A former Ithaca College student, Jonathan D’Agostino, was declared missing by the New York State Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation Department Sept. 10. Video footage showed him leaving the IC campus around 6:30 a.m. Sept. 7, according to the missing person release. An IC spokesperson told Syracuse.com he last attended IC in Fall 2023.

Changes to Ithaca College’s meal exchange program from the 2024-25 academic year to the 2025-26 academic year have surprised students and student employees. Many students are confused about what meal exchange options are currently available and what each cafe serves.

The total number of students enrolled in the Ithaca College School of Humanities and Sciences has decreased continuously between the 2022-23 academic year and the 2024-25 academic year.

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.