Mock Trial will compete in nationals
February 8th, 2010A Cornell College Mock Trial Team has won a bid to compete in the Opening Round of the National Tournament. Read More…
Robert Dana 1929-2010
February 8th, 2010The writer who revived the North American Review in the 1960s and went on to serve as Iowa’s Poet Laureate from 2004 through 2008, Robert Dana, died on Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010, at Mercy Hospice in Iowa City. The cause was pancreatic cancer. A memorial service will take place at a later time. Read More…
Astronomy, culture wars topic of spring Chautauquas
February 8th, 2010MOUNT VERNON — Cornell College will offer two Chautauqua courses on Monday mornings in March and April: “Frontiers of Astronomy: Dark Energies and Odd Solar Systems” will be held in March, and “The Opening of the Culture Wars I and II – Ages of Rebellion 1920s and 1960s” in April. Read More…
Biology professor awarded $270,769 NSF grant
February 3rd, 2010MOUNT VERNON — Cornell College Biology Professor Marty Condon has been awarded $270,769 from the National Science Foundation to continue her research uncovering extraordinary levels of tropical diversity. Read More…
Political analyst David Gergen is 2010 Delt Lecturer
February 2nd, 2010MOUNT VERNON – David Gergen, political analyst, author and advisor to presidents for 30 years, will deliver the Delta Phi Rho Lecture “The Press, The President and Public Policy,” at Cornell College’s King Chapel at 7:30 p.m. Monday, May 3. The lecture is open to the public free of charge. Read More…
Cornell College presents ‘Arabian Nights’
February 2nd, 2010MOUNT VERNON — The classic fables of “Arabian Nights” come to life in Cornell College’s Theatre Department production of “Arabian Nights” opening Friday, Feb. 12. Senior Greg Redlawsk of Iowa City directs playwright Mary Zimmerman’s powerful and humorous modern take on the timeless stories at 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays Feb. 12-13 and 19-20, and 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 21, in Kimmel Theatre. Read More…
Iowa college students part of national $5.7 billion effort in community service
February 2nd, 2010As a new semester begins, students from 19 Iowa colleges and universities are engaging and volunteering as part of a national effort providing over $5.7 billion annually in service to their communities. Read More…
Maxine Payne photo installation opens Feb. 21
February 1st, 2010MOUNT VERNON — “Making Pictures: Three for a Dime,” a photo installation by Maxine Payne, will be exhibited at the Peter Paul Luce Gallery at Cornell College from Feb. 21 to March 21. Read More…
‘Black Jew Dialogues’ Feb. 17
January 29th, 2010“The Black Jew Dialogues” will be performed as part of Black History Month at Cornell at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 17, in King Chapel. Admission is free and open to the public. Read More…
2009 Cornell grad on disaster mission to Haiti
January 27th, 2010MOUNT VERNON — Mount Vernon firefighter and 2009 Cornell graduate Mehrdad Zarifkar will put his disaster training to test on a 10-day medical mission to Haiti scheduled to leave Feb. 8. Read More…
