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Student success is a testament to your support

Nearly 30,000 individuals have stepped forward to support Bold.Brilliant. Binghamton – The Campaign for Binghamton University, but time is running out

At this year’s spring Commencement, I had the privilege of seeing nearly 3,200 degrees conferred, the largest Graduate School ceremony in school history, and a Harpur College ceremony that filled nearly every seat at the Events Center. I really enjoy seeing the pride in parents’ faces as students celebrate the culminationof all their hard work. Our students’ success is a testament not only to their own efforts, but also to the support and commitment provided by our alumni and friends. Nowhere has this been more evident than in the remarkable achievements of Bold.Brilliant.Binghamton – The Campaign for Binghamton
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For the love of helping others

Cathy Hao ’13 has a quiet voice, easy smile and polite manners that belie a tenacious drive to help others: She’s conducted research in three laboratories, examining colon cancer cells, counting nanoparticles and controlling experiments related to cognition. She’s worked with people with HIV/AIDS in Kibera, Kenya, which the United Nations says is the second-largest urban slum in Africa, testing blood and consoling the infected. She’s spent time at a rural clinic in Guatemala administering injections and assisting births. And for six years she’s volunteered once a week at the Dr. Garabed A. Fattal Community Free Clinic in Binghamton.

Many people don’t accomplish as much in a lifetime, but Hao is only 20 years old. >>READ MORE

For the love of an art form

As soon as Bob Pompi landed at Binghamton University to teach physics in 1968 (it was Harpur College then), he connected with the Harpur Jazz Ensemble. “It was one of the most enjoyable things that I was able to do in my 42 years at Harpur College, SUNY Binghamton, the University Center at Binghamton and Binghamton University,” the associate professor says dryly. >>READ MORE

For the love of his alma mater

As a CFO, Randy Borkenstein ’87 knows that developing and
retaining talent is key to organizational success

For Randy Borkenstein ’87, the connection to his alma mater isn’t complicated.

“I loved going to school at Binghamton,” he says amid the noise and tumult enveloping Tau Alpha Upsilon’s 50th anniversary reunion as fellow fraternity brothers frequently interrupt him to say hello. “I established a connection with the school because of terrific memories of the time spent here.” Seeing an opportunity to improve the University, he and his wife, Anita Borkenstein ’86, support the Jean- Pierre Mileur Harpur College Faculty Development Fund, which helps Harpur College build and maintain an extraordinary staff of professors. >>READ MORE

Why Charles Kim gave SOM $1 million

Charles Kim pledged $1 million to support curriculum advancement and student scholarships because he wanted to ensure all students have access to the American Dream

 I believe that every student deserves a fair shake at success, however they define that success. Out of any place in the world I know, I still believe America gives its youth the best opportunities to make that happen.

And I believe it is this — that opportunity and success remain available to everyone — that will keep America strong, and a model for progress in the world. But every day I see signs that this country’s playing field is not as level as it once was. The wealthiest people in our society seem to be getting exponentially richer, while normal Americans haven’t been making any headway at all. >>READ MORE

Foundation helps leverage a $550,000 grant that puts chemistry department ahead of peer programs 

Associate Professor of Chemistry Eriks Rozners involves his students in his work.

“Students essentially do all the research, from simple synthesis to building complex molecules,” says Rozners, who supervises their work, writes up results and develops new research proposals.

He and his team of students, ranging from undergrads to post-docs, explore the fundamental properties of nucleic acids, mostly ribonucleic acids (RNAs), with hopes that their research may ultimately lead to new therapeutic measures like antibiotics or anticancer drugs. >>READ MORE