Stephanie Courtney, who graduated from Harpur College with an English degree in 1992, will speak at Binghamton University's Harpur Fine Arts/Humanities ceremony at noon Sunday, May 27, where she will be honored as an alumna.
Binghamton University received a record-high of 30,168 freshman applications for fall 2015 admission, surpassing the previous record high of 29,450 set in 2013.
Rust never sleeps. Whether a reference to the 1979 Neil Young album or a product designed to protect metal surfaces, the phrase invokes the idea that corrosion from oxidation — the more general chemical name for rust and other reactions of metal with oxygen — is an inevitable, persistent process. But a new Binghamton University study reveals that certain features of metal surfaces can stop the process of oxidation in its tracks.
When you go to bed and how long you sleep at a time might actually make it difficult for you to stop worrying, according to researchers at Binghamton University. The study, led by Binghamton Anxiety Clinic Director Meredith Coles and graduate student Jacob Nota, found that people who sleep for shorter periods of time and go to bed very late at night are often overwhelmed with more negative thoughts than those who keep more regular sleeping hours. The findings appear in Springer’s journal Cognitive Therapy and Research, being published this month.
What does it take to shoot a modern TV spot? Expensive equipment? A 40-man crew? A gargantuan budget? For Binghamton University, all it takes is some teamwork. The University’s new 30-second TV spot, “Binghamton – This Is Premier,” is a study in collaboration. The video, which showcases the University’s history using archive footage and props, period furniture and digital effects, was produced almost entirely in-house by students, faculty and staff.
Binghamton University now has a Center of Excellence building worthy of its title. University President Harvey G. Stenger on Wednesday joined with Sen. Thomas W. Libous, Assemblywoman Donna A. Lupardo, University faculty and staff, industry partners, community leaders and members of the public to celebrate the opening of a $30 million, 114,000-square-foot facility on Murray Hill Road in Vestal.
Bucking the national and historic trend of disproportionately low female enrollment in STEM disciplines, Binghamton University announced this week that its new Executive Master of Science in Health Systems program based in Manhattan has so far enjoyed a consistent 50 percent female enrollment as it moves into building for its third year of operation. By comparison to national averages, this is more than double the available figures for STEM overall and specifically higher than the roughly 24 percent of female students reported in engineering coursework nationwide.
A major construction project spearheaded by Binghamton University and the University Foundation is under way in downtown Binghamton. University President Harvey Stenger joined state and federal representatives as well as numerous community leaders to watch as an excavator broke ground on the $19M Southern Tier High Technology Incubator (STHTI) project.
The Binghamton University School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences will be constructed at 96 Corliss Ave. in Johnson City, one block off of Main St. near UHS Wilson Medical Center, a short drive from Lourdes Hospital and only 2.3 miles from the University’s main campus. The announcement was made Sept. 25, by Sen. Thomas W. Libous, accompanied by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo and Binghamton University President Harvey Stenger at a news conference at the Innovative Technologies Complex. The $60 million school will be constructed on a 5.49-acre parcel that is being purchased from Indian Valley Industries, which will relocate elsewhere in Broome County. Funding for the $2 million purchase comes from the $10 million the governor included in his executive budget for site acquisition and design work.
Binghamton University and researchers at the Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), a division of Xerox Research used 500 million tweets to develop algorithms that not only paint a picture of everyday human dynamics, but can predict an individual's behavior hours in advance.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
A new technique developed by a Binghamton University physicist and his colleagues will improve the quality of flexible, conductive, transparent glass.
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.
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.
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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Binghamton University’s Innovation Day 2014 - Big Data, Making Sense of our World, will feature nationally known speakers, state government representatives and Binghamton University experts discussing what Big Data means for consumers, businesses and government. The event will take place April 24, at Binghamton University’s Innovative Technologies Complex, 85 Murray Hill Road, Vestal.
Binghamton University was recently awarded a HEARTSafe Campus accreditation from the National Collegiate Emergency Medical Services Foundation (NCEMSF), making Binghamton one of only five colleges and universities in the United States and Canada to achieve the accreditation.
BINGHAMTON, NY – The Jungle Book. Aesop’s Fables. Charlotte’s Web. Fantastical tales of anthropomorphized animals have delighted children for generations. That’s all well and good, said Robert Kadar, but kids need to learn the story behind the real animals − the ones that don’t sing or dance − and how they evolved.
A Binghamton University researcher aims to slash the energy used by computing systems ranging from smart phones to data centers. A new $450,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) will help launch Timothy Normand Miller’s ambitious new “introspective computing” project. The funding comes from the Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program, which awards the NSF’s most prestigious grants in support of new researchers.
Twenty years after the Rwandan Genocide left nearly 1 million dead and 2 million homeless, Binghamton University is playing a role in improving the nation’s healthcare. Karen Feltham, a clinical instructor in the Decker School of Nursing, spent the 2013 fall semester in Rwanda working with women in the Rwandan Midwives Association. Feltham was hired through the Clinton Health Access Initiative; a non-profit designed to strengthen health systems in developing countries.
The Binghamton University theater department is bringing two of Rod Serling’s classic "Twilight Zone" episodes to the stage. Serling grew up in Binghamton, where he graduated from high school before enlisting in the Army in World War II.
Binghamton University President Harvey Stenger accepted a check totaling $800,000 from Mark S. Lynch, president and CEO of NYSEG and RG&E. The funding – two $400,000 grants from NYSEG’s Utility Infrastructure Investment Program – will be used for two on-campus projects: the $30-million Center of Excellence building nearing completion on the ITC campus, and the recently completed $33.6-million Science 5 building on the main campus.
Binghamton University will host Tag Day − a first time campus-wide event designed to engage and educate students, faculty and staff about the importance of giving back on Thursday, Feb. 27, throughout campus
A Binghamton University professor’s international expertise will likely take on even greater significance now that he has been appointed nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council. Ricardo René Larémont, professor of political science and sociology, said about the nonpartisan think tank, “It’s a place where people who do scholarship can have an impact on policy, especially foreign policy not only in the United States, but on the other side of the Atlantic.”
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