SU visits SA
By Ashley Kang
January 3, 2011 - 5:58am
Nine Newhouse students travel halfway across the world to tell the stories of Grahamstown, South Africa.

Traveling from Syracuse to South Africa on the tail end of the East Coast blizzard that shut down airports, trains and any helpful means of transportation made for a slow build-up to the exciting reporting experience nine Newhouse students were embarking on.

Portraits of Election Day 2010
By NewsHouse Staff
November 2, 2010 - 11:59pm
Syracuse University students recorded stories of politics, passion and people across Onondaga County on Election Day 2010.

Hundreds of thousands of New York voters made their voices heard on Election Day 2010, keeping Democrats in power within the state while Republicans took control nationally in the U.S. House of Representatives. 

The waste in our water
By Julia Terruso
October 12, 2010 - 2:53pm
The “Save the Rain” campaign joins the clean-up effort to stop the flow of sewage into Onondaga Lake.

Chris Gandino grabbed a quillback from out of a tank, slipped his finger between its lips and peered into the fish’s mouth. “I’m checking him for tumors and lesions,” Gandino said as the fish flopped from side to side in his hand. 

Gandino, who has worked at Onondaga County fisheries since 1987, sees fewer lesions these days.

Westcott's diversity shines at cultural fair
By Ana Barbu
September 19, 2010 - 8:16pm
The 19th annual Syracuse festival draws 8,000 for artists, performances and businesses.

The vibrant Westcott Nation came to life Sunday with energetic performances and eclectic personalities for the 19th annual Westcott Street Cultural Fair.

“The festival is a great opportunity to get out and meet your neighbors and see all the colorful characters in the Westcott neighborhood,” said Samantha Pierce, a member of the Full Moon Hip Stars dancing troupe.

Groups commemorate 9/11 in statuesque silence
By Keith Edelman
September 11, 2010 - 4:43pm
The Syracuse City Fire Department and the City Meditation Crew remember Sept. 11, 2001, with separate acts of live art, silence and a peaceful reading of the Quran.

Two events commemorating the ninth anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks Saturday took culturally different approaches, but both strove for the same result; silent remembrance and inner peace.

Capturing Syracuse second by second
By NewsHouse Staff
August 12, 2010 - 10:19am
Check out 75 video and photo stories throughout the Salt City as they unfold one summer morning.

On Tuesday, Aug. 3, student journalists in a news writing and reporting class from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications fanned out across the five regions of Syracuse, listening to, watching and reporting on the stories surrounding them.

The 75 video and photo stories captured second-by-second that morning share a slice of Syracuse that's been dubbed, "Secs in the City."

Blitz-ing the neighborhood
By Matt Porter
August 9, 2010 - 11:59pm
More than 200 professionals and volunteers help Syracuse residents fix up their homes as part of Home HeadQuarter's Block Blitz.

For one day, more than 200 volunteers, including at least one contingent from S.U., descended on two small neighborhoods on Syracuse's South and...

Mob experiment unfolds in downtown Syracuse
By Jillian Anthony
August 1, 2010 - 9:22am
Participants performed and danced in unison Saturday, beginning in Columbus Circle, as part of the Syracuse MP3 Experiment.

Dozens of people armed with umbrellas and MP3 players following a man in a lobster costume took over Columbus Circle in Syracuse on Saturday as part of a public improvisation theater act.

Workstock 2010 helps the Near Westside
By Evan Klonsky
June 12, 2010 - 9:41pm
A look at OrangeSeeds' "Big Event" and two ongoing projects in Syracuse's Near Westside neighborhood.

Students in Syracuse University’s OrangeSeeds program chose to focus on the Westside community downtown for their annual “Big Event” on April 24, bringing a group of 150 to 200 volunteers to clean up the area and help out with a variety of projects taking place there.

A New 601 Tully
By Evan Klonsky
June 12, 2010 - 8:09pm
SU professor Marion Wilson leads volunteers from OrangeSeeds in rethinking and shaping up a Near Westside house.

Less than a year ago Marion Wilson bought a house on the Near Westside through Syracuse University's Scholarship in Action. The house had been run down and used as a drug headquarters among some area residents.