Club sports teams are in the process of finding new practicing facilities due to the closure of the East Gym for the 2010-11 academic year. Club water polo team has been forced to practice off campus this semester at the Jewish Community Center, located on Clubhouse Road near University Plaza, due to its members’ need...
C. Peter Magrath, the new interim president of Binghamton University, will earn $355,000 this year ‘ $70,000 more than the salary of his predecessor, Lois DeFleur ‘ which makes him the second-highest paid president in the SUNY system. But the amount is still low compared to other presidents of prominent public universities. Magrath was appointed...
A group of students have begun an initiative they call “Take Back Our Education” to raise awareness and voice opposition to the Public Higher Education Empowerment and Innovation Act. The bill, proposed by Gov. David Paterson on Jan. 19, would grant discretion to SUNY and CUNY schools to set differential rates of tuition for their...
The American Association of Immunologists will honor Binghamton University’s vice president for research with the Distinguished Service Award, recognizing his work with their Minority Affairs Committee. This year the AAI, the world’s largest professional association of immune system scientists, will present Gerald Sonnenfeld with the Distinguished Service Award at the AAI’s national conference in Baltimore...
Faculty members at Binghamton University have been circulating a letter that makes the case for a BU departure from Division I. The letter was in anticipation of today’s release of SUNY Chancellor Nancy Zimpher’s recommendations on the audit of the athletic department. Those who signed the letter, including at least 34 BU faculty members, also...
Students on State Street this weekend will be partying to benefit a New Orleans charity committed to the ongoing Hurricane Katrina relief effort. Members of the Binghamton University chapters of Hillel, Alpha Phi sorority and Theta Delta Chi fraternity are uniting to hold the Mardi Gras-themed fundraiser at 10:30 p.m. on Saturday at the Paradigm...
The Binghamton University Decker School of Nursing is set to offer a doctoral degree program this fall that would allow students to earn credit toward a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree (DNP). In recent years, the DNP degree has been developed and instituted at colleges and universities across the country to provide candidates for more...
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