academics
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Alumna speaking to students from the Indian Ocean
Chelsea Korpanty ’11, a Ph.D. student in geology at the University of Queensland, will speak to Cornell College students via a live stream in Hedges on Tuesday. Sept. 8 at 1:30 p.m.
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Amazing new alumni
Cornell College alumni do amazing things. Here are the stories of a dozen members of the Class of 2015 to illustrate what our graduates do with their degrees.
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Cornell Summer Research Institute begins
The inaugural Cornell Summer Research Institute started in May, with dozens of students on campus performing research in disciplines across the liberal arts.
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2014-15 academic awards
Cornell College honored students with departmental and college-wide academic awards on Thursday, April 23.
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Student Symposium April 25
Students will present their independent research at Cornell College’s 19th annual Student Symposium on April 25 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Thomas Commons.
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5 senior art shows open April 12
Five Cornell College seniors will present their senior thesis art exhibits starting April 12.
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21 elected to Phi Beta Kappa
Nineteen Cornell College seniors and two Cornell College juniors were elected to Phi Beta Kappa, the country’s oldest and most respected academic honor society.
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Eight courses heading off campus
Dozens of students in eight different courses will spend Block 6 off campus, going as far afield as the Bahamas, Belize, Rome, and New Zealand.
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Best-selling author speaking Jan. 28
Sam Kean, a best-selling science author, will speak about neuroscience and his latest book, “The Dueling Neurosurgeons,” at 11:15 a.m. on Jan. 28 at Cornell College.
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Expert puppeteers coming to campus
Three nationally recognized puppeteers from the Puppet Kitchen in New York City will be in residency at Cornell College this spring. They will teach courses, work with students, and direct a play based on Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky’s 1874 “Pictures at an Exhibition.”
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Fellowship leads to publication, opportunities after graduation
David Yamaguchi co-authored a paper published in the journal Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences after a summer Cornell Fellowship at the University of Iowa’s department of biochemistry.
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Professor’s book out Jan. 1
Kirilka Stavreva, professor of English and creative writing at Cornell College, has a book, “Words Like Daggers: Violent Female Speech in Early Modern England” that will be available Jan. 1 from the University of Nebraska Press.
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Cornell College joins UI Law 3+3 program
Cornell College and the University of Iowa College of Law have entered an agreement that will allow qualified Cornell College students to earn their bachelor’s degree and law degree in a total of six years.
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Cornell College launching 2 new programs
Cornell College will add two new programs, business and engineering sciences, starting in the 2015-16 academic year.
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First-Year Seminars provide intro to the liberal arts
First-Year Seminar courses set the tone for the undergraduate experience at Cornell, introducing students to the liberal arts in their first college course while developing skills that are important to all disciplines.
Alumna speaking to students from the Indian Ocean 
Amazing new alumni 
Cornell Summer Research Institute begins 
2014-15 academic awards 
21 elected to Phi Beta Kappa 
Eight courses heading off campus 
Best-selling author speaking Jan. 28 
Expert puppeteers coming to campus 
Fellowship leads to publication, opportunities after graduation 
Professor’s book out Jan. 1 
Cornell College joins UI Law 3+3 program 
Cornell College launching 2 new programs 
First-Year Seminars provide intro to the liberal arts