By LYDIA POLGREEN TIMBUKTU, Mali — When the moment of danger came, Ali Imam Ben Essayouti knew just what to do. The delicate, unbound parchment manuscripts in the 14th-century mosque he leads had already survived hundreds of years in the ...
Timbuktu’s Ancient Libraries: Saved by Locals, Endangered by a Government By Vivienne Walt One week after Islamic militants fled Timbuktu under French bombing strikes, preservationists are deeply uncertain about how to continue protecting the city’s priceless ancient documents — a ...
Bones Under Parking Lot Belonged to Richard III By JOHN F. BURNS and ALAN COWELL Published: February 4, 2013 LEICESTER, England — In one of Britain’s most dramatic modern archaeological finds, researchers here announced on Monday that skeletal remains found ...
When Donald Nieman, dean of Harpur College of Arts and Sciences, became the new provost of Binghamton University on July 1, there were a few whispers: “What, exactly, is a provost?” Among the administration, there were the obligatory provost jokes. ...
Shall I Encode Thee In DNA? Sonnets Stored On Double Helix by Adam Cole January 24, 2013 William Shakespeare, depicted in this 17th century painting, penned his sonnets on parchment. Now his words have found a new home … in ...
“Quiet Cruelties: Prints, Sculpture, and Unique Works on Paper” by Rimer Cardillo will be on display at the University Art Museum (FA-213) from Jan. 24-March 23. Cardillo, professor of art at SUNY New Paltz, will give a public lecture on ...
By Eric Coker Binghamton University needs to get “better to get bigger, while also getting “bigger to get better” in 2013, President Harvey Stenger said during his State of the University address on Jan. 22. “I believe that the effort ...
For many researchers today (whether academic or simply curious), one of the greatest benefits of recent technological progress is the ability to conduct archival research at home, in your pajamas, or at two in the morning. (Or, all three at ...
All this, and Heaven too / Rachel Field. New York : The MacMillian Company. 1940. The 2013 January Book of the Month is a recent addition to Special Collections. It is a gift of John McLaughlin, and represents just one ...
Binghamton University President Harvey Stenger has released his quarterly report for the months of October through December 2012. Learn about Binghamton University’s activities and initiatives in his report and those of the vice presidents for academic affairs, administration, external ...