politics
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Peace activist Joe Volk to lecture Nov. 18
MOUNT VERNON – Peace activist and lecturer Joe Volk will speak on the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty and removing troops from Iraq and Afghanistan at Cornell College on Wednesday, Nov. 18, at 2:45 p.m. in Hedges Conference Room.
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Ingrid Spiegel is an assistant district attorney in Boston
Ingrid Spiegel ’03 is an assistant district attorney in Suffolk County, Mass., which includes Boston and surrounding communities. She currently serves as supervisor of their Dorchester division. Spiegel majored in politics and minored in French at Cornell, then completed a law degree at Boston College in 2006.
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Hemelt receives APPAM thesis award
MOUNT VERNON – Steven Hemelt, new Cornell College assistant professor of politics, is off to an impressive start in his young academic career after his thesis was named one of the best in the country.
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Politics students spend block at Texas grad school and presidential library
Graduate school is a destination for many Cornellians, and students in Ethics and Public Policy spent a block in Texas getting ahead of the curve. The students were free to attend classes of their choosing at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Policy in Austin and at the Bush School of Public Policy in […]
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Bernthal receives National Science Foundation award
MOUNT VERNON – Jamie Bernthal, a junior at Cornell College, was recently awarded a National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) award and will utilize the nearly $6,000 award to perform environmental policy analysis.
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Atchison travels the globe working on poverty issues
Brittany Atchison knows she will dedicate her life to addressing issues of social justice and inequality, and she already boasts a two-page resume documenting her efforts. For starters, she’s completed internships with U.S. Senator Tom Harkin in Washington, D.C. and with the grassroots organization Bread for the World in Minneapolis. She also interned with the […]
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Pre-law opportunities prepare Tweeton for legal career
Leslie Tweeton ’09 pursued numerous opportunities through Cornell’s Pre-law Program, including two internships and a mentoring relationship with Des Moines attorney Craig Shives ’67. She also honed her leadership skills in a number of campus positions during her four years at Cornell, including student senate president, resident assistant for three years, president of Cornell’s National […]
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Wilderness Field Station provides base camp for Boundary Waters courses
Since 1961, the Wilderness Field Station in northern Minnesota has provided Cornell students with a spectacular nature-based classroom. Academic departments ranging from biology to English to politics now take advantage of the field station during first block each year as part of the annual Cornell Wilderness Term.
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Allin featured in "High Country News"
MOUNT VERNON – Craig Allin, professor of politics, was featured Monday in High Country News on the Roadless Area Conservation Rule, a Bill Clinton-era conservation law protecting 58.5 million acres of national forest area from logging and energy development.
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Stephanopoulos tells Cornell we’re headed for "historic election"
MOUNT VERNON – ABC Washington correspondent George Stephanopoulos told a packed house in Cornell College’s King Chapel tonight that the race for a Democratic nominee essentially ended Tuesday after the North Carolina and Indiana primaries.
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Stephanopoulos to speak at Cornell
MOUNT VERNON – Journalist, author and commentator George Stephanopoulos, host of ABC’s This Week with George Stephanopoulos, will speak on “Politics: The Art of the Impossible,” at Cornell College’s King Chapel at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, May 7. The lecture is open to the public and free of charge.
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U.S. Congressman and district judge help teach politics courses
Ten months before Cornell professor David Loebsack unseated 15-term U.S. Congressman Jim Leach in Iowa’s 2nd District, the two were block five colleagues in Cornell’s politics department. Leach team-taught Principles of American and International Politics with Professor Rob Sutherland while Loebsack was teaching U.S. Foreign Policy.
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Capitol Hill internship provides King with political insights
Capitol Hill has become a natural extension of Cornell’s own Hilltop for Cory King ’07 and a number of others, thanks to the Cornell Fellows Program and other opportunities. King says his two-block stint in Iowa Senator Tom Harkin’s office inspired him to defer law school for additional real-world experiences.
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Gov. Bill Richardson appears Dec. 17
MOUNT VERNON – New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson will speak at Cornell College’s Kimmel Theater on Monday, Dec. 17, at 12:15 p.m.
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Madeleine Albright appears Dec. 15
MOUNT VERNON — Madeleine Albright, former Secretary of State under Bill Clinton, will speak on behalf of Sen. Hillary Clinton at 4:15 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 15, on the Orange Carpet, Cornell College Commons.