Here's your local news at a glance for Thursday, the 13th of August.
Good morning, Ithaca.
💼 Business
Jersey Mike’s has opened at 742 Meadow Street off NY-13 and is hosting a fundraiser for the SPCA of Tompkins County through Aug.
16; customers who received coupons got a free sub for donating three items + the store now joins locations in Horseheads and Corning.
Hamilton and Adams, a longstanding business from Kingston, opened its second Ithaca location at 150 E.
State Street on The Commons yesterday, marking a homecoming for owner Andrew Addotta, a Cornell graduate. Events continue through Aug. 24 with a Patch Bar today and a Happy Hour tomorrow.
🎓 Education
Ari Juels, a professor at Cornell Tech, received the 2026 USENIX Security Test of Time Award on Aug.
12 at a symposium in Baltimore. His 2016 paper on AI security, co-authored with researchers from ETH Zurich, Yale, Duke + Cornell Tech, is recognized for its lasting impact.
PSiX got a three-year, $3.5M grant from the Bezos Family Foundation to start fellowships linking faculty and community members who work together on youth purpose research.
The program began with a summer institute at Cornell (June 29–30) and will involve setting purpose-focused projects and courses at institutions.
Cornell will offer its expanded AI Critical Literacy Program in fall after a successful pilot in spring.
The program helps incoming students, faculty and staff learn about generative AI and its ethical and personal uses through Canvas.
📰 Real Estate
SouthWorks, a joint project by SHIFT Capital, L Enterprises, USC Builds, and Xylem Projects, will transform a 95-acre former industrial site near downtown into affordable housing, retail, and restaurant spaces.
Groundbreaking for 230 housing units is planned in October and the project will connect to regional trails.
🏈 Sports
Austin Keiser joined Cornell's men's hockey team as its new director of hockey operations and video coordinator in Ithaca.
He spent two seasons as the Toledo Walleye's goaltending coach and video coordinator.
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