Three accomplished writers are visiting Ithaca College this fall, continuing the traditions of two guest lecturer programs run by the Park School of Communications and the School of Humanities and Sciences.

This year’s Park Distinguished Visitor is award-winning journalist and author Tom Wolfe. Wolfe has written for the New York Herald-Tribune and New York...

Ithaca College’s new Dorothy D. and Roy H. Park Center for Business and Sustainable Enterprise was recently awarded LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) platinum certification, making it one of fewer than a dozen buildings on college campuses to have received this honor -- the highest awarded by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). The building, opened this past...

A: First-year (freshman) housing gives you the opportunity to live with students who share your status as a new student on campus and who will also be looking to make new friends.

Your resident assistant (RA) will also organize special activities to make you feel at home. An extra perk: Ithaca’s first-year housing is in a great location -- right at the center of campus!
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A: Absolutely! To choose your roommate you need your housing ID and your roommate’s housing ID number.

Students receive a room lottery number that determines which day they register for their housing preference. Whichever roommate has the lowest housing number will register for both of you on HomerConnect, IC’s online registration system.

If you don’t already...

A: In every residence hall there is a common kitchen for students to use.

Cooking appliances like hot plates, hot pots, and toasters are prohibited in dorm rooms, but microfridges are allowed.

Students who live in the Garden or Circle Apartments have fully furnished kitchens that include a fridge, an oven, a stove, and a microwave. Some Circle apartments even have...