A chance meeting at a Red Cross center with  a young couple who’d filmed Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath on a camcorder led two filmmakers to direct and produce Trouble the Water, an Academy Award-nominated documentary which screened to a packed house at Emerson Suites last month.

This fall you don't need to leave campus to see some exciting events and speakers. IC has plenty of distinguished visitors in the lineup, so get out your calendars and plan ahead!

Two Days with Trouble the Water Filmmakers

Indie filmmakers Tia Lessin and Carl Deal will be on campus September 15 and 16 to talk about the challenges of indie filmmaking and to show...

It's summer and the music is hot!

Ithaca's Ford Hall has seen dozens of reputable performers this summer, including the fascinating, international New Zealand String Quartet.

As part of the 35th annual Ithaca College Suzuki Institute, the New Zealand String Quartet graced the stage at Ford Hall,  performing two quartets by Haydn to commemorate the 200th anniversary of his...

The city of Ithaca recently celebrated its 32nd annual Ithaca Festival. The Ithaca Festival is an incredibly unique combination of small-town and big-city celebrations on the Ithaca Commons and surrounding streets, as well as in Stewart Park on the final day of festivities.

The four-day celebration kicked off with the festival's must-see annual parade. The parade began with the...

Co-host of Today weekend edition and NBC Nightly News anchor Lester Holt visited Ithaca College last April as the Jessica Savitch Distinguished Journalism Lecturer.

Holt has reported on some of the world’s most important stories, including Operation Iraqi Freedom, Hurricane Katrina, and the war between Israel and Lebanon.

His lecture touched on many...