Good morning, Ithaca.

Police officers across New York will trade badges for aprons on Thursday, Oct.

22 at 22 Texas Roadhouse locations—including Ithaca—from 5 to 8 p.m. to raise tips for Special Olympics New York.

A burst pipe in a Dryden school building sent water from the second floor to the basement Saturday morning (around 9 a.m.), with damage confined to noninstructional spaces so that classes continue today.

The R.F. Smith School at Cornell is launching a new fellowship to honor Professor T.

Michael Duncan’s 36-year teaching legacy and his commitment to mentoring students — the initiative will support innovative, hands-on learning in chemical engineering.

Cornell researchers found that AI often writes similar fiction featuring names like Elias and settings such as lighthouses because models train on the same data; Hamilton and Mimno will present their work (Oct.

24-29) in Budapest to explore why these patterns persist.

Cornell’s Gregory Falco received a three-year $450,000 Air Force Young Investigator award to develop AI that helps autonomous spacecraft cooperate when communications fail.

His team will begin testing in computer simulations and later use drones in the upgraded High Volt Lab — where a motion-capture system tracks their maneuvers.

John McWhorter, associate professor of linguistics at Columbia University, will present his talk 'Is America a Failed Experiment?' from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on Nov.

2 at Rhodes-Rawlings Auditorium as part of the College of Arts and Science's America250 events — registration is required for free entry.

Ithaca College integrated green initiatives into athletics by hosting sustainability events, including a Sept.

26 volleyball game with an educational table and a spring week featuring a keynote on climate change and sports. Student-athletes and staff now work to reduce energy, water and transportation impacts on campus.

Five Cornell researchers joined 175 experts on Sept.

22 in a paper that outlines key U.S. climate research priorities for future assessments. Their study covers ocean, physical, adaptation, and economic systems — research meant to guide national and local decision-making.

A Cornell review of nearly 400 papers shows that birds help spread vital nutrients to support plants, animals, and water life — seasonal diet shifts alter waste that nourishes ecosystems.

The study was published Oct. 19 in Current Biology and includes research at Braddock Bay Bird Observatory.

Cornell Votes (a non-partisan group) urges Ithaca residents and students to register for the Nov.

3 midterm elections, which will shape local education policies and city representation.

The Ithaca College men’s soccer team claimed its first Liberty League win on Senior Day, Oct.

17, at Carp Wood Field, ending a five-game period of draws and moving to an 8-1-7 record. They will face RIT tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. at Butterfield Stadium.