awards & recognition
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Daryl Boness ’72, 2013 Leadership and Service Award
Daryl Boness ’72 was honored with a leadership and service award for his research into the evolution and ecology of mating systems and parental care patterns in marine mammals over the past 40 years.
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Cornell College professors among the best
Cornell College is on the list of the 25 colleges with the best professors, according to the Center for College Affordability and Productivity.
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Kinnard wins lifetime achievement award
Graphic designer and cartoonist Rupert Kinnard ’79 won the 2013 “Standing on the Shoulders” Lifetime Achievement award from the World Arts Foundation. Kinnard was honored for his work as a graphic designer and cartoonist, as well as his advocacy for LGBT causes. The award, presented on Martin Luther King Day, notes: “Your artistic talent and leadership to reach out to the LGBT community honors the legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.”
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Student wins second place in ACM photo contest
Cornell sophomore Setsen Altan-Ochir won second place in the Associated Colleges of the Midwest Off-Campus Study Photo Contest.
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Mock Trial places second at Yale
Two squads from the Cornell College Mock Trial team saw success at separate tournaments Nov. 30-Dec. 1
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Students and organizations honored by NRHH
National Residency Hall Honorary has selected the “Of-The-Block” award winners for Block 3.
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Mock Trial team wins second consecutive tournament
One of the Cornell College Mock Trial Team’s three squads won first place for the second tournament in a row at the Illinois State Invitational held Nov. 2 through 4.
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Cornell College Relay For Life places second in the nation
Cornell College’s 2012 Relay For Life was second in the nation and first in the Midwest Division for youth events. The event raised nearly $42,000. Cornell has received an award five out of the last six years, but has not placed second in the nation since 2009.
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Cornell squad wins mock trial tournament at Drake
One of the three squads of Cornell College Mock Trial team took top honors at the Richard Calkins Invitational hosted by Drake University in Des Moines on Oct. 27 and 28.
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Alumnus, Pulitzer winner speaking Oct. 5
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist John Sullivan ’93 spoke about the importance of investigative journalism when he came back to campus for Homecoming.
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Cornell College still among “Colleges That Change Lives”
Cornell is still one of the 40 “Colleges That Change Lives,” and was included in the new edition of the book, which was released Aug. 28. The book, originally written in 1996 by former New York Times education editor Loren Pope, was revised by Hilary Massel Oswald and includes four new colleges. Cornell has been included in the book since the original edition.
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Tolentino wins Fulbright
A third Cornellian, Lucio Tolentino ’09, has won a Fulbright grant this year.
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2011-12 Academic Awards announced
Cornell College honored the academic achievements of its students on Tuesday night at the annual Academic Awards Dinner.
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John Gruber-Miller honored for service
In March, classical studies Professor John Gruber-Miller was honored with an Ovatio (Ovation) from the Classical Association of the Middle West and South (CAMWS) for distinguished service and leadership.
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Alumnus wins Pulitzer Prize
John Sullivan ’93, a reporter formerly at the Philadelphia Inquirer who now teaches at the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, was on a team that won the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service reporting.
Daryl Boness ’72, 2013 Leadership and Service Award 
Kinnard wins lifetime achievement award 
Student wins second place in ACM photo contest 
Cornell squad wins mock trial tournament at Drake 
Alumnus, Pulitzer winner speaking Oct. 5