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The Cosmetology pathway at Public Service Leadership Academy, prepares its students for a career in the beauty enhancement field. Classes follow the New York State approved curriculum required for taking the written and practical state licensing exams. The cosmetology pathway offers students the unique opportunity to develop and practice their skills during clinic where students and staff are invi...

On this episode of Repeating History, my guest is Dr. Sally Roesch-Wagner. The founding director of the Matilda Joslyn Gage Foundation, she is a nationally recognized lecturer, author, and storyteller of the history of women's rights. Dr. Roesch-Wagner founded one of the nation's first women's studies programs (California State University, Sacramento) and has taught women's history for almost half...

On the latest edition of North Words, 92-year-old Harry Mitchell reflects on an interesting life. The Croghan native shares his stories of growing up with a power plant – literally – in his backyard, and talks about his one move away from the North Country, as he fought in the Korean War. Plus, photographer Paris Escandón discusses the portraits he took of a sometimes invisible population in his a...

Actors Garrett Turner and Bjorn DuPaty talk about their upcoming roles in Eboni Booth’s Pulitzer Prize winning play ‘Primary Trust’

On this week's delectable edition of Check It Out, Maggie and Tom bring on author Sarah Germain. Sarah's book, Dream a Dream, is a cute bedtime book for the little ones AND on the last page parents can find a recipe page for her delicious sugar cookies. Tom can attest.... These cookies are incredible.

January 29th begins the Lunar New Year, and Spoonie and Tongs are making Vietnamese spring rolls for “The Big Taste." Their biggest challenge? Trying to stay up late to celebrate the holiday! Between noisemakers, dance parties, and a little help from the listeners, will they make it to midnight?? Chef guest Calvin Eng joins the fun and talks about his family’s Cantonese traditions and favorite rec...

(#65, 1/9/25) In this episode of CNY Latino Podcast, this story is a demonstration of how sometimes WHILE WE ARE WORKING, we are also enjoying ourselves, like here we are driving through the beauty when we distribute the Newspaper, enjoying the landscape of - what they call here - the Finger Lakes area. In this episode also, an example of one of the 3 Latino Baseball nights we had in Syracuse, wit...

Embrace the wonder of our universe and the myriad ways to explore it by making a trip to the Milton J. Rubenstein Museum of Science and Technology (MoST). On this episode of Built to Serve, Lauren Kochian, President of the MoST, joins host Charles Roberts to share her excitement for all things science. Children of all ages will enjoy the interactive museum with exhibits such as the Dinosaur Exhibi...

The producers Marisol Hernandez and Hugo Acosta start the January 2025 episodes, with welcoming in the new year and brief explanation of upcoming episodes. Explanation of "filler" is in the Radio and Podcast industries, as an explanation of why sometimes we -the Radio and Podcast Producers- have to play past-recorded content. A quick overview of the 'Point of Contact' Museum in Syracuse, as anothe...

For this week's edition of Check It Out, we start out 2025 with a fantastic guest. Tom and Yona welcome COO Jim Sarosy of the Syracuse Crunch Hockey team to discuss all the details of OCPL's 3rd annual Literacy Day with the Crunch coming Monday, January 20th at 1pm.

TRIGGER WARNING - Please note that at [02:00] this episode of Check Up from the Neck Up includes descriptions of trauma, including assault, that may be triggering for some individuals. Addiction scientist, clinician, and author of the new groundbreaking book “The Psychology of Mass Addiction,” Dr. Brian Johnson discusses how relationship trauma drives people to addiction as they try in vain to hea...

Engineers and surgeons collaborate to introduce a new generation of brain-controlled prosthetic limbs. Astronomers are close to identifying the birth of a black hole. Also this month on Science Today, are geniuses really responsible for the spread of new scientific thought? Can an infant’s sugar intake alter the risk of diabetes later in life? We will get answers to these questions, plus, a new lo...

Brian McDonald earned his Bachelor’s degree in Social Work at Syracuse University in mid-December. He grew up in North Syracuse and is a Marine Corps Veteran with service in Iraq. On this episode of CNY Heroes, Brian talks about the challenges of transitioning from military to civilian life, including his journey through the worlds of work, college and beyond, where he hopes to help other veterans...

How we are working towards shifting our mindsets as educators to implement meaningful hands-on learning experiences for all students that lead to fruitful futures. There is a paradigm shift occurring in education -- CTE and Vocational Education have very often been seen as not as advanced or as valuable as other disciplines in public education. We are taking charge of that paradigm shift towards v...

Spoonie is excited for her show all about Nigerian food and can’t wait to make chuk chuk candies! But she keeps getting interrupted by a super fan of “The Plate Show”, Canastasia, the can opener. Spoonie is flattered at first but will she be able to keep her cool... even though she’s ready to fly off her handle? Author and cook Yewande Komolafe shares her favorite Nigerian food from growing up, an...

Executive Director Maximilian Eyle and Managing Editor Chris Libonati discuss the work Central Current is doing to provide CNY residents with strong and accessible local reporting. They explore their highest impact stories on policing and the last election, share why the nonprofit model is critical for newsrooms today, and highlight their plans to expand even further in 2025.

In this exciting edition of Check It Out: Except for Christmas, Tom thinks Santa probably gets bored the other 364 days of the year. Don't get bored like Santa! There's a long break until school starts again. And the Onondaga County Public Libraries have a sleigh full of fun things to do, including a Polar Express party.

Several "shorts" by Marisol Hernandez and Hugo Acosta, put together, from various opportunities and situations, where the two of them took the initiative to record, and explain why, to share with the great Hispanic audience of this program, and the rest of the Press media that we have at CNY Latino, including a Memorial Tribute to War Veterans, Signs of the Fall Season, unique pet situations, and...

Spoonie is excited to make challah bread for her beloved Aunt Mitzi, the oven mitt, but is astounded to realize just how long it takes. Will Spoonie finish before Aunt Mitzi arrives? Special guest Elyssa Heller joins to talk about Jewish food, both traditional and modern, and kid guest Juliet shares her favorite food, latkes, for the Jewish holiday, Hanukkah! Elyssa Heller started Edith's as a pan...

New York Focus, a statewide nonprofit newsroom, recently released a report detailing the information needs of New Yorkers. Through surveys and in-person interviews, the organization found that residents are frustrated by the decline of local news and the resulting lack of transparency in government. This information gap hinders civic engagement and leaves people feeling unable to participate in th...

Rochele Royster, artist, educator, and licensed art therapist, talks with host Melissa Crespo about the healing benefits of the arts and the upcoming production of 'Primary Trust.’

This session of Thursday Morning Roundtable features Onondaga County Executive Ryan McMahon providing an update on the future of the county. For a complete listing of TMR sessions, see the Thursday Morning Roundtable page at wcny.org.

In this exciting edition of Check It Out, Tom is shocked to discover that Maggie has no idea who the Heat or Cold Misers are! Nonetheless, they get past this and talk about all the generous things the libraries do during the holiday season: clothing drives, food drives and even a drive to help our 4-legged friends. All on this week's CIO!

On the December edition of North Words, noted North Country photographer Nathan Farb looks back on his 1977 trip to Siberia. Farb's portrait photos from the Soviet Union led to a book at the time, and a new documentary this year, called "Nathan Farb and the Cold War." Plus, Ottawa musician and filmmaker Lloyd Frost has a new short film out - also set during the Cold War, in East Berlin. He made th...

In this episode of CNY Latino: cnylatinonewspaper.com/ Podcast, we interviewed Dr. Ambrosio Romelo, a psychologist and therapist to better understand and help those that suffer depression and/or Anxiety or better navigate other stressful situations. En este episodio tuvimos una larga conversación con el Psicólogo y Terapista Dr. Ambrosio Romelo, entrevistado por Marisol Hernandez, para ayudar a aq...