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2/2/2012
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...
1/26/2012
ITHACA, NY — A documentary about the first openly gay Major League Baseball player will open the spring portion of the Out of the Closet and Onto the Screen film series at Ithaca College. “The Glenn Burke Story” will be shown on Wednesday, Feb. 8, at 7 p.m. in Textor 103. It is free and open to the public.
Early in his career, Burke felt he had to hide his true...
1/17/2012
ITHACA, NY — Ithaca College president Tom Rochon has announced the appointment of Christopher (“Chris”) Biehn as vice president for institutional advancement. Biehn (pronounced bean), who has more than two decades of fund-raising experience in education and the nonprofit sector, will join the college on April 2. He succeeds Shelley Semmler, who announced last year that...
2/9/2012
ITHACA, NY — A documentary about rough contact sports — and the gay men that play them — will be the next offering in the Out of the Closet and Onto the Screen film series at Ithaca College. “Straight Acting” will be shown on Wednesday, Feb. 22, at 7 p.m. in Textor 103. It is free and open to the public.
“Straight Acting” is a 2005...
2/9/2012
ITHACA, NY — A new program at Ithaca College offering voice and communication modification instruction for transgender people from the college and the broader community will start in February. Beginning on Tuesday, Feb. 14, in the Sir Alexander Ewing Speech Clinic on the Ithaca College campus, the program will take place on Tuesday evenings throughout the spring 2012 semester. The...