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Cornell University to increase annual contribution to Ithaca city by $2.4 million

ITHACA, N.Y. — Over the last five months, negotiating teams representing the City of Ithaca and Cornell University have worked hard to reach an agreement to extend the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU ...
Finger Lakes Times

Cornell plants saplings to resist emerald ash borer

Cornell University has planted ash saplings that may be resistant to the destructive emerald ash borer, making the university the first propagation center for these trees in New ...
WBNG

Cornell works to develop ash trees resistant to emerald ash borer

The university is the first propagation center in the state to test the new ash saplings as part of its “Trees in Peril” ...
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Cornell commits $425,000 annually in landmark 10-year deal with Town of Ithaca

ITHACA, N.Y. — Cornell University will now pay $425,000 to the Town of Ithaca annually for the next 10 years beginning July 1 in a new PILOT agreement. A Town Hall resolution was passed on June 10, ...
WAMC

Cornell University student found dead in Ithaca gorge

A Cornell University student died in an Ithaca gorge over the weekend. Police and firefighters responded to multiple incidents at gorges in the area over a 12-hour period. Cornell University ...
The Cornell Daily Sun

Cornell to Increase Annual Financial Contributions to Ithaca City School District

Cornell University will expand its voluntary, unrestricted contributions to the Ithaca City School District from $500,000 to $650,000 annually — representing a 30 percent increase — according to an ...
The Chronicle of Higher Education

In Ithaca, Cornell Isn’t Paying Its Fair Share

I thaca, N.Y., has been described as 10 square miles, surrounded by reality. Every summer, half the city empties out when students from Cornell University and Ithaca College are replaced with hippies ...
The Ithaca Journal

Undercurrent of unease at Cornell University after threats against Jewish students

John Hatloy hasn't been directly affected by the near month-old war between Israel and Hamas, but he has felt the impact, despite being thousands of miles away. Hatloy, 23, is from Norway and is a ...
The Ithaca Journal

Cornell, Ithaca College and UR now among colleges requiring COVID-19 boosters for students

Cornell University, Ithaca College and the University of Rochester are among several institutions in New York State and nationwide that are requiring students to receive COVID-19 boosters. Syracuse ...

How A Cold Day And Fraternity Founded 119 Years Ago Shaped History

The story of a particularly cold December day in 1906 and how the founding of Alpha Phi Alpha, Fraternity, Inc. changed ...
WFAE

Cornell shuts down its Ithaca campus after significant signs of omicron variant found

Cornell University is shutting down its Ithaca, N.Y., campus and is moving to "alert level red" — its highest alert level — due to what officials say is a rapid spread of COVID-19 cases among students ...