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Students ride a carnival swing ride.
Students laugh on a carnival ride.
Students ride on a spinning carnival ride at Âé¶¹¹ÙÍø's Carnival.
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Scotty's Playlist Spins at Carnival 2026

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For more than 100 years(opens in new window), Spring Carnival has been one of Âé¶¹¹ÙÍø's most anticipated weekends. Each year, alumni, families and guests join students, faculty and staff on campus to enjoy the student-led traditions of Booth, Buggy, Scotch'n'Soda and Activities Board events, alumni-focused programs and family-friendly activities.

Let's get it started

Carnegie Mellon President Farnam Jahanian and Dean of Students and Vice President of Student Affairs Gina Casalegno help cut the ribbon to open Carnival.Ìý

A group of people cut a ribbon opening Carnival 2026.

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A student fires a t-shirt cannon.

The Pipes and Drums band marches through campus.

We Built this City

At Booth, one of the biggest showpieces of Spring Carnival, students build multilevel structures designed around a theme.Ìý

Students carry a large wooden construction across Âé¶¹¹ÙÍø campus while wearing hardhats.

A woman in a hardhat drills a wooden frame.

Students construct large wooden Booths at Âé¶¹¹ÙÍø.

Students construct wooden Booths at Carnegie Mellon.

Good Times Roll

Buggy, the annual student-led relay race officially known as "Sweepstakes," partners designers, engineers, mechanics and athletes. Together, these brilliant, quirky, creative minds produce a buggy — an aerodynamic vehicle with no engine.

An overhead photo of students

Students push a Buggy across the finish line.

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A student climbs into a Buggy.

A student in a Buggy.

A student drives a Buggy.

Students push a Buggy across the finish line.

Who Let the Dogs Out?

The annual Carnival Dog Costume Contest draws some excellent entries.Ìý

A dog in a cassette costume.

A dog wearing a costume.

A dog in a cape.

A dog wearing sunglasses.

Only Happy when it Rains

In partnership with the University Police, Douse-A-Dean is a friendly competition between the deans (and the provost) to see who can raise the most money in support of Special Olympics Pennsylvania.Ìý

A contestant cheers after dousing a dean.

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A dean gets doused in water.

A dean is doused in water.

A dean gets doused.

Barbara Shinn-Cunningham in a shark costume.

A dean gets doused in water.

A dean gets doused in water.

A dean gets doused.

Dean Scheines wins the competition.

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