What Lincoln can teach Trump
Binghamton historian Donald Nieman, who has studied presidential leadership for decades, suggests a few things Donald Trump might learn from the first Republican president, Abraham Lincoln, in this Newsweek essay. Read more
A new strategy to stop female genital mutilation
Public health advocates should work to build friendships among cut and uncut women, Binghamton anthropologist Katherine Wander tells National Public Radio. That could lead to the next step, she says: “talking about the benefits girls and women realize from their cut status and then providing other ways to realize those benefits.” Read more
How to deal when your boss is a narcissist
Working for a narcissist can be draining, demoralizing and destructive to your well-being and career, but Binghamton expert Seth Spain and others share strategies for coping with Money magazine. Read more
Fluorescent jellyfish may help solve energy crisis
Biosolar researchers at Binghamton University and elsewhere are working to put ultra-efficient photosynthesis to work to make clean renewable power, Salon reports. Read more
There are only two kinds of terrible bosses
Organizational psychologists, including Binghamton expert Seth Spain, reviewed existing literature on management styles in an attempt to create a taxonomy of less-than-stellar supervisors. The one they came up with turned out to be pretty simple: All bad bosses, they argued, fall into one of two categories. Read more in New York Magazine. Read more
How scientists can better predict flight delays
Researchers at Binghamton University claim they have invented a new computer model that can more accurately predict flight delays than any system currently in use, Travel + Leisure reports. Read more
How hashtags, texts and tweets influence digital language
Binghamton University psychologist Celia Klin tells Science Friday why a period in a text can convey a different emotion than in written messages. Read more
