Posts by WRFI News Staff
A Summer “Online”: WRFI News interns reflect on program experiences amid pandemic [AUDIO]
A conversation with Tessie Devlin, Phoebe Harms, and Jon Donville (pictured), whose names you might recognize from their time co-hosting our program from May – August 2020. As of August 7, all three have finished up their summer internships with the WRFI News Team. In this piece, the three reflect on their work at the…
Read MoreConversation with Samantha Little – ICSD Director of Athletics and Wellness [AUDIO]
A conversation with the Ithaca City School District Athletic & Wellness Director Samantha Little about the future of high school athletics during the pandemic.
Read MoreCoronavirus Update,
Cornell president Martha Pollack is backing the University’s plan for reactivation in the fall. According to the Cornell Daily Sun, Pollack sent an email to the University community, noting that welcoming students back to Ithaca was “the best option available”. She also says that all decisions were driven by the school’s “responsibility to safeguard the…
Read MoreCoronavirus Update, August 5, 2020
Cornell is turning part of its Animal Health Diagnostic Center in the College of Veterinary Medicine into a COVID-19 testing lab, according to the Cornell Daily Sun. The University wants to be able to test its students on a regular basis and also lessen the strain on the local health institutions providing COVID-19 testing. The…
Read MoreCoronavirus Update, August 4, 2020
As Cornell prepares to welcome students back to Ithaca, the university is creating a student ambassador program to help enforce the behavioral compact according to the Cornell Daily Sun. The COVID-19 student peer health ambassadors’ program is designed as a volunteer opportunity for students to increase public health awareness and help advocate for the university’s…
Read MoreAmid Mounting Public Pressure, Ithaca Tenants and Lawmakers Join Forces to Try and Cancel Rent [AUDIO]
Since the spread of COVID-19 in the U.S. began in early 2020, the novel coronavirus has emerged into a global health crisis. We’ve seen overcrowded hospitals, millions infected with COVID-19, and hundreds of thousands of deaths from complications from the virus. And on top of that, the U.S., and our region is experiencing a huge…
Read MoreCoronavirus Update, August 3, 2020
New York Governor Cuomo plans to issue Fall 2020 K-12 school reopening guidance this week to districts around the state. WSKG reports that schools have already begun tentative planning for the school year, but Governor Cuomo says he’s waited as long as possible so he can base the decision off the latest data available on…
Read MoreCoronavirus Update, July 31, 2020
Cornell University has announced that students returning to Ithaca from states that are currently on the travel advisory list will not be provided quarantine housing on campus. According to the Cornell Daily Sun, the reversal of policy will require those individuals to either find their own accommodations off-campus where they can spend 14 days in…
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