On Dec. 4, Ithaca College’s resident assistants and apartment assistants met with the Office of Residential Life for an all-staff meeting where they were told RAs would only have their room expenses covered, no longer covering board expenses.
A broken natural gas pipeline at Ithaca College resulted in the shutoff of heat and the creation of new hot water supply in multiple campus buildings. The college anticipates that the shutoff will continue through midday Dec. 7.
As trees across campus shed the last of their autumn leaves, a new species of tree blossomed in the Department of World Languages, Literatures and Cultures. Its trunk and branches were papier-mâché, and its colorful leaves displayed various versions of a single poem. Students created the tree as a part of Introduction to the Art of Translation, a class about the theory of translation taught by Marella Feltrin-Morris, professor in the Department of World Languages, Literatures and Cultures.Â
The Ithaca College Center for Instructional Design and Educational Technology and the Center for Faculty Excellence hosted the Fall 2025 AI Mini-grant Colloquium on Dec. 1. The five faculty recipients of the grant shared insights and outcomes from their work with artificial intelligence in the classroom.Â
The Ithaca College Student Governance Council met Dec. 1 to give updates on initiative progress and to hear from Barbie Bargher, director of Student Financial Services, to speak about financial aid.
The Ithaca College Faculty Council met Dec. 2 to discuss updates to cybersecurity policy, changes to the library subscription catalogue and to vote on previously proposed changes to the Faculty Handbook.Â
For seven Ithaca College athletics teams, their competitive seasons last only from mid-August to early November. In that time in 2025, new faces stepped into new roles, storylines evolved and Bombers victories occurred. The Ithacan has you covered for all the highlights from this year’s Bombers fall season sports.
Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals bring in hundreds of customers and thousands of dollars for businesses around the country, but local small businesses feel the impact very differently.
Shoppers should take advantage and support small businesses, not only on Black Friday, but throughout the entire year so they can continue to compete against large corporations amid the emerging digital shopping landscape, and contribute to Ithaca’s thriving community.
