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Stenger allocates $13 million to Road Map proposals President emphasizes graduate studies as BU takes a step towards adding a pharmacy school proposals over the next 28 months. The Road Map, Stenger’s plan to make Binghamton the The Binghamton University “premier public university of Road Map is taking form and a the 21st century,” began last pharmacy school seems likely, semester as a collaborative after BU President Harvey effort by hundreds of staff, Stenger announced Monday faculty and administrators to that more than $13 million brainstorm ideas to improve will be allocated to Road Map BU, which culminated in 46
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specific proposals adopted in January for implementation. Stenger announced that the 11 proposals directed at improving graduate studies — including the addition of a graduate school of pharmacy — received a cumulative total of $5.9 million. The pharmacy school is not official yet, and the money the
proposal received is to explore the possibility further, but Stenger said the former dean of a Midwest pharmacy school responded positively to the proposal, and BU could have a final proposal ready for review by SUNY within a year. “It’s going to go quickly,” Stenger said. Other proposals in the
pharmacy school’s cluster included raising the majority of doctoral programs above the 50th percentile and gaining recognition by the Association of American Universities, which is composed of top research institutions. Graduate studies are a priority for the school moving forward, Stenger said, though
the investments will benefit undergrads as well by bolstering BU’s reputation and improving faculty. Top-tier faculty, he said, are drawn to the research possibilities of a graduate school, but they would teach undergraduate classes as well. “Faculty who are research active are the ones who
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Napping centers trending at universities Special chairs could offer off-campus students a place to rest Eurih Lee
A company called MetroNaps is selling universities its EnergyPods — special chairs designed Imagine: curling up on for comfortable and efficient campus in a chair, area, or napping. And the University of even a room devoted entirely Colorado, Wesleyan University to napping. and Carnegie Mellon University In recent months, several have each installed EnergyPods universities have added just in their libraries to promote that, buying special chairs student productivity. designed for napping — though The pods include a built-in cost and feasibility suggest timer, soothing sounds and a Binghamton University is programmed combination of unlikely to follow suit. lights and vibration for gentle Staff Reporter
waking, though each pod retails for roughly $8,000. According to the National Sleep Foundation, 20 to 30 minute naps are best for shortterm alertness, and a NASA study showed that a 40-minute nap can improve performance by 34 percent and alertness by 100%. Maybe EnergyPods are out of the question, but many students who live off campus said they would still like someplace to sleep between
Most people recognize that there is bias in the media, but MSNBC’s S.E. Cupp encourages students to look at politically balanced coverage in a slightly different way. Cupp presented in Lecture Hall 14 Sunday. Her short lecture, which focused primarily on bias in the media, was followed by a question-and-answer session with the audience Cupp, a conservative voice on a predominantly liberal network, noted that bias appears from both sides of the aisle across a multitude of mediums. “I worry that sometimes conservatives use this term ‘media bias’ as a way to complain, when in fact conservatives have a really great place in the media right now,” Cupp said. Cupp pointed out that 25
years ago, there was no Fox News, and said the media was in fact dominated by liberals. Since then, conservatives have organized and started to take hold of media outlets like talk radio. “I think it’s easy sometimes to say that conservatives don’t get a fair shake in the media because of media bias, and you’re not wrong, the media is a liberal place, but conservatives have a lot of opportunities in the media that liberals wish they had,” Cupp said. Cupp encouraged attendees to view bias in terms of more nuanced biases that involve class, race, social issues and religion, especially in terms of the 2008 election. “For the media, Obama’s faith was no one’s business, but Palin’s should be scrutinized like a rectal exam,” Cupp said. When questioned about why she would so strongly defend people of
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classes. “I’ve done my own nap studies at the North Napping Room, otherwise known as the North Reading Room, and I’ve found that naps are the best,” said David Pfuhler, a junior majoring in environmental studies. Taryn Ramos, a junior majoring in psychology, lives off campus and said she often finds herself exhausted during
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