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Terry Carroll, chief sustainability officer for Tompkins County, was the keynote speaker for Sustainability Week. The talk focused on his path to becoming a renewable energy advocate and his role in managing the Tompkins County Green Fleet Program.
Sustainability Week 2025 plants the seed of environmental action in campus community
By Sadie Evans, Staff Writer • April 27, 2025
Ithaca College hosted Sustainability Week 2025 from April 16-26. Throughout the week, there were different events including a sustainability fair, a talk with a local climate leader, a student-led colloquium, pancakes in the IC Natural Lands and clothing sales.
Judith Altmann was originally scheduled to speak via Zoom for Yom HaShoah, the Israeli Holocaust memorial day, but the event was changed due to Altmann being hospitalized for heart failure. Attendees wrote cards wishing Altmann well
Hillel hosts card writing event for hospitalized Holocaust survivor
By Julian DeLucia, Assistant News Editor
Hillel at Ithaca College hosted a card-writing event April 24 for 100-year-old Holocaust survivor and educator Judith Altmann. Altmann was originally scheduled to speak via Zoom for Yom HaShoah, the Israeli Holocaust memorial day, but the event was changed due to Altmann being hospitalized for heart failure. 
Junior Rishabh Sen, president of the student body, ran for re-election unopposed. Like the other candidates, he gave a platform presentation stating who he was and what he wanted to achieve in the job.
SGC holds platform presentations for executive board and senate candidates
By Eamon Corbo, Assistant News Editor
The Ithaca College Student Governance Council held its platform presentations for candidates running for SGC executive board and senator positions for the 2025-26 academic year.
Eisenstadt has been working as a journalist since she received her degree in print journalism from Ithaca College.
Q&A: Marnie Eisenstadt ’97 wins 2025 Bill Carey Award for Journalist of the Year
By Kaeleigh Banda, News Editor
Eisenstadt has been working as a journalist since she received her bachelor’s degree in journalism with a concentration in print media from IC. She will be honored at the SPC Awards on May 3.
President La Jerne Cornish joined with over 150 higher education institutions across the country to co-sign a statement, titled “A Call for Constructive Engagement,”It condemns the Trump administration’s, “unprecedented government overreach and political interference,” in U.S. higher education.
President Cornish co-signs statement against “government intrusion” on higher education
By Julian DeLucia, Assistant News Editor
President La Jerne Cornish joined with over 150 higher education institutions across the country to co-sign a statement April 22 against President Donald Trump and his administration’s attacks on higher education. This is the largest sign that educational institutions are creating an allied front against the Trump administration, according to the Guardian.
SGC heard from David Weil, vice president and chief analytics officer, and Casey Kendall, deputy chief information officer and associate vice president of applications and infrastructure about upcoming technological developments on campus.
SGC discusses technological developments at IC
By Aela Shaw, Staff Writer • April 23, 2025
The Ithaca College Student Governance Council met April 21 with members of the Office of Information Technologies and Analytics to discuss new and upcoming technological developments on campus. 
Susan Bassett '79 is retiring at the end of the 2024-25 academic school year. She reflects on her long career in intercollegiate athletics, which includes 15 years as a coach at two different institution and 30 years as an athletic director at three different institutions.
Longtime athletic director reflects on her career ahead of retirement
By Jacob Infald, Co-Sports Editor • April 27, 2025
On Feb. 6. 2025, Susan Bassett ’79, associate vice president and director of Intercollegiate Athletics and Campus Recreation at Ithaca College, announced her plans to retire at the end of the 2024-25 academic year.
'Daredevil: Born Again' is a return to form for the Marvel Cinematic Universe
‘Daredevil: Born Again’ is a return to form for the Marvel Cinematic Universe
By Will Caron April 25, 2025
Created by Dario Scardapane, Matt Corman and Chris Ord, “Daredevil: Born Again” holds to the heart of the original Netflix series, of which this show is a direct continuation of. The season sees the return of Charlie Cox as Matthew Murdock/Daredevil, the now retired vigilante and full-time lawyer, following a tragedy that changes his life forever.
Holocaust survivors stories teach important lessons
Holocaust survivors stories teach important lessons
By The Ithacan April 25, 2025
This week, students from Ithaca College were preparing to attend a powerful event: an in-person talk with a Holocaust survivor. But, just days before the visit, the speaker, Judy Altmann, fell ill and was hospitalized. The event was cancelled.

This was a stark reminder of something that we rarely
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