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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded a five-year grant in the amount of $8.2 million to the SUNY Research Foundation in support of the Developmental Exposure Alcohol Research Center (DEARC), an alcohol research center led by Binghamton University. The grant, which starts Sept. 1, is a renewal of a five-year, $8.5 million grant awarded to the center in 2010. The grant will help fund research on the effects of developmental exposure to alcohol, focusing on the two primary times when the developing brain is exposed to alcohol —prenatally, via maternal use of alcohol, and during adolescence, when kids begin using alcohol themselves. At both of these times, the brain is developing and is sensitive to alteration by alcohol.

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Binghamton University took a major step forward in its pursuit of path-breaking research on energy-efficient technologies with the start of construction on the University’s Smart Energy Research and Development Facility. Binghamton University President Harvey Stenger was joined by Lt. Gov. Robert Duffy and other state and local officials at a groundbreaking ceremony for the new $70M, 114,000-square-foot building at the Innovative Technologies Complex, 85 Murray Hill Road, Vestal.

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While not as famous or as grand in scale as the Battles of Saratoga or Yorktown, the Battles of Newtown and Chemung played a pivotal role in the Revolutionary War. With the help of a new grant, a team of archaeologists at Binghamton University hopes to ensure these historic battlefields are properly preserved.

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Binghamton University Dean Krishnaswami “Hari” Srihari has been named among three 2014 recipients of the Michael P. Malone International Leadership Awards, recognizing individuals who have made significant contributions to international education at public and land-grant institutions.

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A Binghamton University physicist and his colleagues say they have unlocked one key mystery surrounding high-temperature superconductivity. Their research, published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, found a remarkable phenomenon in copper-oxide (cuprate) high-temperature superconductors.

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A new technique developed by a Binghamton University physicist and his colleagues will improve the quality of flexible, conductive, transparent glass.

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Marilynn Desmond brings a feminist focus to the literature and history of the High Middle Ages. Now the Binghamton University literary scholar will study a medieval manuscript at the Vatican library with support from a prestigious Rome Prize.

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The NorthEast Center for Chemical Energy Storage (NECCES) at Binghamton University has been awarded a $12.8 million, four-year grant, announced Wednesday by U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz. One of 32 grants awarded for a total of $100 million to fund Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs), it will help accelerate the scientific breakthroughs needed to build a new 21st-century energy economy.

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Binghamton University’s Graduate School has seen a healthy rise in applications for international students over the past year, in sharp contrast to slow growth nationally, according to the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS).

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Adolescence can be a wild ride. But a new book called The Owner’s Manual for Driving your Adolescent Brain uses science and storytelling to explain to children how to think about and sometimes manage the chaos. The book is a collaboration of neuroscientist Terrence Deak, associate professor of psychology at Binghamton University, and his aunt, JoAnn Deak, a longtime educator with a doctorate in educational psychology and author of several books, including Your Fantastic Elastic Brain, written for children ages 5 to 9.

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Binghamton University has won a highly competitive grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, which challenged the nation’s research universities to develop effective strategies to attract and retain students in science disciplines, including those from underrepresented groups. Of 170 institutions that applied, only 37 grants were awarded.

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In The Lobster Kings, Alexi Zentner weaves a story that feels at once perfectly realistic and like a legend borrowed from another era. The novel, published this month by W.W. Norton, arrives just three years after Zentner’s critically acclaimed debut, Touch.

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Long before Jeff Bezos hitched Amazon’s wagon to the future of drone technology, a Jim Johnson, a facilities worker at Binghamton University turned an after-hours activity creating and flying a small squadron of drones (he prefers the term quad copters) into a new way to showcase the physical beauty of his scenic campus to the wider world using social media.

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A gift from the Dr. G. Clifford & Florence B. Decker Foundation will enable Binghamton University biologists and their colleagues to conduct tests and research that will improve health outcomes for patients in Southern Tier hospitals with conditions ranging from ear infections to cancer.

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Empire State Development (ESD), New York State’s economic development agency, has approved Binghamton University’s application to participate in START-UP NY, Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s innovative initiative to offer new or expanding companies and business ventures the ability to operate completely tax free in areas on or connected to SUNY campuses.