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The Ithaca College Board of Trustees announced that President La Jerne Cornish will complete her term June 30, 2027. In an email sent to the IC community June 23, John Neeson ’84, chair of the board of trustees, said Cornish remains committed to IC’s institutional priorities over the next year. The post President Cornish to leave Ithaca College in June 2027
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Amy Falkner, dean of Ithaca College’s Roy H. Park School of Communications and Michael Johnson-Cramer, dean of the School of Business, will depart from IC this summer. Melanie Stein, provost and executive vice president for academic affairs, announced Falkner and Johnson-Cramer’s departure in a June 9 email to the campus community. The post Dean Amy Falkner
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Several Ithaca College faculty members retired from teaching at the end of Spring 2026. The Ithacan spoke with some of the retiring faculty members about their careers and memories at IC.
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Rebecca Lesses, associate professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religion at Ithaca College, loves learning from other generations. The post Rebecca Lesses: Finding magic in research and students’ growth appeared first on The Ithacan .
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Pablo Cohen, professor in the Ithaca College Department of Music Performance, has performed across the globe at iconic venues like Carnegie Hall, earned permanent residency in the United States based on extraordinary talent and recorded multiple compositions and solo albums. However, Cohen said he is most proud of his job at IC. The post Pablo Cohen: Sharing
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Shannon Scott, associate professor in the Department of Occupational Therapy at Ithaca College, said she loves learning so much that she would pursue a career as a full-time student if she could get paid for it. The post Shannon Scott: A career of embracing new challenges and learning opportunities appeared first on The Ithacan .
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Patrice Pastore, professor in the Department of Music Performance, believes she had an unconventional path to teaching voice at Ithaca College, but she is grateful that IC has become her home over the last 43 years. The post Patrice Pastore: Persisting through struggle to find an extraordinary home at IC appeared first on The Ithacan .
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Lynne Hewitt returned to her undergraduate college town in January 2020 to become professor and chair of the Department of Speech Language Pathology and Audiology at Ithaca College. Since graduating from Cornell University, Hewitt has completed graduate degrees and taught in Pennsylvania, Ohio and New Zealand, before returning to Ithaca to close out her care
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Arhlene Flowers, professor in the Department of Strategic Communication, traveled to more than 40 countries and almost 30 states while working in marketing and public relations. After two decades of working for global agencies and corporations, Flowers felt something was missing — and made the transition from conference rooms to Ithaca College classrooms in
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Tim Downs, senior vice president for finance and administration and chief financial officer, hosted his final Dollars and Sense meeting May 21. In a campus-wide email sent April 28, it was announced Downs will depart from Ithaca College to be the chief financial officer at the Institute for Advanced Study beginning June 15. The post Tim Downs wishes college
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Ithaca senior Marshall Long has firsthand experience working with the athletic department as a part of the club softball’s leadership team. Basic needs for the team, like equipment, are largely left to the teams to manage. Uniforms are provided by the school, but other equipment — like helmets and catching gear — is not provided...
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Public transportation can be vital to a community because it acts as a third space where communities can come together outside of work or home. Cathy Michael is a research and instruction librarian at Ithaca College who uses the TCAT daily to get from her home to campus. Michael says one of her favorite parts...
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When temperatures fluctuate between warm spells and freezes, the blooming flowers of fruit are caught in the middle of an inconsistent spring. At Russell Apple Farms in Appleton, New York, the goal is a prolonged April of colder temperatures, slowing down the speed at which trees push out green tips — the early step of...
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Drawing attendees and vendors back year after year, ITHACON has been taking place on Ithaca College’s campus for 49 years and counting, acting as the second-longest-running comic convention in the nation. This year, ITHACON drew over 1,000 guests to Emerson Suites, comprising approximately 850 attendees and around 150 staff members, vendors, and volunt
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An Ithaca tradition Michael Sampson, painter, printmaker, and curator of the gallery at South Hill, took over the facilitation of First Fridays, also known as Ithaca Gallery Nights, from the Ithaca Downtown Alliance in 2023. Since then, it has been his goal to expand the reach and the number of participants in the events. “I...
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On a quiet April evening, a group of about 10 people gather around a long table in the dimly lit Nocturnal Cafe for a sketch session. Calm, lo-fi music plays in the background over the sounds of pencils scribbling on notepads as the artists — who range from amateurs sketching for fun to more experienced...
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Located in the basement of the Roy H. Park School of Communications at Ithaca College is the largest and oldest student-run television station in the world, Ithaca College Television. ICTV is home to 25 shows stemming across several departments, such as news, sports, entertainment, and scripted. Over 600 students participate in the station from on-air...
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Hundreds of people gathered through sometimes heavy spring showers April 25 to watch the 25th Tompkins 4-H Duck Race.
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At the start of every year, the pope designates a new theme for the church called a Jubilee Year, to focus on different spiritual topics, address global issues, and unify the church. Pope Leo declared this year’s theme is a Franciscan Jubilee Year as the church celebrates the 800th anniversary of the death of St....
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Chants echoed down Ithaca’s South Aurora Street as students marched from the Ithaca College campus down to The Commons for the Take Back the Night rally and vigil April 24 in support of survivors of sexual and domestic violence.
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