Many first-generation and low-income students struggle to overcome “deceptively small barriers” like family pressures, self-doubt and social strains. Cornell is among the list of colleges that have bolstered new initiatives to better serve this population of the student body, administrators and students said.

The Cornell Plantations’ Natural Areas program will be the recipient of the tenth annual Richard B. Fischer Environmental Conservation Award, the Town of Ithaca’s Conservation Board announced Monday.

Wilma Liebman, former chair of the National Labor Relations Board, spoke Monday about “escalating controversy” and the divided political climate she said American labor law is facing. 

More than 200 skateboarders from all over the United States gathered in Ithaca Saturday on the corner of Buffalo Street and Eddy Street for the 2013 Ithaca Skate Jam –– an annual skateboarding event that is hosted by Comet Skateboards, the leading producer of eco-friendly skateboards and longboards.

About 200 students and Ithaca community members marched down to the Commons to “Take Back the Night,” showing solidarity against sexual violence and speaking up in support of survivors. 

See images from The Sun's tour of Roosevelt Island, site of the future tech campus.

Being smart, hardworking and affable may get you a job and even an early promotion. But it takes more to become a startup entrepreneur, according to John P. Jaquette, Jr., executive director of Entrepreneurship@Cornell. 

Two Ithaca residents were charged Friday with third-degree robbery after allegedly robbing a man near the Holiday Inn’s parking lot Wednesday evening, according to Ithaca Police.

Two men were reportedly stabbed in the City of Ithaca this weekend, according to Ithaca Police.

Getting a job lined up before graduation or landing a summer internship is often more stressful than the prelim season for Cornell students. Yet in a world where LinkedIn is to job search what Facebook is to social life, Cornell students have ignored one of the most useful assets available to them: alumni.