Campus News

BU student uses crowdfunding to help pay tuition

There are many different ways students go about paying for their education, including applying for loans and scholarships or working jobs throughout high school. But for Omaya Shahata, a freshman majoring in...


Campus News

Law lecture to focus on refugee crisis

The third installment of the John & Lawrence Bonzani Memorial Law Lecture will feature Binghamton University alumnus Eric Schwartz, ’79, president of Refugees International, as its main speaker, holding a discussion on...


Campus News

Latin American Student Union celebrates 50th anniversary of Latinx Heritage Month

To celebrate Latinx Heritage Month (LHM) and its 50th anniversary, Binghamton University’s Latin American Student Union (LASU) will provide students with a multitude of cultural and political activities including letter writing, critical...


Police Watch

Police Watch: September 16, 2019

The following accounts were provided by Investigator Mark Silverio of Binghamton’s New York State University Police. Not so lost, easily found Wednesday, Sept. 11, 11:58 a.m. — An 18-year-old male filed a...


Community

BU Forum lecture highlights plans for industrial hemp production in Broome County

Hemp was the main subject of the first Binghamton University Forum lecture of this year, featuring Geoffrey Whaling, co-founder and president of Hemp Development Group, LLC, who is building his first Hemp...


Campus News

Student organizations voice opposition to new food policy

Following a recent food policy change at Binghamton University, campus clubs and student groups affected have begun to react and rethink their fundraising options. The new food policy was enacted on Aug....


Police Watch

Police Watch: September 12, 2019

In fair Delaware, where we lay our scene FRIDAY, Sept. 6, 7:02 a.m. — Officers responded to a call from Delaware Hall of Newing College where an 18-year-old male student, who had...


Campus News

BU professors implement field trips into college curricula

Field trips may no longer be a distant, primary school memory for Binghamton University students. Some instructors have begun including excursions in their course curriculum to offer hands-on experience in addition to...


Administration

SUNY implements new consensual relationship policy

Relationships between students and faculty were taboo, but not technically against the rules at some public universities across New York state until recently. On Sept. 5, a new consensual relationship policy was...


Campus News

Resident assistants caught drinking in dormitory "Hall Crawl" at start of semester

In the days before students moved in to campus residence halls and classes began, several resident assistants (RA) went to the hospital for excessive alcohol consumption during a Binghamton University RA tradition,...