New club creates safe space for women in tech

By Julian DeLucia, Assistant News Editor • October 9, 2024

Girls Who Code at Ithaca College is a student-led computer science club that began in Fall 2024. It focuses on community and portfolio building for women and non-binary students in the field. Currently, there are 24 members, including five executive board members.

Exploratory Program requires new students to pick concentrations

By Maddy Vogel, Contributing Writer • April 5, 2023

Incoming students who join the Exploratory Program will have to choose a school concentration so they can explore programs within a known interest.

Q&A: Professor spearheads music app-development project

August 29, 2019

Doug Turnbull, associate professor in the Department of Computer Science at Ithaca College, spent the summer working with a group of students to create Localify, a web app designed to help people discover...

Women in Computing team wins award for community service app

By Sam Smith, Contributing Writer • February 28, 2018

The all-women computer science events allow the members to work in a supportive environment with many other women in the technology field.

IC Women in Computing teach programming in first event

By Yena Seo, Staff Writer • March 31, 2015

A new club at Ithaca College is aiming to change the lack of women representation in computer science by encouraging women to learn more about and engage in the field

Computer science major prepares to graduate in second year

By Maura Aleardi, Staff Writer • March 4, 2015

As a second-year student, senior Laurence Welch will graduate with a bachelor’s degree in computer science in May 2015. He said he graduated from Bard High School Early College with a high school diploma and associate’s degree in liberal arts, which allowed him to enter the college with 64 credits and full completion of the liberal arts requirements.

Students and faculty come together for class

By Faith Meckley, Contributing Writer • September 5, 2013

Ali Erkan, professor of computer science, brings together students and faculty for a class in which he teaches how to use data to create maps.