Media and Public Relations
The Media and Public Relations team wrapped up several high-profile projects over the summer, ranging from a new and improved Newsline listserv, to the first-ever Class of 2020 “B” photo/video taken on the Peace Quad. The work of several faculty members was also featured by national broadcast and print outlets, ranging from Popular Science to USA Today.
Binghamton in the news
Assistant Professor of Computer Science Yan Wang and researchers from Binghamton University combined data from embedded sensors in wearable technologies, such as smartwatches and fitness trackers, along with a computer algorithm to crack private PINs and passwords with 80-percent accuracy on the first try and more than 90-percent accuracy after three tries. Their work was featured in USA Today, Forbes, Fortune, UPI, Nature World News, Popular Mechanics, PC Magazine, Tech Times, Science Daily, Phys Org, Inc.com, YahooNews! International Business Times, Daily Mail, Breitbart.com, NDTV.com and MSN.com. Total circulation: Over 252 million.
Matthew Johnson, professor of psychology, was featured in The Huffington Post and CNN for his research on relationships and communication. Total circulation: Over 226 million.
Wendy Wall, associate professor of 20th-century American history, was featured in The Huffington Post, The Conversation, The New York Times, San Francisco Gate, Seattle.com and Radio Live for an article in which she compared the current state of the United States to its state toward the end of the Great Depression, and argued that calls for unity are not enough. Total circulation: Over 107 million.
Leigh Ann Wheeler, professor of history, was featured in Time magazine and Yahoo News! for her research on how sex became a liberty. Total circulation: Over 97 million.
Seokheun “Sean” Choi, assistant professor of computer and electrical engineering, and two of his students recently published a report on their invention of a microbial fuel cell that runs on nothing more than the bacteria found in just a few drops of dirty water. This research was featured in Popular Science, MSN.com and The Daily Dot. Total circulation: Over 36.3 million.
Joshua Reno, assistant professor of anthropology, documented his experience working as a paper picker at a mega-landfill in a new book titled Waste Away: Working and Living with a North American Landfill. He was featured in YahooFinance! and U.S. News & World Report. Total circulation: Over 36 million.
Dinesh Sharma, associate research professor, wrote an article discussing Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama’s legacy of promoting women’s rights worldwide for The Conversation that was picked up by Salon, San Francisco Gate, Newsweek and UPI. Total circulation: Over 27.8 million.
Karin Sauer, professor of biological sciences, was featured in The Boston Globe and Business Insider for her work on unraveling the ways bacteria living in biofilms communicate and coordinate, in order to use their own systems against them. Total circulation: Over 26 million.
Donald Nieman, executive vice president and provost, authored an article in The Conversation, picked up by Time magazine, about how Lincoln believed that America’s commitment to equality and human dignity made it great. Total circulation: 16.6 million.
Fa-ti Fan, associate professor of history, was featured in the Los Angeles Times for his research on earthquake predictability and how the Chinese felt that prediction was something they could eventually achieve. Total circulation: Over 15 million.
Robert G. Parkinson, assistant professor of history and author of “The Common Cause: Creating Race and Nation in the American Revolution,” was featured in The New York Times for his editorial titled, “Did a Fear of Slave Revolts Drive American Independence?” Total circulation: Over 6 million.
PhD candidate Salih Tutun and Professor and Chair of Systems Science and Industrial Engineering Mohammad Khasawneh were featured on MSN.com and Science Daily for their framework that calculates the relationship between select features of terrorist attacks, including attack time and weapon type. Total circulation: Over 5 million.
Celia Klin, professor of psychology and associate dean for Harpur College, was featured in The New York Times, The Daily Dot, Science Friday and Men’s Health for her research on how hashtags, texts and tweets are influencing digital language. Total circulation: Over 3.3 million.
Laura Bronstein, dean of the College of Community and Public Affairs, wrote an article for The Conversation that argues how community schools can help beat summer learning loss for low-income students. Total circulation: Over 2.6 million.
PhD candidate Shuangfei Zhai and researchers from Binghamton University were featured in Nature World News for their study on why men are more aggressive and women are more self-conscious on dating sites. Total circulation: Over 112,000.
Binghamton University was featured in University Business for unveiling a smart electronics manufacturing lab as part of its Integrated Electronics Engineering Center (IEEC). Total circulation: Over 75,000.
Social media
The University saw heavy engagement on all of its social media channels. A Facebook post announcing that Forbes had named the University the top state school in New York had a reach of more than 217,000. On Twitter, our tweets earned an average 11,000 impressions per day; and our top tweet, which announced that Binghamton had been named the best public college in New York, generated over 20,000 impressions alone. During the quarter, the University surpassed 53,000 followers on Facebook, 23,000 followers on Twitter, 14,500 followers on Instagram and 81,000 followers on LinkedIn. The University’s Snapchat audience continues to rise. We continued to organize Snapchat Takeovers, in which students manage our account for a 24-hour period. Most of these spotlighted the great internships that Binghamton students hold over the summer, from with the NBA Players Association to the Binghamton Zoo at Ross Park.
Video
Meet the Class of 2020 at Binghamton University. Watch this amazing video, as 3,000 freshmen come together to form a giant B on the Peace Quad!
The Dean of Students Office at Binghamton University works closely with new parents to ensure that they stay connected throughout their child’s college journey. Watch this Welcome New Parents video, which helps to prepare students and parents for this new and exciting time.
A video featuring Gary D. James, professor of anthropology, nursing, biomedical engineering and director of the graduate program in biomedical anthropology, features a New Study Showing Differences in Blood Pressure Variation, Across Ethnicity.
Welcome to Bearcat Country! From top-notch faculty to door-opening internships, Binghamton University prepares students for future success – all without a hefty price tag.
High-profile University/President Harvey Stenger activities
President Harvey Stenger met with the William Dudley, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, on July 5. Stenger had a one-on-one talk with Dudley to explain the University’s role in the region’s economic vitality. Dudley also returned to campus on July 6, to be part of a presentation that was hosted by Empire State Development (ESD) and the University. The presentation included representatives from ESD, Corning Inc., Cornell University and Binghamton University’s Division of Research. Dudley came to the Binghamton area to learn firsthand the challenges facing the region and to see and hear what innovative strategies the University and others are doing to spark economic activity.
Binghamton University and Stenger hosted Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo at the Innovative Technologies Complex on July 19. At the event, the governor delivered the major regional economic development announcement that Dick’s Sporting Goods will build a $100-million warehouse distribution center in Conklin, N.Y., bringing 450 new jobs to the community. Stenger is co-chair of the Southern Tier Regional Economic Development Council (STREDC). The STREDC, via the Upstate Revitalization Initiative, assisted in supporting the project.
Stenger attended and delivered remarks at the 10th anniversary celebration of the College of Community and Public Affairs (CCPA) on July 21. The event was attended by nearly 100 people to mark the 10th anniversary of the founding of CCPA and to honor Founding Dean Patricia Ingraham.
Binghamton University hosted Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul on Wednesday, Aug. 10. She came to the University’s Innovative Technologies Complex to preside over a roundtable discussion on Women in Leadership.
Binghamton University hosted the New York State Attorney General’s “Doing Well While Doing Good” symposium on Tuesday, Sept. 13, in Watters Theater. The educational symposium was part of the attorney general’s Charities Bureau program designed to assist not-for-profit organizations in New York so they may fulfill their missions effectively while complying with the state’s legal mandates.