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Reading by visiting writer Sandra Beasley Nov. 15
Distinguished Visiting Writer Sandra Beasley will read from her poetry and prose on Thursday, Nov. 14 at 7:30 p.m. in Van Etten-Lacey House. Beasley is on campus to teach an advanced creative writing course, Stranger Than Fiction: Creative Writing about the Sciences.
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Matthew 25 director talks about disaster and hope
Clint Twedt-Ball presented “Hope and Hopelessness when things fall apart” about the 2008 flooding in Cedar Rapids for the One Book opening convocation.
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Alumnus, astronaut to speak April 2
David Hilmers ’72, a doctor and former astronaut, will be on campus to give a talk titled “Space is not the Final Frontier.”
Hilmers will talk about his experiences in the Marines, at NASA, as well as in medicine and medical missions. -
Lecture on science and details on March 21
Christopher Essex, a professor in the department of applied mathematics at the University of Western Ontario, will speak at Cornell College on March 21. He will talk about “When Scientific Technicalities Matter.”
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Second Amendment Scholar Speaking April 3
Saul Cornell, one of the nation’s leading authorities on the Second Amendment and the history of gun regulation, will talk about “A Well Regulated Militia: The Second Amendment as History and Myth,” at Cornell College’s Kollman Lecture on April 3.
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Workshop on Jewish History Feb. 28
Rachel Cylus, the program manager at the Jewish Museum of Maryland, will be on campus Feb. 28 to conduct an open workshop about what historical religious sites mean, focused on East German synagogues. She will also be helping students in German 315 create a museum exhibit to open the last day of Block 6 in the Thomas Commons and will hold a lunch talk for students interested in working in museums.
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Author, mental health advocate speaking Feb. 26
Terrie Williams, author of “Black Pain: It Just Looks Like We’re Not Hurting,” will speak in Kimmel Theatre at 6:30 p.m. on Feb. 26. Williams is credited with starting a national dialogue about depression and the impact of the stigma mental illnesses have, particularly on the African-American community.
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Students learn puppetry from an expert
Students preparing for the Broadway hit musical “Avenue Q” got a chance to learn puppetry from world-renowned expert Emily DeCola of the Puppet Kitchen in New York.
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Poetry Slam winner on campus Nov. 2
Andrea Gibson, first winner of the Women’s World Poetry Slam, will perform in Kimmel Theatre on Cornell College’s campus at 6:30 p.m. on Nov. 2.
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Nobel Prize winner on campus Nov. 7
Nobel Prize-winning economist Gary Becker will speak at Cornell College on Wednesday, Nov. 7 at 7 p.m. in Kimmel Theatre. His talk is titled “The Worldwide Boom in Higher Education and Why the United States is Falling Behind.”
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Global Voices at the Center for the Literary Arts
International authors Federico Falco and Alisa Ganieva will read their work at the Center for the Literary Arts at the Van Etten-Lacey House on Oct. 16 at 7 p.m. The reading is part of the college’s ongoing Global Voices series.
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Valenti rescheduled for Oct. 13
Author and feministing.com founder Jessica Valenti will speak about feminism and the presidential election at 7 p.m. on Oct. 13 in King Chapel. Valenti is a blogger, and was called one of the Top 100 Inspiring Women in the world by The Guardian
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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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Karl Rove and Dee Dee Myers give the 2012 Delt Lecture
Political strategist Karl Rove and former press secretary Dee Dee Myers spoke for nearly 90 minutes at the 2012 Delt Lecture in King Chapel in May. The pair, moderated by politics Professor Craig Allin, talked at length about the present and future of U.S. politics.
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Journalist speaking about economic crisis on May 8
The Berry Center for Economics, Business and Public Policy is bringing Robert Samuelson, a columnist and author, to talk about the European economic crisit.
Reading by visiting writer Sandra Beasley Nov. 15 
Matthew 25 director talks about disaster and hope 
Lecture on science and details on March 21 
Second Amendment Scholar Speaking April 3 
Workshop on Jewish History Feb. 28 
Author, mental health advocate speaking Feb. 26 
Students learn puppetry from an expert 
Nobel Prize winner on campus Nov. 7 
Valenti rescheduled for Oct. 13 
Alumnus, Pulitzer winner speaking Oct. 5