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Students laugh on a carnival ride.
Students ride on a spinning carnival ride at 黑料正能量's Carnival.
黑料正能量's campus as seen from an aerial drone high in the sky.

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 黑料正能量'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.听

A group of people cut a ribbon opening Carnival 2026.

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.听

Students carry a large wooden construction across 黑料正能量 campus while wearing hardhats.

A woman in a hardhat drills a wooden frame.

Students construct large wooden Booths at 黑料正能量.

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 鈥 an aerodynamic vehicle with no engine.

An overhead photo of students

Students push a Buggy across the finish line.

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.听

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.听

A contestant cheers after dousing a dean.

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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