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Express our brand with ease.

University Communications & Marketing has pulled together all the resources you need to confidently express the Carnegie Mellon University brand. Take a moment to review all the assets here, and check out the FAQs page for answers to any questions you have.

Brand Training

We’ve curated a range of learning opportunities to help you tell the world what CMU can do. From general branding courses and cohort meet-ups to specific training for Canva and the DAM, this is the place to find inspiration and answers.

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Express the CMU brand in your everyday work with assets and templates.

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CMU Selects

CMU Selects offer special collections of campus, lifestyle, classroom and research imagery available for use by the CMU community without a login. For external use, please contact marketing-info@andrew.cmu.edu.

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DAM - Digital Asset Management

The DAM is a collaborative, self-service library of digital assets exclusively for staff members with communications and marketing job responsibilities. A user account is required.

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AI Guidelines

CMU supports the responsible use of generative AI tools. Learn about all the critical considerations and requirements here.

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Sign Guidelines

Following our university’s Sign Guidelines will help maintain CMU’s strong reputation as a top research institution while creating consistency and efficiencies across the university.

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Canva is an intuitive, all-in-one design platform that simplifies content creation for everyone. 

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