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2013
2010
- 11/16/2010 - Robert Trent Jones’ Legacy Comes to Cornell University Library
- 10/22/2010 - 'Paper has a memory': Library hosts book artist Pfeiffer
- 10/12/2010 - Noted Book Artist to Speak at Cornell University Library
- 10/12/2010 - Moosewood collection finds a home at Cornell's library
- 08/23/2010 - 'Android' lectures explore humanity and technology
- 08/09/2010 - Faculty members recall Barbara McClintock at library panel discussion
- 07/08/2010 - WineFairy chats with Evan Fay Earle of Cornell's Wine Archives
- 05/18/2010 - Cornell University Library Expands Grant Program for Human Sexuality Collection
- 04/13/2010 - Exhibition, lecture highlight Twain's life in letters, business
- 04/13/2010 - Twain’s Legacy Comes to Cornell University Library
- 03/22/2010 - Rare finds: Book collectors share the thrill of the hunt
- 02/18/2010 - Whalen donates scrapbooks to help preserve Cornell past
2009
- 12/07/2009 - Trove of video interviews with prominent African-Americans entrusted to Cornell Library
- 10/21/2009 - Expert: Lincoln stretched Constitution to preserve the U.S.
- 09/30/2009 - WVBR to donate historic records, transcripts to library
- 06/19/2009 - Green dragons and Big Red bears: Cornell's colorful history
- 05/18/2009 - Library's Nordic scholarly series Islandica goes online
- 04/03/2009 - Why new chapter in A.D. White's life, a trip to Egypt, resulted in huge boon for library
- 03/28/2009 - Kammen documents early black student life at Cornell in 'Part and Apart'
- 03/26/2009 - Omit needless words: Strunk and White's classic, 'The Elements of Style,' turns 50
- 03/13/2009 - Charles Darwin exhibits show the mind of a naturalist
- 02/25/2009 - Sheila Ann Dean Releases Groundbreaking Darwin Text
- 02/16/2009 - Darwin was a 'wise and generous' man and a pillar of knowledge, says Frank Rhodes
- 02/12/2009 - Drama of Darwin's letters depicts stormy debate graced by humor
- 02/11/2009 - Evolution and race: Biologically, race is no longer an issue, scientific panel agrees
- 02/04/2009 - Darwin bicentennial events crowd Cornell calendar
2008
- 11/05/2008 - Hip-hop pioneers recall a global culture 'Born in the Bronx'
- 10/16/2008 - Library's Tom Cotton on serving his country in Kuwait
- 06/30/2008 - History of Domestic Wines on Display
- 06/07/2008 - Wine expert tells alumni of U.S. wine's tumultuous history
- 06/05/2008 - Lecture and wine tasting will open exhibition celebrating Cornell’s Eastern Wine...
- 05/14/2008 - Students can major in art and science of vines and wines
- 05/12/2008 - The Wines of New York State
- 04/30/2008 - 40 years of gay student activism at CU is focus of exhibit
- 04/28/2008 - French revolutionary terror was a gross exaggeration, say Lafayette experts
- 04/22/2008 - Cornell Press publishes art book of manuscript pages
- 02/21/2008 - An 80-year-old student project revealed in the guise of dolls
- 02/13/2008 - Cornell Library exhibition celebrates pivotal moments in black history
- 02/06/2008 - Konstantin Frank wine cellars donates historic book collection to Cornell
- 01/18/2008 - Skorton muses on karaoke, lousy singing, the arts and public service in fireside chat...
2007
- 11/12/2007 - New Cornell photo collection shows little-known aspects of Liberia during WW II
- 10/11/2007 - Library catalogs archive of one of first groups to represent professional women
- 09/28/2007 - Reception opens “Lafayette: Citizen of Two Worlds” exhibition
- 09/20/2007 - Why Lafayette? Savior to Americans, betrayer to the French
- 09/20/2007 - Many sides of Marquis de Lafayette celebrated in Kroch exhibit
- 03/01/2007 - Library exhibition celebrates Ezra Cornell’s 200th birthday
- 02/13/2007 - Kroch Library unveils Human Rights Campaign collection in its largest online exhibit
- 01/30/2007 - CU Library's great treasure of science: Lavoisier collection is Mme. Lavoisier's achievement
- 01/30/2007 - 25 years of gay-rights struggles traced in online exhibit
- 01/11/2007 - Cornell celebrates Ezra Cornell’s 200th birthday
- 01/08/2007 - Campus plans yearlong celebration of Ezra Cornell's 200th birthday
2006
- 11/06/2006 - Soldier who fell in World War I will be remembered in Veterans Day ceremony with replacement of Baldwin Memorial Stairway time capsule
- 09/26/2006 - Poe collection covers writer in life and death
- 08/16/2006 - “In the Founders’ Footsteps” exhibit shows how Cornell Library grew, collection by collection
- 06/23/2006 - Woman behind “Lolita”: Nabokov’s wife, Vèra, was muse, editor and selfless partner
- 05/17/2006 - Student perspectives on connecting with the library
- 03/28/2006 - Pulitzer Prize author Marilynne Robinson to give Rudin lecture
- 02/27/2006 - Home Economics: More than Meets the Eye
- 02/23/2006 - From anti-slavery collections to papers of early black alumni, library collections support Africana studies year-round
- 02/13/2006 - Katherine Reagan named Stern curator of rare books
- 02/12/2006 - Great libraries don't just happen
- 01/26/2006 - Fables, Lavoisier and Shaw: Alumni gifts and acquisitions enrich rare and manuscript collections
2005
- 12/07/2005 - Cornell University Library receives second grant to support its Eastern Wine and Grape Archive
- 11/07/2005 - Nation's first black fraternity, Alpha Phi Alpha, founded at Cornell, holds pilgrimage here Nov. 19
- 11/01/2005 - Censored Avant-Garde Art Visits C.U. From Beijing
- 10/19/2005 - 'Vanished Worlds, Enduring People' -- Cornell's Native American Collection goes on display
- 10/19/2005 - Cornell Acquires Historic Native American Exhibit
- 10/19/2005 - Hinchey Announces $250,000 Federal Grant For Cornell University Library
- 10/07/2005 - Save America's Treasures Awards $14.89 Million in Federal Grants
- 09/15/2005 - Nabokov's 'Lolita' turns 50
- 06/13/2005 - How Cornell got its Joyce collection: Abrams relates an 'unlikely' story
- 06/03/2005 - Cornell's James Joyce collection goes on display; Joyce conference begins June 14
- 05/24/2005 - 'Dublin to Ithaca,' a rare look at James Joyce collection, opens June 9
- 05/23/2005 - The accidental archivist: Jaffa Panken found her academic calling in a library vault
- 04/19/2005 - Fashion Expert Talks On History of Fetish
- 04/07/2005 - C.U. Holds Gettysburg Address Manuscript
- 03/03/2005 - Bailey Exhibition Poster Designers Receive UCDA Award
- 03/03/2005 - Fiske exhibit highlights Cornell's first librarian and collections he built
- 02/10/2005 - Peking University's arts troupe makes CU stop occasion for tour, socializing
2004
- 12/09/2004 - McEneaney is now a published poet
- 12/09/2004 - CU Library receives grant to support its Eastern Wine and Grape Archive
- 12/09/2004 - Cornell gets a documentary spotlight
- 10/29/2004 - Examining the Voting Process
- 10/28/2004 - 'Get Out the Vote!'exhibit traces history of presidential campaigns
- 10/25/2004 - Forum marks arrival of Voting Technology Archive to Cornell library, Oct. 28
- 08/19/2004 - Exhibition features past CU Olympians
- 07/15/2004 - Library receives archives of early women's professional association
- 06/22/2004 - Cornell Gains Historic Native American Collection
- 06/17/2004 - Cornell acquires private library's historic Native American collection
- 06/14/2004 - Cornell becomes new steward of historic Native American collection of Bronx Huntington Free Library, June 15
- 05/13/2004 - Human Rights Campaign donates historical records to CU Library
- 05/03/2004 - The Other Class of '04
- 04/15/2004 - Library exhibition marks 600th anniversary of Tianjin
- 04/08/2004 - May 12 parade kicks off College of Agriculture and Life Sciences centennial
- 03/19/2004 - Martha Van Rensselaer to be inducted into National 4-H Hall of Fame
- 02/19/2004 - From oxygen to 'Oxygen': CU Nobelist is in his element on the subject of Mme. Lavoisier
- 02/16/2004 - Celebrating C.U.'s Black Women
- 02/05/2004 - Kroch Library's historical exhibition takes a look at the 'Games We Play'
2003
- 10/16/2003 - Third Inaugural Address of Jeffrey Sean Lehman As President of Cornell
- 10/16/2003 - Historian Carol Kammen's new book helps bring Cornell's story up-to-date
- 10/09/2003 - CU Library will celebrate inauguration with exhibits
- 10/07/2003 - 'Legacy of Leadership' exhibits in three Cornell libraries celebrate the university's presidential inauguration tradition
- 10/02/2003 - CU Library exhibit highlights renowned book artist Leonard Baskin
- 04/24/2003 - Collection of glass-lantern slides offers history of '50s-'60s design
- 04/10/2003 - 1950s-1960s design through eyes of woman architectural pioneer comes to life in Cornell photographic collection
- 03/28/2003 - Rare Manuscripts Draw Curious
- 03/20/2003 - Major Mozart conference and concerts featured on campus, March 27-30
- 03/13/2003 - CU Library observes milestone acquisition
- 02/13/2003 - New Kroch Library exhibition highlights Mozart
- 01/16/2003 - Kay gift brings dedication of Hirshland Gallery in CU's Kroch Library
2002
- 10/31/2002 - Kroch exhibit tracing the evolution of the medieval book opens today
- 09/27/2002 - 'Sex in the Stacks' symposium at Cornell University Library, Sept. 28
- 06/06/2002 - 'Not by Bread Alone' library exhibit explores America's culinary history
- 03/21/2002 - Recent CU Library acquisitions enhance women's studies programs
- 02/28/2002 - CU Library plans several events to celebrate Women's History Month
- 02/07/2002 - Kroch Library exhibition highlights 19th-century English women writers
- 01/31/2002 - CU Library gets $297,000 grant to digitize its Douglas Political Americana collection
2001
- 10/22/2001 - 'Knowing Asia,' regional Asian studies conference, at Cornell Oct. 26-27
- 10/18/2001 - Kroch exhibition showcases Asia Collections; reception today
- 07/12/2001 - Online photograph prompts return of artifact
- 06/26/2001 - Not Just another visitor to campus: Taiwan's Lee Teng-hui leaves a lasting impression
- 06/07/2001 - Alumni couple gives suffrage collection to Cornell Library
- 06/06/2001 - Alumni couple celebrate 45th reunion with a major gift to Cornell library Jon A. and Virginia M. Lindseth '56, give American Woman Suffrage collection to Kroch Library
- 03/29/2001 - New Kroch Library exhibit shows history of home economics
- 03/27/2001 - Human Ecology centennial celebration includes four exhibits featuring clothing and art
- 03/20/2001 - A weekend of lectures, exhibits, receptions and more, March 30-31, will celebrate College of Human Ecology Centennial
2000
- 10/26/2000 - 'VOTE!' exhibition of political Americana opens in Kroch Library
- 08/24/2000 - Historic Icelandic sagas on view in rare exhibition in Kroch Library
- 08/17/2000 - Communicators from CU win national awards
- 07/13/2000 - CU Library's Sun and Endeavor connection enhances its digital resources
- 06/08/2000 - 'Nature's Garland' exhibition opens today at Kroch Library
- 05/04/2000 - Library's Fiske Icelandic Collection is part of historic national exhibit
- 04/06/2000 - Talks, symposium, exhibit celebrate Wordsworth, the Romantic imagination
- 03/16/2000 - Elizabeth Rawlings' gift enriches library collection
- 02/03/2000 - Alumnus is curator of library's new exhibition on Wordsworth
- 01/27/2000 - Reagan appointed rare books curator
1999
- 12/13/1999 - Miniature replicas of Cornell Library's Anti-Slavery collection are among holiday treasures displayed at the White House
- 12/02/1999 - CU Library receives grant to conserve historic architectural photographs
- 10/21/1999 - Cornell Library gets NEH preservation grant for its anti-slavery collection
- 10/18/1999 - Cornell University Library receives $331,000 preservation grant for its anti-slavery collection
- 10/07/1999 - Lurie's literary career is celebrated in library exhibition opening today
- 10/01/1999 - Exhibit celebrating Alison Lurie's literary career opens Oct. 7
- 09/20/1999 - New guidebook covers 'Birds of Cornell Plantations'
- 06/10/1999 - Ornithology exhibit, featuring noted bird artists, opens in Kroch Library
- 05/20/1999 - Cornell Library announces acquisition of rare Wordsworth volumes
- 05/20/1999 - CU Library acquires rare Wordsworth volumes at auction in England
- 04/08/1999 - Chimesmasters give 'retired' Winsor bell to CU Archives
- 03/18/1999 - Cornell University Library presents 'The Art of the Book' Exhibition
- 03/15/1999 - Cornell library project will study ways to preserve electronic records of institutions
- 03/09/1999 - Cornell benefactor Carl A. Kroch dies in Chicago at 84
- 02/18/1999 - Cornell-Wood coverlet has links to early technology
- 02/11/1999 - Letter from Ezra renews interest in the Founder's love story
- 02/11/1999 - Engst named to direct rare and manuscript collections on campus
1998
- 10/01/1998 - Laura (Riding) Jackson exhibition opens on Oct. 8 with a symposium
- 09/28/1998 - Laura (Riding) Jackson exhibition opens Oct. 8 at Cornell
- 09/17/1998 - Library opens papers of noted lesbian writer
- 09/17/1998 - Nabokov Centenary Festival casts the literary giant's net far and wide
- 08/27/1998 - Nabokov exhibition is part of the centenary festival
- 08/06/1998 - Nabokov Festival to feature scholars, songs and William F. Buckley Jr.
- 04/23/1998 - PFLAG papers donated to CU Library collection
- 04/09/1998 - Celebrating A.R. Ammons
- 03/26/1998 - 'Ammonsfest' April 3-4 honors poet A.R. Ammons
- 03/23/1998 - 'Ammonsfest' April 3-4 at Cornell honors poet and Professor A.R. Ammons
- 03/19/1998 - Ezra Cornell's great-granddaughter donates his dramatic 1861 letter
- 03/18/1998 - Cornell Library's Human Sexuality Collection acquires records documenting adolescence in Indonesia
- 03/16/1998 - PFLAG papers donated to Cornell University's Human Sexuality Collection
- 01/29/1998 - Museum launches project to put permanent collection on the web
1997
- 10/30/1997 - $2 million in private grants support new Institute for Digital Collections
- 10/16/1997 - Music Library will have exhibition of its holdings beginning Oct. 18
- 10/02/1997 - Ambassador's talk addresses European unity
- 08/14/1997 - Kroch Library exhibition features 160 years of American letter writing
- 05/08/1997 - CU gets grants for a joint project creating Icelandic Digital Library
- 04/17/1997 - George Bernard Shaw exhibition opens today in Kroch Library
- 04/14/1997 - George Bernard Shaw exhibition opens April 17 in Cornell's Kroch Library
- 04/03/1997 - Nobel Prize-winning view
- 03/20/1997 - Newly unearthed letter affirms Ezra Cornell's commitment to university's nonsectarianism
- 02/13/1997 - NYC exhibit on landscape architect features CU holdings
1996
- 10/10/1996 - Kroch Library exhibition salutes Architecture, Art and Planning's history
- 09/19/1996 - Highlights from A.D. White's collections on display in Kroch Library
- 09/16/1996 - Highlights from A.D. White's collections on display in Cornell's Kroch Library through Sept. 28
- 08/08/1996 - New University Librarian takes post on Aug. 19
- 05/16/1996 - Ezra Cornell's life is focus of exhibit
- 05/13/1996 - Rich historical drama of Ezra Cornell's life is displayed in Kroch Library Gallery through June 10
- 02/22/1996 - Abbe exhibit opens
- 02/15/1996 - Previously undocumented letters are donated to the Cornell library by Adams descendants
- 02/15/1996 - Abbe wood prints and sculptures are on display through March 27
- 02/14/1996 - Statement by Sarah Johnson on the donation of her family papers to Cornell
- 02/14/1996 - Cornell University Library: Yesterday and Today
- 02/12/1996 - Elfriede Abbe work on exhibit at Cornell's Kroch Library