University celebrates two lab openings
A May 3 ceremony celebrated the opening of two laboratories at the New York State Center of Excellence in Small Scale Systems Integration and Packaging. Read more
A burden too heavy to bear
Was there something about Southern society in the Civil War era that made suicide more likely? And what effect did so many suicides have on a society that before the war had roundly, even punitively, condemned the act? Binghamton historian Diane Miller Sommerville considers these questions in The New York Times’ Disunion blog. Read more
New estimate raises Civil War death toll
By combing through newly digitized census data from the 19th century, J. David Hacker, a demographic historian from Binghamton University, has recalculated the Civil War death toll, the New York Times reports. Read more
How your cat is making you crazy
Chris Reiber, a biomedical anthropologist at Binghamton, tells The Atlantic that the flu virus might boost our desire to socialize. It’s one of several theories in a piece devoted to parasites and their effect on behavior. Read more
World’s oldest fossilized forest unearthed in N.Y.
Paleobotanist William Stein describes what today’s scientists learn from the world’s oldest forest. Watch video
Watch Rex Parker solve a puzzle
Binghamton faculty member Michael Sharp talks about his popular blog, Rex Parker Does the NY Times Crossword Puzzle. Watch video
Geographer focuses on cultural landscape
Binghamton's John Frazier studies Queens, N.Y., the most diverse 100 square miles in the world. Read more
