BU entrepreneurship program seeks to boost regional economy: Student enterprises, faculty expertise featured at year-end event
Looking to spur entrepreneurship and encourage student and faculty enterprise that could boost the regional economy, Binghamton University's School of Management last week played host to an event that seemed guaranteed to do both. Read more
Dublin’s book tapped for electronic rebirth as part of landmark project
A book written by Binghamton University history Professor Thomas Dublin is one of the first 500 books to be selected by the American Council of Learned Societies for posting online as part of its landmark History E-Book Project. Read more
A featherweight solution for a weighty problem: BU chemist wins $351K EPA grant to develop nanoreactor to detect, trap heavy metals in water
Binghamton University chemist Omowunmi Sadik has been awarded a three-year, $351,000 grant from the Environmental Protection agency to develop advanced nanosensors for continuous monitoring of heavy metals in drinking water and industrial effluent. Read more
A tiny pump promises big time performance: BU invention could ‘sweeten’ diabetes therapy within five years
C.J. Zhong hopes that within the next three to five years diabetics the world could see their quality of life enhanced by his tiny invention-a chip-sized pump with no moving parts. The device is also expected to find its way into myriad industrial and environmental applications, where it could mean huge savings in manufacturing and monitoring processes. Read more
An image of success: BU computer scientist takes aim at improved indexing and understanding digital information
Inflation's got nothing to do with it. Since the beginning of time, a picture has always been worth more than a thousand words. But in this age of information proliferation, that reality is the taproot of a vexing problem that Zhongfei "Mark" Zhang, an assistant professor of computer science at Binghamton University, is determined to help solve. Read more
BU creates first MS in biomedical anthropology
As SARS and other new diseases cross geographical boundaries with increasing rapidity, the need for Binghamton University’s new master of science in biomedical anthropology becomes ever more apparent Read more
BU professors, alumna win Guggenheim fellowships
Two Binghamton University professors and an alumna have been named recipients of prestigious Guggenheim Fellowships. Isidore Okpewho, professor of Africana studies, English and comparative literature; Donald Quataert, professor of history; and Stephanie McCurry ’88 are among the 184 artists, scholars and scientists to have been selected as fellows for 2003-04 by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Read more
