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7 unusual facts about Binghamton University


Artsiom Parakhouski

Parakhouski was spotted by Ali Ton, then a Binghamton University men's basketball assistant coach, at the Junior European Championships.

Hakim Warrick

Warrick appeared in all 35 games his freshman year, starting 19-straight games starting with a game against Binghamton, and remained there until Jan. 28, 2002 against Georgetown.

Jessie Kabwila-Kapasula

Students at Binghamton University (SUNY), Dr. Kabwila-Kapasula's alma mater, have urged Amnesty International to take up this case.

Liberty Flames basketball

He returned to the Liberty campus after serving two years as the head coach at Marshalltown Community College and as an assistant coach at Binghamton University.

Mark Macon

He is the former head coach of Binghamton University.

Stirrings Still

In 2004, members of Binghamton University's English Department founded a scholarly journal called Stirrings Still: The International Journal of Existential Literature, which was named after Beckett's piece.

Walden Bello

He is also a guest professor at Binghamton University, where his lectures focus predominantly on issues of globalization.


Broome County Transit

Students at Binghamton University ride for free (although paid by the university) with their BU ID Card, persons attending Davis College and BCC may purchase a discounted student pass with proof of fulltime student status.

Bruce Benderson

He attended William Nottingham High School (1964) in Syracuse, New York and then Binghamton University (1968).

Elmar Oliveira

Other honors include an honorary doctorate from Binghamton University and the Order of Santiago, Portugal’s highest civilian honor.

Eric P. Schwartz

Eric P. Schwartz was educated at Binghamton University, receiving a B.A. in Political Science; at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, receiving an M.P.A. with a specialization in International Relations; and at the New York University School of Law, receiving a J.D.

Gilboa Fossil Forest

William Stein, associate professor of biological sciences at Binghamton University and colleagues at the New York State Museum in Albany, NY and Cardiff University in the United Kingdom have found an intact tree more than 26 feet tall with a system of frond-like, but leafless branches resulting in a superficially tree fern or palm tree-like form.

Kate Kretz

Kretz attended the Sorbonne in Paris, and obtained a BFA in drawing and painting from Binghamton University, and was accepted into the Hoffberger School of Painting, but attended and earned an MFA from the University of Georgia in Athens, GA.

Psychohistory

Four universities have offered a course in Psychohistory at the undergraduate level and have published course details: Boston University, Binghamton University, City University of New York and Wesleyan University.

The Pegs

The Harpur Harpeggios, more commonly referred to as The Pegs, are the only all female a cappella group at Binghamton University in Binghamton, New York.


see also

Broadus

Kevin Broadus (born 1964), current head men's basketball coach at Binghamton University