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
To teach evolution, you have to understand creationists
“Evolution educators do not simply need to spread the word about evolution,” Binghamton historian Adam Laats writes in The Chronicle of Higher Education. “We need to convince and convert Americans who sincerely hold differing understandings about the nature and meaning of science.” Read more
One affair, two standards
The popular narrative surrounding David Petraeus’ affair reflects a sexist double standard — one that is quick to forgive men and eager to blame women for transgressing the sexual boundaries of matrimony, Binghamton’s Leigh Ann Wheeler writes in the Times-Union of Albany. Read more
Tech fund boosts Binghamton inventors
The SUNY Technology Accelerator Fund will help two Binghamton researchers bring their inventions to the marketplace. Read more
