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Cornell Week of Action to Ground the Drones: Helen Shanahan and Christopher Hanna

By WRFI News Staff

Helen Shanahan and Christopher Hanna are students and co-facilitators of Amnesty International at Cornell University. They have organized the Week of Action to Ground the Drones, taking place from March 27th to April 1st. Their interview with WRFI’s Aron Gutman and Forrester Hammer aired on the March 28, 2017 edition of WRFI Community Radio News.

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Bill Foster of the Cayuga Lake Floating Classroom- March 24, 2017

By WRFI News Staff

Bill Foster, Director of the Cayuga Lake Floating Classroom, talks about the Ithaca Fishing and Conservation Day, taking place on Saturday, March 25, 2017 at Ithaca High School.  He discusses its history and how it encourages citizens to conserve local waterways.  He also describes what type of activities are carried out on the Floating Classroom.…

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Consent is not enough: Preventing Sexual Violence: March 13, 2017

By WRFI News Staff

Nina Cummings, sexual violence prevention coordinator at the Skorton Center for Health Initiatives at Cornell Health talks to Esther Racoosin of WRFI Community Radio News.  She speaks about ways that the center is using a public health approach and engaging the community to decrease sexual and dating violence. This interview initially aired on the March…

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Young pianist Alexei Aceto – March 14, 2017

By WRFI News Staff

The pianist Alexei Aceto, an Ithaca resident, plays works of Schubert, Chopin, Scriabin, and Satie among others. Alexei gave his first full-length recital, five years ago, at the age of 12. Music organization Classical Pianists of the Future has selected him to perform a solo program Saturday, March 25th at Binghamton’s United Presbyterian Church, at…

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