Scholars aim to improve U.S. history education in public schools
Three years ago, Thomas Dublin, professor of history, and Kathryn Kish Sklar, distinguished professor of history, began an ambitious project to improve the way American history is taught in area schools. This year, the co-directors of the Center for Teaching of American History have been awarded a follow-up grant of $983,000 from the U.S. Department of Education to expand their efforts. Read more
Lenzenweger study: Personality disorders may change
Personality disorder symptoms are supposed to be stable, enduring and persistent across the life span. However, the work of Mark Lenzenweger, Binghamton University professor of psychology, as well as research performed at Harvard University, shows evidence that such disabling psychiatric conditions are flexible and appreciable change is possible over time. Read more
Mazrui traveled the globe for latest honors
Every year as fall approaches, small talk seems to revolve around the question of "Where did the summer go?" Some years it's been too dry, others, as in this year, too wet. Yet it always seems to fly by. And fly, it did, for Ali Mazrui, Albert Schweitzer Professor of the Humanities and director of the Institute of Global Cultural Studies. Read more
RVP Sonnenfeld likes what he sees
What makes Binghamton University different? How is this campus unique? These are questions Gerald Sonnenfeld, the University's new vice president for research, is pondering these days. As he researches the answers, he hopes to bring Binghamton's differences to the forefront and capitalize on them. Since July 1, he's been educating himself about Binghamton. Read more
Sonnenfeld honored for distinguished service
Sonnenfeld honored for distinguished service Gerald Sonnenfeld, vice president for research, recently received the 2004 Orr E. Reynolds Distinguished Service Award from the American Society for Gravitational and Space Biology. Read more
The power of suggestion: Psychologist explores ways to make hypnosis a more effective therapeutic technique
In the popular imagination, a person who submits to hypnosis falls into a trance. The subject slavishly follows the hypnotist's commands, perhaps to squawk like a chicken, re-enact events from childhood or develop a lasting aversion to cigarettes. When the subject "awakens," he or she forgets everything that happened during the session. Read more
University to host 2005 research symposium
Building on the success of a similar event in 2003, Binghamton University will be hosting a major statewide research symposium, Destination Discovery ’05, on March 23 and 24, 2005. The event will explore the changing face of sponsored research by means of both broad-based and targeted sessions designed to help faculty succeed in securing funding, collaborators and resources for their work. The theme will be Across the Disciplines: Research Policies, Practice and Promise. Read more
