What drives social behavior during the pandemic?
NPR speaks with Binghamton University economist Plamen Nikolov about how the pandemic is altering the way we behave. Read more
Ending the pandemic will require big pharma to put ethics before profits
Access to medicines is usually an ethical problem, not a scientific one, Binghamton scholar Nicole Hassoun writes in FastCompany. And that’s going to complicate the global coronavirus fight. Read more
Watson entries take top honors in Art of Science contest
This year's Art of Science competition drew 64 entries, highlighting the creativity of Binghamton University faculty, graduate and undergraduate students, postdocs and staff members. Read more
Democrats are asking the wrong questions to protect charter school students
To assess charter schools, we need to focus on teacher compensation and how students are treated, Binghamton historian Adam Laats writes in The Washington Post. Read more
The ‘manosphere’ is getting more toxic
Men from the less extreme end of the misogynistic spectrum are drifting toward groups that espouse violence against women, according to a new Binghamton University study highlighted in MIT Technology Review. Read more
They sold human beings here
For hundreds of years, enslaved people were bought and sold in America. Today most of the sites of this trade are forgotten, Binghamton historian Anne C. Bailey writes in The New York Times. Read more
The drones that track down buried warheads
This new Binghamton University technology can quickly detect unexploded ordnance after an armed conflict, Popular Mechanics reports. Read more
