MOUNT VERNON — Julia Kamenetzky, a Cornell College junior from Bettendorf who intends to pursue a doctorate in astrophysics, has received a Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship, the premier undergraduate award for students interested in the fields of science, mathematics and engineering. Read More…

MOUNT VERNON — Poet and memoirist Mark Doty will give a public reading and discuss his work Thursday, April 12, at Cornell College. Read More…

MOUNT VERNON — Senior Alyssa Borowske has been awarded a Fulbright grant to study the impacts of Australian magpies on native bird species in New Zealand. She will work with researchers at the University of Waikato using radio telemetry to track habitat use of two endemic species, the Tui and the Wood Pigeon, in areas with and without magpies. After the Fulbright, she intends to pursue a doctoral degree in avian conservation and ecology. Read More…

MOUNT VERNON — The Auryn Quartet performs March 12 in King Chapel for the final concert in Cornell College’s Music Mondays series. Read More…

MOUNT VERNON — Inmates of an asylum on the outskirts of Paris stage a play about the murder of revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat in the Cornell College production of “Marat/Sade” opening Thursday, March 15, in the Plumb-Fleming Studio Theatre of Armstrong Hall. Read More…