Immigration, race and ethnicity scholars from around the world will convene Oct. 6-8, 2010, in Binghamton to explore a range of issues related to the racial and ethnic transformation of communities around the globe.
Drawing together around the theme of “Race, Ethnicity and Place,” over 300 scholars and educators will explore several key areas including hometown building, immigrant experience, healthcare, family and youth, policy issues and racial identity.
Welcome to Harpur College of Arts and Sciences, the intellectual heart of Binghamton University. With over 7,500 undergraduate students and almost 1,500 graduate students, Harpur is also the largest of Binghamton University’s six schools.
Harpur attracts bright, energetic, creative and curious students from across the country and around the world to learn from—and with—internationally acclaimed faculty who are passionate about teaching and discovery. As a Harpur student, you will be inspired and challenged by faculty who are leaders in their fields and by talented classmates with wide-ranging interests, inquiring minds and a passion for learning. | Read More
Binghamton University has been awarded a four-year, $1.4 million grant by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) to fund undergraduate interdisciplinary research opportunities around the theme of solving problems in the life sciences. | Read more
Psychology professor Steven Jay Lynn has been promoted to distinguished professor, a tenured University ranking conferred by the SUNY Board of Trustees and the highest academic rank within SUNY. The distinguished ranking recognizes faculty who have achieved national or international prominence within their discipline for their consistently outstanding accomplishments. Recipients are nominated by their campus presidents. | Read more
Two Binghamton faculty members have been selected as recipients of the Guggenheim Fellowship, a prestigious midcareer award given to support creative research and art projects. Gerald Kutcher, associate professor and chair of the History Department, and Vincent Grenier, undergrad director of the University’s Cinema Department, received a combined $68,000 in grants to assist their planned works.
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Seventeen faculty members, graduate students and undergraduate students have been named as inaugural fellows for The Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities (IASH).
“We have a fantastic group of fellows,” said Bat-Ami Bar On, IASH director and professor of philosophy and women’s studies. “It’s diverse in terms of projects.”
