2011-12 Schedule of Events
Binghamton University Forum events include the Distinguished Speaker Series, faculty presentations, arts performances and special events, an annual black tie dinner, roundtable discussions and symposia. Here is a look at some upcoming events:
Gas Drilling Panel Discussion
September 27, 2011
Breakfast Program
Binghamton Riverwalk
225 Water Street, Binghamton
7:15 am - Breakfast
7:45 am - Program
Panel
Jerry Putman, Moderator
Scott Kurkoski, Levene, Gouldin & Thompson
Robert Harner, Delta Engineers
James Leonard, CPA
“The Pennsylvania Experience with Marcellus Shale Gas Development – An Up-Close View”
October 19, 2011
Luncheon Program
Traditions at the Glen
4101 Watson Blvd., Johnson City
12:00 Noon —Lunch
12:30 pm— Program
Dr. James R. Grace
Goddard Professor of Forestry
and Environmental Resources Conservation
School of Forest Resources
Pennsylvania State University
“The Neighborhood Project: Using Evolution to Improve My City, One Block at a Time”
November 10, 2011
Breakfast Program
The Binghamton Club
83 Front Street, Binghamton
7:30 am - Breakfast
8:00 am – Program
David Sloan Wilson
SUNY Distinguished Professor
Departments of Biology and Anthropology
Director of EvoS
Reception and Tour Opening of the Engineering & Science Building, Innovation Technologies Complex
December 14 , 2011
4:30 Reception
4:45 – Overview
Dr. Hari Shrihari
Dean and Distinguished Professor
Tour following reception
“Undergraduates Soar on Airport Projects – a Federal, State and Private Partnership”
January 18, 2012
Faculty Luncheon program
11:30 a.m. – Lunch
Noon – Program
Old Union Hall, University Union
Binghamton University
William Ziegler
Director – BU Scholars Program
Associate Professor – Computer Science
Principal Investigator – Federal Aviation
Administration 10g-009
“A Little Potato and Hard to Peel”
February 23, 2012
Luncheon Program
The Binghamton Club
12:00 Noon – Lunch
12;30 pm - Program
David Harrell
Actor, Writer, Speaker, Dancer and Disability Advocate
In collaboration with Goodwill Theatre’s Schorr Family Firehouse Stage
Paul Taylor Dance Company with the University Symphony Orchestra
March 10, 2012
Social Event
Osterhout Concert Theater
Anderson Center
6:30 Reception - Anderson Center Reception Room
8:00 Performance
“The Rules of Politics in the 2012 Elections”
April 26, 2012
Luncheon Program
Traditions at the Glen
4101 Watson Blvd., Johnson City
12:00 Noon – Lunch
12:30 pm - Program
David A. Schultz ’80, ‘86
Professor
Hamline University, School of Business
Entertainment: The Water Coolers
June 9, 2012
Appalachian Collegiate Center
Binghamton University
Annual Dinner
5:30 pm Reception - 7:00 p.m. Dinner
For more information or to register to attend, please e-mail Elena Backlund, Binghamton University Forum coordinator, or call her at 607-777-4390.
