Trustee opines on Loebsack’s health reform

June 16th, 2009

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…




17 students inducted into economics honors society

May 14th, 2009

MOUNT VERNON, Iowa – Seventeen Cornell students have been inducted into Omicron Delta Epsilon, the international honor society for economics. Read More…




Thaler, author of Nudge, lectures May 14

April 22nd, 2009

MOUNT VERNON – Richard Thaler, co-author of Nudge: Improving Decisions about Health, Wealth, and Happiness, will deliver the Roe Howard Freedom Lecture on May 14, at 7:30 p.m. at Cornell College in Hedges Conference Room. Read More…




Berry Center hosts Applied Economic Symposium

March 31st, 2009

MOUNT VERNON – Two economists will speak at Cornell College’s Berry Center Applied Economic Symposium “Human Health and Economic Development: Lessons from Africa” on April 15, at 3 and 7 p.m. The lectures are free and open to the public. Read More…




Former 9/11 commissioner to speak

December 1st, 2008

MOUNT VERNON – Tim Roemer, former congressman and 9/11 commissioner as well as current president of the Center for National Policy, will speak on “National Security Challenges in the 21st Century,” Thursday, Dec. 4, 7 p.m. in the Ringer Recital Studio at Cornell College. Read More…




National security lecture series comes to Cornell

September 9th, 2008

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…




Leading economist to speak at Cornell College

April 1st, 2008

MOUNT VERNON — Professor Kevin Murphy, one of the leading academic economists in the United States, will speak at Cornell College on April 22 in Ringer Recital Studio in Armstrong Hall at 7 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. Read More…




Cornell alumnus’ $5 million gift helps launch center for economics, business, public policy

October 13th, 2006

MOUNT VERNON — A Cornell College alumnus has donated $5 million to endow a program that will prepare future leaders in business and public policy, as a tribute to his grandfather who rose from meager beginnings to run one of the most successful businesses distributing industrial bearings. Read More…




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