Garner quoted in Business Week

February 26th, 2008

MOUNT VERNON — Cornell President Les Garner was featured in Business Week, discussing The Berry Center and positioning Cornell in a competitive marketplace. Read More…




Quehl-Engel featured in Gazette

February 25th, 2008

MOUNT VERNON — The Rev. Catherine Quehl-Engel was featured in a profile in the Cedar Rapids Gazette. The article dealt with the challenges of a chaplain on a multi-faith campus. Read More…




Best-selling author Mark Steyn to speak at Cornell

February 18th, 2008

MOUNT VERNON – Mark Steyn, internationally renowned columnist and author of the New York Times bestseller America Alone: The End Of The World As We Know It , will speak at Cornell College’s Kimmel Theatre on March 4 at 7:30 p.m. Admission is free and open to the public. Read More…




Trauger featured in USA Today article

February 14th, 2008

MOUNT VERNON — Aleta Grillow Trauger ’68 was quoted in a USA Today (click link for full article) article on prescription drug mistakes made at pharmacies. Read More…




Gratitude, new installation by Rie Hachiyanagi

February 13th, 2008

MOUNT VERNON — On February 24 through March 23, the Peter Paul Luce Gallery will host a new installation by papermaker, multimedia artist Rie HachiyanagititledGratitude. The exhibition opens with a lecture by the artist, Sunday, February 24th at 2 p.m. in McWethy Hall, room 222 followed by reception for the artist, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free and open to the public. Read More…




Stephanopoulos to speak at Cornell

February 11th, 2008

MOUNT VERNON – Journalist, author and commentator George Stephanopoulos, host of ABC’s This Week with George Stephanopoulos, will speak on “Politics: The Art of the Impossible,” at Cornell College’s King Chapel at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, May 7. The lecture is open to the public and free of charge. Read More…




Cornell College awarded Carver Grant

February 8th, 2008

MOUNT VERNON – Cornell College has been awarded a grant from the Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust in the amount of $178,521 to purchase equipment for the biochemistry and molecular biology program. Read More…




Tyranny of the Façade: A Lecture by John Beldon Scott

February 4th, 2008

MOUNT VERNON — John Beldon Scott, Elizabeth M. Stanley professor of arts at the University of Iowa, will lecture on the topic “Tyranny of the Façade: Interpreting Roman Baroque Architecture,” Wednesday, February 13, 7 p.m. McWethy Hall, room 222. Read More…