Tresa Karnati

Assistant News Editor

tkarnat1@binghamton.edu

71 Articles


Community

City of Binghamton begins demolition projects for community improvement

The city of Binghamton will tear down six properties as part of a blight demolition project, part of a larger effort by the city to make neighborhoods safer and raise property values....


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Rasa von Werder, a Binghamton legend, embraces sexuality with age, discusses relationships with younger men in new book

Rasa von Werder, who spent years in the Downtown Binghamton party scene dating younger men, is no stranger to discussions of sexuality. Born in 1945, von Werder, a self-proclaimed “cougar,” has been...


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iM3NY files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

iM3NY, an Endicott-based battery manufacturer with ties to New Energy New York, a University-led coalition, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Jan. 27. The company was founded in 2017 by Shailesh Upreti,...


Campus News

'Palestinian History' course taught for the first time since 2020

Following last year’s rise in pro-Palestinian activism on campus, Kent Schull, an associate professor of history and the director of the Center for Middle East and North Africa Studies, reintroduced and taught...


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SJP invites national representative for BDS panel

The Students for Justice in Palestine collaborated with their national organization to hold a panel discussion about the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions movement. The event, held in the Lecture Hall last Thursday, featured...


Campus News

WHRW blocks interview with controversial and suspended UPenn Professor Amy Wax

An interview set to air on WHRW, Binghamton University’s free-format, nonprofit and student-run radio station, with conservative University of Pennsylvania Professor Amy Wax was canceled last Wednesday after a vote of the...


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Local Democrats notch several Election Day victories

On an otherwise bleak Election Day for the national party, local Democrats saw several electoral victories in Broome County. State Sen. Lea Webb ‘04, who defeated former Binghamton Mayor Rich David by...


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Marc Molinaro, Josh Riley battle once again for the 19th Congressional District

After a narrow victory two years ago, Rep. Marc Molinaro, a Republican, is facing Democratic challenger Josh Riley in a rematch for New York’s 19th Congressional District seat. In the 2022 general...


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Alumnus publishes book sharing laundry tips and tricks

Alumnus Zach Pozniak ‘15, a professional dry cleaner, released a book on Oct. 15, sharing his laundry tips and tricks. Pozniak is a fourth-generation dry cleaner who works with his father at...


Restaurant Week Fall 2024

Restaurant Week Fall 2024: The Grove

On a chilly Friday night in Binghamton, my photographer, Ella, and I headed to The Grove to try their new Restaurant Week menu. A popular Downtown spot for drinks, food and a...