Newsreel

A periodic compilation of references to Ithaca College in the media.

Separated by some 200 miles that fade from gritty city streets to bucolic rolling hills, Frederick Douglass Academy in Harlem and Ithaca College here in upstate New York seem an odd couple to embrace each other in what has become a successful educational marriage. "Take a look out the window," first-year teacher Deborah Maio tells a handful of students from Frederick Douglass, who are taking a trip in a van from New York City to Ithaca to observe the college’s weekend commencement activities. "It’s a different life up here." The trip is just a small part of the two schools’ extensive, 4-year-old partnership --- and a way to introduce students to the world of higher education that in many respects is much farther from these students’ lives and experiences than the physical miles that separate Harlem and Ithaca.

--- Education Week, June 6, 2001

Berries, broccoli, and a rubdown may do more to ease muscle soreness than ibuprofen, according to new research. In two studies, vitamin C --- an antioxidant highly concentrated in citrus fruits, berries, broccoli, and cabbage --- proved to lessen pain after intense workouts. Deep-tissue massage, according to researchers at Ithaca College, can ease aching, although it does not appear to help muscles perform better.

--- Allure, October 2001

Colleges are already launching new courses for students eager to examine the World Trade Center and Pentagon terror attacks. Upstate Ithaca College is offering a new weekly current-events class called "Making Sense of September 11," which will include nontraditional seminars with meditation and poetry readings. The one-credit, pass-fail course --- starting on Oct. 25 --- was booked on the first day it was advertised, with more than 100 students signing up. Since then, professors have found a larger space to accommodate 200 students for the popular class.

--- New York Post, October 10, 2000