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Buffalo Street Books board member and Ithaca College alum, John Jacobson ’17, writes about the support the bookstore is seeking from the community in its transition to a nonprofit model.

Commentary: Buffalo Street Books needs community support

November 13, 2024
There will be three new electric vehicle chargers on campus that will be operational by Spring 2025. Two superchargers have been added on the south end of the Athletics and Events Center.

College expands its number of EV chargers and levies fees per use

December 4, 2024
Jonathan Ablard, professor in the Department of History and Latin American Studies coordinator at Ithaca College, speaks about misinformation about public health.

Q&A: History professor discusses misinformation and conspiracy theories related to public health

November 12, 2024
The No. 22 Ithaca College field hockey team defeated the Skidmore College Thoroughbreds to advance to the Liberty League Championship. Pictured, senior defender Madeleine Goodman plays the ball up the sideline.

Field hockey shuts down Thoroughbreds to advance to Liberty League Championship

November 9, 2024
Sophomore goalkeeper Brayden Milbrandt kicks the ball downfield.

Core Trading Consultants, a student-run financial organization, currently has a portfolio worth $126,000 in assets, which is more than double what its portfolio was worth four years ago.

Student-run finance organization grows investment portfolio, holding over $100K in assets

October 9, 2024
Senior Lilly Tollin, president of the Ithaca College chapter of Planned Parenthood Generation Action, writes about the need to pass Prop 1 in New York.

Commentary: Passing Prop 1 is needed for New Yorkers

October 2, 2024
Senior striker Natalie Descalo charges down the field during the Ithaca College field hockey team's 3-1 victory over the Union College Garnet Chargers. The win improves the Bombers’ record to 6-3 overall and 1-0 in conference play.

Field hockey secures 3-1 victory in Liberty League opener

September 29, 2024
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Shuzhan Li, assistant professor in the college's Department of Education, researched linguistic artifacts with education students.

Commentary: What can be learned from Ithaca's linguistic landscape

September 25, 2024
Suzanne Mettler, John L. Senior professor of American institutions at Cornell University, came to Ithaca College on Sept. 18 to speak to students about the U.S. Constitution and democracy in today’s polarized political climate.

Cornell professor discusses features and limitations of the Constitution with IC students

September 22, 2024
From left, Rachel Crawford and Amanda Flannery run their combined table on The Commons for Akimbo Bookshop and Unabridged Literary Arts. Crawford spoke at a panel on Sept. 13 that discussed the challenges of owning an indie bookstore.

Buffalo Street Books turns another page with its fourth annual Ithaca is Books festival

September 18, 2024
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Following the same format as the 2023 commencement ceremonies, the college recognized students graduating with master’s or doctoral degrees in a commencement and graduate hooding ceremony May 18 and honored all undergraduate students in a commencement ceremony May 19.

Ithaca College celebrates the Class of 2024’s resilience at Commencement

By Kai Lincke, Staff Writer
May 22, 2024
Left to right, Provost Melanie Stein and Mal Mallory

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Senior Syd Pierre writes about her experiences as a student journalist and highlights the importance of community-driven change.

Commentary: Community-driven initiatives can cultivate positive change

May 2, 2024
Senior Nathalie Molina writes about her experience in Sister 2 Sister and emphasizes the importance of creating spaces for students of color on campus.

Commentary: Fostering community among students of color is necessary

April 24, 2024
Senior Camille Brock writes about the importance of extracurricular activities and events in college.

Commentary: Extracurricular programming is vital to the college experience

April 15, 2024
Senior pole vaulter Brendan Sheehan has stood out in the 2023-2024 indoor men's track and field season. Sheehan qualified for the 2024 NCAA indoor championship even with a stress fracture to the hook of the hamate bone.

Breaking Boundaries: Senior pole vaulter competes in indoor season despite a broken hand

April 15, 2024
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From left, Sean Eversley Bradwell, assistant professor in the Department of Education and chair of CSCRE, facilitating a conversation with Gayogo̱ hó:nǫˀ Learning Project members Michelle Seneca, outreach and engagement lead; Stephen Henhawk, language and culture lead; and Advisory Board Member Jim Wikel.

Members of the Gayogo̱ hó:nǫˀ community discuss importance of coexistence in Ithaca

April 4, 2024
Mish Lenhart, director of the Office of Student Engagement, is the director of the Women's Leadership Network and the BOLD Program's director.

From left, junior Taylor Crain and first-year student Alys Pop have been dominating in doubles this season. So far in the season, the two hold a 6–3 doubles record for the Bombers.

Serving up success: Pop and Crain dominate doubles with the Bombers

March 28, 2024
Sophomore Abdullah Farooq writes about the consequences of excessive technology use.

Commentary: A student's perspective on navigating the digital deluge

March 21, 2024
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The faculty athletic mentor program was introduced in 2015 with an initial seven faculty athletic mentors. Now with 21 active mentors, the program looks to make sure every athlete knows academic resources are there for them.

Faculty athletic mentor program shines light on relationship between athletics and academics

April 3, 2024
Elizabeth Bleicher writes about the importance of students taking advantage of educational opportunities in college.

Commentary: Students must actively engage in their education

February 21, 2024
First-year Bianca Cunningham paints a pill bottle at an Active Minds event. Students painted unlabeled pill bottles and discussed medication at the Jan. 30 event.

College briefs Feb. 7

February 7, 2024
The SGC heard from Jeffery Golden, associate vice president of Auxiliary Services about what the Office of Auxiliary Services covers, the meal exchange system and issues with the Mail Center.

SGC discusses dining and mail issues with Auxiliary Services

January 30, 2024
First-year student Sonya Mukhina writes about the challenges of being an international student and the importance of addressing these issues.

Commentary: Being an international student is no vacation

January 30, 2024
Fabian was selected to receive the NYSATA memorial scholarship, a $2,000 stipend awarded by the New York State Athletic Trainer’s Association. The scholarship is gifted to an athletic training student annually for excellence in the field.

Baseball player earns award for academic efforts

February 1, 2024
First-year student Gabe Hendershot writes about the importance of making childcare more financially accessible.

Pencils Down: Why childcare must be made more affordable

January 24, 2024
Te-Wen Lo, associate professor in the Department of Biology, and John Fracchia, career engagement and technology specialist in the Center for Career Exploration and Development, are co-chairs of the Middle States Reaccreditation committee.

Self-study report first step in three-year institutional reaccreditation process

December 6, 2023
Junior Anna Riley writes about the financial barriers to participating in club sports and how they are completely inaccessible to some students.

Commentary: College must prioritize funding for club sports

December 6, 2023
Junior Lilly Tollin writes about how conversation around reproductive rights has slowed but legislation on the issue has not.

Commentary: Conversation continues the fight for reproductive justice

November 6, 2023
First-year student Gabe Hendershot writes about high school graduation requirements and how they can be adjusted to meet the needs of more students.

Pencils Down: Why academic standards should not prevent graduation

By Gabe Hendershot, Columnist
November 1, 2023
Fall semester room buyouts will cost $330, and spring semester buyouts will cost $660. If a student purchases a buyout for both semesters the total would be $990. Requests will be reviewed on a weekly basis.

ResLife offers room buyouts in residential buildings for double rooms with a vacancy

November 1, 2023
Senior Colin Shashaty writes about the role AI will play in the media industry in the future and argues that students need to be prepared to use the technology.

Commentary: AI deserves a seat in every classroom

November 1, 2023
First-year student Gabe Hendershot writes about the risks behind dividing young students into groups based on their academic skill levels.

Pencils Down: Why labeling children as gifted is toxic to the learning environment

By Gabe Hendershot
October 19, 2023
From left, Junior Muhammad Arshad, class of 2025 senator and senior Molly Hankinson, class of 2024 senator, attend the SGC meeting held Oct. 16 to hear updates from their colleagues.

SGC hears updates and reports from officers and senators

October 18, 2023
Senior Robby Zweesaardt writes about the financial burden that the cost of materials like textbooks, computer programs and other academic supplies place on students with lower incomes.

Commentary: Ithaca College should provide more financial support for costs beyond tuition

October 18, 2023
Senior Sarake Dembele received a $10,000 grant from Projects for Peace, which she used to buy a piece of land and seeds for Malian women to cultivate their own food and later sell for profit.

Senior uses Project for Peace grant to uplift women in Mali

October 18, 2023
Elizabeth Bleicher, dean for student success and retention in the Center for Student Success and Retention who worked to make changes to the Academic Concerns System. Bleicher calls the system a tool to give faculty the ability to connect students with the resources they might need when their academic performance fails to meet expectations.

New version of Academic Concern System makes assessing cases and giving updates easier

October 24, 2023
Anthony DiRenzo, a professor of writing at Ithaca College, recently published "Pasquinades: Essays from Rome’s Talking Statue" on Oct. 28.

Q&A: professor of writing publishes new book on Rome's talking statue

November 7, 2023
Shadayvia Wallace, director of the MLK Scholars and First Generation Programs, has worked to maintain Ithaca College's status as a first-generation forward institution — a status the college has held since 2019 — through initiatives like starting a chapter of the first-generation honors society, Alpha Alpha Alpha.

First-gen forward status maintained through initiatives like new honors society

September 27, 2023
Junior Rowan Vergopia addresses how fashion is currently changing and why this is a positive trend that will hopefully stay in the mainstream.

Commentary: Gendered clothing will soon be a thing of the past

October 1, 2023
For the Ithaca College community, Love to Ride’s Cycle September might offer an opportunity to lower the campus’s carbon emissions. However, senior Renee Madcharo is a frequent bicyclist and said that being a biker in the area comes with its own challenges.

Cycle September offers IC community an opportunity to lower carbon emissions

September 19, 2023
First-year student Gabe Hendershot talks about the lack of school bus drivers this year and how broader societal implications may be worsening this problem.

Commentary: Why are there no school bus drivers this year?

September 19, 2023
Sara Levy, associate professor and chair in the Department of Education, said the department started exploring the possibility of an Education Studies major in Fall 2020 after several Education Studies minor students said they wanted to take more education courses.

Education department launches degree in Education Studies

May 3, 2023
Senior sports media major Kyle DeSantis is focusing his senior project on the work and lives of minor league baseball broadcasters in a series of six articles.

Q&A: IC senior delves into world of minor league baseball

May 3, 2023
First-year student Aysia Louis runs for an executive board position at Sister 2 Sister's April 25 meeting.

Student organizations handle recruitment and funding issues

April 26, 2023
From left, Rebecca Evans, acting director of sustainability for the City of Ithaca; Terry Carroll, chief sustainability officer of the Tompkins County Department of Planning and Sustainability; and Nick Goldsmith, sustainability planner for the Town of Ithaca spoke at a panel titled “Demystifying Decarbonization.”

Campus community engages in Sustainability Week events

April 19, 2023
Students pray together in Muller Chapel after breaking their fast at Iftar. Ramadan is a month observed by Muslims to be closer to their faith by participating in rituals, like fasting from sunrise to sunset, reading the Quran — which is the primary Islamic text — as well as celebrating iftar, a meal served during Ramadan following sunset each day.

Students observing Ramadan navigate accommodations

April 12, 2023
Senior Cayla Jones has been directly impacted by Habitat’s mission and has given back by being involved with Ithaca College's Habitat for Humanity chapter for four years.

Q&A: Senior shares her passion for Habitat for Humanity

April 12, 2023
After serving as the Ithaca College softball team's interim head coach for the 2023 season, Kelly Robichaud '16 as been promoted to the full time position.

Softball team names newest head coach

May 28, 2023
Stephanie Monteiro used her senior recital performance to celebrate her Brazilian heritage and shed light on the historical oppression of Brazilian people. 

Q&A: Music student connects to roots through recital

March 2, 2023
RaKim Lash, former assistant director for Multicultural Affairs at the college, hosted the "We Are Black Cosplay" talk Feb. 23 to promote inclusion in pop culture communities.

Former faculty emphasizes inclusion in pop culture

March 1, 2023
From left, sophomores Holden Prescott and James Flanagan shuffle a deck of cards before the start of their match Feb. 17. The Ithaca College Trading Card Game Club hosted a Magic The Gathering draft in the Taughannock Falls room.

College Briefs Feb. 23

February 23, 2023
The Ithaca College Student Governance Council met Feb. 20 to hold a bill writing workshop where members discuss ideas and progress updates for bills.

SGC brainstorms campus legislation and learns bill writing

February 22, 2023
Junior Gwyneth Cole works on a crochet project during a craft night held by Sigma Alpha Iota on Feb. 5 in the Terrace nine lounge. The Epsilon chapter for the international music fraternity for non-male identifying students is located in the same building.

College Briefs Feb. 9

February 9, 2023
Melanie Stein, provost and senior vice president of academic affairs, discussed curriculum changes and shared governance with Student Governance Council.

SGC discusses shared governance and curriculum changes with provost

February 1, 2023
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