Category: Ithaca

Cornell University is launching two initiatives that will test how artificial intelligence can be used — or deliberately limited — in classrooms across different academic fields. The work will include college-led … more: Cornell launches AI classroom pilots backed by $2 million gift

A coalition rallied in Ithaca after Cornell University stopped funding two international graduate workers who remain outside the United States, according to The Ithaca Voice. Cornell Graduate Students United is seeking immigration … more: Cornell graduate union renews “fair share” demands

A Cornell professor argues that some of photography's defining visual qualities appeared in Western painting long before the invention of the camera. Andrew Moisey develops that case in “The Photographic World Picture: A … more: Cornell professor’s book traces photography’s influence to centuries before the camera

Cornell University's ILR School has established an annual Labor Day lecture honoring former dean and labor-relations scholar Robert B. McKersie. ILR Dean Alexander Colvin delivered the inaugural Robert and Nancy McKersie Labor … more: Cornell launches annual lecture honoring labor-relations scholar Robert McKersie

More than 200 cadets, veterans, staff members and community participants gathered before sunrise at Cornell University's Schoellkopf Stadium for an annual workout honoring first responders killed in the Sept. 11 attacks. Cornell's Reserve … more: Cornell military community marks 25 years since 9/11 with memorial workout

Cornell civil rights attorney Joseph Margulies argues that the United States should replace social exclusion and punishment with a more humane understanding of people who commit serious crimes. His new book, … more: Cornell professor’s new book argues for compassion in an age of incarceration

Cornell University information technology employees are increasingly using internal special-interest groups to share practical approaches to common technical challenges across departments. Recent discussions in the university's Service Management Special Interest Group focused on … more: Cornell IT groups expand peer collaboration on cybersecurity, AI and service management

Monks from Namgyal Monastery will return to Ithaca College from Sept. 22 through Sept. 27 for six days of public sand-mandala construction, meditation and discussions centered on impermanence and compassion. The free residency … more: Tibetan monks will create and dissolve sand mandala during Ithaca College residency

Cornell Athletics will revive the Great Wait on Saturday, bringing back a decades-old tradition for students seeking men's hockey season tickets at Lynah Rink. Students can begin lining up at 7 in … more: Cornell revives the Great Wait for men’s hockey student ticket sales

A $1 million gift will fund Cornell University's High Road Buffalo Fellowship program for the next five years, supporting paid student work with community organizations across Buffalo. The donation to the Buffalo … more: $1 million gift will fund Cornell’s High Road Buffalo fellowship for five years

Artists from Ithaca, Central New York, Chicago and New York City will create murals in real time when Ithaca MURAL JAM returns to SouthWorks for a second year Oct. 3 and 4. … more: Ithaca MURAL JAM returns to SouthWorks Oct. 3-4

An Ithaca man faces assault, weapons and unlawful imprisonment charges after a stabbing investigation led police to a handgun with a defaced serial number. Ithaca police said officers responded to Asteri Residential … more: Ithaca stabbing investigation leads to handgun charges

No. 17 Cornell men's soccer controlled much of Tuesday night's match against Pittsburgh but could not turn its offensive pressure into goals, falling 2-0 to the Panthers at Ambrose Urbanic Field at the … more: No. 17 Cornell men’s soccer blanked by Pittsburgh 

Extremism scholar Cynthia Miller-Idriss will return to Cornell University on Sept. 30 for a public lecture examining how misogyny and gender-based violence can contribute to mass, public and targeted violence. The … more: Cornell lecture will examine misogyny’s role in violent extremism

Cornell University’s Statistical Consulting Unit will hold a free virtual workshop Sept. 24 on the use of artificial intelligence in scientific research. The session, “Ask the Statisticians: AI in Scientific Research,” … more: Free Cornell AI workshop set for Sept. 24

The City of Ithaca will begin lowering its default citywide speed limit from 30 mph to 25 mph the week of Sept. 21 as Public Works crews install 116 new … more: City of Ithaca to lower speed limit to 25 mph as 116 signs go up

A new collection co-edited by Cornell University literature scholar Anindita Banerjee examines how ideas and techniques associated with speculative fiction can move into real-world political movements and violence. “Reactionary Worldbuilding: From Speculative … more: Cornell scholars examine how fictional worldbuilding shapes politics

Nearly 500 garments by designer Ralph Rucci and a large archive of his sketches, patterns and other records are now available through Cornell collections, giving students a way to examine how couture … more: Ralph Rucci fashion archive opens to Cornell students and researchers

Cornell's Duffield College of Engineering has awarded $1.5 million across five projects aimed at quantum networking, hands-on instruction, AI simulation, semiconductor training and more efficient computing. The awards are the first made … more: Cornell engineering awards $1.5 million for five research and teaching projects