The Ithaca College Student Governance Council met Sept. 8 to hear from Luca Maurer — executive director for student equity, inclusion and belonging in the Center for Equity, Inclusion and Belonging — about his office’s efforts to foster inclusion on campus in the face of federal pressures at the council's first meeting of Fall 2025.

In the summer months around Cayuga Lake, familiar green clumps can be spotted on the water. These are harmful algal blooms (HABs), potentially toxic growths of bacteria that can harm people and animals. As Earth's temperature continues to rise, HABs reports have drastically increased over the last four decades, making them a more difficult issue to contain. However, the Ithaca community has many ways of managing them. 

The Ithaca College Faculty Council met Sept. 2 for its first meeting of the 2025-26 academic year to hear updates from President La Jerne Cornish and to confirm council members into their subcommittee positions.

Over the summer, Pat Lewis, associate professor in the Department of Health Sciences and Public Health, and Jason Hamilton, professor in the Department of the Environment, presented their ideas for a one-credit Nature Rx class at the Campus Nature Rx Colloquium. 

About 10 Ithaca College students and Ithaca community members were issued a noise warning by Rebecca Cogan Carroll, director of ICare and Student Support, while chanting with a bullhorn during a rally hosted by Ithaca College Students for a Free Palestine outside of the Peggy Ryan Williams Center. The rally was in response to the cancellation of the Policy Breakfast at the college featuring local, state and federal members of government.

President La Jerne Cornish said during the All-College Welcome that administrators are working to align the size of the faculty and staff with the student body size.

Ithaca College students who were enrolled in Spring 2020 for in-person learning are entitled to financial compensation. Erik Akerman, a student at IC during Spring 2020, filed a class action lawsuit against the college on behalf of himself and other students who were unable to engage in college classes and activities as usual, but still paid tuition when the COVID-19 pandemic forced shutdowns. 

The Office of Facilities undertook a number of new construction projects this past summer. Among them were the renovations of Eastman and Landon Halls in Lower Quads.

On Aug. 22, unidentified individuals threw water balloons and tomatoes at students attending Glow with Pride, also called the Glow Party, an orientation event.