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Cornell professors awarded $32,250 for Open Educational Resources
Five Cornell College professors have been awarded a total of $32,250 in grants to create and use Open Educational Resources (OER) in upcoming classes.
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Cornell grads offered positions in selective Teaching Assistant Program in France
Ariel Barbee, Robert Petrie, and Maura Quinn will be calling Metropolitan France home for seven months while they teach English to French students in the primary and secondary levels.
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James S. Cutsinger ’75
Religious studies scholar and author James S. Cutsinger ’75 died Feb. 19, 2020, in Aiken, South Carolina.
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Graduate’s research skills grow at Cornell Eating Disorder Institute
Linden Miles ՚17 left the Hilltop with her B.A. in psychology and a Russian minor. She returned a year later to work at the Cornell College Eating Disorder Institute (CCEDI) under Professor of Psychology Melinda Green.
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Nicholas Wondra ’09: International trek includes Hilltop, Capitol Hill
Former Fulbright scholar Nicholas Wondra ’09 has traveled internationally from the Hilltop and back to Capitol Hill.
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Stories of the Cornell Spirit: Freya Brier ’80
As part of the Spirit of Cornell stories, Freya Brier ’80 writes about faculty generosity toward students.
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Russian spies as academic pursuit
While the government is embroiled in the Russian spy investigation, Cornell students in a new course are learning from firsthand accounts how spies operated in the Soviet Union.
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Love of math led to nuclear forensics
As the testing of nuclear weapons escalates, the work of Joyce Guzik ’82 becomes increasingly significant. Guzik is part of the nuclear threat assessment group at the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Los Alamos National Laboratory. She uses nuclear forensics to determine the capabilities of other countries’ arsenals. “We are developing capabilities to analyze the fallout […]
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International Women’s Day Event
Thursday, March 8, is International Women’s Day, a very important holiday in Russia. To celebrate, the Russian Club invites you to make paper flowers for the important women in your life on the OC from 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
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Russian and politics major joins admissions staff
Brian Fuller ’07 earned degrees in Russian and politics at Cornell, including a semester spent studying in Russia as a senior. He’s found that many of the skills he learned at Cornell now serve him well closer to home in his role with the Cornell Admission Office.
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Erceg applies Russian Fulbright experience to work with Slavic youth in U.S.
Laura Erceg ’06 earned a Fulbright award as a senior and spent 2006-07 in Vladivostok, Russia, working with at-risk youth for a variety of programs. As a student, she studied for a semester in Krasnodar, Russia through an Associated Colleges of the Midwest program.
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Alumnus Ross joins staff to expand off-campus study opportunites
After graduating with a degree in Russian, Amanda Ross ’06 spent a year in Vladimir, Russia teaching English at the American Home, a small language school. She then returned to Cornell to staff the college’s newly established International and Off-Campus Studies Office.
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Wondra awarded Fulbright for Russian studies
MOUNT VERNON – Cornell College senior Nic Wondra of Centennial, Colo. has received a Fulbright Award for 2009-2010 to study the educational system of the Republic of Georgia.
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Wondra completes State Department fellowship in Armenia
As a Cornell Fellow for the U.S. Department of State in Yerevan, Armenia, Nic Wondra experienced many aspects of diplomacy during a period of intense political turmoil and violence. Wondra calls his three-block fellowship “the most rewarding and edifying work experience I have ever had.”
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2nd Cornell student awarded Fulbright grant
MOUNT VERNON – Laura Erceg of Bemidji, Minn., a recent graduate of Cornell College with majors in Russian and sociology, has been awarded a Fulbright grant, the second Cornell student to receive a Fulbright this year. Beginning in August, Erceg will spend 10 1/2 months in Russia hosted by the psychology and social sciences department […]
Cornell professors awarded $32,250 for Open Educational Resources 
Cornell grads offered positions in selective Teaching Assistant Program in France 
James S. Cutsinger ’75 
Graduate’s research skills grow at Cornell Eating Disorder Institute 
Nicholas Wondra ’09: International trek includes Hilltop, Capitol Hill 
Stories of the Cornell Spirit: Freya Brier ’80 
Russian spies as academic pursuit 
Love of math led to nuclear forensics