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
Greater Binghamton coalition looks to BU research to help catalyze regional resurgence
Intellectual capital created by research active and entrepreneurial faculty provides Greater Binghamton a valuable resource that can help to spawn new businesses, spark job development and assure economic growth in the region, members of the Greater Binghamton coalition agree. Read more
Harpur Faculty in the News
Many of our alumni readers say they enjoy seeing their former professors quoted in the media. Read more
Nurturing democracy is scholar’s passion
Is democracy the best form of government for every country? How long should it take for a country to become democratic? How do you know when a country is democratic? Read more
Stone Awarded Wallace Stevens Prize
A few weeks after winning the National Book Award, poet Ruth Stone, Bartle emerita professor of English, has won the Academy of American Poets’ Wallace Stevens Prize. 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
