ITHACA, NY — In 2012, the 200th birthday of Charles Dickens is being celebrated around the world. A series of events ranging from film screenings and theater performances to readings and academic presentations will be held throughout the spring as part of the Ithaca Dickens Festival.

Sponsored by a number of departments at...

 ITHACA, NY — The last nation in the world to receive television is asking Ithaca College to help its citizens become more media literate. Project Look Sharp, an initiative at the college that promotes media literacy, will work with the Kingdom of Bhutan as it attempts to enter into modernity in a conscious and thoughtful way that is...

President Tom Rochon has announced that “Ten Thousand Saints,” the debut novel by assistant professor of writing Eleanor Henderson, has been selected for the First-Year Reading Initiative for the 2012–13 academic year. The book has earned across-the-board praise for its sensitive portrayals of youthful rebellion and family dynamics.

 Associate Professor Michael Whelan (Comm. Studies) recently learned that he has been appointed to the federal agency charged with resolving workplace disputes between labor and management.  

 ITHACA, NY — What do you get when you cross an Ithaca College experiment in quantum levitation with Comedy Central? In the case of the “Colbert Report,” you get a cup of ice cream suspended in mid-air.

Associate Professor of Physics Matthew C. Sullivan was featured on the November 9 episode of the show, helping host...