MOUNT VERNON – Amity Shlaes, senior fellow in economic history at the Council on Foreign Relations and author of The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression, will deliver Cornell College’s Roe Howard Freedom Lecture at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 7, in Hedges Conference Room, The Commons. Admission is free and open to the public. Read More…

MOUNT VERNON—National security experts will speak at Cornell College this fall as part of a National Security Network’s “Around the Country” series. The National Security Network, based in Washington, D.C., is a foreign policy organization dedicated to strengthening public understanding and support of international relations, global affairs, and national security. Read More…

MOUNT VERNON – A $60,000 gift from Linda and Truman Jordan, professor emeritus of chemistry, will help endow the Cornell College chaplain position and further improvements to King Chapel. Read More…

President Les Garner’s Op-Ed on the need for further discourse on higher education in the Presidential race was published in the Sept. 12 issue of The Chronicle of Higher Education. Read More…

CEDAR RAPIDS - In a year in which some of Iowa’s oldest communities were destroyed by record flood waters, even some of its newest residents felt the need to pitch in and help with the disaster. Read More…

MOUNT VERNON — On Wednesday, Oct. 1, nationally renowned political comedy group Capitol Steps will appear at Cornell College in King Chapel at 7:30 p.m. Capitol Steps will perform skits and routines updated to reflect our changing political times. Read More…

MOUNT VERNON - The Greater Cornell College Area Alumni & Friends Jazz Under the Stars picnic and concert, scheduled for Thursday, September 4, has been moved inside to Ballantyne Auditorium on Kirkwood Community College’s campus. Read More…

Effective Sept. 8, Karen Mercer will join Cornell College as the vice president for business affairs/treasurer and chief financial officer. Read More…

MOUNT VERNON - From Sept. 14 through Oct. 19, the Peter Paul Luce Gallery at Cornell College will host a featured exhibit bringing together an impressive range of painting styles, themes and mediums from a number of its most prominent alumni. Read More…

MOUNT VERNON – The 2009 U.S. News & World Report annual guide to “America’s Best Colleges” ranks Cornell College in the top tier among 265 national liberal arts colleges and features it among “Schools to Watch” and “Great Schools, Great Prices.” Read More…