Ithaca College graduate Travis Knapp ’07 won the BMI Foundation’s 11th Annual John Lennon Songwriting Contest for his song, "Before You Go." Knapp received a $10,000 scholarship and was presented his award onstage at the BMI Pop Awards Ceremony held in Los Angeles.

Recognizing the best and brightest young songwriters between the...

In a funny coincidence, Professor Michael Twomey, Dana Professor of Humanities and Arts at Ithaca College, has unearthed an unknown piece of Arthurian literature, while his former student Steven Hartman ’87 announced that he had discovered a letter written by Henry David Thoreau to Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Professor Twomey discovered a...

It's not unusual to see IC theater majors make it big after graduation. For example, Michele Federer '95 is now starring opposite Emmy Award-winner Mare Winningham in the stage production of The Glass Menagerie at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego. Federer originated the role of Nessarose in the Broadway production of Wicked and appeared...

Rob Bluey ’01 Makes the News in New Media

“What really sold me about Ithaca was the fact that I could get involved from day one at the Ithacan,” says blogger Rob Bluey ’01. Bluey, who graduated with a degree in journalism, has become a one-man riptide under the wave of the “new media” that is drastically...