Ithaca native Prof. Judith Hubbard, Earth and atmospheric sciences, announced that she will be running for Tompkins County Legislature District 5 on Feb. 24. Her campaign will center on protecting funding for academic institutions, defending the environment and reevaluating property taxes.  Tompkins County District 5 includes parts of Fall Creek, Cornell Heights and Cornell University. Hubbard looks to fill one of two seats that were added to the county legislature in 2022 after a county-wide redistricting process.   After graduating from Ithaca High School, Hubbard majored in geology at the California Institute of Technology before earning a Ph.D. in geology from Harvard. She spent the next 10 years as an assistant…