Cornell in U.S. News top tier

August 21st, 2008

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…




Wallace is first Presidential Fellow

August 21st, 2008

Internationally renowned playwright Naomi Wallace will be the first Presidential Fellow at Cornell College this year, teaching Playwriting II in the first month. Read More…




Cornell among “America’s Best Colleges”

August 14th, 2008

A new survey from Forbes ranking 569 undergraduate colleges and universities placed Cornell College 71st nationally, and first in the state of Iowa. Read More…




U-CAN tops 700

August 14th, 2008

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U-CAN, a voluntary consumer information initiative that includes Cornell College and is coordinated by National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU) has grown to 711 institutions. Read More…




Cornell in AP story on college visits

August 14th, 2008

Cornell was cited in an Associated Press article carried by USA Today, Forbes, and others on the costs of college visits. Read More…




Alum stops Knoxville shooter

July 31st, 2008

John Bohstedt ’64, a scholar and author who specializes in violence and revolutions, is being credited for preventing additional deaths by restraining the shooter at his Knoxville church on Sunday. Read More…




Dr. Larry Dorr ‘63 in New York Times

July 30th, 2008

Cornell trustee Dr. Lawrence Dorr ’63, a world leader in hip and joint replacement surgery and research, and who collaboratively conceived and supports Cornell’s Dimensions program, discovered a faulty metal hip implant used for thousands of patients. Read More…




Cornell chosen for ‘Best 368 Colleges’

July 28th, 2008

MOUNT VERNON – Cornell College is one of the nation’s best institutions for undergraduate education, according to The Princeton Review. The New York-based education services company features Cornell in the 2009 edition of its annual book, “The Best 368 Colleges” (Random House / Princeton Review, July 29, 2008, $21.95). Read More…




Alumnus donates memorial for wife to Cornell College

July 28th, 2008

MOUNT VERNON – A Cornell alumnus has donated $250,000 to the King Chapel renovation in honor of his late wife, Ruth “Gussie” Ohlsen Warden. Read More…




Cornell named “College of Distinction”

July 25th, 2008

MOUNT VERNON - Cornell College has been named to the Colleges of Distinction guide for 2008-2009. Colleges of Distinction selects schools “that exhibit the four distinctions that make a college truly great: engaged students, great teaching, vibrant communities, and successful outcomes.” Read More…