The Ithaca College Board of Trustees announced that President La Jerne Cornish will complete her term June 30, 2027. In an email sent to the IC community June 23, John Neeson ’84, chair of the board of trustees, said Cornish remains committed to IC’s institutional priorities over the next year.
Amy Falkner, dean of Ithaca College’s Roy H. Park School of Communications and Michael Johnson-Cramer, dean of the School of Business, will depart from IC this summer. Melanie Stein, provost and executive vice president for academic affairs, announced Falkner and Johnson-Cramer’s departure in a June 9 email to the campus community.
Several Ithaca College faculty members retired from teaching at the end of Spring 2026. The Ithacan spoke with some of the retiring faculty members about their careers and memories at IC.
Rebecca Lesses, associate professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religion at Ithaca College, loves learning from other generations.
Pablo Cohen, professor in the Ithaca College Department of Music Performance, has performed across the globe at iconic venues like Carnegie Hall, earned permanent residency in the United States based on extraordinary talent and recorded multiple compositions and solo albums. However, Cohen said he is most proud of his job at IC.
Shannon Scott, associate professor in the Department of Occupational Therapy at Ithaca College, said she loves learning so much that she would pursue a career as a full-time student if she could get paid for it.
Erin Hughes will be the next head coach of the Ithaca College women’s basketball team, Ithaca College athletics announced May 4. Hughes comes to IC from Division III Trinity College, where she was an assistant coach for two seasons.
After finding enormous success as a miniseries, Netflix’s “Beef” returned for a second season April 16, with a different premise and brand-new characters. Creator Lee Sung Jin has again crafted a wildly entertaining narrative with excellent performances, even if it falls short of the first season’s highs.
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Social networking companies dodge accountability by hiding behind a 26-word fragment of the Communications Decency Act of 1996. Commonly called Section 230, this piece
Social networking companies dodge accountability by hiding behind a 26-word fragment of the Communications Decency Act of 1996. Commonly called Section 230, this piece
