Awards and Achievements

Faculty & Staff Achievements: June 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.

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Faculty and Staff Achievements: April 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.

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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.

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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.

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Faculty and Staff Achievements: December 2024

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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Faculty and Staff Achievements: November 2024

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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From the Archives: Historic Physics and Mathematics Research Preserved

Physics professor Zener, along with his colleague, mathematics professor Richard Duffin, influenced a generation of scientists and mathematicians during their tenure at CMU — from Nobel Prize winners and Wolf Prize winners to department heads. Through their own work, they revolutionized operations research and modern electronics, kickstarting the discipline of geometric programming and laying the foundation for countless new fields and future innovations.

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Faculty and Staff Achievements: September 2024

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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Libraries Elevates AI, Information, and Data Literacy

In an increasingly digital landscape, AI, data, and information literacy are more critical than ever to students' future success as professionals, informed citizens, and lifelong learners. To help Carnegie Mellon students master this core competency, the University Libraries is finding new and innovative ways to navigate and evaluate the evolving data and information ecosystem, fostering more informed and literate communities both in Pittsburgh and at institutions across the country.

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