Mock Trial squad going to national championships

March 19, 2012

One of Cornell College’s Mock Trial squads has earned a bid to the National Championship Round of the American Mock Trial Association’s tournament. The championship round will take place at Hamline University in St. Paul, Minn., April 13-15. Read More…




Cornell College honored for service

March 13, 2012

For the third consecutive year Cornell College was named to the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll. Read More…




Cornell College ranked 32nd nationally

October 27, 2011

Cornell College is ranked 32nd among national liberal arts colleges in a list released today that uses a methodology derived from a physicist’s system of ranking international chess players.

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Four selected for Athletics Hall of Fame

October 4, 2011

Two elite distance runners, a multiple-time conference golf champion and a volleyball record holder will be enshrined in Cornell College’s Athletics Hall of Fame Saturday, Oct. 15 during Homecoming weekend. Read More…




Geology professor gets $98,000 NSF grant

September 7, 2011

Rhawn Denniston, associate professor of geology, has been awarded a $98,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to study pre-historical hurricane activity in tropical northern Australia. This research continues Denniston’s work on stalagmites and involves field work in caves in the remote Kimberley region of Australia, as well as laboratory work at the University of New Mexico and the University of Michigan.  Read More…




Cornell listed in Princeton Review

August 2, 2011

Cornell College is one of the country’s best institutions for undergraduate education, according to The Princeton Review. The education services company features the school in the new 2012 edition of its annual college guide, “The Best 376 Colleges,” published Aug. 2. Read More…




Fiske Guide again recognizes Cornell’s value

July 27, 2011

Cornell College is one of 49 “Best Buy” schools, according to the 2012 Fiske Guide to Colleges. Read More…




Cornell among nation’s most interesting colleges

July 19, 2011

Cornell College is one of the 13 most interesting colleges in the U.S., according to a Huffington Post review of the Fiske Guide to Colleges for 2012. Read More…




Cornell honored for service

July 5, 2011

The Corporation for National and Community Service honored Cornell College as a leader among institutions of higher education for their support of volunteering, service-learning, and civic engagement. Cornell was admitted to the 2010 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for engaging its students, faculty and staff in meaningful service that achieves measurable results in the community. Read More…




Academic awards

May 18, 2011

Cornell College honored the academic achievements of its students on Tuesday night at the annual Academic Awards Dinner. Read More…