Library to Host Exhibit on Cornellians in the Community

Tompkins County Public Library, in celebration of Cornell University’s Charter Day, will host “Cornell Off Campus:  The Impact of Cornellians on Tompkins County,” a photographic exhibit featuring Cornell alumni, faculty and friends.

Opening April 22, “Cornell Off Campus” offers—through life-size photographs—a look at 15 people whose impact on Tompkins County stretched beyond Cornell’s East Hill campus.  Each of the individuals featured in the exhibit represents a different decade in the University’s 150-year history.  Their lives and community contributions are explored with words and images.

Those featured include: beloved Ithaca High School Science Teacher, Belle Sherman, Ithaca Journal columnist Romeyn Berry and New York State Assemblywoman Connie Cook.

“Cornell Off Campus” was curated by Cornell alumna Julee Johnson and designed by Robin Adams of Whirlwind Design.  The exhibit was made possible by through a generous grant from Cornell University’s Office of Community Relations.

The exhibit will be on display in the Library’s Avenue of the Friends through July.  An opening reception including curator-facilitated tours will be held from 5 to 8 p.m., May 1, in conjunction with Downtown Ithaca’s Gallery Night.

For more information about this or other Library exhibits, contact Exhibit Coordinator Sally Grubb at sgrubb@tcpl.org or

(607) 272-4557 extension 232.