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Health Promotion and Prevention Services prepares to fight campus tobacco use during November

November is designated as Tobacco Awareness Month and will kick off BU’s Health Promotion and Prevention Services’ (HPPS) new tobacco-free campaign. HPPS created the campaign to help raise awareness about Binghamton University’s...


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Professor leads youth debate camp in Dominican Republic

In October, Joseph Leeson-Schatz, director of speech and debate at BU, got on a plane to the Dominican Republic to run his second debate workshop at the Ashton School, bringing his expertise...


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Campus honors Brandon Peart-Wright with candlelight vigil

More than 50 Binghamton University students and faculty members gathered at Appalachian Collegiate Center for a candlelight vigil on Friday night to honor Brandon Peart-Wright, a BU student who passed away earlier...


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Student groups absent from conference to face penalties

The Binghamton University Student Association (SA) hosts an annual Fall Leadership Conference for more than 450 students groups, but this year, 39 of them failed to attend and are facing punishment. On...


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More than 400 celebrate Diwali on campus

Diwali 2K19, the 12th-annual Festival of Lights event sponsored by the Indian Graduate Students Organization (IGSO), lit up the University Union’s Mandela Room on Sunday afternoon and evening with more than two...


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University plans changes in Fine Arts Building

Binghamton University President Harvey Stenger hinted at changes coming for art students and other Fine Arts Building frequenters in his annual State of the University address on Oct. 17, when he posed...


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BU researcher receives $1.2M in grants for diabetes research

A diabetes researcher at Binghamton University has racked up $1.2 million in grants toward her current studies. Sha Jin, undergraduate director of biomedical engineering, received grants from both the National Institutes of...


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College Republicans host panel to explore criticisms of socialism

Arguments against socialism were presented to students and community members alike during a political discussion hosted by Binghamton University College Republicans on Monday night. The event was held in Lecture Hall 9...


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Campus recognized for environmental sustainability

For nearly 50 years, Binghamton University has been active in the areas of environmental and sustainability research. Now, BU is tied in first place nationwide for Sustainability Research, and these efforts are...


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Louisa Holmes discusses societal lack of health education at lunch talk

On Thursday, approximately 30 members of the Sustainable Communities Transdisciplinary Area of Excellence (TAE) gathered to hear from Louisa Holmes, a TAE committee member and an assistant professor of geography and environmental...