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Cornell President Pollack to Retire After seven years as Cornell’s President, Martha Pollock will retire on June 30. According to the Cornell Sun, in her announcement Pollack stressed that the decision to leave was her own. She added that she had been considering retirement since last fall. But events at Cornell and other campuses lead her to delay departure three times. Pollock is a professor of computer science and has been named professor emerita by Cornell’s Board of Trustees. Her announcement comes amid the ongoing turmoil on college campuses across the country. Unlike at many colleges and universities, so far, activists at Cornell’s Palestinian solidarity encampment have not been subject to arrest or…
Charles Dunaway interviews Godfrey Simmons, Artistic Director of Ithaca’s Civic Ensemble. Godfrey is directing the upcoming production of Eugene O’Neill’s All God’s Chillun Got Wings at the Kiplinger Theatre in the Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts at Cornell. For more about Godfrey and the play, listen to the PMA Podcast Interview by Matt Morgan.
Read MoreEsther Racoosin speaks with Lea Sevola, an Ithaca College student performing in the Theatre Arts Department’s production of “Arcadia”. She talks about the plot of the play, and her role as Chloe Coverly. This interview originally aired on the April 26th, 2016 edition of WRFI Community Radio News.
Read MoreEsther Racoosin talks with Professor Paul Vanouse of the University of Buffalo’s Coalesce Center for Biological Art. They discussed Professor Vanouse’ artwork, which uses biological and genetic techniques to explore questions about bioethics, as well as the purpose of the new center for biological art. This interview originally aired on the April 25th, 2016 edition…
Read MoreCharles Dunaway spoke to Emily DiAngelo, co-founder of the Ithaca New Music Collective. The group is made up of local musicians and they present programs of music created by local composers – students and faculty at the two music schools in town. They perform in unorthodox venues like the Bar Argos, where people can enjoy the music…
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Cornell President Pollack to Retire After seven years as Cornell’s President, Martha Pollock will retire on June 30. According to the Cornell Sun, in her announcement Pollack stressed that the decision to leave was her own. She added that she had been considering retirement since last fall. But events at Cornell and other campuses lead…
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Housing Market in Tompkins Remains Tight The housing market in Tompkins County continues to shrink. According to the Tompkins Weekly, housing stock is down 14% from last year’s already historic low. Brent Katzmann of the Ithaca Board of Realtors called the decline “disconcerting.” In addition to an overall decline in available houses for sale, he…
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Ithaca Starts Clean Up of Homeless Encampment City workers have begun to clean up a former homeless encampment in Ithaca’s West End. The clean up was ordered by the Tompkins Environmental Health in early April. According to the Ithaca Voice, work began at the site last week. The small triangular parcel is bordered by train…
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Ithaca City School District Election Roundup The district-wide Ithaca City School District election is coming up on May 21. Eligible voters in the district will vote on three ballot measures and for candidates for three seats on the school board. The first measure is a vote on the district’s proposed $169 million budget. It will…
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