As colleges grapple with the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) in the classroom, their responses remain far from uniform. At Cornell University, faculty are revising syllabi and restructuring assessments to protect academic integrity. Meanwhile, Ithaca College’s Park Center for Independent Media urges educators to move beyond policing misuse and to critically examine AI as a surveillance infrastructure reshaping educational power and practice, raising deeper questions about the purpose of education.

Originally published on Ithaca College’s Park Center for Independent Media official website

This review looks at "Writing with Fire," the 2021 Oscar-nominated documentary about Khabar Lahariya, India's only newspaper run by Dalit women. I argue that the journalists' proximity to the communities they cover is expertise, not bias. I examine how the film's observational style and refusal to sanitize its subjects' precarity reveal both the power and the limits of inclusive journalism without institutional support.

Photo by Kanopy

A look inside Tompkins County's consumer-driven model for disability services, and the physical and attitude-based barriers that remain.

Photo by Finger Lakes Independence Center official website

From Healing to Profit: How American Healthcare Became an Economy

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Through funding freezes, regulatory threats, and legal manipulation, the Trump administration is pressuring nonprofit organizations to fall in line—or face extinction.

Originally published on Project Censored’s Dispatches — Photo by Daniel Torok

Once a bipartisan resource, public media is now cast as an ideological threat under the Trump administration’s efficiency campaign.

Originally published on Project Censored’s Dispatches — Photo by Daniel Torok

Goodwiil of the Finger Lakes opens its first location in Ithaca, New York.

Originally Published on The Ithacan — Photo by Emmi Chen

In this photographic series, I set out to capture the essence of Ithaca’s vibrant local business scene through intimate portraits of the individuals who make our community thrive.

Originally published on Ithaca Week — Photo by Jackie Vickery

Startup Demo Day gives students the chance to pitch ideas.

Originally published on IC Current — Photo by Jackie Vickery

Ithaca College student David Miller ’26 wins trombone competition.

Originally published on IC Current — Photo Submitted

Alumni Weekend serves as an opportunity for past generations to share expertise with current students.

Originally published on IC Current — Contributing Writers: Ryan Johnson ’26, Nathan Zakim ’25, and Elle Wilcox ’26

IC students get a chance to explore downtown during Welcome Student Weekend.

Originally published on IC Current — Photo by Ethan Beer

LGBT Center’s Welcome Back social brings together members of the community.

Originally published on IC Current — Photo by Jackie Vickery