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Record High Tick Surge Quadruples Lyme Disease Cases in Tompkins County This Year

By Hussam Kher Bek · Friday, Sept. 26, 2025

The Tompkins County Health Department reports a record-high number of tick cases this year, with Lyme disease cases in July 2025 more than quadrupling recorded cases in July 2024.

DeFendini Returns to the Polls: Cornell Alumnus Runs to Represent Ithaca Common Council’s First Ward

By Jonathan Brand · Thursday, Sept. 25, 2025

‘Not Just About Fisheries, But Also About People’: Cornell Grad Student Receives SBB Research Scholarship

By Zeinab Faraj · Thursday, Sept. 25, 2025

SUN EXCLUSIVE: Lombardi, Love Discuss Housing Selection, Student Code of Conduct Revision

By Dorothy France-Miller and Matthew Kiviat · Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025

Adam Vinson ’25 Runs for County Legislature, Campaigns on Climate and Student Engagement

By Taehee Oh · Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025

Adam Vinson ’25, running for Tompkins County Legislature, focuses on advancing Ithaca’s climate goals and amplifying student voices in local government.

‘It Represents the Ithaca Community as a Whole’: Porchfest Brings Outdoor Music to Ithaca and Beyond

By Giselle Redmond · Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025

Over 160 bands took part in Ithaca’s neighborhood music festival, Porchfest, this Sunday.

U.S. News Ranks Cornell at No. 16 Best University in the World, No. 12 in the Country

By Varsha Bhargava · Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025

Cornell ranked 12th in the country and 16th in the world among other universities according to the U.S. News & World Report 2026 rankings, which were published Tuesday morning.

Student Assembly Postpones Vote on Resolution Addressing Administration’s Review of Student Code of Conduct

By Emma Spindler · Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025

The Student Assembly unanimously voted to rework proposed Resolution 10, which attempts to give the undergraduate body a voice in revisions of the Student Code of Conduct, during its Thursday meeting.

Cool Breeze, Falling Leaves, Apples: Ithaca’s Annual Apple Harvest Festival to Return for Its 43rd Year

By Rafaela Gandolfo Bustamante · Monday, Sept. 22, 2025

Ithaca’s 43rd Apple Harvest Festival is set to return to the Commons from Sept. 26 to 28.

McFaddin Hall Will Not House Students for Fall 2026 Due to Upcoming Construction

By Varsha Bhargava · Monday, Sept. 22, 2025

McFaddin Hall will undergo exterior construction this upcoming summer, and will not be included in the Fall Housing Selection Process for the 2026-2027 academic year.

‘Why Are We Researching What We Know Black People Deserve?’: Community Members Discuss Reparations in New York

By Shubha Gautam · Monday, Sept. 22, 2025

Community members, educators and officials gathered in Ithaca to share perspectives on what reparations could look like in New York, as part of a statewide effort to address slavery and systemic racism.

Any Person, Any Study and Any Place: Cornellians Reflect On Their Time Studying Abroad

By Mary Caitlin Cronin · Monday, Sept. 22, 2025

Cornell students from diverse majors reflect on how studying abroad offered them transformative cultural, personal and global perspectives.

‘Beloved by His Colleagues’: Michael Lenetsky, Baker Lab Senior Department Manager, Dies After 25 Years at Cornell

By Zeinab Faraj · Friday, Sept. 19, 2025

Michael Lenetsky, the senior department manager for the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, died Friday morning in Baker Laboratory during a medical emergency.

University Leaders Mourn Death of First-Year Arts and Sciences Student

By Zeinab Faraj · Friday, Sept. 19, 2025

Joselyn Guadalupe Garcia ’29 was found dead in her residence hall Friday morning, according to an email to the College of Arts and Sciences community from Peter Loewen, dean of the college.

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Cornell Reopens Kitchen, Addresses Sanitation Following Ganędagǫ: Hall Bear Skinning

By Anjelina Gonzalez · Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025

The communal kitchen used by two students to butcher a bear was reopened on Sept. 9, according to an email sent to Ganędagǫ: Hall residents by Cornell Housing and Residential Life.

‘All Political Violence is Wrong’: Campus Political Organization Leaders React to Assassination of Conservative Activist Charlie Kirk

By Christine Savino · Friday, Sept. 12, 2025

Charlie Kirk, a prominent conservative activist and founder of Turning Point USA, was shot and killed on Wednesday at Utah Valley University, prompting condemnation from Cornell’s campus political leaders.

Emergency Phones on Ithaca Campus Experience Partial Service Outage

By Gabriel Munoz · Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025

In an alert sent to the Cornell community, the Cornell University Division of Public Safety wrote that emergency phones on campus are experiencing an unplanned outage.

‘Mike … Was Just Hoping the Number Would Be More’: Police Footage Shows Top Administrator Discussing Detainment of Protesters at ‘Pathways to Peace’

By Zeinab Faraj · Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025

Police footage shows a top administrator expressing dissatisfaction about the number of detainments at the Pathways to Peace panel on behalf of an individual referred to as “Mike.” The University declined to comment on whether “Mike” referred to President Michael Kotlikoff.

University to Revise Student Code of Conduct, Procedures

By Zeinab Faraj · Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025

Ryan Lombardi, the vice president for student and campus life, announced that the University will revise the Student Code of Conduct and the Conduct procedures per a statement released on Tuesday morning.

Four Years After ‘Reimagining Public Safety,’ Reform Comes Slowly to Ithaca

By Atticus Johnson · Thursday, March 27, 2025

Some Ithacans are frustrated with the pace of change of resolutions addressing police reform and racial inequality, four years after public safety was “reimagined” by Ithaca’s Common Council.