A rare find: BU materials scientist lands $500K NSF career award with unprecedented approach to synthetics
A Binghamton University materials scientist, whose ingenious research could soon make it possible to safely and permanently "mop up" such negatively charged pollutants as arsenates, phosphates and technetates, has been awarded a $100,000 per year National Science Foundation Career Award. Read more
Boning up on bone loss: BU research fractures osteoporosis myths
Osteoporosis is not a disease, and neither weight-bearing exercise nor calcium supplements-not even a combination of the two-is capable of triggering the growth of new bone, says Kenneth McLeod, chair of the bioengineering department at Binghamton University and a leading researcher in the field of tissue development, healing and adaptation. Read more
BU premieres new online resources to promote community connections
The recent premier of two new web-based resources-BU Connects and the E-novation Exchange-will help underscore and strengthen Binghamton University's connections with the surrounding region. The resources are designed to make University programs and intellectual capital more accessible to the public by providing electronic venues to facilitate the exchange of information. Read more
Destination Discovery: BU to host major, statewide research symposium
Scholars and scientists from throughout the state will be heading to Binghamton's 887-acre campus this spring for a major research symposium. The event, scheduled over two days-March 6 and 7, 2003-is aimed at facilitating research opportunities for Binghamton faculty and at spurring a broad-based, statewide increase in sponsored research and scholarship. Read more
SUNY Chancellor honors three BU profs for research excellence
Three Binghamton faculty researchers recently received recognition awards from State University of New York Chancellor Robert L. King for their work in the humanities and social sciences: Distinguished Professor of Anthropology G. Philip Rightmire; Kevin Wright, professor of Criminology; and John Chaffee, professor and director of the Asian and Asian American Studies Program. Read more
Synthetic compounds; real improvements: Organic chemist explores new uses for nicotine and sea sponges
In an organic chemistry lab located in the Science II building on the campus of Binghamton University, Scott Handy is busy whipping up promising new substances modeled after natural compounds found in sea sponges and tobacco plants. Some of the synthetic compounds could help in the fight against cancer and AIDS. Read more
$736K NYSTAR award to boost faculty-researcher recruitment, biotechnology initiative
Efforts to recruit a senior faculty researcher to develop an important Binghamton biotechnology initiative got a major boost last week with the announcement that the University will receive a $736,000 faculty development grant through the New York State Office of Science, Technology and Academic Research. Read more
