| 5-8 | Summer Students move to Fall Assignments | |
| 17 | Fall Waitlist and Vacancy Requests Available at Noon | |
| 17 | Early Arrivals (Jumpstart) Check-In 9:00 AM- 3:00 PM A&E Center | |
| 19 | Incoming First Year & Transfer Student Arrivals Check-In 9:00 AM-3:00 PM A&E Center Circles residents: Check-In Circles Community Center (9:00AM-9:00PM) | |
| 22 & 23 | Upper Year Student: Move-In Check-In 9:00 AM-4:30 PM Towers Eatery Circles residents: Check-In Circles Community Center (9:00AM-9:00PM) | |
| 24 | Fall Semester & Block I Classes Begin 8:00am |
Fall 2026 Important Dates
Deadlines and other significant dates are added as they become available. Please check back regularly for updates.
August 2026
September 2026
| 01 | Wait List and Vacancy Requests Due |
| 07 | Labor Day – No Classes Office of Residential Life Closed Circles Office and Fitness Center Closed |
| 09 | Room Freeze Ends |
| 21 | No Classes-Yom Kippur |
October 2026
| 9-11 | Homecoming & Family Weekend |
| 17 | Circles Autumn Fest |
| 20 | Block 2 Begins |
| 26-27 | No Classes-Fall Break |
November 2026
| 2 | Winter Registration Begins |
| 3 | Spring 2026 Registration Begins |
| 9 | Continuing Students away from Campus in the Fall and returning in the Spring can: Create or update their housing preferences on the Housing Portal. Email their roommate group information to housing@ithaca.edu |
| 9 | New Student Housing Assignment Process opens for New Students on the Housing Portal starting at noon |
| 14 | Cortaca Jug Game @ Yankee Stadium |
| 16 | Spring Vacancy Requests Available on the Housing Portal |
| 23 | Late Departure Form & Winter Occupancy Requests Open |
| 25 | Break Housing Begins |
| 25-29 | Thanksgiving Break No Classes |
| 25-29 | The Office of Residential Life and Student Conduct will be Closed |
| 29 | Break Housing Ends |
| 30 | RA Applications Open |
December 2026
| 7 | Winter Vacancy Requests Due Housing Preferences due for continuing students returning from a leave |
| 8 | Block 2 Classes End |
| 9 | No Classes-Reading Day |
| 10-15 | Final Exams |
| 16 | Winter Session Classes Begin |
| 16-Jan 13 | Residence Halls Close for Winter Break Clarke Hall, Terrace 6, Garden and Circle Apartments will remain open. |
| 16 | Housing Preferences due for newly admitted students for the spring semester |
| 21 | Late Departure Housing Ends at 10:00am |
| 24-Jan 3 | Office of Residential Life Closed for Winter Break |