New findings on early man put Rightmire in world limelight
Fossil skulls found beneath a medieval village in the former Soviet Republic of Georgia have raised questions about the identity of the first hominids to be intercontinental travelers and set in motion the migrations that would eventually lead to human occupation of the entire planet. And G. Philip Rightmire, a BU paleoanthropologist, has been right in the middle of the monumental event. Read more
Partnership plugs SUNYIT students in to BU electrical engineering program
Binghamton University and the SUNY Institute of Technology at Utica/Rome recently announced a jointly-registered transfer program that will allow SUNYIT students to earn a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering from BU. Read more
Poet Ruth Stone named National Book Award finalist
Ruth Stone, Bartle professor emerita of English and an active poet since the early 1950s, is among five finalists for the National Book Award in poetry, one of the nation’s top literary prizes. Read more
Turning down the heat: BU researchers aim to cool microchips
Three Binghamton researchers will work with researchers from GE Research and a New Mexico firm on a $7.2 million, three-year project to solve a problem that has dogged computer chip makers for decades — heat. Read more
BU campus expands
With its completion of the purchase of the former NYSEG property adjacent to the campus, Binghamton University’s science and engineering programs can get back on the fast track said President Lois B. DeFleur. The University recently completed the purchase of the property, which includes a 92,000-square-foot building, 21 acres of land and more than 500 parking spaces, for $6.1 million. Read more
Good things, small packages
Researchers at Binghamton University's Integrated Electronics Engineering Center are looking to make a very big deal out of small scale electronics manufacturing. The new focus is all part of the IEEC's mission to help the United States regain pre-eminence in the electronics industry and to create and sustain regional jobs in electronics packaging by conducting leading edge research and reliability testing. Read more
It’s not easy being green
A $360,000 award from the National Science Foundation will team Binghamton University researchers Eric Cotts and Daryl Santos with researchers at Universal Instruments on a project that could prove critical to the survival and growth of the US electronics industry.With Japan and Europe poised to move to lead-free electronics assembly within the decade, US electronics manufacturers will be forced to follow suit to maintain marketplace viability, said Peter Borgesen, a project manager at Universal Instruments. Read more
