School of Humanities and Sciences

The National Science Foundation has awarded a grant of $140,836 to Ithaca College for support of the project "Multi-wavelength Survey and Analysis of X/M/E Asteroids," under the direction of PI Beth Ellen Clark, Department of Physics.

Ithaca College announces the creation of the Department of Environmental Studies and Science, which will house its degree programs in environmental studies and environmental science. The designation of the new academic department acknowledges the importance of these majors in the priorities of the College and the role they will play in the future of the School of Humanities and Sciences, within which the department is located.

What can robots teach computer science students? And what can computer science students teach robots? These are two questions that associate professor Sharon Stansfield set out to answer in her course Principles of Computer Science II, a core computer science course required of all majors and offered for the first time in the spring 2009 semester. “A primary goal of this course is to...