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Meet the Libraries Student Workers

At the University Libraries, students help staff Hunt Library, the Posner Center for Special Collections, and Sorrells Library. Students offer support in a variety of different areas: interning in the Sustainability Studio, assisting in the University Archives, sitting at the front desk, and helping with the Libraries’ many events.

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Maggie Murph Coffee Meet-Up Photo Gallery

On Saturday morning of Carnival weekend, the Class of 1966, many of whom graduated from Margaret Morrison Carnegie College (affectionately known as “Maggie Murph”), gathered for a reunion breakfast in the recently renovated Maggie Murph Café in Hunt Library.

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From the Archives: Football in Pittsburgh

As Pittsburgh prepares to host the 2026 NFL Draft, the Carnegie Mellon University Libraries is looking back at more than a century of football history preserved in the University Archives.

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“Buggy to Bots” Photo Gallery

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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Faculty and Staff Achievements: April 2026

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.

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Posner Center Open House Photo Gallery

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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The Grass Beneath the Game: From Botanical Drawings to the NFL Field

Long before these modern turf systems, scientists and illustrators were documenting the grasses that form the foundation of today’s landscapes, from stadium fields to campus lawns. Drawing on the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation’s extensive collections, Curator of Art & Research Scholar Lydia Rosenberg explores the botanical history and structure of these familiar yet highly engineered plants.

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University Archives Exhibition Program Expands Across Campus

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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More Than a Study Space

On CMU’s campus, students experience the University Libraries in many different ways — through study, research, collaboration, and discovery. The following reflections are drawn from student voices featured in Libraries stories over the past year.

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From Divine Design to Darwin: Hunt Institute Exhibition Traces Centuries-Long Journey to Understanding Pollination

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.