Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Ithaca's first public library was founded by Ezra Cornell as the Cornell Free Library and chartered by the New York State Legislature in 1864. [5] Circulation began on March 4, 1867. [5] It stood at the southeast corner of Seneca and Tioga streets from 1864 to 1960. [6] Early classes and commencement of Cornell University took place in the ...
Polhill Library on the Bedford campus University of Bedfordshire – Bedford Campus Centre The Bedford campus includes a Physical Education and Sport Science Centre used to train athletes in the 2012 Olympic Games , and a Bedford Campus Centre boasting a 280-seat theatre, dance studios, a restaurant and social spaces for students.
Following the murder of Shawn Greenwood by the Ithaca Police Department on Feb. 23 2010, [7] members of the Ithaca community have renamed DeWitt Park to Shawn Greenwood Park. The new name aims to remember Shawn Greenwood, an African-American man who grew up in Ithaca, [7] and end the recognition of Simeon De Witt, a former slave owner. [8]
Firebrand Books is a publishing house established in 1984 by Nancy K. Bereano, a lesbian and feminist activist, in Ithaca, NY.Karen Oosterhouse, its publisher since 2003, describes Firebrand as "the independent publisher of record for feminist and lesbian fiction and nonfiction," championing "authors whose work has been marginalized: women of color, women coming out of poverty, trans women ...
The Cornell University Press is the university press of Cornell University, an Ivy League university in Ithaca, New York. It is currently housed in Sage House, the former residence of Henry William Sage. It was first established in 1869, making it the first university publishing enterprise in the United States, but was inactive from 1884 to ...
The teacher-training colleges left De Montfort in 2006 and merged with the University of Luton which changed its name to University of Bedfordshire. Between 1940 and 1978 women students at the then Bedford College of Physical Education studied three year programmes in physical education but although these were well-regarded, the programmes were ...
Ithaka Harbors, Inc. is a US not-for-profit, the parent company of digital library website JSTOR, the digital preservation service Portico, and the research and consulting group Ithaka S+R. Its stated mission is to "help the academic community use digital technologies to preserve the scholarly record and to advance research and teaching in ...
Putteridge is a suburb at the north-eastern edge of Luton, in Bedfordshire, England. Putteridge is a little over 2 miles (3.2 km) from Luton town centre and bordered by Central Bedfordshire district to the north and North Hertfordshire district to the east. Wigmore Lane and Hayling Drive form the southern boundary and Cannon Lane and Stapleford ...