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Akwesasne Mohawk Kateleen Ellis recently graduated from Syracuse University and reflects back on how indigenous student programs help make Native American students feel welcome, while cultural ignorance in faculty, staff and other students remains.

Common councilors are expected to approve the final step of the state's environmental review process.

Governor Kathy Hochul has until the start of the winter holidays to make her mark on New York’s highest court, the Court of Appeals, by choosing a new chief judge.

With only a 51 vote difference, the New York 50th Senate District candidates could wait weeks for a hand recount to determine the outcome of the race.

The four-term republican made brief remarks and took questions for about an hour at a forum presented by Syracuse University's Maxwell School.

Cornell Global Development Professor Rachel Bezner Kerr presented at the 27th session of the Conference of the Parties climate conference, known as CoP27, held in Egypt.

Onondaga Nation member Alfred Jacques has made lacrosse sticks in the traditional fashion for more than 5 decades, preserving Haudenosaunee culture.

The project has been temporarily halted by a lawsuit that will have its first day in court on Jan. 12.

To keep up with the demand for food assistance during a time of increased prices, the Food Bank of Central New York has increased its need for help and donations from food distributors and retail stores.

Hochul decried the rise in violent domestic terrorism in New York and the nation, and signed two bills into law that she says will takes steps toward trying to prevent it.