Posts by WRFI News Staff
Coronavirus Update, July 21, 2020
Ithaca College will not be allowing students on New York State’s travel advisory list to return to campus, as cases of COVID-19 continue to spike around the United States. The additional safety precautions, along with a plan for campus-wide testing were announced to the IC community on Friday. According to the Ithacan, Students coming from…
Read MoreWhich Way Forward: Conversations on Systematic Oppression
The coronavirus crisis has highlighted and exacerbated long-standing, racial and social inequities. Now, the police killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and others have ignited renewed outrage and mobilization against systemic racism, oppression, and police violence. What can we learn from past struggles, and how can we build a strategy for dismantling the systems that…
Read MoreCoronavirus Update, July 17
In a virtual town hall held this week, the Superintendent of the Ithaca City School District, and Superintendent of TST-BOCES, along with other local leaders, discussed plans to reopen their school districts this fall. Both Dr. Luvelle Brown (ICSD) and Dr. Jeffrey Matteson (TST-BOCES) are optimistic about reopening K-12 schools. Dr. Brown says he hopes…
Read MoreCoronavirus Update, July 16, 2020
Looking at the local COVID-19 caseload, In Tompkins County 170 of the 193 people infected with the virus have recovered as of Thursday, according to the County Health Department. Over in Schuyler County, there are no new positive cases reported as of Thursday. 16 out of 17 people infected with COVID-19 have recovered, according to…
Read MoreIn the Name of Zoom: Religious Communities and COVID-19 [AUDIO]
WRFI News Intern Phoebe Harms takes a look at how two religious communities in Tompkins County have adapted their services online during the novel coronavirus pandemic.
Read MoreCoronavirus Update, July 15, 2020
It was announced by the Tompkins County health department that as of Wednesday, there are 7 more cases of COVID-19 in the county. This comes after Tuesday’s additional 10 new cases reported in Tompkins. That leaves 24 active cases in our area, and 169 recovered cases. Frank Kruppa, County Public Health Director issued a statement…
Read MoreCoronavirus Update, July 14, 2020
On Tuesday afternoon the Trump Administration rolled back a recent reversal in policy that would have resulted in the deportation of millions of international students in America if they did not register for in-person classes for the Fall 2020 semester. According to the New York Times, this greenlights a policy put into place in March…
Read MoreSpring Writes Literary Festival Preview [AUDIO]
The Community Arts Partnership hosted a Spring Writes Literary Festival Preview featuring nine local writers who shared their recent work. WRFI News Team contributor Pamela Tan covered the event. [mixcloud https://www.mixcloud.com/wrficommunityradionews/spring-writes-literary-festival-preview-audio/ width=100% height=120 hide_cover=1]
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