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Ithaca College junior Leizbel Perdomo writes about the importance of Planned Parenthood and the consequences that come with it being defunded.

Commentary: Planned Parenthood is not the enemy

By Leizbel Perdomo • October 20, 2020
Planned Parenthood is not the enemy here. It is breaking the stigma of sexual health and education in the U.S.
A group of Ithaca College students won first and second place at the first Pennsylvania State University Health Care Management Case Study Competition. The teams created ways encourage people to use to the Geisinger health care system, a regional health care provider in Pennsylvania.

Students win at health care management competition

By Diana DeLuca, Contributing Writer • November 13, 2019
Ithaca College students won first and second place at the first Pennsylvania State University Health Care Management Case Study Competition.
Christina Moylan, director of public health emergency preparedness, first began working at the college in 2015 as an assistant professor in the Department of Health Promotion and Physical Education in which she specialized in health policy and management. She then went on to work as associate dean of the School of Health Sciences and Human Performance in 2018.

Commentary: Today’s health care is rapidly transforming

By Christina Moylan • February 14, 2018
Innovation has played an important role in the history of our country, and this partnership has all of the makings to contribute to this tradition.
National Recap: Unsure future for U.S. health care

National Recap: Unsure future for U.S. health care

By Celisa Calacal, Opinion Editor • February 1, 2017
The Affordable Care Act may be repealed as President Donald Trump and the Republican Congress take action to gut the health care law.
Christina Moylan, director of public health emergency preparedness, first began working at the college in 2015 as an assistant professor in the Department of Health Promotion and Physical Education in which she specialized in health policy and management. She then went on to work as associate dean of the School of Health Sciences and Human Performance in 2018.

Commentary: Affordable Care Act rests on shaky ground

By Christina Moylan • February 1, 2017
The “replace” options floated so far are rehashed been-there-done-that approaches long favored by conservatives.
Thomas Dennison, a public health expert from Syracuse University, spoke to approximately 75 Ithaca College students and Ithaca community members Feb. 23 about the history and future of long-term health care.

Gerontology speaker discusses future of long-term health care

By Annika Kushner, Staff Writer • February 26, 2016
Students and community members learned about the complex history, evolution and future of long-term health care in a talk by a public health expert from Syracuse University.
Karina McMahon, a fifth-year occupational therapy student, smiles with a child at the Prosthetics for Life Foundation, a clinic developed by former professor Kit Frank and her husband Robert Frank '73 in Ibarra, Ecuador.

Former professor starts Prosthetics for Life Foundation in Ecuador

By Mary Ford, Staff Writer • October 1, 2014
Kit Frank, an Ithaca College adjunct professor from 2007-2011, and her husband Robert Frank '73 founded a clinic in Ecuador designed to give well-fitting prosthetics to those who need them.

Tensions flare with Obamacare

By Dylan Maloney • February 5, 2014

Those who watched President Obama’s State of the Union Address on Jan. 28 may have noticed his wonderful use of anecdotal evidence. The president used the story of Amanda Shelley, a single mother working...

Commentary: How Hobby Lobby can teach us to avoid following laws

By Taylor Palmer • December 4, 2013

Hobby Lobby, an arts and crafts superstore, opened up a new location in Ithaca — which isn’t a huge surprise, because people in Ithaca love arts and crafts. But, on Nov. 11, Ithaca residents and students...

The Office of Career Services helps students find employment and internships opportunities by helping them write resumes and draft coverletters.

Early graduates worry over job market

By Noreyana Fernando, Staff Writer • November 29, 2012
Ithaca College's December graduates prepare to enter the market of mixed job prospects.

Why young people should care about healthcare

By Kari Beal • October 31, 2012
The Affordable Care Act is a hot-button issue this election season. But for students, this new extension allowing them to stay on their parents insurance until the age of 26 isn’t the only health issue they should be concerned about.

50-hour radio marathon to benefit local health care

By Kristen Mansfield, Staff Writer • April 19, 2012
Two VIC Radio disk jockeys are preparing to remain awake for 50 consecutive hours this weekend to raise money for a local nonprofit community health organization.
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