sociology & anthropology
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Archaeology students examine clues from ancient inhabitants of Iowa
During Intro to Archaeological Field Methods, students gain firsthand insight into Iowa’s original inhabitants — one scoop of earth at a time.
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Anthropology students explore diverse island cultures in West Indies
In West Indian People and Culture, students spend three weeks immersed in the cultures of Trinidad and Barbados, two very distinct island nations. Special attention is given to Carnival — steel drums, calypsos, and masquerade — and also to folklore, pluralism and religion.
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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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Cornell Hosts the 2009 Iowa Sociological Association Conference
The Iowa Sociological Association Annual Meeting on April 24, 2009 brought together almost 50 student and faculty participants from Iowa colleges and universities to the Cornell College campus in Mount Vernon.
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Clemente researched public health in Indian slums
Leah Clemente confirmed her desire to work in public health by spending five months in Pune, India in late 2007 as part of the Associated Colleges of the Midwest’s India Studies Program. Her adventure included a research project in the Pune slums with Uplift, a grassroots organization focused on preventative health care and the eradication […]
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Students research reefs and culture in the Bahamas
Each February, Cornell courses in biology, geology, and anthropology leave the cold Iowa winter behind for a month in the Bahamas. The Gerace Research Center on the island of San Salvador provides an excellent facility for ongoing Cornell studies of modern and ancient reef systems in the area.
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Shanata uses sociology and math skills to predict crime patterns
As a doctoral student in statistics at UCLA, Brandi Shanata combines her two Cornell majors: mathematics and sociology. Her research involves developing a predictive model for crime movements based on data from the Los Angeles Police Department.
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Cornell hosts talk by community development expert Luther Snow
MOUNT VERNON — Luther Snow, a nationally known community and faith-based organizer, will speak Wednesday, April 18, at Cornell College on “The Larger Whole: What We Learn About Justice From Networks.”
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Events celebrate King’s legacy
MOUNT VERNON – In October 1962, Martin Luther King Jr. spoke in Cornell’s King Chapel. Cornell will celebrate his life and legacy with the following events on Monday, Jan. 15, sponsored by the Black Awareness Cultural Organization, the Office of Intercultural Life, the department of sociology and anthropology and the Project for Civic Engagement.
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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 […]
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Chicano folk singer performs at Cornell May 16
MOUNT VERNON — Cornell College will host guitarist Chuy Negrete performing the folk music of his native Mexico on Tuesday, May 16, at 6:30 p.m. in the Rathskeller of The Commons. Admission is free. The son of migrant farm workers who later settled in Chicago, Negrete has become a leading musicologist and interpreter of Mexican […]