Off-Campus News
Koffman Southern Tier Incubator teaches entrepreneurs how to enter cannabis industry
The Koffman Southern Tier Incubator is currently hosting a four-week program focusing on the fast-growing cannabis industry. The program, managed alongside Binghamton University’s Office of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Partnerships, is called The...
Campus News
LGBTQIA+ Roundtable held by External Scholarship and Undergraduate Research Center
Around 70 students attended a “LGBTQIA+ Research Roundtable” this Tuesday, with panelists from the Binghamton University student body and faculty. While Vanessa Jaeger, the assistant director of the External Scholarships and Undergraduate...
Student Association
SA resolution calls for lower, more transparent technology costs for students
Last week, the Student Association (SA) passed a resolution asking Binghamton University to address rising technology-related costs to students. In recent years, educational publishers like McGraw Hill Education and Pearson have shifted...
Politics
New York state attorney general calls for the protection of tenants from evictions
On Nov. 8, New York Attorney General Letitia James led a coalition of 17 other attorneys general in submitting a comment letter to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)....
Campus News
BU Geography Department holds GIS Day
The Binghamton University geography department hosted their annual event for Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Day on Friday. GIS can be used to create multilayered maps that display geographic features, streets, buildings, vegetation...
Student Association
SA resolution calling for residential community concern boxes sees pushback from Residential Life
A resolution allowing Binghamton University students to anonymously submit written complaints about their residential housing communities was recently passed in the Student Association (SA) Congress but has been prohibited from implementation by...
Administration
Watson assistant dean chosen to participate in Hispanic Leadership fellowship program
Miguel Baique, assistant dean of academic diversity and inclusive excellence at the Thomas J. Watson College of Engineering and Applied Science, has been tapped as one of 10 SUNY faculty chosen to...
Administration
BU employee temporarily leaves job to help Afghan refugees, unaccompanied children
As hundreds of Afghan children were airlifted out of Afghanistan to the United States, one Binghamton University employee sought to make a profound impact in their lives. Amir Aslamkhan, a security services...
Politics
New York State Attorney General announces candidacy for governor
New York state Attorney General Letitia James has thrown her hat in the ring for the 2022 New York state governor’s race. James, a Democrat, announced her candidacy on Oct. 29. She...
Off-Campus News
Members of Generation Vote hold demonstration outside Broome County Board of Elections
Last week, students held a demonstration in front of the Broome County Board of Elections (BOE) at the Edwin L. Craw Ford County Office Building on Hawley Street. Wednesday afternoon, seven members...