ITHACA, NY — Research conducted in the Cognition Laboratory at Ithaca College is helping those who study child development gain a better understanding of how children learn the meanings of words. The researchers found that if a person holding an object while talking makes hand gestures that move the object in rhythm with speech, an...

ITHACA, NY — The Distinguished Visiting Writers Series at Ithaca College will host a reading by Indian author and journalist Amitava Kumar. Free and open to the public, his presentation is scheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 7, at 7:30 p.m. in Clark Lounge, Egbert Hall.

Kumar’s...