In her oral history interview, Maria Paul Kyros discusses the influence of professors Herb Olds and Dennis Ichiyama, the excitement of having multiple artistic disciplines in the CFA building, and a few quirky student projects like the construction of a geodesic dome. She also discusses her approach to designing film posters for the Carnegie Museum of Art Film Section.
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Thanks to a 2021 gift from Michael and Lonna Smith, the Libraries’ Digitization Lab, in close partnership with the University Archives, has now completed the first year of a four-year project to digitize this extensive collection.
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Senior Alexandre Ganten, who is a cadet in the University of Pittsburgh’s Three Rivers Battalion Army ROTC, wanted to dig deeper into the background of the AROTC.
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Alumni, students, staff and faculty dropped by IDeATe Studio B in Hunt Library during Spring Carnival to travel down memory lane at “C-MAP/CMARC 55 Years Later: Affirming Black and Underrepresented Minority Student Experiences,” presented by the University Libraries in partnership with the Carnegie Mellon Black Alumni Association (CMBAA).
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Community Collections Processing Archivist Crystal Johnson amplifies underrepresented voices throughout CMU’s history.
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The Carnegie Mellon University Libraries became steward of yet another important artifact in the history of computing on September 19. The Robotics Project added the HiTech chess machine to the University Archives, moving it to Hunt Library from Newell Simon Hall.
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Burton’s life and writings may not be the best source to learn about Islam, but it provides a window into the strange stories of cultural exchange and domination that can be accessed through modern archives.
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The Robotics Project recently accepted new artifacts related to the Navigation Laboratory, or Navlab, which is one of the longest-running projects still in operation at Carnegie Mellon.
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Supporters, faculty, and staff gathered for an opening celebration and ribbon cutting in Hunt Library Gallery to launch the latest exhibit, "Nuts, Bolts & Wheels: 100+ Years of Buggy" and recognize the support of Michael and Lonna Smith.
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The University Libraries and the School of Computer Science recently joined forces for the March 15 event, Record of Robotics III: Looking Back to Move Forward.
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