The State Historical Society has awarded Cornell College $100,000 challenge grant for the restoration of King Chapel, the iconic 19th-century building that dominates Mount Vernon’s skyline. Read More…
After 15 years as president, Les Garner is leaving Cornell College to accept the presidency of the Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation (GCRCF). His tenure at the charitable foundation will begin in early to mid-July. Read More…
Cornell College has been named to the 2009 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll. Read More…
Cornell College senior center Chris Handke (Bellevue/Bellevue) has been named to the 2009-10 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America Men’s Basketball First Team, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Read More…
Cornell College was a trend-leader two years ago when it outsourced student e-mail to provide better service and save money. Read More…
The Relay For Life at Cornell College was recognized for their fundraising efforts by the American Cancer Society. Read More…
A Cornell College Mock Trial Team has won a bid to compete in the Opening Round of the National Tournament. Read More…
The writer who revived the North American Review in the 1960s and went on to serve as Iowa’s Poet Laureate from 2004 through 2008, Robert Dana, died on Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010, at Mercy Hospice in Iowa City. The cause was pancreatic cancer. A memorial service will be held at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, March 28, in Cornell College’s King Chapel, followed by a reception in Cole Library. NEW: A memorial reading will be held at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, March 27, in the Becker Communications Studies Building, Room 101, on the University of Iowa campus. Read More…
MOUNT VERNON — Cornell College will offer two Chautauqua courses on Monday mornings in March and April: “Frontiers of Astronomy: Dark Energies and Odd Solar Systems” will be held in March, and “The Opening of the Culture Wars I and II – Ages of Rebellion 1920s and 1960s” in April. Read More…
UPDATE: You can read Biology Professor Marty Condon’s monograph here.
MOUNT VERNON — Cornell College Biology Professor Marty Condon has been awarded $270,769 from the National Science Foundation to continue her research uncovering extraordinary levels of tropical diversity. Read More…
