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Too busy for a tradition job, freshman Ben Norcross has been delivering food to customers through the app Doordash since the beginning of Spring 2020.

Students work at Door Dash for job flexibility

By Julie Dannevig, Staff Writer
February 26, 2020
Gina Gayle spoke about the prejudice she has overcome throughout her career as a photojournalist and multimedia storyteller during her talk through the Emerging Diversity Scholars Program on Feb. 24.

Speaker presents on benefits of diversity in photojournalism

By Julie Dannevig, Staff Writer
February 26, 2020
The event, hosted by the Students Today Alumni Tomorrow (STAT) as part of “I Love IC Week,” featured panelists Kylee Roberts ’19, Brandon Schneider ’17, Katrina Grein ’17, Imogen Mills ’18, Melinda McGill-Carlison ’15, MBA ’16, and Harmony Malone ’15. The panelists all graduated within the last five years and represented each of the five academic schools at the college.

IC alumni speak in panel about post-graduation experiences

By Julie Dannevig, Staff Writer
February 19, 2020
Senior Diana Mejia works on a Pixar pitch calling for the enactment of the Center for the Study of Culture, Race, and Ethnicity’s newest major to be implemented at a campus discussion Feb. 6.

CSCRE holds event to discuss ideas for development of major

By Julie Dannevig, Staff Writer
February 19, 2020
Junior Callie Nguyen poses with Scott Thomson, assistant professor in the Department of Communications Studies and coach and adviser of the speech and debate team, after winning the championship title.

IC Student wins championship title for speech and debate

By Julie Dannevig, Staff Writer
February 12, 2020
Marica Zax, chair of Ithaca Area United Jewish Community, introduces the panel which consisted of three guest speakers to share their first and second hand experiences from the Holocaust on Feb. 2.

Speakers share first and second hand stories from Holocaust

By Julie Dannevig, Staff Writer
February 5, 2020
From left, Model European Union members Senior Farwa Shakeel, junior Chris Tolve, sophomore Sarah Lawal, junior Lauren Smith, junior Lea Troutman and junior Grethel González at the base of a bell tower in Bruges, Belgium.

College Model European Union attends conference in Brussels

By Julie Dannevig, Staff Writer
January 29, 2020
Laura Campbell Carapella, associate professor in the Department of Health Promotion and Physical Education, said she used funding from the college’s President’s Seed Grant, a grant that faculty and staff apply for to help to fund projects that add to the campus community, as well as her own savings. The app is still being tested by focus groups and modified with the goal of being released to the entire campus in Fall 2020. 

Professor creates app to spread gratitude and reduce anxiety

By Julie Dannevig, Staff Writer
December 4, 2019
TEDx is a branch of the TED speaker series. The club is planning a one-day TEDx event in March with a lineup of students, faculty and members of the greater Ithaca community, which will officially be announced in the spring semester.

New organization to bring TEDx back to the college

By Julie Dannevig, Staff Writer
November 6, 2019
Reverend M. Barclay is an ordained deacon in The United Methodist Church and was brought to the college for a discussion series titled “The Sacred and the Strange: A Very Queer Spirituality.”

Reverend speaks on religious intersectionality

By Julie Dannevig, Staff Writer
October 30, 2019
Over fall break, nine students traveled to the Adirondacks and five travelled to Buffalo to volunteer as part of the Alternative Fall Break program run out of the Office for Student Engagement.

Students travel upstate to volunteer over fall break

By Julie Dannevig, Staff Writer
October 30, 2019
Kristen Lind, health promotion specialist in the Office of Counseling and Wellness ,blows bubbles to illustrate some of the breathing techniques used through THRIVE@IC.

New program aims to help students balance their lives

By Julie Dannevig, Contributing Writer
October 23, 2019
From left, Jacob White, assistant professor in the Department of Writing, Jack Wang associate professor and chair in the Department of Writing and Raul Palma, assistant professor in the Department of present on a creative writing panel, one of the subjects the professors offer in the prisons.

College offers summer courses for prisoners

By Julie Dannevig, Contributing Writer
October 9, 2019
Senior Jelani Williams is the vice president of IC Genes, a new Ithaca College student organization. IC Genes hosts bi-weekly discussions and hands-on activities about genetic engineering and synthetic biology.

New club dispels misconceptions about genetic engineering

By Julie Dannevig, Contributing Writer
October 2, 2019
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