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Magrath to retire after half-century career in higher education

C. Peter Magrath will retire from Binghamton University on Dec. 31 this year at the age of 78, capping a 50-year career in higher education that he began as a political science ...


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BU students find 'study drugs' easily

As the end of the semester nears, some students turn to prescription drugs — like Concerta, Vyvanse and, more commonly, Adderall — to increase their focus level and work longer hours. ...


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Future of Dickinson buildings unclear

Binghamton University's plans to construct a new Dickinson Community are concrete, but what will happen to the current Dickinson buildings is not set in stone. ...


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Aldo Bernardo, Harpur visionary, passes at 91

Aldo Bernardo, a long-serving professor of Italian and comparative literature at Triple Cities College, Harpur College and SUNY Binghamton who was recognized as one of the world's leading Dante scholars, died on ...


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Ruth Stone, BU teacher and poet, dies at 96

Ruth Stone, an acclaimed poet and former Binghamton University professor, died of natural causes at her home in Ripton, Vt. on Nov. 19. ...


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Grant funds research in multiple disciplines

Binghamton University's Division of Research is now taking applications for its Interdisciplinary Collaboration Grants (ICG) Program, which provides selected projects as much as $10,000 to support research that crosses academic disciplinary boundaries. ...


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Fracking investigation finds toxic emissions at drill sites

There is new evidence that hydraulic fracturing poses a threat to air quality. ...


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Police Watch: Dec. 6, 2011

FRIDAY, DEC. 2, 10:25 p.m. — Officers on patrol responded to reports of a marijuana smell in Newing College’s Bingham Hall, said Investigator Patrick Reilly of Binghamton’s New York State University Police....


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UNC Professor explains science of alcoholism

Clyde Hodge, a professor of psychiatry and pharmacology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, gave a lecture to an audience of mostly graduate students and regional professors last Friday ...


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Police Watch: Dec. 2, 2011

SUNDAY, NOV. 27, 4:22 p.m. — Officers were patrolling Newing College’s Broome Hall when they noticed a marijuana odor emanating from a particular room, said Investigator Patrick Reilly of Binghamton University’s New...