Binghamton University will offer two summer programs designed to excite students and teachers about science, math and engineering. The Go Green Institute will offer 50 seventh-graders an intensive hands-on learning experience centered on the theme of a greener living environment, while the Big Ideas in Science Institute will focus on professional development for science teachers.
Movie sequels don’t always do as well at the box office as the original, but they tend to do much better than non-sequels, according to a new study in the July Journal of Business Research. And timing is everything, according to the experts at Binghamton University and Florida Atlantic University: The shorter the period between releases, the better.
Binghamton’s Francis Wu is leading a project that could help scientists around the globe find subsurface faults and better understand how tectonic forces act to build mountains. This knowledge may ultimately enable scientists to predict earthquakes more reliably.
Divining the life stories of native North Americans who lived thousands of years ago but left no written records requires an unusual blend of the social and life sciences. Thanks to a wealth of data they’ve uncovered in recent years, and new techniques for extracting meaning from their findings, researchers at Binghamton University’s Public Archaeology Facility are rewriting some of the most widely accepted theories about prehistoric life in New York state.
Using uniquely prepared and processed census data and his own specialized talents and training, J. David Hacker, a demographic historian at Binghamton University, is studying the early origins of America’s fertility decline. As he attempts to tease out the broad-based repercussions of this trend, he is also turning back and rewriting some important pages of history by helping to clarify the forces and factors that fueled it.
