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Law project raises awareness of constitutional rights

December 15, 2025

When law student Sahil Venkatesan ’24 first attended a Know Your Rights session, focused on immigration and law enforcement, he found it “sobering and inspiring.” …

AI literacy champions: How library sciences are connecting new tech, academic publishing, and campus communities

November 10, 2025

Elaine L. Westbrooks, the Carl A. Kroch University Librarian and Vice Provost at Cornell University, was a featured speaker for the Dean’s Spotlight Series of …

Exhibit opening showcases CROPPS research on plant communication

November 19, 2025

The opening of “Hello, Human! The Emerging Science of Plant Communication and Smart Agriculture” at Cornell’s Mann Library brought together researchers, students, and campus partners to showcase …

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Digital Indonesia

Digitized collections about Indonesia from Cornell and beyond

Digital Indonesia, part of the Echols Collection and the Southeast Asia Program (SEAP) at Cornell University, includes several collections that are available for digital access including the Bandung Artists Collection, Indonesian Music Archive, Rare Asian Materials Archive, Southeast Asian Visions, Claire Holt Archive, and Niels Douwes Dekker Photography.

Ties that Bind

Quilting at the Clarke Africana Library

This two-part exhibit celebrates quilting in the African American community.

Mud Paintings

Sensing chemical and physical changes of microbial industry

This exhibition features art made with photosynthetic bacteria. This first painting, Winogradsky Rothko, appeared outside Mann Library in 2004. Winogradsky Rothko combines the work of a 19th century soil microbiologist -Sergei Winogradsky- with a 20th century colorfield painter -Mark Rothko. Since then, many pieces have been constructed to visualize the diverse liveliness of microbes in diverse ecosystems, ranging from pristine waterways to some of the most toxic superfund sites such as the Gowanus Canal in NYC. Of note, there is a new living painting (installed March 13, 2022) in the foyer of Mann Library. This project is made of mud from BeeBee Lake. The endogenous microbes will synthesize pigments and develop a transforming colorfield painting (March-September). This project connects back to my first 'mud painting' name Winogradsky Rothko (2004) also made from mud from BeeBe Lake. This time, the 2 vessel was made to reference two 19th century Japanese Landscape Paintings. One will have just Beebe Lake mud, the other will hold 10% biochar, a long-term carbon sequestration mechanism. Both frames will be outfitted with pH, eH and temperature sensors. As the outside visually changes, the chemical and physical characteristics will be logged here.

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