Resources for Students, Faculty and Staff
This is a collection of resources available for working remotely, course delivery, support services and more. See below for a set of resources for parents.
CMU Health Services - (412-268-2157)
This website contains all important information for students, faculty and staff of Carnegie Mellon University about the department of University Health Services.
Counseling and Psychological Services (CaPS)
CaPS is conducting various services online to continue addressing the mental health needs of CMU students, including some upcoming online workshops.
Care Resources for Staff and Faculty
Key resources and contacts related to health and well-being and child and family care for faculty and staff.
Student Academic Success Center
Student Academic Success Center staff will continue to be available to assist you remotely via phone, email or video/audio conferencing platforms.
Physical Wellness
Mental Wellness
- Headspace Meditation App: Instructions on the bottom half of the page
- Weekly Gratitude Practice: Tuesdays 1:30-2:30 PM
- Winter break drop in group: Wednesday 2 PM until Jan 27th
- CaPS Resources
Resources for Working Remotely
The Graduate Student Assembly developed a website to support staff, students, and faculty who are now working remotely.
This site requires Andrew login.
CMU Special Financial Assistance
SCS Student Emergency Funding Application
SCS Laptop Loaner Program
College Liaisons
Our college liaisons are key resources if you are or learn of a student in need.
Assistance is available for students in need of hardware/internet for online learning or other support to navigate these challenging times. More information is available at the CMU Cares site.
SCS Computing - COVID-19 Response
CMU Cares
A Guide to Helping Students
Provided by the Task Force on the CMU Experience
The CMU Pantry
Resources for Parents
Below are resources for parents with school-aged children who are currently at home due to the school closures.
Grade School
- Storyline Online - Actors read to children
- Scratch (MIT) Free Online Programming: With Scratch, you can program your own interactive stories, games, and animations and share your creations with others in the online community. Scratch helps young people learn to think creatively, reason systematically, and work collaboratively essential skills for life in the 21st century. Scratch is a project of the Lifelong Kindergarten Group at the MIT Media Lab.
- Switcheroo Zoo: Watch, listen, and play games to learn all about amazing animals!
- Nat Geo for Kids: Learn all about geography and fascinating animals!
- Into the Book: Go "into the book" to play games that practice reading strategies!
- Suessville: Read, play games, and hang out with Dr. Seuss and his friends!
- ABC YA: Practice math and reading skills all while playing fun games!
- FunBrain: Play games while practicing math and reading skills!
- PBS Kids: Hang out with your favorite characters all while learning!
- Star Fall: Practice your phonics skills with these read-along stories!
- Highlight Kids: Read, play games, and conduct cool science experiments!
- Math Skill Card Games
- Educational Kids Activities
- Easy Indoor Activities for Kids
- Comic Books: Dreamland Chronicles
Middle School
- Broadway Musicals online for a limited time
- Ultimate Guide: Virtual Museums, E-Learning and Online Collections
- Middle School Math and Science
- NASA Media Library
- Comic Books: Dreamland Chronicles
All Ages
- CMU Gelfand Center - Free Educational Resources
- Learn a new language with Duolingo!
- Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium Live Animal Cams
- Virtual zoo and museum gallery tours
- Virtual Field Trips
- Frick Museum (see Virtual Exhibitions and Virtual Tours)
- Phipps Conservatory
- Heinz History Center (see Virtual Exhibit Tours)
- Carnegie Museums
- Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
- For more resources, visit CMU's Division of Operations website.