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
2008 Book Collection Contest Winners
Undergraduate category
First Prize
Rebecca Grant
Title of Collection : 12 Boxes Worth
Major : English
College : Arts and Sciences
Class Year : 2008
Honorable Mentions
Corinne Brenner
Title of Collection : Beautiful Things: Collecting Personal Narratives
Major : Psychology
College : Arts and Sciences
Class Year : 2008
Stephen Pietruszka
Title of Collection : The Greatest Thing You'll Ever Learn
Major : Agricultural Sciences
College : Agriculture and Life Sciences
Class Year : 2010
Ben Williams
Title of Collection : Cult Classics
Major : Urban and Regional Studies
College : Architecture, Art, and Planning
Class Year : 2010
Graduate Category
First Prize
Lawrence Bruce-Robertson
Title of Collection : The Lure of Waters
Major : Philosophy
College : Arts & Science
Class Year : 2009
Second Prize
Deborah E. Marcum
Title of Collection : Representing the Medieval Manuscript: Text and Illumination
Major : Medieval Studies
College : Arts and Science
Class Year : 2010
Third Prize - Tie
Tsitsi Jaji
Title of Collection : The Banished Poets' Society
Major : Comparative Literature
Class Year : 2008
and
Aaron Ralby
Title of Collection : Unlocking the Wordhoard
Major : Medieval Studies
College : Arts and Sciences
Class Year : 2010
Collecting culture: Cornell University students win prizes for book collections Chronicle Online, April 16, 2008
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