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Newswise: Chemicals in stalagmites unlock secrets of ancient fires
Released: 12-Apr-2024 2:30 PM EDT
Chemicals in stalagmites unlock secrets of ancient fires
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New research shows chemicals in stalagmites could hold the key to understanding fire activity from thousands of years ago.

Newswise: Enhancing Children's Fitness through Playground Research
Released: 12-Jul-2023 12:55 PM EDT
Enhancing Children's Fitness through Playground Research
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Four Cornell College students are spending their summer researching playgrounds in Linn County.

Newswise: WWII vet finally walks at graduation
Released: 17-May-2023 6:15 PM EDT
WWII vet finally walks at graduation
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Fred Taylor, Cornell College Class of 1943, led the Class of 2023 in turning their tassels at Commencement, receiving his diploma at age 101, on May 14, 2023.

Newswise: Research reveals new links behind climate change in Australia
Released: 11-Jan-2023 4:30 PM EST
Research reveals new links behind climate change in Australia
Cornell College

Cornell College Professor Rhawn Denniston and a team of collaborators have combined stalagmites and climate model simulations to reveal links between monsoon rains and tropical cyclones (called hurricanes in the U.S.) in Australia.

Newswise: Research Attributes Iberian Peninsula Climate Change to Human Activity
Released: 6-Jul-2022 2:40 PM EDT
Research Attributes Iberian Peninsula Climate Change to Human Activity
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A team of researchers has discovered human activity is the cause for drying out the climate in southwestern Europe.

Newswise: Denniston receives NSF grant to study fire activity with stalagmites
Released: 4-May-2022 12:30 PM EDT
Denniston receives NSF grant to study fire activity with stalagmites
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The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded Cornell College W.H. Norton Professor of Geology Rhawn Denniston a $199,785 grant to study the use of stalagmites as records of prehistoric fire activity in the Australian tropics.

Newswise: Cornell College hires Wilson as new associate vice president for student affairs
Released: 2-May-2022 11:05 AM EDT
Cornell College hires Wilson as new associate vice president for student affairs
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Cornell College is proud to announce the hire of Jackie Wilson as the college’s new associate vice president for student affairs and dean of students.

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Released: 6-Apr-2022 10:40 AM EDT
Cornell College partners with ISU Ivy College of Business to guarantee student acceptance into 3 master’s programs
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Cornell College and Iowa State University Ivy College of Business are teaming up in a new partnership that streamlines the acceptance process for Cornell students interested in enrolling in one of three master’s programs in business.

Newswise: Professor receives grant to study pandemic impact on school boards
Released: 2-Mar-2022 2:45 PM EST
Professor receives grant to study pandemic impact on school boards
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Cornell College Assistant Professor of American Politics Megan Goldberg was awarded a $50,000 grant from the Spencer Foundation to explore what’s happening in boardrooms across the country.

Newswise: Cornell introduces data science, applied statistics majors
Released: 23-Feb-2022 9:05 AM EST
Cornell introduces data science, applied statistics majors
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With so much data in our world, there’s more demand for people who can interpret and understand it.

Newswise: Cornell offers new ecology and evolutionary biology major
Released: 16-Feb-2022 9:05 AM EST
Cornell offers new ecology and evolutionary biology major
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Cornell College students who enjoy field research and enjoy understanding the biology of endangered species now have an option to specialize in coursework on those topics and select the new ecology and evolutionary biology major.

Newswise: Cornell College introduces 2 new sustainability majors
Released: 9-Feb-2022 9:00 AM EST
Cornell College introduces 2 new sustainability majors
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Cornell College is introducing two new majors: Environmental science and sustainability and Environmental justice and sustainability.

Newswise: Stewart’s research released in The Journal of American History
Released: 8-Feb-2022 6:25 PM EST
Stewart’s research released in The Journal of American History
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Cornell College Professor of History Catherine Stewart’s research provides new clues to how Black domestic workers in Southern households during the Great Depression found ways to survive their jobs and enjoy their lives.

Newswise: Cornell College Professor embarks on research to explore Native American interpretations of the Bible
Released: 2-Nov-2021 11:55 AM EDT
Cornell College Professor embarks on research to explore Native American interpretations of the Bible
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Cornell College Assistant Professor of Religion Chris Hoklotubbe (Choctaw) will spend portions of the next three years interviewing tribal leaders and writing about North American Indigenous interpretations of the Bible.

Released: 27-Oct-2021 11:20 AM EDT
Cornell College Announces new partnership with the Master of Accounting Program at William & Mary’s School of Business
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Cornell College is proud to announce a new partnership with the Master of Accounting (MAcc) Program at William & Mary’s Raymond A. Mason School of Business.

Released: 4-Oct-2021 5:25 PM EDT
Cornell College offers program to pay half of students’ federal loans up to $12,000
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Cornell College is kicking off a new program to take a stand against college debt by committing to pay half of students’ federal loans–up to $12,000–at the time of their graduation.

Newswise: Smiths establish $4 million fund for Cornell College's Ingenuity curriculum
Released: 15-Sep-2021 1:20 PM EDT
Smiths establish $4 million fund for Cornell College's Ingenuity curriculum
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John Smith '71 & honorary aluma Dyan Smith have established a fund for Cornell College's new Ingenuity curriculum, which prepares students for life after Cornell by giving them experiences outside the classroom.

Released: 13-Sep-2021 1:30 PM EDT
Cornell College welcomes largest new class in nearly two decades
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It’s a record-setting year as Cornell College welcomes its largest group of new students in 18 years with 404 students joining the campus community.

Newswise: Cornell College's First Student Posse Kicks Off the Year
Released: 13-Sep-2021 1:05 PM EDT
Cornell College's First Student Posse Kicks Off the Year
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Cornell College is welcoming its first official Posse of eight students as the school year gets underway. A Posse is a group of students identified by the Posse Foundation–a national organization started in 1989 that recruits and trains student leaders who are often missed by the traditional college selection process.

Released: 24-Aug-2021 2:30 PM EDT
Cornell College guarantees $30,000 to admitted Midwest students
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Cornell College is taking another step to make college affordable by giving Midwest students $30,000 when they’re admitted.

Released: 9-Jul-2021 4:40 PM EDT
Hoklotubbe receives international award for first book
Cornell College

Cornell College Assistant Professor of Religion Chris Hoklotubbe has received a prestigious award for his book, “Civilized Piety: The Rhetoric of Pietas in the Pastoral Epistles and the Roman Empire.”

Released: 9-Jul-2021 4:05 PM EDT
Riries provide $3.5 million lead gift to Cornell athletics campaign
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Now a Cornell Trustee, Ririe and his wife, Shelley, have generously provided a lead gift of $3.5 million for the Athletic and Wellness Facilities Project. The project is a $19.5 million expansion and renovation of the Small Sport Center.

Released: 28-May-2021 11:05 AM EDT
Cornell College students accepted into top health programs
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The staff and faculty with Cornell College’s Dimensions Program for Health Professions are all smiles as they continue to hear the good news that many students have been accepted into top-tier graduate programs.

Released: 27-May-2021 10:05 AM EDT
McGranes provide gift to Cornell athletics campaign
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John McGrane and Martha “Marty” Benson McGrane are donating $100,000 to the Athletic and Wellness Facilities Project, part of the Greater > Than Campaign.

Released: 26-May-2021 10:05 AM EDT
Denniston awarded NSF grant to study climate change
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The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a nearly half-million-dollar research grant to Cornell College Professor of Geology Rhawn Denniston and a team of researchers to study climate variability.

Released: 25-May-2021 11:05 PM EDT
College Hall to undergo nearly $3.6 million renovation
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College Hall on the Cornell College campus will undergo a nearly $3.6 million renovation.

Released: 17-Mar-2021 1:30 PM EDT
Partnership fast-tracks Cornell College students to study finance at UI’s Tippie College of Business
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The University of Iowa and Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa, have formed a new partnership that will streamline the process for Cornell College students to be admitted to the Master of Science in Finance program in the university’s Tippie College of Business.

Released: 17-Mar-2021 1:25 PM EDT
New M.F.A. program builds community of writers
Cornell College

The new Cornell College M.F.A program is building a creative community of writers, and it’s all just beginning.

Released: 17-Mar-2021 1:20 PM EDT
Cornell College announces $19 million Athletic and Wellness Facilities Campaign
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Cornell College is proud to announce the next phase of the Greater > Than Campaign. Fundraising is underway for a $19 million expansion and renovation project of the Small Sport Center.

Released: 18-Dec-2020 3:50 PM EST
Computer science course builds skills, provides networking opportunities
Cornell College

The students in David Zabner’s Block 3 Cornell College class, Database Technologies for Analytics, built skills for the future as they welcomed visitors to their online classroom.

Released: 18-Dec-2020 2:05 PM EST
Career Institute provides career opportunities, advice
Cornell College

The Cornell College Berry Career Institute is working to ensure students have a lot of career opportunities at their fingertips, even during a pandemic.

Released: 18-Dec-2020 1:05 PM EST
Cornell College kicks off new curriculum
Cornell College

The 2020-21 academic year marks the first official year of Cornell College’s Ingenuity core curriculum, a new way to think about the liberal arts.

Released: 18-Dec-2020 11:25 AM EST
Comics course provides valuable story-telling lessons
Cornell College

Cornell College students studied comics as an art and communication form during the third block Latin American studies course, Decolonizing Comics: Latinx Graphic Narratives in the U.S.

Released: 18-Dec-2020 11:15 AM EST
Armstrong explores coastal ecosystems during Cornell Fellowship
Cornell College

Armstrong studied the microscopic communities living within the water samples to understand more about water quality and primary production.

Released: 18-Dec-2020 11:15 AM EST
First M.F.A. program kicks off Dec. 30
Cornell College

COVID-19 isn’t stopping Cornell College’s first graduate program from kicking off online at the end of December. The program features emerging writers who will inspire students and the community.

Released: 18-Dec-2020 11:00 AM EST
Behind the scenes of ‘House Party’
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From green screens to makeshift recording studios the students and faculty of the Cornell College Department of Theatre and Dance are discovering new ways of creating their masterpieces.

Released: 18-Dec-2020 10:35 AM EST
Cornell College on leading edge of test-optional applications
Cornell College

Cornell College once again stands out as a leader in higher education as a test-optional school well ahead of other institutions.

Released: 18-Dec-2020 10:20 AM EST
Cornell College Esports program builds gaming skills, friendships
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Cornell College’s esports team is currently ranked in the top five teams in the Midwest after only dropping one game in the CSL League of Legends preseason, and now it’s gearing up for the spring competition season.

Released: 18-Dec-2020 10:10 AM EST
Midwest to the Pacific: Hosto explores fruit bats
Cornell College

The research will help provide information on actions that could be taken to save the Mariana fruit bat, which faces extinction.

Released: 16-Dec-2020 3:10 PM EST
Schwiesow authors global warming research journal submission
Cornell College

The research is looking for answers about why coral bleaching is happening in the Caribbean. They're exploring this by studying the algae that live within the tissues of fire coral.

Released: 16-Dec-2020 2:05 PM EST
Education professors provide tips for K-12 parents, teachers for online learning
Cornell College

K–12 schools are offering education in a way the country and the world has never seen before. Cornell College education professors offer tips for parents and teachers for successful online learning.

Released: 1-Sep-2020 1:10 PM EDT
Hagan research provides more information about suicide
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Research by Cornell College Assistant Professor of Psychology Christopher Hagan provides one more piece of information to better understand suicide and why it’s on the rise across the country.

Released: 1-Sep-2020 11:50 AM EDT
Colleges get millions in energy-efficiency improvements without budget impacts
Cornell College

Small colleges and universities are embarking on major infrastructure repairs that lead to more energy-efficient campuses, and it is not costing a penny upfront.

Released: 26-Aug-2020 2:55 PM EDT
Cornell College engineering major becomes ABET accredited
Cornell College

Cornell College has become recognized for its high-quality engineering program as it secures ABET accreditation for the bachelor of science in engineering (B.S.E.) following an intensive multi-year review process.

Released: 4-Aug-2020 4:10 PM EDT
Researchers support college in making data-driven decisions
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Behind the scenes of some big decisions, a student-faculty research team is sifting through extensive amounts of COVID-19 data to provide insight to Cornell College campus leaders.

Released: 14-Jul-2020 5:40 PM EDT
Cornell College to welcome students back Block 1
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Cornell College will welcome students to campus as it reopens for the fall 2020 semester with classes beginning Aug. 24 for Block 1.

Released: 11-Jun-2020 4:05 PM EDT
Take-Home Kits Essential to Online Physics Labs
Cornell College

A Cornell College physics professor assembled and mailed take-home lab kits to each student in his online course because of the global pandemic.

Released: 8-May-2020 2:45 PM EDT
Cornell College professor pivots quickly to teach COVID-19 course
Cornell College

When Cornell College made the decision to offer distance learning to protect its students and faculty from COVID-19, Biology Professor Barbara Christie-Pope began to rethink her Block 8 class.

Released: 7-May-2020 12:05 PM EDT
Schools turn to Cornell College’s block plan during pandemic
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As one of only a few colleges in the country teaching on a block plan, Iowa’s Cornell College is acting as a resource for other schools as they struggle to adapt to unpredictable scenarios during a pandemic.


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