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Picture this: It’s 10:55 a.m., which means that the end of your third Tuesday lecture is only five minutes away. You’ve processed maybe 30% of the information thrown at you this morning. Maybe. All the content is scribbled down somewhere in your notebook anyway; you’ll get to it later, but definitely before your test on Friday (right?). “It’s going to be one of those weeks, huh?” you think to yourself. Your leg starts twitching. This time, though, it’s not from the stress. 

Joy Williams’ new novel, “Harrow,” grapples with environmental destruction. A new exhibition at Washington University’s Olin Library takes a deep look at her life and work.

ITHACA, NY -- The Ithaca Hotel, with its informal olden-days elegance, was a downtown musical venue before there was a Commons. "Soni & The Bravados" performed there on several occasions.

The sight of students studying in Libe Cafe, drinks in hand, reminds passerby that Cornell Dining has transitioned to a “new normal.” While some COVID precautions remain in place, including masking when not dining and regular cleaning, more cafes have opened for dining in.

063 / Indonesian imprints. Zug, Inter Documentation. ANL mp 1405, 547 microfiche in 13 boxes. Notes: Most fiche identified with SE-2002 on header and a no. in a JE or EJ sequence. Contents: A collection of monographs and serials received as part of the Modern Indonesia project. Access: Items arranged by JE no. Hardcopy listing: Indonesian imprints 1942-1945. Indonesian imprints during the Japanese occupation. Selected from the checklist by Dr. John Echols and filmed from the Cornell Library co...

Plans call for a renovated Public Affairs Center, new science building and art gallery.

Henlay Foster, 84, earns his degree in music May 21 after completing his final credits online May 14, 2021 SHARE Back when Henlay Foster first enrolled at Washington University in St. Louis, Ethan Shepley was chancellor, Olin Library didn’t exist and the campus had, at long last, racially integrated. That was 1954.  Now, 67 years later, Foster will graduate Friday, May 21, with a degree in music from Arts & Sciences at the age of 84. In the intervening years, Foster traveled the world, pl...

Cornell University Librarian Reanna Esmail says libraries are often complicit in racism Esmail, who works at the Ivy League colleges Olin Library, spoke at a virtual event on confronting anti-Asian racism  The librarian also highlighted the Dewey Decimal System, which is used to classify books by giving a different numbered section to different subjects English, French and Greek languages have multiple Dewey sections apiece - but East and Southeast Asia languages are given just one  

“You Just Have to Read This. . .” Books by Wesleyan Alumni Aspray ’73, MA ’73, Morris ’76, Roth ’70 April 29, 2021 In this continuing series, Annie Roach ’22, an English and Italian studies major from Middletown, Del., reviews alumni books and offers a selection for those in search of knowledge, insight, and inspiration. The volumes, sent to us by alumni, are forwarded to Olin Library as donations to the University’s collection and made available to the Wesleyan commun...

May 4, 2021 The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically affected the Wesleyan community in a myriad of ways from student life to research to the way we teach and learn. This spring, Wesleyan’s Special Collections & Archives, along with Academic Affairs, are hoping to build a historical record—and preserve for posterity—the stories, memories, messages, and creative works of the University’s students, faculty, staff, and alumni. (Click to enlarge) Postcards from a Pandemic Wesleyan’s Special...