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Dmitry Bykov, one of Russia’s best-known public intellectuals, is a visiting critic in the Institute for European Studies, and will be engaging with Cornell faculty and students and completing several writing projects. His satirical poems and political commentaries often take aim at President Vladimir Putin, and have gotten him in trouble.

ITHACA, NY -- After enduring two years of a global pandemic — which left many things dull and unknown — the Ithaca Garden Club, the City of Ithaca and Cornell

A quiet college town upstate is growing into a global hub for people fleeing oppression

Political cartoonist Pedro X. Molina fled his country in 2018 as the government came down hard on critics, killing more than 300 people and imprisoning hundreds more, including many journalists. Molina is now an Artist Protection Fund fellow in residence and visiting critic at Cornell.

ITHACA, NY -- Nicole LaFave was born and raised in Harlem, New York and came to Ithaca to earn her bachelor’s degree in sociology with a concentration in juvenile criminal studies and race and ethnic relations, and minor in Africana studies. While studying at the Center for Culture, Race and Ethnicity, she found her passion for exploring race relations in the United States and began exploring strategies for denouncing oppressive systems. She decided to stay in Ithaca after college because ...

Officers rescue suspect who jumped into freezing water during arrest Unmute ITHACA, N.Y. (WBNG) -- Authorities say a man who was wanted on resisting arrest and violation of parole charges was rescued by officers after he jumped into an inlet evading arrest. The Ithaca Police Department says the man, Joshua Seaman, 32, who was taken into custody, was known to officers. Police say Seaman was spotted, with the knowledge he had warrants out for his arrest, around 9:30 ...

Ithaca man accused of using racial slurs, threatening to kill Wegmans customer in bathroom, police say Updated Jan 11, 2021; Ithaca, N.Y. — Ithaca police say they charged a man with a hate crime after he used racial slurs and threatened to kill another man in a Wegmans bathroom last week. Adam C. House, 35, of Ithaca, was charged with second-degree aggravated harassment as a hate crime following the incident at 8:40 p.m. Thursday at the Ithaca Wegmans, police said. Officers responded to the ...