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Book highlights contributions of music editor

Book highlights contributions of music editor

Published Mar 25, 2014

Binghamton scholar Drew Massey's latest book highlights the way that music editors can become collaborators when working with composers. Read more

Young historian focuses on religious tolerance

Young historian focuses on religious tolerance

Published Feb 20, 2014

Binghamton undergraduate Ilana Ben-Ezra studies the Sixth Crusade and seeks clues about how Christians, Jews and Muslims demonized each other. Read more

Dig seeks traces of battlefield

Dig seeks traces of battlefield

Published Jan 6, 2014

Binghamton University archaeologists recently took their shovels to a cornfield, searching for evidence that could earn the scene of a Revolutionary War battle a spot on the National Register of Historic Places. Read more

Historian explores aftermath of Revolution

Historian explores aftermath of Revolution

Published Oct 22, 2013

Binghamton graduate student Brett Palfreyman says most Loyalists quietly became Americans after the Revolution. Read more

A civil disagreement about Jews and war

A civil disagreement about Jews and war

Published Jul 25, 2013

Binghamton historian Jonathan Karp speaks with the Jewish Daily Forward about a museum exhibit that chronicles the Jewish experience of the Civil War. Read more

Future lawyer explores patients’ rights issues

Future lawyer explores patients’ rights issues

Published Jan 10, 2013

Undergrad Amanda Levine found that effective treatment of mental patients was the primary driver of deinstitutionalization in the 1960s. Read more

Historian traces fight for sexual rights

Historian traces fight for sexual rights

Published Dec 13, 2012

In her latest book, Leigh Ann Wheeler looks at how the ACLU took on controversial issues such as obscenity, abortion, prostitution and sexual harassment throughout the 20th century. Read more