Joseph Hawthorne

Assistant News Editor

jhawtho1@binghamton.edu

77 Articles


Speakers

TEDxBU 2015: 'Oil in the Middle Eastern markets and what is means to the rest of the world'

Christopher Fix regularly spends his time meeting oil ministers in Dubai and jetting off to Shanghai to practice his Mandarin with businessmen and factory owners. But he took a few hours from...


Community

Protesters interupt Lecture Hall classes to draw attention to discrimination on campus

Professor Jeanne Lawless began her biology 118 class Monday morning by speaking about future labs and class requirements. In the first few minutes she discussed charts and graphs, until several students suddenly...


Science & Research

Expecting hundreds of entries, HackBU moves second annual Hackathon to ITC

According to Itai Ferber, the HackBU director and a junior majoring in computer science, approximately 300 BU students, as well as students from around the country, will compete in the 36-hour marathon. ...


Campus News

Town Hall Meeting between students, administrators ends in tension

Since the end of protests about racial and ethnic discrimination last semester, many students have been waiting for an opportunity to personally address the administration staff, and Wednesday’s Town Hall Forum was...


Campus News

In front of New York State Legislators, SUNY Chancellor pushes for budget increases

Following her State of the University address in January, Zimpher asked representatives to approve increased spending on infrastructure and to continue funding past commitments at the same levels, including legislation from NYSUNY ...


News

Faculty Senate wraps up fall semester

The Binghamton University Faculty Senate finalized work from the fall semester as it held its last planned session of the term. All bachelor’s and master’s degree candidates were approved unanimously and Faculty...


Speakers

Immigration advocates dissect national policy

On Wednesday in the Old University Union, the Binghamton University Masters of Public Administration department (MPA) hosted a panel of speakers to address issues for the millions of immigrants in the U.S. ...


Student Association

Student Congress holds first November meeting

BU’s Student Congress convened for the first time in November to discuss a week’s worth of activity. Members of the Student Association (SA) E-Board reviewed the Trey Songz concert, funding campus organizations...


Science & Research

Politicians, educators break ground on Binghamton High Tech Incubator

United States Sen. Charles Schumer, among dozens of politicians and other guests, presided over the start of construction on the Southern Tier High Technology Incubator, a facility that will partner private companies ...


Community

OCCT changes schedule to shorten wait times

While the new inbound-outbound structure will remain the same, according to Student Association President Alex Liu, West Side and DCR buses will be allocated five extra minutes to address the realities of ...