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Black print history, community featured in exhibit

9/13/2024 by : Jose Beduya , Cornell Chronicle

The exhibit reveals how newspapers served as a powerful vehicle for literature, culture and community-building.

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The Digital CoLab: Elevating skills, building community

5/22/2024 by : Jose Beduya , Cornell University Library

Following one simple formula: “People over projects," the Digital CoLab on the 7th floor of Olin Library stimulates innovation in research and teaching while building connections among scholars across campus.

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Events celebrate Nabokov as butterfly scientist

2/29/2024 by : Kathy Hovis Jose Beduya , Cornell Chronicle

On March 15 the College of Arts & Sciences takes over the Mann Library for this semester's Arts Unplugged, "Nabokov, Naturally," celebrating esteemed Cornell faculty member, Vladimir Nabokov as writer and "butterfly man."

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Music student helps expand Ethiopian nun’s musical legacy_image

7/11/2023 by : Jose Beduya , Cornell Chronicle

Thomas Feng, a doctoral student in performance practice, is identifying and cataloging the piano music of the late Emahoy Tsege-Mariam Gebru, a composer with a cult following.

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Art and community: Africana Library exhibits quilts

4/17/2023 by : Jose Beduya , Cornell Chronicle

“Precious Scraps” showcases quilters and fabric artists from across the country, as well as from Cornell -- including Africana Prof. Riché Richardson.

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Student-librarian partnership makes history

5/3/2022 by : Jose Beduya , Cornell Chronicle

The inaugural RAD Public History Fellows have been digging deep into library archives and bringing their discoveries to light in creative ways – from social media posts to displays of artifacts and tours of library exhibits.

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Talks mark exhibits, campus LGBTQ milestones

4/22/2022 by : Jose Beduya , Cornell Chronicle

The “Radical Desire” symposium April 27 to 28 brings pioneering lesbian feminist scholars, publishers, and photographers to speak at Cornell.

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Exhibition features pioneering erotic magazine

2/10/2022 by : Jose Beduya , Cornell Chronicle

The first decade of On Our Backs, the women-run erotic magazine (1984-2006) is highlighted by “Radical Desire: Making On Our Backs Magazine” in the Carl A. Kroch Library,

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Library boosts new digitization projects

12/16/2021 by : Jose Beduya , Cornell Chronicle

Four projects have been selected for Cornell Library’s annual Grants Program for Digital Collections in Arts and Sciences, which boosts the collaboration of scholars and library specialists to transform physical materials into lasting online resources for teaching and research.

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Library immersions deepen student research

11/17/2021 by : Jose Beduya , Cornell Chronicle

A doctoral student researching Black life in the U.S. after the abolition of slavery, Victoria Baugh was fascinated by the hundreds of studio portraits in the Loewentheil Collection of African-American Photography at Cornell University Library.

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Library marks advising milestone

10/19/2021 by : Jose Beduya , Cornell Chronicle

Librarians have been vital to the A&S advising seminars program, which pairs students with faculty advisors in the college and connects them with campus resources essential to their well-being and academic success.