Sheila Vakharia, assistant professor from Long Island University Brooklyn, discussed the complexities of the opioid crisis April 9 as part of the opening ceremonies for the Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival, a yearly event hosted by the Ithaca community.
FLEFF will commence with a lecture by Sheila Vakharia, assistant professor in the Department of Social Work at Long Island University–Brooklyn.
Opinion Editor Meaghan McElroy spoke with Zimmermann to discuss her work in Buenos Aires, her book on the Flaherty seminars and her views on independent media as a whole.
“What matters is having clarity that democratic communication can be made no matter what technology you have,” Zimmermann said.
Musicians from around the nation will bring their worldly musical styles together for Ithaca College’s first World Music Festival on Oct. 23.
She and her husband, Roy H. Park — after whom the Roy H. Park School of Communications was named in 1989 — founded the Park Foundation in 1966, which has funded many projects at the college, in the community and across the nation.
The 19th annual Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival will feature films produced from around the world on topics like women’s health clinics, hydraulic fracturing, climbing Mount Everest and the Indian-Pakistani partition.
Ithaca College professor Patricia Zimmerman was recently chosen to serve on the International Documentary Association Awards Jury for short-form series in new media.
Cinemapolis hosts the 18th annual Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival, featuring films from around the world as well as local artists and organizations.
On April 8, Sorayya Khan will read from her novel “City of Spies” in the Handwerker Gallery.
FLEFF is a local annual film festival in its 18th year and has been sponsored by Ithaca College since 2004. This year’s festival will include films on several topics, ranging from New York City rooftop farmers to the crisis in the Congo, all under the umbrella theme of habitats.
Administration to inform faculty on budget plan
The second installment of a discussion series titled “Dollars and $ense” by Gerald Hector, vice president for finance and administration, which will focus on the topic of Zero Base Budgeting, will be available to faculty at 9 a.m.
