Ithaca College’s new branding initiative takes flight

By Steve Shoemaker

It’s hard to sum up Ithaca College in one word, but at the start of the fall semester, IC did exactly that. On September 1, the College revealed a new branding and marketing campaign designed to distill the entire IC experience into one concept: ...

Chair of physics department lands NASA grant

Beth Ellen Clark, associate professor and chair of the physics department, received a $2.7 million grant from NASA in August to fund her part of the first U.S. mission to bring samples of an asteroid back to Earth for study and analysis.

The mission, named OSIRIS-REx, is scheduled for 2016 and will execute touch and go...

More than $1 million raised for the new Robert B. Tallman Rowing Center

Crew athletes, coaches, friends, and College staff joined President Rochon September 7 for the groundbreaking ceremony for the Robert B. Tallman Rowing Center. The existing boathouse, built in 1974, was demolished soon afterward so construction could proceed. The event came on the heels of a successful...

Zach Adelman ’96 works to keep the tiny pests from spreading deadly diseases. 

By Doug McInnis

Scientists have sent astronauts to the moon and built artificial hearts, but they have never been able to rein in the lowly mosquito, delivery agent for some of the deadliest viruses on earth. Now Zach Adelman ’96 and his research...

By Tom Rochon

One of my father’s favorite expressions is, “Fix the roof while the sun is shining.”

I thought often about that advice during the past year as IC faculty, staff, and students worked together to create the strategic vision we call IC 20/20. After all, the sun has long been shining on our roof. IC’s academic programs enjoy strong reputations....