Factors in Knox's ranking of 88th among 248 liberal arts colleges in U.S. News include strong academic quality of the student body, retention, and support from alumni. Full Story |
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Knox opens the 2008-09 academic year with a convocation on September 11, featuring an address by Christopher Welna, president of the Associated Colleges of the Midwest. Full Story |
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Knox College President Roger Taylor has been elected chair of the Associated Colleges of the Midwest (ACM), a 13-member regional higher education consortium. Full Story |
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Knox College has been chosen by Princeton Review for inclusion in the 2009 edition of "The Best 368 Colleges," which features just 15% of U.S. colleges and universities. Full Story |
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A new podcast series features renowned scholars at Knox College discussing the Lincoln-Douglas Debates and their new book, the first-ever critical edition of the debate texts. Full Story |
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Knox College has received a $150,000 grant from the William Randolph Hearst Foundation to augment the William Randolph Hearst Endowed Scholarship Fund established in 2000. Full Story |
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A $30,000 grant from the Ellen Browning Scripps Foundation will give Knox faculty and students the opportunity for expanded research in a new GIS Laboratory. Full Story |
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Art work by Knox College students has been selected for a regional show, the College Invitational, through August 31 at the Figge Art Museum in Davenport, Iowa. Full Story |
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Scholars including Rodney Davis, Allen Guelzo, James McPherson, Garry Wills, Douglas Wilson and David Zarefsky are featured at the Annual Lincoln Colloquium, Oct. 11 at Knox. Full Story |
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E. Inman Fox, President of Knox College from 1972 to 1984, died July 27 at his home in Nashville, Tennessee at the age of 73. Full Story |
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New all-weather FieldTurf, better sidelines, spiffy entryway, enhanced visibility -- the $1.8-million Knosher Bowl project wraps up for the start of the fall sports season. Full Story |
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Three graduating seniors at Knox College have been awarded Fulbright Fellowships -- the nation's most prestigious awards for international postgraduate study. Full Story |
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"Confront the axis of evil -- arrogance, ignorance and hate." Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright delivers the commencement address at Knox College on June 7. Full Story |
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Knox College News releases for 2003 through present Full Story |
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Stefen Showers '08 says speaking at the annual Thomas Pynchon convention in Germany two days after receiving his diploma at Knox's commencement ceremonies was surreal. Full Story |
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Every day Brian Tibbets '96 and Dean Cliff '10 introduce Monmouth-Roseville High School students to characters like Virgil, Cicero and Julius Caesar. Full Story |
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Anne Fagerburg '08 has lived in Belgium since she was six. She writes better in French and choose Spanish as her major at Knox College. Full Story |
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There's nothing new about a group of farmers demanding justice. But David Ferris '08 researched a movement in Thailand against development of a mine." Full Story |
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Horrified, or entertained, when good people do bad things? A Knox student examines moral lessons embedded in Matthew Lewis's controversial 18th-century gothic novel The Monk. Full Story |
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Expensive restaurants and cheap stores dominated the recent agenda of Chicago Alderman Joe Moore '80, but it's the power of community that drives his passion for politics. Full Story |
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Recent Knox graduate Farah Ahed titled her first off-campus photography show "Dialogue," inspired by "conversations with the people I photograph." Full Story |
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Seventy theatrical productions later -- "I always thought of myself as a craftsperson in the service of Dionysus" -- professor Robert Whitlatch at his retirement reception. Full Story |
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Brain surgery may seem normal for a neuroscience study, but it is taking place at Knox College, and Andy Arnold '08 has the scalpel. Full Story |
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Digging in the blazing sun is no vacation. But Tracy Musacchio, participating in an archeological survey in Egypt, it's the perfect get away. Full Story |
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The 2008-09 theatre and dance season at Knox features the satirical "Tartuffe," award-winning "Intimate Apparel," a dance concert, and a "devised" work that is both scripted and improvised. Full Story |
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The Knox web site features videos from recent commencement addresses by U.S. Senator Barack Obama and U.S. President Bill Clinton. Full Story |
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Selected podcasts featuring people and events on the Knox College campus. Full Story |
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