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• The value of a Cornell Liberal Arts education,
• how to help your student deal with homesickness,
• and other campus updates!

Register for New Emergency Alert System

Students are encouraged to register for the new R.A.M. Emergency System. This state-of-the-art R.A.M. (rapid alert messaging) system will allow you to receive instant and simultaneous messages sent to all registered mobile phones, Blackberrys, pagers and e-mail. Messages will be of an urgent or emergency nature only. This system will be the surest way for you to receive notification if matters critical to your immediate safety occur.
Students can register at https://secure.cornellcollege.edu/campus_safety. Registration is simple and will take only a minute. Students will need to register only once while attending Cornell and notifications will terminate upon graduation. Users may opt out of the system at any time.

Rankings in Forbes put Cornell in top 25

Rankings featured in the May 19 issue of Forbes magazine from the Center for College Affordability and Productivity rank Cornell 21st on the list of all liberal arts schools. The study - which utilizes student rankings of professors, graduation rates, student awards, and vocational success - purports to “review the meal” as opposed to the “ingredients”-based rankings from U.S. News & World Report, according to the article. Cornell also boasted the greatest increase in ranking over U.S. News of any school that made the list, improving 76 places. To read the full article or see the complete list of rankings, visit forbes.com.

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