November 3, 2011 - 4:12pm
The Patriot Guard Riders of New York saddle up on a regular basis to support our nation's troops.

When Pat Christensen returned home from duty in the Vietnam War he received no parade, no cheering and no outpouring of support. Rather, protestors spit on him. Others cursed at him. Some simply ignored a man who had just spent eighteen months overseas serving his country. Decades later, Christensen feels no veteran should suffer similar indignation. In 2007, he joined the Patriot Guard Riders.

October 11, 2011 - 12:47pm
Representatives from a team of more than 170 scientists, including SU Professor Charles Driscoll, announced their Great Lakes mercury study findings on Tuesday.

The Great Lakes are the largest freshwater resource in the world. They provide water, food, recreation, employment and transportation to more than 35 million people and they have suffered mercury pollution since 1850.

October 10, 2011 - 10:14pm
A local bakery finds a niche in Syracuse University's catering services with their varied cupcakes.

The smells of rising dough and vanilla hit you when you enter the small Cupcakes & Smiles bakery in Camillus. Rows of cupcakes piled high with frosting peek out of a glass display. The five flavors of the week are written in fluorescent green and blue on a board behind the counter.

But the kitchen in the back is more chaotic.

August 30, 2011 - 11:21am
The sun may have set on summer but SU students had plenty of stories to share from their vacation on the first day of classes.

Syracuse University students across the country found ways to keep themselves busy this past summer, with activities ranging from internships to traveling, waitressing jobs to playing lawn games in their free time.

The NewsHouse talked Monday to dozens of students from different states, asking what they filled their summer days with. Activities varied from coast to coast, with no real pattern surfacing.

Dan Klamm, marketing and communications coordinator for the SU’s Career Services, said he’s not surprised.

August 28, 2011 - 9:16pm
The massive storm that hit the Northeast causes delays and dilemmas as students tried to make their way back to Syracuse.

While Hurricane Irene didn’t affect Central New York as badly as cities on the eastern seaboard, several Syracuse University students who planned on moving in this weekend had a lot of trouble traveling to campus.

The storm touched down in North Carolina on Saturday and slammed into New Jersey and New York today, intimidating authorities into shutting down public transit and throughways in the tri-state area and prompting flight delays nationwide.

August 16, 2011 - 1:11pm
Check out more than 50 video stories about Central New York originals.

Throughout a week in July and August, student journalists in a news writing and reporting class from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications branched out across the city of Syracuse and its surrounding areas in search of subjects whose roots are connected to the Central New York area.

The 57 video stories captured a range of characters, from those that are a part of multigenerational businesses to individuals just starting to establish a base in the area.

August 9, 2011 - 3:01pm
Citizens and local police advocating for education on driving distractions are endorsing New York's new ban.

The day Jacy Good graduated from Muhlenberg College should have been filled with excitement.  Instead, it was a day marked by tragedy.

As Jacy and her parents, Jay and Jean Good, both 58, drove home to Lititz, Pa. after the commencement ceremony, their station wagon was struck by a swerving tractor-trailer. Jacy survived the crash, but was placed in the hospital with a shattered pelvis, collapsed lungs, a lacerated liver, and severe traumatic brain injury. Her parents died on impact. 

July 26, 2011 - 10:48am
Volunteers from 40 Below are working on a mural spanning two blocks to remind people of the impact the Erie Canal once had on the Salt City.

A dozen people clad in sandals rolled out baby blue paint onto Erie Boulevard in downtown Syracuse Saturday night between Montgomery and Salina streets, a two-block stretch converted from a fraction of the Erie Canal into dry land less than a century ago.

Approaching 9 p.m., the former national power building shone out down the boulevard, and the fountains bubbled behind public works barriers. To the South, the sky loomed dark and opaque.  

June 1, 2011 - 7:45am
With turmoil in the Middle East and recent news of another Pakistani reporter killed, a journalist honored at SU shares his personal story of torture and the challenges of freedom of information.

As protests continue to rumble across parts of the Middle East and North Africa, freedom of the press has increasingly come under attack. In the spotlight have been high profile cases like the abduction of four New York Times' reporters in Libya.

May 30, 2011 - 11:04pm
Volunteer-driven grassroots organization works to promote access to fresh, locally-grown food across the city's social strata.

Urban farming is becoming a prominent solution to the problem of food security and the sustainable development of urban vacant lots in Syracuse. Local non profit organization Syracuse Grows is focusing on ways to ensure that people have access to nutritious, affordable food.