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World Soil Day Celebration: Community Art Event with Soil Painting Mann Library, the Cornell Soil Health Lab, and the School of Integrative Plant Science co-sponsored a World Soil Day 2024 Celebration in the lobby on December 5, 2024. Screening and Conversation on “Divisible: A Redlining Documentary” Divisible is a documentary that focuses on the history and current impacts of redlining in the United States, highlighting the specific case of Omaha, Nebraska to illustrate how discriminatory housing policies continually affect people nationwide. New Exhibit: Mohawk River Project The Mohawk River Project exhibit features the works of Anna Davidson, senior research associate and lecturer in Natural Resources, and her graduate student, Anna Mehlhorn, that stem from leading a capstone course that intertwined art, science and culture in the study of the Mohawk River. Library card for all Cornell University Library visitors now free Not a current Cornellian but want to borrow books from Cornell University Library without having to pay for a visitor’s library card? No problem! Indigenous women in home economics featured in exhibit A new exhibit in the lobby of Mann Library highlights the contributions of the first Haudenosaunee women in the College of Human Ecology, who benefited from home economics programs but were constrained by inadequate financial support, cultural stereotypes, and gender bias. Open Access Week 2024 The theme of International Open Access Week for 2024 (October 21-27) continued with last year’s focus on “Community over Commercialization.” This theme contributed to a growing recognition of the need to prioritize approaches to open scholarship that serve the best interests of the public and the academic community. Ada Lovelace Day 2024 Ada Lovelace Day is an international celebration of the contributions of self-identifying women in in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). |
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Workshops |
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Book Talks |
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All Mann Chats in the Stacks book talks are at 4:30pm in Mann Room 160 and livestreamed on Zoom. Biochar for Environmental Management: Science, Technology and Implementation, Johannes Lehmann (SIPS Soil and Crops Sciences Section) February 20, 2025 George Masa: A Life Reimagined, Janet McCue (Cornell University Library) March 27, 2025 Community Development and Schools: Conflict, Power and Promise, Mildred Warner (Dept. of City & Regional Planning / Polson Institute for Global Development) April 24, 2025 |
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Special Events |
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Love Data Week Celebration February 10, 2025 11am to 2pm Info table in Mann Lobby A celebration of all things data! Data management tips & resources for any project Hemlock Woolly Adelgid and Other Forest Threats: Engaging Science and Art to Meet the Challenge February 27, 2025 4pm Mann 160, followed by exhibit opening reception and artist remarks in the Mann Gallery Exhibit lecture by Grace Haynes (New York State Hemlock Initiative), with Johannes Lehmann (SIPS) The History of 4-H Clothing Clubs in New York State: A Preamble to Sustainable Fashion Education March 20, 2025 4pm Mann 160 College of Human Ecology Graduate Fellowship talk by Samantha Alberts (Dept. of Human-Centered Design) Earth Day Fest: Climate Change & Food April 22, 2025 Time TBD Mann Lobby EcoArt: What Is It and What Can It Do For Us? June 6, 2025 10am Mann Gallery With visual artist Hovey Brock and Cornell plant scientist & ecoartist Anna Davidson |
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Exhibits |
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Invasive Species: A Collaborative Exhibit Mann Gallery, February 27 - August 17, 2025 Exhibit by Andrea Strongwater, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences Artist-in-Residence 2025 Top Shelf Gallery (1st Floor), March 2025 The Power of Food: Confronting Climate Change One Meal at a Time Mann Lobby, April 1 - August 31, 2025 |
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Recorded Talks |
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Mann Library is pleased to announce the publication of several book talk recordings as part of the library's collection on YouTube. The Future of India's Social Safety Nets: Focus, Form, and Scope, Prabhu Pingali and Andaleeb Rahman (Tata-Cornell Institute) The Social Lives of Land, Wendy Wolford (Global Development) Piping-Hot Bees and Boisterous Buzz-Runners: 20 Mysteries of Honey Bee Behavior Solved, Thomas Seeley (Neurobiology and Behavior) |
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