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Cornell Professor Reconstructs Ancient Canoe Using Mathematics

Cornell Associate Professor of Mathematics Fabi脿n Candelaria used mathematics to study a fragment of a colonial canoe that floated ashore on the west coast of Puerto Rico after sitting underwater for hundreds of years.
16-Dec-2024 8:50 PM EST Add to Favorites

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Free Tuition for Students Who Qualify for Iowa Tuition Grant

Cornell College is proud to announce Tuition Zero, an initiative that creates tuition-free opportunities for Iowa students by building off the state鈥檚 need-based grant program鈥揟he Iowa Tuition Grant (ITG).
9-Oct-2024 9:45 AM EDT Add to Favorites

New research sheds light on RNA鈥檚 role in disease

Many scientists study the proteins in our cells in order to fight diseases like cancer, but Cornell College Assistant Biochemistry Professor Collin O鈥橪eary and a team of researchers are turning their focus to the structure of RNA.
22-May-2024 3:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Chemicals in stalagmites unlock secrets of ancient fires

New research shows chemicals in stalagmites could hold the key to understanding fire activity from thousands of years ago.
12-Apr-2024 2:30 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Enhancing Children's Fitness through Playground Research

Four Cornell College students are spending their summer researching playgrounds in Linn County.
12-Jul-2023 12:55 PM EDT Add to Favorites

WWII vet finally walks at graduation

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.
17-May-2023 6:15 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Research reveals new links behind climate change in Australia

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.
11-Jan-2023 4:30 PM EST Add to Favorites

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Research Attributes Iberian Peninsula Climate Change to Human Activity

A team of researchers has discovered human activity is the cause for drying out the climate in southwestern Europe.
6-Jul-2022 2:40 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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Expert Analysis: Election Outcome and Its Economic Consequences

23-Oct-2024 2:00 PM EDT

Education professors provide tips for K-12 parents, teachers for online learning

K鈥�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.
16-Dec-2020 2:05 PM EST

Cornell College (IA) President Jonathan Brand is available to discuss block plan schedules, which many colleges are exploring as this pandemic continues. Cornell adopted a block schedule 42 years ago.

7-May-2020 2:35 PM EDT

Researcher Pushes Medical Professionals to Examine Cardiac Biomarker in Eating Disorder Patients

Research continues to prove that a cardiac biomarker is an important key to assessing treatment progress in women with eating disorders.
2-Apr-2019 3:50 PM EDT

Political Research Shows What鈥檚 Really Going on with Primary Elections

5-Jan-2018 12:05 PM EST

New Year's Resolution to Lose Weight? How Far Is Too Far?

4-Jan-2018 11:05 AM EST

Professor Available to Discuss Travel and Economics

This travel season, a new book is out that features economic concepts that all travelers should understand. The author uses real-life examples throughout the pages of the book, hoping readers learn to think deeply about what they see.
17-May-2017 12:05 PM EDT

Trump Loses Support of GOP Leaders

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Cornell College's picturesque campus is located in Mount Vernon, Iowa. One of the "Colleges That Change Lives," Cornell College is a national liberal arts college with a distinctive One Course At A Time curriculum. Students take one class for 18 days, which provides students the chance to dive into their studies and focus more intensely on the classes of their choice. Cornellians learn with the unique freedom to shed the confines of the traditional classroom-studying off-campus, pursuing research, or accepting an internship-all without missing out on other classes.

With a student body from 42 states and 17 foreign countries, and renowned visiting speakers, faculty, and entertainers, Cornell offers the world from its hilltop campus.

For more information, visit cornellcollege.edu.