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SUNY Chancellor announces Reach Out Mental Health Services Program

The coronavirus pandemic has cultivated a mental health crisis as the world grips with the emotional distress caused by the virus’ unprecedented and deadly nature. Students from all across the country, including...


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SUNY SA proposes new $0.50 fee to fund assembly

The Student Assembly of the State University of New York (SUNY SA) is proposing a new fee that would charge students across all SUNY schools a fee of $0.50. According to Austin...


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SUNY Chancellor Kristina M. Johnson condemns proposed changes to Title IX rules

SUNY Chancellor Kristina Johnson condemned the Department of Education’s proposed changes to Title IX rules in a public letter released on Tuesday. Betsy DeVos, U.S. Secretary of Education, has been receiving backlash...


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SUNY Chancellor Kristina Johnson discusses goals for system's future at BU visit

Addressing sustainability, diversity and attracting new students in the SUNY system, SUNY Chancellor Kristina Johnson spoke to a panel of about 70 educators at Binghamton University in the Mandela Room on Friday...


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SUNY joins international University Climate Change Coalition

SUNY Chancellor Kristina Johnson announced on Feb. 7 that SUNY has joined the international University Climate Change Coalition as part of an effort to make the system’s 64 campuses carbon neutral. The...


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SUNY applications rise 9 percent

SUNY schools may see more students taking tours around state campuses. In a press release issued on Feb. 6, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced applications are rising at New York’s public colleges and...


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SUNY BEST examines energy storage

The possibilities of renewable energy and the implications of an aging electrical grid were examined last Thursday at a SUNY Business and Education Cooperative of the Southern Tier (SUNY BEST) conference. Bill...


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New York state to expand paid family leave

A new state law will provide Binghamton University’s employees of the Research Foundation for SUNY expanded family leave benefits. In 2016, Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed New York state’s first phased-in Paid Family...


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SUNY establishes food insecurity task force

Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced in his 2018 State of the State address that he wants every SUNY and CUNY campus to have a food pantry. Currently, 31 out of 64 SUNY campuses...


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Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul talks student debt, Southern Tier economy in visit to campus

New York State Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul visited Binghamton University on Thursday to deliver a condensed version of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s state of the state address, focusing on initiatives relating to the...