RVP Sonnenfeld likes what he sees

Posted in: Top Stories, 2004
What makes Binghamton University different? How is this campus unique? These are questions Gerald Sonnenfeld, the University's new vice president for research, is pondering these days. As he researches the answers, he hopes to bring Binghamton's differences to the forefront and capitalize on them. Since July 1, he's been educating himself about Binghamton.

Sonnenfeld honored for distinguished service

Posted in: Top Stories, 2004, Researchers in the News
Sonnenfeld honored for distinguished service Gerald Sonnenfeld, vice president for research, recently received the 2004 Orr E. Reynolds Distinguished Service Award from the American Society for Gravitational and Space Biology.

The power of suggestion: Psychologist explores ways to make hypnosis a more effective therapeutic technique

Posted in: Top Stories, 2004
In the popular imagination, a person who submits to hypnosis falls into a trance. The subject slavishly follows the hypnotist's commands, perhaps to squawk like a chicken, re-enact events from childhood or develop a lasting aversion to cigarettes. When the subject "awakens," he or she forgets everything that happened during the session.


University to host 2005 research symposium

Posted in: 2004, Top Stories, Local Spotlight
Building on the success of a similar event in 2003, Binghamton University will be hosting a major statewide research symposium, Destination Discovery ’05, on March 23 and 24, 2005. The event will explore the changing face of sponsored research by means of both broad-based and targeted sessions designed to help faculty succeed in securing funding, collaborators and resources for their work. The theme will be Across the Disciplines: Research Policies, Practice and Promise.

BU research center gives Bush Administration C- on human rights report card

Posted in: Top Stories, 2004
Graded on a curve against other recent administrations, the Bush Administration scores a C- (minus) for its promotion of humans rights at home and abroad, according to the Center on Democratic Performance at Binghamton University, which today issued its first annual Presidential Human Rights Performance Report Card.