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What will the Earth be like in 500 years?

I love for so many reasons! First, the topic is timely and compelling, offering some excellent insights on the dangers of climate change. Next, it pairs up two emeritus faculty members, William MacDonald and Michael Little, to answer an intriguing question posed as part of the Curious Kids series. This is reminiscent of the Ask a Scientist column, a collaboration between our office and The Press & Sun Bulletin. was a regular contributor to that, and it’s impressive to see him reach a whole new audience with a similar series, racking up almost 2 million views throughout eight articles.

Stretching your donation dollars: 5 tips

Next, I want to commend David Campbell, our most prolific contributor by far, for authoring 17 thought-provoking and . Full disclosure: David and I share a birthday, and he was my MPA Capstone Advisor, so I might be slightly biased – but the numbers don’t lie! When an especially devastating hurricane season was predicted in 2017, David pitched people could help. It was amazing that he had that level of foresight and accurately predicted a tremendous public outpouring of support.

The secret behind the success of the new ‘Star Wars’ films

As a kid, I was obsessed with Star Wars, so I couldn’t have been happier when Subimal Chatterjee helped us find a School of Management-style marketing angle on this legendary film. Chat has studied the success rates of sequels and prequels over the course of nearly a hundred franchises, from Psycho to X-Men. The was a fun way to present some solid marketing research!

Tearing down Confederate statues leaves structural racism intact

I’m a huge fan of Anne Bailey, an inspiring Binghamton historian whose work has been highlighted nationally in more ways than I can count, and rightfully so. When protesters tore down Confederate statues in 2018, many applauded the destruction of state property, but Anne had a very .

6 important truths about COVID-19 vaccines

Access to The Conversation during the days of COVID proved to be extremely valuable for research, especially since new information, studies and findings were coming out almost daily as scientists studied the virus and the public reacted. Our researchers really shined during this period, putting out solid fact-based information from School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences faculty Kanneboyina Nagaraju and Sarah Lynch.

Joe Biden’s inaugural address gives hope to the millions who stutter

Rodney Gabel, founding director of the Division of Speech and Language Pathology (SLP) at Binghamton, has been at the University for four years and has overseen significant growth in the program. Rodney is also part of the roughly 1% of the world’s population who stutter. Biden has spoken about his struggles with stuttering during speeches for the National Stuttering Association and the American Institute for Stuttering. For people who stutter, the presidential campaign, Biden’s election and his inauguration marked an essential change in how we discuss stuttering, and Rodney used that as an opportunity to shine a light on this issue in this !

Shorter days affect the mood of millions of Americans – a nutritional neuroscientist offers tips on how to avoid the winter blues

Let’s face it – the winters in Bing can be a bit much at times, especially come February, and that’s why I love from Health and Wellness Professor Lina Begdache. Lina has taught nutrition classes here at Bing for years, and has since conducted extensive research about how food, diet, exercise, drugs can affect one’s mental health.

Five lessons Trump could learn from Lincoln

As a historian who has studied presidential leadership for decades, Donald Nieman has become Binghamton’s go-to expert when it comes to answering questions about the country’s political polarization. Don has written some fantastic articles for The Conversation,. Be sure to check out his new book, The Path to Paralysis: How American Politics Became Nasty, Dysfunctional, and a Threat to the Republic.

Getting more energy from the sun: how to make better solar cells

I love to see articles with lots of traffic and visitors, but sometimes there are other ways to measure their success, and this is a great example. Binghamton is at the forefront of addressing the world’s energy challenges. Our experts have demonstrated success with solar-cell design, thin-film packaging and concept-to-commercialization prototyping. This talent comes together in our Center for Autonomous Solar Power (CASP). When the Center’s Director, Tara Dhakal, crafted on ways to utilize this precious resource better, it led to an interesting development. A researcher from Boston, conducting similar research, reached out, which later led to a grant proposal collaboration, resulting in funding to hire new graduate students right here at Binghamton! I love that!

Have children? Here’s how kids ruin your romantic relationship

There’s no way I could write this blog and leave out the of all time, which is also one of the biggest hits in the platform’s history. When Binghamton psychologist Matthew Johnson was looking for ways to promote his new book “” we knew that was a great opportunity. The article, offering some unique insights on parenting and relationships, was such a hit that it was re-released the following year - ON VALENTINE’S Day! Now isn’t that romantic.

You can read all of the Binghamton-authored Conversation articles here, and if you are a faculty/staff member at �Թϸ����� who might be interested in writing, send me an email at ryarosh@binghamton.edu