
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: 2009Second 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
GraduateFirst 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: 2009Third 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: 2011Andrew Daines
Adventures of a Church Historian
Major: Philosophy
College: Arts and Sciences
Class Year: 2010Tal 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: 2011Vikash Khanna
The Buckleys: Connoisseurs of the Language of Politics
Major: Policy Analysis & Management
College: Human Ecology
Class Year: 2009Jeffrey Maendel
The Past's View of Natural History
Major: Human Development
College: Human Ecology
Class Year: 2010Laura Martin
The Nature of the Nature-Culture Dichotomy
Major: Natural Resources
College: CALS
Class Year: 2012Thomas McSweeney
The Roots of Bracton's Tree: Legal Culture in High Medieval Europe
Major: History
College: Graduate
Class Year: 2011Eilis Monahan
Egyptomania: On Becoming a Collector of Collectors
Major: Archaeology
College: Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Class Year: 2009Zachary Newkirk
The Home and Origins of a Glorious Group of Companions
Major: History and Government
College: Arts and Sciences
Class Year: 2012Constanza Ontaneda
Scientific and Practical Nature Appreciation and Utilization
Major: Fiber Science and Apparel Design
College: Human Ecology
Class Year: 2009Willie Osterweil
No Thanks! Negative Utopias through Art, Music and Opposition
Major: Film
College: Senior
Class Year: 2009Jennifer Proctor
Eighteen Years of Hoarding Books
Major: Undecided, possibly Linguistics
College: Arts and Sciences
Class Year: 2012Mario J. Roman
En Vogue: Writings and Visuals of Dress, Fashion and Culture
Major: Fiber Science & Apparel Design
College: Graduate School (Human Ecology)
Class Year: 2009Will Smiley
Mark Strand and His Influences
Major: English, Ph.D.
College: English Department
Class Year: 2012Alexis Walker
Situated Knowers: Inheriting the Power of Women Writers and the Female Experience
Major: Government
College: Arts and Sciences
Class Year: 2012Roland Wang
On Nature and Culture
Major: Natural Resources and Development Sociology
College: Agriculture and Life Sciences
Class Year: 2009Vincent Weaver
Guinea Pigs: Obscurity in both Domestication and Literature
Major: Electrical and Computer Engineering
College: Engineering
Class Year: 2010Tamar Weinstock
From Adam to Eve: Expanding Biblical Horizons
Major: History and English
College: Arts and Sciences
Class Year: 2009Zachary 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 $250Enter by Monday, March 2, 2009
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.
Cornell Chronicle Online:
From atheism to guinea pigs: Contest celebrates student book collections
Ithaca Journal:
Cornell book collection contest shines spotlight on personal libraries