BU libraries streamline access to critical research materials

Posted in: Top Stories, 2005
The prestige of a research library used to rest on the materials it owned-its millions of volumes, its original manuscripts, its rare books. In the digital age, however, researchers judge a library on other criteria, said John Meador, Jr., director of the Binghamton University Libraries.

Complex tied to expanding commercialization of University research

Posted in: Top Stories, 2005
When the Department of Bioengineering moved into the Innovative Technologies Complex (ITC) last January, it was a milestone of sorts - one that Binghamton University hopes is the first of many. The department became the first tenant in the first building of the complex. Currently one 92,000 square-foot building, known as the Alpha building, on a 21-acre parcel of land, the ITC is destined to expand.

$120,000 grant to fund hypertension research

Posted in: Top Stories, 2005
Gary James, director of the Institute for Primary and Preventative Health Care and professor in the Decker School of Nursing, has been awarded a two-year, $120,000 research grant by the New York State Empire Clinical Research Investigator Program (ECRIP) to develop a better means of diagnosing hypertension, the leading cause of heart disease, kidney failure and stroke.

NYSTAR award jump starts partnership behind vibrational therapy device

Posted in: Top Stories, 2005
Ken McLeod, chair of the bioengineering department, has been awarded a $537,000 New York State Office of Science, Technology and Academic Research (NYSTAR) grant to partner with Juvent Research to bring a circulation-stimulating medical device to market.