Reports and Reviews

  1. Ma, Zora (Ruoyu). “Back to Hogwarts: Syracuse Orchestra Enchants the Landmark.” The NewsHouse, 10 Nov. 2025, thenewshouse.com/entertainment/music/back-to-hogwarts-syracuse-orchestra-enchants-the-landmark/.

  2. Ma, Zora (Ruoyu). “Phoneboy Returns to Syracuse with Vulnerability and Fun.” Edited by Jenna Sents. The NewsHouse, 30 Oct. 2025. https://thenewshouse.com/entertainment/music/phoneboy-returns-to-syracuse-with-vulnerability-and-fun/.

  3. Ma, Zora. “Former Corning Museum Manager Brings Sales Expertise to Art Career.” Syracuse.Com, 18 Oct. 2025, www.syracuse.com/living/2025/10/former-corning-museum-manager-brings-sales-expertise-to-art-career.html.

  4. Ma, Zora. “Syracuse Artist Cayetano Valenzuela Creates New ‘mural of the Sun’ to Honor Mexican Culture.” This Is CNY, 9 Oct. 2025, www.thisiscny.com/living/2025/10/syracuse-artist-cayetano-valenzuela-creates-new-mural-of-the-sun-to-honor-mexican-culture.html.

  5. Ma, Zora (Ruoyu). “Syracuse Style 2025.” The NewsHouse, 7 Oct. 2025, thenewshouse.com/life-and-style/fashion/syracuse-style-2025/.

  6. Ma, Zora (Ruoyu). “Back to the club with Taylor Dayne.“ in “New York State Fair Closes with 900,000+ Visitors.” The NewsHouse, 4 Sept. 2025, thenewshouse.com/entertainment/new-york-state-fair-closes-with-over-900000-visitors-2025/.

  7. Ma, Zora. “A dancer’s creative rebirth through krump.” CITY Magazine. Arts. Music. Culture., 2 Sept. 2025, www.roccitymag.com/special-sections/rochester-fringe-festival/the-beginning-after-an-end/.

  8. Ma, Zora. “New Retail Shops Open in Syracuse: Miss Daisy’s, Apricot Lane Boutique, Kara Anne.” This Is CNY, 26 Aug. 2025, www.thisiscny.com/living/2025/08/new-retail-shops-open-in-syracuse-miss-daisys-apricot-lane-boutique-kara-anne.html.

  9. Ma, Zora (Ruoyu). “‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Has Its Own Elsa.” The NewsHouse, 21 Aug. 2025, thenewshouse.com/entertainment/television/k-pop-demon-hunters-has-its-own-elsa-frozen/.

Photojournalism

A man with long dark hair, glasses, and a beard painting a mural on a brick wall. He is sitting on a yellow scaffold, wearing headphones, a grey t-shirt, and a backward cap. The mural has large blue and orange shapes. A leafy green plant is in the foreground.

Artist Cayetano Valenzuela paints a new mural on the restaurant Birria Quesa Tacos Syr at 415 W. Onondaga St.

Interior of a gift shop with various colorful items on display including plush toys, hats, handbags, and decorative pumpkins with fall leaves, under a sign that says 'Miss Daisy's'.

Miss Daisy’s offers pet and human accessories as well as home decor. The boutique opened at the end of May in 2025 at 406 S. Franklin St.

A female singer performing on an outdoor stage, holding a microphone with one arm raised, wearing a black leather outfit with fishnet stockings, black boots, and long wavy hair. There are two male musicians playing keyboards and guitar in the background. Audience members are watching, some raising their hands.

Taylor Dayne performs “Tell It To My Heart” during her Chevy Court show at the New York State Fair.

Mural painting on a brick wall with orange, blue, and white abstract shapes, green cactus, and orange butterflies next to a window.

Artist Cayetano Valenzuela paints a new mural on the restaurant Birria Quesa Tacos Syr at 415 W. Onondaga St.

People shopping and socializing inside a boutique retail store with clothing, accessories, and drinks.

Kara Anne Customers visit Kara Anne at 211 E. Water St. during its grand opening event .

Woman in an orange dress at a clothing store grand opening, holding a white t-shirt with a teddy bear design on a mannequin.

Apricot Lane Boutique Alison Ryan put together a game day outfit that featured a shirt with a stitched teddy bear holding an orange football at Apricot Lane Boutique.

A woman is outdoors, standing in front of a large abstract painting with vibrant orange, red, yellow, black, blue, and purple colors. She is wearing a gray sleeveless top and white pants, and she appears to be exploring or adjusting the painting. There is a house with brick and siding exterior, a window, and a television in the background.

JoAnne Sharman shows one of her pouring acrylic paintings in her house in Auburn, New York.

Outdoor patio with painting supplies, abstract paintings, and a table with art materials, surrounded by potted plants and flowers, adjacent to a house with brick and white siding.

JoAnne Sharman's outdoor painting table and some of her recent works in front of her studio.

Academic Publications

  • Li X, Wang Y, Ma R, et al. Reconstruction of functional uterine tissues through recellularizing the decellularized rat uterine scaffolds by MSCs in vivo and in vitro. Biomed Mater 2021; 16: 035023

  • Ma RY. Meeting report of the editorial board meeting for World Journal of Hepatology 2019. World J Hepatol 2020; 12: 1-5

  • Li X, Ma R, Gu Q, et al. A fully defined static suspension culture system for large-scale human embryonic stem cell production. Cell Death Dis 2018; 9: 892

  • Li X, Ma R, Duan Y, Gu Q, Zhou, Q. Chapter 19 "生物材料在干细胞中的应用 [Applications of Biomaterials in Stem Cells]" in "再生医学 :生物材料与组织再生 [Regenerative Medicine: Biomaterials and Tissue Regeneration]" 2021