Historian revisits a battlefield of Cold War medicine
Binghamton historian Gerald Kutcher walked away from a career in cancer care to delve into military experiments, nuclear threats and informed consent. Read more
Historian examines roots of the culture wars
Binghamton's Adam Laats says Protestant fundamentalism in the 1920s had a major effect on the American school system and helped lay the foundation for today’s culture wars. Read more
Historian sheds new light on Jews, capitalism
It’s impossible to understand the history of anti-Semitism, or of capitalism, without taking a non-ideological look at political theories on Jewish economics. That’s the view of Jonathan Karp, author of a new book, The Politics of Jewish Commerce: Economic Thought and Emancipation in Europe, 1638-1848. Read more
Islam book project funded by Carnegie Fellowship
Binghamton University political scientist Ricardo René Larémont will receive $100,000 to support his next book project through a prestigious and competitive fellowship program offered by the Carnegie Corporation of New York. Larémont, professor of political science and sociology, is one of 21 Carnegie Scholars for 2007. Each will receive grants of up to $100,000 to pursue Islam-centered research themes during the next two years. Read more
Geography professors explore links between race, ethnicity and place
Geographers Eugene Tettey-Fio and John Frazier don’t have to look far for examples of how race and ethnicity are changing the face of America. And they didn’t struggle to find contributors for their latest book, either. It grew directly out of a successful conference they put together two years ago. Read more
