MOUNT VERNON – The Environmental Studies Program at Cornell College has been awarded a $316,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to enhance curriculum and further interdisciplinary study. Read More…
Cornell College has been named a “Top Financial Find” and one of the “44 Best Buy Schools” in the 2010 edition of the Fiske Guide to Colleges. The guide also named the Cornell art department as one of the strongest in the country. Read More…
Few traffic ticket cases elicit the kind of attention Clifford Lund ‘73 found when he took on “The Nuns Case” in Chicago. And few schools, Lund said, could have prepared him for the case as well as Cornell College. Read More…
Steven Anderson ‘75, Cornell trustee and President/CEO of the National Association of Chain Drug Stores, co-authored an opinion piece entitled “Health reform policy makers need to listen, stay out in the open,” in the June 14 issue of the Cedar Rapids Gazette. Read More…
MOUNT VERNON – Legion Arts/CSPS will sponsor a free outdoor concert by the New York City-based urban Latino group Pistolera at Cornell’s Hilltop Terrace on Wed., June 17, at 7 p.m. The concert is free and open to the public. Read More…
On May 30, 2009, Phil Lucas, professor of history, and David Kugler of Gering, Neb., who graduated with a double major in psychology and sociology, delivered the commencement addresses for the Class of 2009. They are reproduced here in their entirety. Read More…
The Rev. Richard Thomas, Cornell College historian and professor of history emeritus, received the 2009 Preservationist Award from the Iowa Historic Preservation Alliance (IHPA) for “championing historic preservation.” The award recognizes Thomas’ more than 35 years as a leader in Iowa’s historic preservation. Read More…
MOUNT VERNON – A $25,000 gift from Jim Hughes ’63 will support athletic programs and will help refurbish the Richard and Norma Small Multi-Sport Center. Read More…
Nearly 250 Cornellians graduated on May 30, 2009, and we have the pictures to prove it. Follow the links to view photos of the event. Read More…
Franklin Littell ‘37, scholar and founding member of the Holocaust museum, died Saturday May 24 at his home in Merion Station, Pa. He was 91. Read More…
