Cornell College will shut down degree programs in foreign languages and music after a review of “student enrollment data and student interest,” according to a message sent to students, staff and faculty.
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The Cornell College Department of Theatre and Dance brings a poignant portrayal of everyday life to the stage with Anton Chekhov’s “Three Sisters” from Dec. 11 to 14 in Kimmel Theatre.
More than 200 collegiate varsity and club teams nationally will compete in 2026, according to the release. An additional 40 programs are set to launch in 2027, according to Cornell officials.
The play, written by Joseph Zettelmaier, is the story of four childhood friends who decide to plan a heist of the Kenner Toy Factory in order to steal Star Wars collectibles. True to the traditions of any good heist story, chaos ensues.
The Cornell College Peter Paul Luce Gallery will present “Edens and End Times” by Twin Cities-based painter and Cornell alum James Ostrander from Aug. 29 to Oct. 12.
In its 34th year, the Iowa City Jazz Festival continues to draw acclaimed performers from across the country.
Nearly 90 Jewish faculty, staff, students, and alumni across Iowa’s higher education landscape have issued a collective statement condemning threats to and attacks on their college and university campuses “in the name of the Jewish community.”
Author Marjorie Medary graduated from Cornell College in Mount Vernon in 1912.
The chair of Cornell College’s Philosophy Department is suing her institution, its provost Ilene Crawford, its former Dean of Students Jackie Wilson, and a professor who she said obsessively and persistently sexually harassed her.
Internal and external forces affecting higher education — from disruptions like COVID to evolving workforce demands, student needs, demographics, and public perceptions — are evident in recent enrollment counts, which are down again this fall for many of Iowa’s private colleges and universities.
Although Cornell College raised its tuition this year to $51,970, none of its students pay the full sticker price – and Cornell is making its generous financial aid practices more clear through a new “Tuition Zero” initiative.
On a typical day, Cornell College’s cafeteria is stocked with meals that are 20 to 30 percent locally sourced. But Tuesday, all the food served to Cornell students — breakfast, lunch and dinner — came from within 150 miles of the Mount Vernon campus.
One of four Cornell College instructors stabbed Monday in the northeast Chinese city of Jilin, where they were teaching, is on his way home.
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