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Events, Exhibits, Etc.

ezra exhibition poster"I Would Found an Institution": The Ezra Cornell Bicentennial Exhibition, Hirshland Exhibition Gallery, Rare and Manuscript Collections, Level 2B Kroch Library. The exhibit will be open through August 31. Cornell celebrates the 200th birthday of its founder with an exhibition of documents, letters, diaries, and photographs from the Cornell University Archives. Highlights include the original telegraph receiver, the Cornell University Charter, family letters, patent applications, and Ezra Cornell’s letter "to the coming man and woman."

For more information, please visit the Web site.

Ezra Cornell and Any Person, March 28, 4:30 p.m. Carol Kammen, Senior Lecturer, History Department, and Historian of Tompkins County. Lecture Room, Level 2B Kroch Library. A reception will be held immediately following the presentation.

 

Catch Buzz: Humanities Book Art Project (Cornell "C" book sculpture with books on loan from Cornell authors), opening reception, April 4, 4:30 p.m., Hirschland Gallery, Level 2B Kroch Library.

Performance Work by Art Professor Buzz Spector, April 21, 1:00-5:00 p.m., Lecture Room, Level 2B Kroch Library. Come and discuss with Buzz a book selected from a coffee table.

5th Annual Student Book Collection Contest. Encourage students to enter the library's contest by noon on Friday, April 13. For details, see the contest Web page.