Publishing - CMU Libraries and CMU Press - UEIS

The Carnegie Mellon University Libraries and Carnegie Mellon University Press invite applications for a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Computational Humanities and Publishing. This is an exciting opportun...

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Published annually by the CMU Sustainability Initiative, the VUR uses the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), also known as the Global Goals, as a framework for understanding how education, research, and practices contribute to a more sustainable future. Read more: bit.ly/25-26-VUR

For students, keeping up with the changes of AI, open science practices, and new discovery tools can be challenging. Our librarians saw an opportunity to help students build those skills. 💻 Read~ How Librarians Made Emerging Research Tools Accessible to Undergraduates: bit.ly/4bhi17g

We hope you're finding creative ways to beat this heatwave! 🫠 Archival image from 1963, found in the CMU Digital Collections. Sigma Nu fraternity's "Sailboat" entry fell apart just 10 feet from the finish line on Frew Street during Spring Carnival's buggy race.

Purdue University Libraries & School of Information Studies is joining four Open Forum for AI (OFAI) Working Groups, contributing expertise in data stewardship, info governance, digital scholarship, and research infrastructure to help advance open, responsible, and human-centered AI. bit.ly/4xK8pvH

Out with the old and in with the new... unless you're the University Archives. 🪪 While Pittsburgh-based #CMU faculty and staff begin exchanging their old ID cards for new ones, the Archives brought out some previous generations for a little blast from the past.

Hey @cmu.edu. 👋 Due to planned electrical repairs, Hunt Library will be closed from June 17-21. The building will reopen for normal hours on June 22. We apologize for the inconvenience. Sorrells Library will be open as usual on June 17-18, but closed for the Juneteenth holiday on June 19.

“If necessity is the mother of invention, then whimsy is the fairy godmother of the miniature book.” 📚🔍👀 👍📖 Explore the full mini-collection at the Posner Center for Special Collections.

What a beautiful day at @cmu.edu! 🌞 "Three students sit, reading books among tulips in a Morewood Gardens Women's Residence Hall flower garden." (c.1946) Image found the the #CMU Digital Collections - General Photograph Collection. 💻 For more archival images: digitalcollections.library.cmu.edu

Our June book display brings together recent scholarship alongside historical works and fiction that examine how #AI has been understood across time. Explore featured eBooks (link below) and visit the rotating display in Hunt Library lobby to learn more. 💻 eBooks: library.cmu.edu/about/news/2...

We've just received a major archival acquisitions connected to internationally recognized artists and celebrated @cmu.edu alumni — including original costume sketches from Academy Award-winning costume designer / CMU alumna Ann Roth + School of Drama faculty Barbara & Cletus Anderson. bit.ly/4u7CX7v

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?...

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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

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The Sustainability Initiative connected with partners working on the SDGs across local government, the United Nations, and education sectors.

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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-...