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📷 🌍 Don’t miss returning @ADWHITEPAL James Balog’s lecture marking the opening of the "Rivers of Ice: Three Centuries of Glacial Science" exhibition @Cornell_Library! 📅 Sept. 17, 4:30 PM 📍Hollis E. Cornell Aud., Goldwin Smith Hall + 🔗 bit.ly/4yqBVWE Balog founded the Extreme Ice Survey (EIS) in 2007, deploying time-lapse cameras to document glacier retreat worldwide. Now it stands as the largest survey of its kind, offering undeniable proof of our changing planet.
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"Today, the computer can do more than ever on its own—but man can still pull the plug.” At least that was the case in 1965, when Cornell Computing Center director John Rudan spoke about computing during a talk in the Straight. From slide rules to calculators, email to cell phones, each generation of Cornellians has faced new and evolving technologies, often with a mix of enthusiasm and fear. And while it may feel like we’re experiencing unprecedented technological change in the 21st century, it’s hardly the first time the University community has weathered such storms. It was, of course, technological innovation that helped create Cornell. Read more about these innovations at alumni.cornell.edu/cornellia…. Photo courtesy of the @Cornell_Library Rare and Manuscript Collections.
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The @Cornell_Library's holdings tied to the founding of the USA are as varied as they are historic. “Not only are many of the well-known Founding Fathers represented,” University Archivist Evan Earle ’02, MS ’14, says of Cornell’s holdings related to the Revolutionary War era, “but also lesser-known figures who had involvement in the dawn of the United States.” As we celebrate America's 250th anniversary, check out some of our Revolutionary-era collections at alumni.cornell.edu/cornellia….
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In April 1926, a loud mechanical rumble, which, perhaps, could have been mistaken for distant thunder, resonated throughout campus. While stormy skies were a common Ithaca occurrence then as now, this unusual roar emanated from the newest addition to the Hill: a British Mark V tank from World War I, a gift to Cornell from the British government, facilitated by WWI veteran Maj. Louis Livingston Seaman 1872. Dubbed “America,” the tank had taken a transatlantic journey of nearly 3,500 miles from London to its new home. “It stands not only for the ideals associated with its name,” Seaman said at a dedication ceremony in May 1926, “but for noble expression of ideals — the ideals of America and Cornell.” Cornell contributed over 4,500 commissioned officers to World War I, more than any other institution, even West Point, and 265 alumni died in the conflict. “We have learned to recognize in the name ‘Cornell’ a synonym for duty, patriotism, devotion, and the high virtue of citizenship,” Seaman said at the dedication. “These are ideals branded on the souls of every one of us.” After its dedication, the “America” tank was relocated inside Barton. Today, the only remaining evidence of the tank’s presence is a large memorial plaque in Barton’s west stairway. Dedicated to the Class of 1872 for its military service and noting the gift “of the war tank ‘America’” among its contributions, it was presented in 1927 by the class president: Louis Livingston Seaman. For more information, check out Remembering When ‘America’ Came to the Hill (the Army Tank, That Is) at alumni.cornell.edu/cornellia…. @CornellAlumni (Photo courtesy of the @Cornell_Library Rare and Manuscript Collections)
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From Arts Quad tent dancing to boating on Beebe Lake, #CornellReunion traditions never go out of style. With Reunion starting later this week, we’re throwing it back to the 1960s–’90s. The ties were wider & the hats were wilder, but the Big Red spirit is timeless. See more: alumni.cornell.edu/cornellia… @CornellAlumni Photos courtesy of the @Cornell_Library Rare and Manuscript Collection.
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Flowers, frisbees, and fresh air: Spring at Cornell, across decades ☀🌷🌸 Photos courtesy of the @Cornell_Library Rare and Manuscript Collections.
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Let's join @CornellAlumni and hop in the Big Red time machine, shall we? 🕰️ 🐻 Here's how Cornell student life looked in the mid-1900s. Photos courtesy of the @Cornell_Library Rare and Manuscript Collections and the Cornell University College of Architecture, Art, and Planning archives.
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“The power of discovering truth and the power of imparting it are almost invariably found together,” AD White.
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A historical marker commemorating literary icon Toni Morrison was unveiled in Ithaca, NY, on what would have been her 95th birthday, Feb. 18, 2026. It stands in front of the house where she lived while a graduate student in American Literature at Cornell University in the 1950s.
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The Chuck Feeney exhibit, “Giving While Living,” opening Feb. 5 in Kroch Library, features photographs, documents and other materials from personal papers of @Cornell’s most generous donor, and the archives of the Atlantic Philanthropies. @Cornell_Library news.cornell.edu/stories/202…
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Big Red memorabilia stretching back more than a century can be found in all forms and sizes: stick pins and brooches, bear-shaped emblems, game tickets, programs, banners, and much more. But at Cornell and elsewhere, one of the most popular and longstanding items of school pride is the classic, triangular felt pennant—which, in Cornell’s case, is of course nearly always red—sporting bold lettering and a logo or insignia. In preparation for a recent display by Rare and Manuscript Collections in the Kroch Library rotunda (@Cornell_Library), exhibitions coordinator Kate Carlin took a deep dive into Big Red pennants (and banners, too). “They were interpreted in so many different ways,” she says, “for different groups or uses—general school spirit, athletics, colleges and majors, clubs, class years.” As the Kroch exhibit explains, small triangular flags can be traced to the Middle Ages, when knights carried them. Later flown from ship masts, they were a means of communication with other boats. Read about how, for generations of Cornellians, the humble pennant has been a tried and true way to display Big Red pride at alumni.cornell.edu/cornellia….
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Join us in wishing our Cornellians the best of luck as they take their final exams!
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In the 1960s, USAID training programs brought together leaders from around the world to learn about labor, industry, agriculture & more. Pamphlets like these from Kheel’s collection capture that global exchange. #LaborHistory #USAID
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