Melissa Bykofsky

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mbykofs1@binghamton.edu

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BU presidential search narrowed down to five

After eight months of meetings and interviews, Binghamton University’s Presidential Search Committee narrowed down the candidates for president to five nominees. During the next two weeks, these candidates will introduce themselves to...


Sports

Guest - Melissa Bykofsky's NFL Picks: Week 13

LOCK: NEW YORK GIANTS (-7) over Washington — Well, I have read a lot of articles about Derek Jeter potentially playing for the Giants, so … OK, don’t worry, I am totally...


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Campus Legends: Myths, ghost stories and pranks

Students aren’t the only ones causing chaos on the Binghamton University campus. For the past 33 years, Libby Tucker, a professor at BU with a doctorate in folklore, has heard of many...


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Graphic depiction

Pulitzer Prize-winning illustrator Art Spiegelman came to Binghamton in the late 1960s as a Harpur College undergrad and worked for this newspaper. Though he didn’t complete his studies, he was invited back...


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As investigation unfolds, event plans are hindered

In the wake of an investigation that exposed a Binghamton resident as an alleged student impostor, the Binghamton University Student Association and the student groups he was a part of are doing...


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Updated 10/6: Calderon pled guilty to sex crime in 2008

Albany police confirm that Phillip Calderon, who allegedly posed as a Binghamton University student since fall 2008, was charged with rape and a misdemeanor of providing alcohol to a minor. In January...


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University to hold graduate school fair

The Career Development Center will host 144 graduate schools in the Events Center for the Graduate School Fair this Tuesday. From 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., students with a BU ID will...


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Brown joins basketball staff

According to a Binghamton University press release, the Bearcats have hired a new assistant coach for the men’s basketball team. The announcement came Thursday that Ron Brown, former associate head coach for...


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Former president returns for transition

When Peter Magrath last served as president, Binghamton University had an enrollment of nearly 10,000 students. Now, nearly 40 years later, Magrath will return as interim president as the university of more...


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Updated 5/28: Interim president nominated

When he last served as president, Binghamton University had an enrollment of nearly 10,000 students. Now, almost 40 years later, Dr. Peter Magrath will return as interim president, ready to guide a...