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Recent Press Releases

Zunz Comes to Cornell
Library acquires archive of a preeminent German-Jewish scholar
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Now Scream!
Cornell Hip Hop Collection’s first major exhibition celebrates the culture’s 40th birthday
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‘Hooray for Gay’ Exhibition Explores Pre-Stonewall Gay Life
A New York City exhibition of photographs celebrates the Human Sexuality Collection's 25th anniversary
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Recording Our History as a Digital Society
A new NEH grant will help the Library create a preservation framework with the Goldsen Archive
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Emancipation Proclamation Goes on Public View
The Library is publicly displaying its original copy, which holds a bit of little-known history
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Susie Bright to Donate Archives
Feminist sex writer opens Human Sexuality Collection's 25th anniversary celebration
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Cornell and Columbia Libraries to Build a Joint Technical Infrastructure
The 2CUL partners are integrating a major part of their operations
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Understanding Progressive Cities
Digitized "readers" shed light on activists’ planning efforts in the 1970s
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The Emancipation Proclamation Turns 150
Cornell University Library will display its copy of the Emancipation Proclamation in late January
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Yiddish Goes Digital (with a Little Help from Its Friends)
An innovative new project is seeking Yiddish-speakers to help create an archive
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