Hanging with smarties ups GPA
High school students whose friends get higher marks tend to raise their own grade point averages over time, Scientific American reports in this one-minute podcast focusing on research by Binghamton’s Hiroki Sayama. Read more
Seven steps to a solar cell
Researchers at Binghamton’s Center for Autonomous Solar Power create solar cells using materials that are abundant on earth. A typical cell is 1 centimeter long and half a centimeter wide, with several layers about a hundred times thinner than a single human hair. Read more
Treasures from the Civil War collections
From diaries to touching letters from the front, the Binghamton University Libraries’ collections include numerous documents, books and photographs from the Civil War era. View gallery
New lab for solar research
Elected officials visit as the Center for Autonomous Solar Power’s new lab opens at the Innovative Technologies Complex. Watch video
The challenges of treating personality disorders
Binghamton’s Mark Lenzenweger was a guest on National Public Radio’s Talk of the Nation for a discussion about the challenges of treating personality disorders. Read more
How porn became a civil right
Binghamton historian Leigh Ann Wheeler’s new book, How Sex Became a Civil Liberty, catalogs the development of the concept of sexual rights and offers an unapologetic feminist critique of the extremes of sexual civil libertarianism, Salon reports. Read more
Thinking clearly about personality disorders
Binghamton researcher Mark F. Lenzenweger and other experts speak to The New York Times about the American Psychiatric Association’s quest for a new diagnostic system for personality disorders. Read more
