NY State Wins Nearly $700 Million in Race to the Top Competition

The United States Education Department announced on August 24 that New York State has been awarded $696,646,000 as a winner in the second round of the federal Race to the Top competition.

Robert Gumson Accepts Award from Mayor Bloomberg

NYC Independent Living Centers Honored

August 10: In honor of the 20th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, NYC Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg presented five awards recognizing individuals and organizations that have made significant contributions to increasing accessibility for people with disabilities. Robert Gumson, Manager, Independent Living Services for VESID, accepted the TITLE III Reasonable Accommodation Award for the NYC ILCs. (Photo Credit: Kristen Artz)

Museum Paleontologist Selected to Research Fossils in Madrid

Dr. Robert Feranec, the Museum's curator of vertebrate paleontology, has been selected to participate in a three-month research project in Spain that will enable him to investigate the effects of humans and climate change on mammals over the last 2 million years.

Liza Duncan receives award from ALA's John Philips

State Library's Liza Duncan Receives ALA Award

John Phillips of the American Library Association Government Documents Round Table presents the State Library’s Liza Duncan with the 2010 Bernadine Abbott Hoduski Founders Award for outstanding contributions to the field of government information access.

lateral views of fragmentary
specimens of Earth's oldest bryozoan

State Paleontologist Reports Major Discovery

New York State Paleontologist Dr. Ed Landing is the lead author of an article published in the June issue of Geology that provides the first definitive proof that all major animal groups with internal and external skeletons appeared in the Cambrian geological period (543–489 million years ago).

first page of Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation in Lincoln's handwriting

New York State Library Showcases 1862 Lincoln Document

Abraham Lincoln's original draft of the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation has been cared for by the Library since 1864. An enhanced online exhibit showcases the Proclamation in Lincoln’s handwriting and includes an essay by Lincoln scholar Harold Holzer recounting the night Lincoln signed the document and a paper by the Library's Paul Mercer detailing how the Legislature purchased it for the Library.

New York Wins Nearly $700 Million in Race to the Top CompetitionAugust 24, 2010: The United States Education Department announced on August 24 that New York State has been awarded $696,646,000 as a winner in the second round of the federal Race to the Top competition. NYC Independent Living Centers HonoredAugust 10: In honor of the 20th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, NYC Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Commissioner Matthew Sapolin of the Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities presented five awards recognizing individuals and organizations that have made significant contributions to increasing accessibility for people with disabilities. Robert Gumson accepted the TITLE III Reasonable Accommodation Award for the NYC ILCs. (Photo Credit: Kristen Artz)Museum Paleontologist Selected to Research Fossils in MadridDr. Robert Feranec, the Museum's curator of vertebrate paleontology, has been selected to participate in a three-month research project in Spain that will enable him to investigate the effects of humans and climate change on mammals over the last 2 million years. State Library's Liza Duncan Receives ALA AwardJohn Phillips of the American Library Association Government Documents Round Table presents the State Library’s Liza Duncan with the 2010 Bernadine Abbott Hoduski Founders Award for outstanding contributions to the field of government information access.State Paleontologist Reports Major DiscoveryNew York State Paleontologist Dr. Ed Landing is the lead author of an article published in the June issue of Geology that provides the first definitive proof that all major animal groups with internal and external skeletons appeared in the Cambrian geological period (543–489 million years ago). New York State Library Showcases 1862 Lincoln DocumentAbraham Lincoln's original draft of the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation has been preserved in the collections of the Library since 1864. An updated and enhanced online exhibit showcases the Proclamation in Lincoln’s own handwriting and includes an essay by Lincoln scholar Harold Holzer recounting the night Lincoln signed the document. featuredcontentslider.init({ id: "slider1", //id of main slider DIV contentsource: ["inline", ""], //Valid values: ["inline", ""] or ["ajax", "path_to_file"] toc: "#increment", //Valid values: "#increment", "markup", ["label1", "label2", etc] nextprev: ["Previous", "Next"], //labels for "prev" and "next" links. Set to "" to hide. revealtype: "mouseover", //Behavior of pagination links to reveal the slides: "click" or "mouseover" enablefade: [true, 0.1], //[true/false, fadedegree] autorotate: [true, 8000], //[true/false, pausetime] onChange: function(previndex, curindex){ //event handler fired whenever script changes slide //previndex holds index of last slide viewed b4 current (1=1st slide, 2nd=2nd etc) //curindex holds index of currently shown slide (1=1st slide, 2nd=2nd etc) } })

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