A nine year partnership-SEHD helps adjust to new world
Helping people with no food, clothing or shelter, assessing abused children, placing children in foster care, dealing with child support issues, determining eligibility for Medicaid or food stamps – those are just some of the issues faced daily by employees in the Broome County Department of Social Services (DSS). Read more
A Poet Among Us
Luiza Franco Moreira, associate professor of Comparative Literature, specializes in twentieth-century Brazilian literature, and is also interested in 20th century literature of North and South America. Her book "Meninos, Poetas e Heróis" ("Children, Poets, and Heroes"), (EDUSP, 2000) explores the ways that poetry participates in cultural and political hegemony, through a discussion of the work of Cassiano Ricardo, a Brazilian poet and political propagandist. The book has been well received. Read more
BU mathematicians take numbers to the ninth level — and a world record
Two Harpur College math professors have taken the concept of a magic square — a mathematical challenge where every row and column in a square add up to the same number — to the ninth level. In doing so they achieved a new world record. Matthias Beck, visiting assistant professor, and Dennis Pixton, associate professor, teamed up to compute the volume of a doubly stochastic matrix, also known as a Birkhoff polytope, of size nine. It took them six days and the power of 30 desktop computers to accomplish the task. Read more
Next-generation science: BU protein dynamics initiative flagged as state priority
The establishment of a Center for Protein Dynamics at Binghamton University is a top priority for the state in 2003, according to the Research Foundation of the State University of New York. Read more
On slippery ground: Salamanders brave dangerous crossing to pursue rites of spring
A little-known rite of spring occurs in the Nature Preserve on the Binghamton campus every year. On the first warm, wet spring evening, a half-dozen people -- including biology faculty, graduate and undergraduate students and Friends of the Nature Preserve -- gather along the access road bordering the Nature Preserve right after sundown to scan the road with their flashlights, watching for the annual spotted salamander crossing. Read more
Plugging into the grid: BU researcher helps maximize power of the Internet
When you plug into an electrical outlet, you may be using electricity generated in the West and shipped through the South before it reaches your office in the Northeast. Such seamless delivery is made possible by a grid system that transports power where it is needed, regardless of where it is generated or how it is being used. Read more
Revving up its ranks: IEEC gains major new partner
Analog Devices Inc., the worldwide leading producer of analog chips, this month became the newest full member of the University’s Integrated Electronic Engineering Center, a state designated Center for Advanced Technology. “The IEEC looks forward to a long and mutually beneficial relationship with ADI,” said Bahgat Sammakia, IEEC director. “This is an exciting and promising new partnership.” Read more
