2009 Book Collection Contest

The Cornell University Library and the Library Advisory Council would like to congratulate this year's prize winners:

Undergraduate

First Prize ($1000)

Tamar Weinstock
From Adam to Eve: Expanding Biblical Horizons
Major: History and English
College: Arts and Sciences
Class Year: 2009

Second Prize (tie - $500 each)

Tal Michael Gluck
The Balance Between Written Language and Visual Image: From Great Illustrated Classics to Artists' Books
Major: Design and Environmental Analysis
College: College of Human Ecology
Class Year: 2011

and

Vikash Khanna
The Buckleys: Connoisseurs of the Language of Politics
Major: Policy Analysis & Management
College: Human Ecology
Class Year: 2009

Two Honorable Mention awards ($100 each)

Mark Collins
From Literal God to Literary Godlessness: Tracing Academic and Literary Perspectives into Atheism
Major: Government & Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
College: Arts and Sciences
Class Year: 2011

and

Jeffrey Maendel
The Past's View of Natural History
Major: Human Development
College: Human Ecology
Class Year: 2010

Graduate

First Prize ($1000)

Will Smiley
Mark Strand and His Influences
Major: English, Ph.D.
College: English Department
Class Year: 2012

Second Prize ($500)

Eilis Monahan
Egyptomania: On Becoming a Collector of Collectors
Major: Archaeology
College: Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Class Year: 2009

Third Prize ($250)

Mario J. Roman
En Vogue: Writings and Visuals of Dress, Fashion and Culture
Major: Fiber Science & Apparel Design
College: Graduate School (Human Ecology)
Class Year: 2009

Two Honorable Mentions ($100 each)

Thomas McSweeney
The Roots of Bracton's Tree: Legal Culture in High Medieval Europe
Major: History
College: Graduate
Class Year: 2011

and

Vincent Weaver
Guinea Pigs: Obscurity in both Domestication and Literature
Major: Electrical and Computer Engineering
College: Engineering
Class Year: 2010


The Cornell University Library and the Library Advisory Council also want to thank all of the students who entered this year's contest:

Mark Collins
From Literal God to Literary Godlessness: Tracing Academic and Literary Perspectives into Atheism 
Major: Government & Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
College: Arts and Sciences
Class Year: 2011

Andrew Daines
Adventures of a Church Historian
Major: Philosophy
College: Arts and Sciences
Class Year: 2010

Tal Michael Gluck
The Balance Between Written Language and Visual Image: From Great Illustrated Classics to Artists' Books 
Major: Design and Environmental Analysis
College: College of Human Ecology
Class Year: 2011

Vikash Khanna
The Buckleys: Connoisseurs of the Language of Politics
Major: Policy Analysis & Management
College: Human Ecology
Class Year: 2009

Jeffrey Maendel
The Past's View of Natural History 
Major: Human Development
College: Human Ecology
Class Year: 2010

Laura Martin
The Nature of the Nature-Culture Dichotomy 
Major: Natural Resources
College: CALS
Class Year: 2012

Thomas McSweeney
The Roots of Bracton's Tree: Legal Culture in High Medieval Europe
Major: History
College: Graduate
Class Year: 2011

Eilis Monahan
Egyptomania: On Becoming a Collector of Collectors
Major: Archaeology
College: Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Class Year: 2009

Zachary Newkirk
The Home and Origins of a Glorious Group of Companions
Major: History and Government
College: Arts and Sciences
Class Year: 2012

Constanza Ontaneda
Scientific and Practical Nature Appreciation and Utilization
Major: Fiber Science and Apparel Design
College: Human Ecology
Class Year: 2009

Willie Osterweil
No Thanks! Negative Utopias through Art, Music and Opposition 
Major: Film
College: Senior
Class Year: 2009

Jennifer Proctor
Eighteen Years of Hoarding Books 
Major: Undecided, possibly Linguistics
College: Arts and Sciences
Class Year: 2012

Mario J. Roman
En Vogue: Writings and Visuals of Dress, Fashion and Culture 
Major: Fiber Science & Apparel Design
College: Graduate School (Human Ecology)
Class Year: 2009

Will Smiley
Mark Strand and His Influences
Major: English, Ph.D.
College: English Department
Class Year: 2012

Alexis Walker
Situated Knowers: Inheriting the Power of Women Writers and the Female Experience
 Major: Government
College: Arts and Sciences
Class Year: 2012

Roland Wang
On Nature and Culture
Major: Natural Resources and Development Sociology
College: Agriculture and Life Sciences
Class Year: 2009

Vincent Weaver
Guinea Pigs: Obscurity in both Domestication and Literature
 Major: Electrical and Computer Engineering
College: Engineering
Class Year: 2010

Tamar Weinstock
From Adam to Eve: Expanding Biblical Horizons 
Major: History and English
College: Arts and Sciences
Class Year: 2009

Zachary D. Wellbrock
High Fidelity: The Autobiographical Book Collection 
Major: Law
College: CLS
Class Year: 2011

Tamara Julie Wynne
The Planted Seed
Major: Plant Science
College: Agriculture and Life Sciences
Class Year: 2009

Tell us about your books.

Write a short essay describing your books and related materials, include a bibliography of what is in your collection (50 items or less), and then provide a 10 item Wish List.

Undergraduate and Graduate student winners receive:

First Prize $1,000
Second Prize $500
Third Prize $250

Enter by Monday, March 2, 2009

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Become a part of our tradition.

First prize winners in both our undergraduate and graduate student categories will automatically qualify to compete in the Collegiate Book-Collecting Championship.

Cornell students have garnered three prizes and one honorable mention in this international competition.