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- Personal info at risk in laptop theft
Another security breach — this time following the theft of a laptop owned by the company which implements the Banner system — has exposed the names and Social Security numbers of over 130 individuals related to Binghamton University. This weekend the University notified 11 students and about 120 applicants that…. - For law schools, state gives less to BU than Stony Brook
The 2008-2009 SUNY Budget will allot Stony Brook University $45 million for creation of a law school, and only $3 million toward Binghamton University’s proposed law school, officials said. The funding could tip the scales again in the race to be top SUNY schools. Former Gov. Eliot Spitzer nominated both…. - Community lends hand to students after fire
Local community organizations and Binghamton University officials have stepped in to aid five students after a March 26 fire displaced them from their home on 15 Seminary Ave. “At first I felt depressed, but as soon as we got back to school everyone was so supportive,” said Steven Jimenez, a….
- Spring Fling to take main drag again
This Saturday’s Spring Fling will take place along “the spine” of campus, the central walkway, despite the administration’s insistence that it be relocated in order to protect new tiles laid there last fall. Members of the Student Association Programming Board were informed that they had to find an alternate location….
- Guidelines protect environment in campus construction
Last fall Binghamton University became the first school in the State University of New York system to be awarded an LEED Green Building Certification. Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) is a program set up by the United States Green Building Council in 1998. The guidelines require buildings to….
- Graduate student organization elects new president
Next year’s Graduate Student Organization president says her goals include strengthening the ties between the organization and the rest of the University and fighting for graduate student rights. Jessie Kabwila Kapasula, who is attending BU’s Graduate School for comparative literature, will be president of the GSO for the 2008-2009 school…. - BU experiments with new printing options
Students may see changes in printing toward the end of the semester. Academic Computer Services is planning to run an experiment: Installing a printer in the Glenn G. Bartle Library’s Pods that could print double-sided pages. Student suggestions sparked this initiative, said James Wolf, director of ACS. “A student did….
- VT memorial honors victims in acts of campus violence
University Police Lt. Mady Bay stood across from a portrait of a smiling Nelson Mandela last Tuesday and, choked up, asked students, faculty and staff at Binghamton University to lead lives of compassion. “Helping people. Standing up for yourself. Standing up for your friends. We need to work together because…. - Ohio Wesleyan honors BU professor
Ali Mazrui, Ph.D., a professor at Binghamton University and an African scholar, was recognized by Ohio Wesleyan University last night when he received an honorary degree of Humane Letters. Officials at Wesleyan have also asked Mazrui to speak at the school’s commencement in May. Mazrui, who is a well-known scholar….
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