Amy Donovan

Assistant News Editor

adonova1@binghamton.edu

92 Articles


Campus News

Code officials offer housing inspections for students

Sharon Elkouby’s apartment on Court Street in Downtown Binghamton has an ant infestation and crumbling walls. The junior majoring in sociology is one of approximately 9,000 Binghamton University students who live off...


Campus News

Racist drawings prompt student town hall meeting

On Thursday morning, a student discovered that a racist picture had been drawn in a fifth-floor study lounge in Endicott Hall of Newing College. The drawings featured racist depictions of black people,...


Community

March highlights racial injustices

“We who believe in freedom cannot rest until it comes; until the kill of black men of black men, black mothers’ sons is as important as the killing of white men, white...


Community

Grocery delivery service expands to Johnson City Wegmans

Lugging Wegmans grocery bags on and off the bus is no longer the only way for students without cars to go grocery shopping. The Wegmans in Johnson City partnered with a delivery...


Restaurant Week Spring 2017

Fall 2017 Restaurant Week: The Shop

With its open-brick aesthetic and new-age hipster vibes, The Shop offers a refreshing environment that complements its eclectic combination of foods and creates a casual yet stylish atmosphere. The Shop is located...


Campus News

Campus community commemorates 9/11

On Sept. 11, 2001, 15 Binghamton University alumni lost their lives. Sixteen years later, student organizations memorialized the victims, hosting a good-deed marathon and planting 2,996 small American flags along the Spine....


Campus News

Emergency town hall held after DACA announcement

In response to the proposed retraction of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, the Latin American Student Association (LASU) along with the Black Student Union (BSU) and the Haitian Student...


Community

EOP counselor Erik Colon memorialized at vigil

Erik Colon, an academic counselor for the Educational Opportunity Program (EOP) at Binghamton University, passed away Sunday due to health complications related to diabetes. He was 36 years old. Colon was a...


Community

Uber, Lyft add to transit options at BU

Since the start of the semester, students have been taking advantage of Uber and Lyft, the ride-sharing services that have been operating in upstate New York since June 29. Uber began operating...


Science & Research

BU professor develops UV light-resistant DNA film

Reapplying sunscreen over and over at the beach could be a thing of the past, thanks to the development of a new DNA film by Binghamton University researchers. The film, developed by...