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The Student News Site of Ithaca College

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From left, Tamana Ahmadi, Sepehra Azami, Diana Ayubi and Simah Sahnosh are attending Cornell University for Spring 2022 after fleeing Afghanistan in August 2021

Ithaca community welcomes Afghan refugees to Cornell

By Olivia Stanzl, Assistant News Editor • February 9, 2022
Diana Ayubi arrived in Ithaca months after escaping Afghanistan as the Taliban gained control of the country.
Assistant professor Jaime Warburton speaks at the Writer’s Resist event Jan. 15 in Ithaca, the day before Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Warburton writes about how writing can be a form of resistance.

IC professors organize event for Writers Resist

By Sophia Tulp, Print Layout Editor • January 18, 2017
The theme of the readings Jan. 15 was democracy and what upholds and challenges it, discussed through the works of famous activists, poets and writers.
President Obama announced that the United Sates will take in 10,000 Syrian refugees by the end of 2016 fiscal year. Pictured above is where they will be settled — Ithaca is taking 50 refugees who are fleeing from Syria and other conflict zones.

City of Ithaca still vying for approval to accept 50 refugees

By Erin Conway, Contributing writer • October 5, 2016
The City of Ithaca is planning to take in 50 refugees from Syria and from other countries experiencing civil conflicts.
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