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Thursday, December 06, 2012  Police say a former Cornell University graduate student has died in a fall at one of Ithaca's gorges.

Monday, August 27, 2012  The parents of a Cornell University sophomore who died in the Fall Creek gorge two years ago are suing the university for negligence in their son's death.

Sunday, August 19, 2012  Cornell University plans to begin installing nets on several bridges over the Ithaca gorges where three students jumped to their deaths in early 2010.

Thursday, July 12, 2012  Stewards are now trekking the trails in the beautiful but treacherous gorges on Cornell University's Ithaca campus as part of safety efforts enacted after three deaths last summer.

Tuesday, May 29, 2012  Police say a 25-year-old man died after jumping into the base of a waterfall in an upstate New York gorge.

Thursday, March 15, 2012  Authorities say they've recovered the body of a 20-year-old man who he fell more than 100 feet into an upstate New York gorge while hiking with friends.

Friday, February 17, 2012  A 53 year old man from East Amherst was found dead at the bottom on the Decker Creek gorge Man dies taking pictures of gorge in Cayuga County in Moravia, Cayuga County on Friday afternoon. State police in Auburn say the body of Charles Barney was taken to the Onondaga County medical examiner's office. Investigators believe Barney was in the area to take pictures of the waterfalls and apparently slipped to the bottom of the gorge.

Thursday, November 24, 2011  The father of a Cornell University freshman who jumped to his death in a gorge  is suing the school and the City of Ithaca for $168 million in damages.

Monday, September 19, 2011  State police need your help tracking down a driver in a hit and run accident in Cortlandville.

Monday, July 18, 2011  Police say a teenager was rescued and flown to a trauma center after he fell about 30 feet while trying to climb a rocky wall of the Six Mile Creek gorge in Ithaca.

Tuesday, July 05, 2011  Cornell University campus police and local law enforcement will increase patrols near the Ithaca Gorge after two students died in separate incidents over the holiday weekend.

Sunday, July 03, 2011  Neither victim is yet identified

Tuesday, May 31, 2011  Authorities say a man swimming in Ithaca's Fall Creek gorge has died in an accident.

Wednesday, May 11, 2011  It will house eight new "smart" classrooms and the College's music program.

Monday, February 28, 2011  A 60-pound pit bull named Xena is back with her owner thanks to a skilled rescue team at Letchworth State Park in western New York.