There are many ways to see what’s going on around the Hilltop, and now you can add one more—Snapchat. Cornell started an account earlier this summer to document RAGBRAI as it passed through campus, and now we’re using it to show off the great things happening all around. You can follow cornellcollege on the app, or use the app to take a photo of the picture at left to follow us automatically.
Find hidden gems in Iowa
If you went to Cornell, then you already know that Iowa is full of fantastic historic and cultural sites, but you might not know exactly how many.
Try 3,500 across 99 counties. That’s the number the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs lists on its new smartphone app, which is available for Android and iOS. The app lets users read information, see photos, and view maps of sites around the state. One of them, of course, is King Chapel.
Remembering civil rights leader Julian Bond
A young Julian Bond visits with Cornellians in The Commons in 1969.
The history of the civil rights movement at Cornell doesn’t begin and end with the visit of Martin Luther King Jr. in 1963. Prominent leaders from the movement made many stops on the Hilltop over the years, including Julian Bond, the civil rights leader who died in August.
Bond visited campus in 1969 and 1978. On his first visit, he was less than a year removed from the contentious 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, where he was nominated to be vice president, but declined because he was only 28 years old and too young to serve. He was a co-founder of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, and he would go on to co-found the Southern Poverty Law Center and serve as the chairman of the NAACP. The (Cedar Rapids) Gazette reported on his 1969 appearance that “Bond rapped the Nixon administration for ‘selling out’ the black man.”
Cornell Students—By the numbers
10 years of Dimensions
Larry Dorr ’63, who conceived of Dimensions: The Center for the Science and Culture of Healthcare, was among the speakers at “A Decade of Dimensions” during Homecoming. Student-alumni collaborators Megan Dibbern ’12 and Richard Kraig ’71, as well as Michael Baca ’13 and John Toussaint ’78, shared how Dimensions made an impact on their academic and professional careers.
Introducing the Koehn Courtyard
Additional spaces on campus are being named for trustees who gave leadership gifts to the residence halls project. The patio and green space between Russell and Pauley-Rorem halls is now known as The Koehn Courtyard, in honor of Linda Webb Koehn ’66 and Thomas Koehn of Des Moines, Iowa. Photo by Bill Adams
Monarchy
The fate of monarch butterflies has captivated the public. There are efforts underway to rebuild their numbers, including by a group based in Mount Vernon. In September that group held a butterfly release on campus, and people gathered to send dozens of monarchs into the wild. Campus is getting in on the efforts as well. Biology professor Tammy Mildenstein and two students did research this summer on monarch butterfly habitat, and she recently got a state Conservation Innovation Grant to continue her work.
King Chapel updates
The King Chapel spire, often the first view of Cornell seen by alumni returning to the Hilltop, will be restored with a $50,000 grant from the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs. The grant will fund repairs to the masonry, joists, and floorboards inside the clocktower, along with new shingles, a new guardrail at the top of the tower, and repairs to the clock face. Other parts of the roof were repaired and replaced in 2010 as part of a $100,000 matching grant from the state historical society.
Purple (of course)
Cornell President Jonathan Brand (from left) and trustees Judy Hesler Jorgensen ’60 and Robert McLennan ’65 show off their purple Converse Chuck Taylor All-Stars after Homecoming Convocation on Oct. 10. Jorgensen was given the Distinguished Achievement Award, and McLennan received a Leadership and Service Award
There are many ways to see what’s going on around the Hilltop, and now you can add one more—Snapchat. Cornell started an account earlier this summer to document RAGBRAI as it passed through campus, and now we’re using it to show off the great things happening all around. You can follow cornellcollege on the app, or use the app to take a photo of the picture at left to follow us automatically.
