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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’s need-based grant program–The Iowa Tuition Grant (ITG).
9-Oct-2024 9:45 AM EDT Add to Favorites

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New research sheds light on RNA’s 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’Leary and a team of researchers are turning their focus to the structure of RNA.
22-May-2024 3:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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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

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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

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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

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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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Denniston receives NSF grant to study fire activity with stalagmites

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.
4-May-2022 12:30 PM EDT Add to Favorites


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

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.
16-Dec-2020 2:05 PM EST

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

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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.
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