Binghamton University, State University of New York
A world-class institution, Binghamton University offers students a broad, interdisciplinary education with an international perspective and one of the most vibrant research programs in the nation.
Ranked among the elite public universities in the country, Binghamton challenges students academically, not financially, in its unique, best-of-both-worlds environment.
Our academic culture rivals is rigorous, collaborative and boldly innovative – while our campus culture exemplifies the best kind of public university experience: richly diverse students, active social life and deep engagement with the community.
Our students, both undergraduate and graduate, work one-on-one with an exceptional faculty and groundbreaking scholars.
Susan Appe, Binghamton University, State University of New York
With steep budget cuts looming, a growing number of tiny volunteer-driven organizations are delivering aid on their own. Will the Trump administration inspire even more small-scale global giving?
Lincoln in 1858; Trump in his official White House portrait, 2017.
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Kenneth McLeod, Binghamton University, State University of New York
Weight loss often leads to declines in our resting metabolic rate – how many calories we burn at rest – which makes it hard to keep the weight off. So why does weight loss make resting metabolism go down?
Trump speaks in Colorado on Oct. 3, 2016.
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Nina M. Versaggi, Binghamton University, State University of New York
Cultural resource management archaeologists don't choose where they dig. Instead they identify, evaluate and preserve cultural heritage sites in locations slated for development.
President Barack Obama stands with Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton during a Clinton campaign event in Charlotte, North Carolina, July 5, 2016.
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Donald Nieman, Binghamton University, State University of New York
In the 1850s, an influx of immigrants incited xenophobia in Americans. How did Abraham Lincoln, the GOP's first president, react to the angry mood? A Civil War historian tells the tale.
School closure over the summer widens the achievement gap between classes.
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Laura Bronstein, Binghamton University, State University of New York
The learning loss that occurs over the summer for poor students can lead to a growing academic achievement gap in subsequent years. What are community schools and how do they help low-income students?
Clinton speaks at NATO in 2012.
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Karin Sauer, Binghamton University, State University of New York
The vast majority of the bacteria that surround us are not free-floating but prefer to band together in cooperative communities called biofilms. How do biofilms form and cooperate?
Tara P. Dhakal, Binghamton University, State University of New York
L’énergie solaire est gratuite, renouvelable, inépuisable… Encore faut-il disposer de technologies qui transforment efficacement les rayons de soleil. De nouveaux matériaux sont testés.
Lina Begdache, Binghamton University, State University of New York
College students who take stimulants such as Adderall to get an academic edge might be setting themselves up unknowingly to a vicious cycle of substance abuse and addiction.
Hillary Clinton has a promising chance to become the first female U.S. president.
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Fall in love, have a baby, watch your happiness and satisfaction plummet. Psychology researchers know the transition to parenthood can be rough on relationships.
Solar panels on a Walmart roof, Mountain View, California.
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Tara P. Dhakal, Binghamton University, State University of New York
Solar power has enormous potential, but provides only about one percent of world electricity today. An engineer explains the many steps it takes to make solar panels that are efficient, clean and cheap.
Reconstitution virtuelle en 3D d'une oreille vieille de 2 millions d'années.
Rolf Quam
Rolf Quam, Binghamton University, State University of New York
Pour savoir d'où vient notre capacité à entendre, les anthropologues examinent des ossements d’oreilles vieux de deux millions d’années. Retour vers le passé, pour la journée nationale de l'audition.
3D virtual reconstruction of two-million-year-old ear.
Rolf Quam
Rolf Quam, Binghamton University, State University of New York
Beyond the cool factor of figuring out hominin hearing capacities two million years ago, these findings could help answer the tantalizing question of when did human vocalized language first emerge.