Community orientation

First year Cornell students with the university's Pre-Orientation Service Trips (POST) program scrape paint at the Mary Durham House, part of the Women's Opportunity Center in downtown Ithaca, Aug. 19. Some 75 POST volunteers are spending the week working at various local agencies and learning about the Ithaca community. Above, from left, are Jessica Agarwal from Denville, N.J., Nan Li from Houston, Texas, and Holly Holt from Mansfield, Mass. Nicola Kountoupes/University Photography