Unravelling the risk for schizophrenia
In a study published in this month’s Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Mark F. Lenzenweger, a professor of clinical science, neuroscience and cognitive psychology at Binghamton University, State University of New York (SUNY), is the first to have found that abnormalities in eye movements and attention can be used to divide people into two groups in relation to schizophrenia-related risk. Read more
Expert on measuring stress creates guide for researchers
Professor Gary D. James has devoted 25 years to studying stress in humans. Along the way, he has studied Samoans and New Yorkers, figured out how to gather reliable blood pressure readings during everyday situations and collected untold numbers of saliva and urine samples. Read more
Isbell named distinguished professor
The SUNY Board of Trustees last month promoted Binghamton University archaeologist William H. Isbell to the rank of distinguished professor. Isbell’s primary interests lie in the origins of political centralization, urbanism and governments. He has done fieldwork in Peru and Bolivia throughout his 35-year career. Read more
Ho! Ho! Huh? Binghamton University researchers measure holiday spirit
The holidays just wouldn’t be the same without the decorations. From a single wreath or child’s picture of Santa taped to a window, to displays so elaborate that they can almost be seen from outer space, the festive season seems to spur the need to express the holiday spirit to our neighbors in addition to our closest kin. But neighborhoods also vary in the vigor of their holiday displays, as anyone who tours the streets of their town or city can attest. Read more
Anthropologist wins Fulbright grant
Anthropologist Thomas M. Wilson, a specialist in borders, border regions and borderlands, will spend the spring semester in Canada on a Fulbright grant. Wilson, a professor in his fifth year at Binghamton, has been awarded the Fulbright Visiting Chair in Globalization and Cultural Studies at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Read more
BU historian to study changes in American fertility rate
A five-year $667,237 grant will support a faculty member's study of American fertility decline from 1790-2000. J. David Hacker, assistant professor of history, received the grant as a Career Development Award from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Read more
First Start-up Suite firms prepare to take nanotechnology to market
Every academic researcher hopes that his or her discoveries will break new ground. But only a small-though growing-number of Binghamton University faculty have worked to make that ground the foundation of a profitable business. Howard Wang and C.J. Zhong have joined the ranks of Binghamton University researchers trying to build toward commercial success. Read more
