Here's your local news at a glance for Thursday, the 15th of October.
Good morning, Ithaca.
Alina Kim from K-HOUSE Karaoke - Arts Hub addresses local concerns about false AI claims by highlighting the venue’s long-standing commitment to human-created artwork and community support; the business is relaunching its Tiny Kitchen pop-up program to offer free design services for local food vendors.
Ithaca’s 2nd annual Mural Jam brought community together to celebrate art on Oct.
13, organized by SouthWorks and showcasing local creativity.
Language events celebrating American history will take place from Oct.
15 to Nov. 6 on campus and at Tompkins County Public Library, featuring smoke dancers, ASL poetry, Indigenous language talks, film screenings, and food. The free programs offer ASL interpretation and invite community participation — bringing local heritage to life.
After Cinemapolis showed The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari on Wednesday, it is hosting three new films today—the Devils, Sense and Sensibility, and a documentary on Elizabeth Holmes—while Cornell Cinema offers free screenings and live-accompanied silent films at Willard Straight Hall; additional Halloween-themed films run through next week.
Researchers at Cornell developed a chip that produces hydrogen bubbles on electrodes and uses ultrasound for programmable fluid flow.
The breakthrough may aid microscopic robots in future medical applications as experiments controlled bubble size with nine electrodes.
Cornell seniors begin honors theses in animal science, meteorology, and psychology; projects include studying dog bone disease via genetic data, tracking bird migration using weather radar, and testing infant curiosity through play sessions.
Ithaca College students received help registering to vote through a new initiative led by the Unity Center and MLK Scholar Program.
The program, launched on Sept. 15, registered 49 students and will train scholars for canvassing around campus (honoring Jo Ann Bland's legacy).
The City of Ithaca launched a year-round dog licensing campaign yesterday to help owners reunite lost pets with their families by highlighting that an Ithaca mailing address does not always mean a local residence + coordinating with groups such as Downtown Ithaca Alliance and Tompkins County SPCA.
The City of Ithaca is repairing and replacing the sidewalk at the E Green St and Cayuga St intersection to improve pedestrian accessibility — work begins Oct.
14 and will finish Oct. 26.
Cornell’s volleyball team went 15-0 in sets across five games over three weekends as it won close matches against Penn and Princeton while showing strong teamwork — next weekend, they will travel to face Brown at 6 p.m. Friday and Yale at 5 p.m. Saturday to extend their Ivy League lead.
The Cornell women’s soccer team trounced Holy Cross 6-1 on Tuesday at Berman Field in Ithaca as six players scored and nearly 150 fans attended their first-ever matchup.
They will play Princeton on Saturday at 1 p.m.
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