Binghamton University

Binghamton University, legally the State University of New York at Binghamton, is a public research university in Greater Binghamton, New York, in the United States.宾汉顿大学（法定名称为纽约州立大学宾汉顿分校，State University of New York at Binghamton）是美国纽约州大宾汉顿地区的一所公立研究型大学。

Founded in 1946 as Triple Cities College, it became Harpur College in 1950 and one of the four university centers of the State University of New York in 1965.该校 1946 年以「三城学院」之名创办，1950 年成为哈珀学院，1965 年跻身纽约州立大学四所大学中心之一。

As of fall 2025 it enrolled 18,652 students across six schools offering more than 130 academic programmes, and it is classified among R1 doctoral universities with very high research activity.截至 2025 年秋季，该校六个学院共注册 18,652 名学生，开设 130 多个专业，并被归为 R1 级「研究活动极高」博士大学。

History

• The university was established in 1946 in Endicott, New York, as Triple Cities College to serve local veterans returning from the Second World War.该校于 1946 年在纽约州恩迪科特创办，初名「三城学院」，旨在服务二战结束后返乡的本地退伍军人。
• Thomas J. Watson, chairman of IBM, saw potential in the Southern Tier region and collaborated with local leaders in the early 1940s to found the college as a two-year satellite of Syracuse University.IBM 董事长托马斯·J·沃森看好纽约州南线地区的发展潜力，1940 年代初与地方人士合作，以雪城大学两年制分校的形式筹办这所学院。
• Watson donated land in Endicott that became the school's first home, and the later engineering college was named in his honour.沃森捐出恩迪科特的土地作为学校早期的校址，后来成立的工程学院亦以他命名。
• Originally students finished their bachelor's degrees at Syracuse, but by the 1948-49 academic year degrees could be completed entirely in Binghamton.最初学生须到雪城大学完成学士学位，但到 1948-49 学年，学位已可完全在宾汉顿修毕。
• In 1950 the college split from Syracuse and joined the public State University of New York as Harpur College, named for the pioneer Robert Harpur.1950 年，学院脱离雪城大学，并入公立的纽约州立大学系统，定名哈珀学院，以拓荒者罗伯特·哈珀之名命名。
• Harpur College was designated one of only two liberal arts colleges in SUNY, and when Champlain College closed in 1952 its records, library, students and faculty were transferred to Harpur.哈珀学院被指定为纽约州立大学仅有的两所文理学院之一；1952 年尚普兰学院停办时，其档案、图书及部分师生转入哈珀。
• In 1955 Harpur began planning its current site in Vestal, and the move to the new campus was completed by 1961.1955 年，哈珀学院开始规划位于维斯塔尔的现址，至 1961 年完成迁校。
• In 1965 Harpur was selected to join Stony Brook, Albany and Buffalo as one of four new SUNY university centers and was renamed the State University of New York at Binghamton.1965 年，哈珀与石溪、奥尔巴尼、布法罗一同被选为四所新的纽约州立大学大学中心，并更名为纽约州立大学宾汉顿分校。
• Its undergraduate arts and sciences college kept the name Harpur College, and with more than 60 percent of students it remains the largest of the constituent schools.其本科文理学院保留「哈珀学院」之名，因容纳逾 60% 的学生而至今仍是各组成学院中规模最大者。
• In 1967 the School of Advanced Technology was established as the precursor to the Thomas J. Watson School of Engineering and Applied Science, founded in 1983.1967 年设立的先进技术学院是托马斯·J·沃森工程与应用科学学院的前身，后者于 1983 年正式成立。
• In 2020 the engineering school was renamed the Thomas J. Watson College of Engineering and Applied Science.2020 年，该工程学院更名为托马斯·J·沃森工程与应用科学学院。
• Since 1992 the university has branded itself "Binghamton University" to distinguish itself within the SUNY system, while its legal name remains the State University of New York at Binghamton.自 1992 年起，该校以「宾汉顿大学」作为对外品牌以区别于纽约州立大学系统内其他院校，其法定名称仍为纽约州立大学宾汉顿分校。
• The first president of Harpur College, who began as dean of Triple Cities College, was Glenn Bartle, and the fourth president, Clifford D. Clark, led the institution from 1975 to 1990.哈珀学院首任校长格伦·巴特尔最初任三城学院院长；第四任校长克利福德·D·克拉克则于 1975 至 1990 年执掌该校。
• Clark oversaw the transition from a four-year liberal arts college to a research university, adding the Anderson Center for the Performing Arts and establishing the Watson School of Engineering.克拉克主导了学校从四年制文理学院向研究型大学的转型，建成安德森表演艺术中心，并创设沃森工程学院。
• Lois B. DeFleur became the fifth president in 1990, expanded the campus by about twenty buildings, and transitioned the athletics programme from Division III to Division I.洛伊丝·B·德弗勒 1990 年出任第五任校长，将校园扩建约二十栋建筑，并把体育项目由第三级别提升至第一级别联赛。
• In July 2006 a reorganisation split the School of Education and Human Development, creating the College of Community and Public Affairs.2006 年 7 月的一次重组拆分了教育与人类发展学院，组建了社区与公共事务学院。
• Harvey G. Stenger, Jr. became the seventh president in January 2012, having previously served as interim provost at the University at Buffalo.小哈维·G·斯滕格于 2012 年 1 月出任第七任校长，此前曾任布法罗大学临时教务长。
• The School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences enrolled its first students in fall 2017 and opened a 60-million-dollar building on a new Health Sciences Campus in 2018.药学与药物科学学院于 2017 年秋季迎来首批学生，并于 2018 年在新设的健康科学园区启用一座造价 6,000 万美元的大楼。
• On 1 November 2025 Anne D'Alleva, formerly provost of the University of Connecticut, succeeded Stenger as the eighth president of Binghamton University.2025 年 11 月 1 日，原康涅狄格大学教务长安妮·达莱瓦接替斯滕格，成为宾汉顿大学第八任校长。
• In 2026 a 30-million-dollar gift led by alumnus Tom Secunda, co-founder of Bloomberg L.P., established the New York Center for AI Responsibility and Research.2026 年，由校友、彭博有限合伙企业联合创始人汤姆·塞孔达领衔捐资 3,000 万美元，设立纽约人工智能责任与研究中心。

Academics

• Binghamton is composed of six schools, led by Harpur College of Arts and Sciences, the oldest and largest, with over 10,300 undergraduates and 1,000 graduate students.宾汉顿大学由六个学院组成，其中历史最久、规模最大的哈珀文理学院拥有逾 10,300 名本科生与 1,000 名研究生。
• Harpur College offers 26 departments and 14 interdisciplinary degree programmes in the fine arts, humanities, natural and social sciences, and mathematics.哈珀学院下设 26 个系与 14 个跨学科学位项目，涵盖艺术、人文、自然科学、社会科学与数学。
• The College of Community and Public Affairs, formed in 2006, offers programmes in social work, public administration, human rights and student affairs administration.2006 年组建的社区与公共事务学院开设社会工作、公共行政、人权与学生事务管理等项目。
• The Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences was established in 1969 and offers undergraduate, master's and doctoral degrees in nursing accredited by the Commission of Collegiate Nursing Education.德克尔护理与健康科学学院 1969 年成立，开设经大学护理教育委员会认证的护理本科、硕士与博士学位。
• The School of Management, established in 1970, offers degrees in management, finance, information science, marketing and accounting, and is accredited by AACSB.管理学院 1970 年成立，开设管理、金融、信息科学、市场营销与会计学位，并通过 AACSB 认证。
• The Thomas J. Watson College of Engineering and Applied Science, founded in 1983, offers degrees across mechanical, electrical, computer and biomedical engineering and computer science.托马斯·J·沃森工程与应用科学学院 1983 年成立，学位专业涵盖机械、电气、计算机与生物医学工程以及计算机科学。
• The Graduate School administers advanced-degree programmes across the colleges and offers almost 70 areas of study, with undergraduate and graduate students taught by a single faculty.研究生院统筹各学院的学位项目，提供近 70 个研究方向，本科与研究生由同一支教师队伍授课。
• The School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, the newest school, opened a 60-million-dollar facility on the Health Sciences Campus in Johnson City in 2018.作为最新设立的学院，药学与药物科学学院于 2018 年在约翰逊城健康科学园区启用造价 6,000 万美元的设施。
• The university offers more than 130 undergraduate programmes and more than 60 master's, 30 doctorate and 50 accelerated combined degrees.该校开设 130 多个本科专业，以及 60 多个硕士、30 个博士与 50 个本硕连读的加速学位项目。
• In fall 2025 Binghamton enrolled 18,652 students, comprising 14,559 undergraduates and 4,093 graduate students, taught by 994 full-time faculty at a ratio of 17 to 1.2025 年秋季，宾汉顿大学注册 18,652 名学生，其中本科生 14,559 人、研究生 4,093 人，由 994 名全职教师以 17:1 的师生比授课。
• In fall 2024 the university received over 57,000 applications and admitted 39 percent of applicants, making it one of the most selective campuses in the SUNY system.2024 年秋季，该校收到逾 57,000 份申请、录取率 39%，是纽约州立大学系统中选拔最严格的校区之一。
• Binghamton is classified among R1 doctoral universities with very high research activity, the highest tier of American research intensity.宾汉顿大学被归为 R1 级「研究活动极高」博士大学，居美国科研强度最高的层级。
• An early assurance programme with the Norton College of Medicine at SUNY Upstate Medical University guarantees admission to medical school for qualifying sophomores who maintain a 3.50 GPA.该校与纽约州立大学上州医科大学诺顿医学院开设早期保障项目，成绩保持绩点 3.50 的合格大二学生可获医学院录取保障。
• In-state tuition is 7,070 dollars and out-of-state tuition 26,160 dollars, and the average debt at graduation is 14,734 dollars, among the lowest for American public universities.州内学费为 7,070 美元、州外学费为 26,160 美元，毕业时平均负债 14,734 美元，居美国公立大学最低之列。
• The university is home to the New York State Center of Excellence in Small Scale Systems Integration and Packaging, known as S3IP.该校设有纽约州小型系统集成与封装卓越中心（S3IP）。
• Binghamton maintains 33 organised research centres and institutes, including the Institute for Materials Research and the Center for Development and Behavioral Neuroscience.宾汉顿大学设有 33 个有组织的研究中心与研究所，其中包括材料研究所与发育及行为神经科学中心。
• Interdisciplinary programmes allow students to design individualized degree plans at both the undergraduate and the graduate level.该校还设有跨学科项目，允许本科生与研究生设计个性化的学位方案。

Campus

• The main campus in Vestal covers 887 acres on a wooded hillside above the Susquehanna River, in the Southern Tier of New York.位于维斯塔尔的主校区占地 887 英亩，坐落在萨斯奎哈纳河畔林木葱郁的山坡上，地处纽约州南线地区。
• The campus is shaped like a brain, with a closed-loop road forming the cerebrum and cerebellum and a main entrance road that acts as the spinal cord.校园平面形似大脑，环状道路构成大脑与小脑，主入口道路则如同脊髓。
• About a quarter of the campus is a protected nature preserve with forest, wetlands, a six-acre pond called Harpur Pond and roughly ten miles of maintained trails.校园约四分之一为受保护的自然保护区，含森林、湿地、名为哈珀塘的六英亩池塘以及约十英里的养护步道。
• The Glenn G. Bartle Library, named after the university's first president, holds humanities, social sciences and government collections, while the Science Library serves science and engineering.以首任校长命名的格伦·G·巴特尔图书馆收藏人文、社会科学与政府文献，科学图书馆则服务科学与工程学科。
• The Anderson Center for the Performing Arts has three proscenium stages, including the Osterhout Concert Theater, which seats 1,170 indoors and can open to an outdoor amphitheatre.安德森表演艺术中心拥有三座镜框式舞台，其中奥斯特豪特音乐厅室内可容纳 1,170 人，并可开启为露天剧场。
• The Events Center seats about 5,300 for basketball and up to 8,000 for concerts, and hosted the America East Conference men's basketball championships in 2005, 2006 and 2008.活动中心篮球赛事可容纳约 5,300 人、演唱会可达 8,000 人，曾于 2005、2006 与 2008 年承办美国东岸联盟男篮锦标赛。
• Residence halls are grouped into seven communities, of which Newing College (2011) and Dickinson Community (2013) were rebuilt under a 375-million-dollar East Campus Housing project.学生宿舍分为七个社区，其中纽因学院（2011 年）与迪金森社区（2013 年）在 3.75 亿美元的东校区宿舍工程中重建。
• The nearly 15-acre Health Sciences Campus in Johnson City opened its pharmacy building in 2018 and the first floor of the Decker College building in January 2021.位于约翰逊城、占地近 15 英亩的健康科学园区，于 2018 年启用药学大楼，2021 年 1 月启用德克尔学院大楼一层。
• The University Downtown Center, near the confluence of the Susquehanna and Chenango Rivers, opened in 2007 and houses the College of Community and Public Affairs.位于萨斯奎哈纳河与切南戈河交汇处附近的大学城中心 2007 年启用，容纳社区与公共事务学院。
• The Downtown Center was badly damaged by flooding from Tropical Storm Lee in 2011 and reopened for the fall 2012 semester after a year of repairs.该城中心 2011 年遭热带风暴「李」引发的洪水严重损毁，经一年修缮后于 2012 年秋季学期重新开放。

Reputation

• In the 2027 QS World University Rankings, Binghamton University is placed in the 1001 to 1200 band globally, a tied range for this cycle.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，宾汉顿大学位列全球第 1001-1200 位区间（并列区间）。
• Binghamton ranked in the 801 to 1000 band of the 2027 Times Higher Education World University Rankings.宾汉顿大学在 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名中位于 801-1000 位区间。
• It ranked 1,332nd in the 2026-2027 U.S. News Best Global Universities ranking.该校在 2026-2027 年度《美国新闻》全球最佳大学排名中位列第 1,332 位。
• In the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities (Shanghai Ranking), Binghamton is placed in the 501 to 600 band.在 2026 年软科世界大学学术排名中，宾汉顿大学位于 501-600 位区间。
• U.S. News ranked Binghamton tied for 73rd among national universities and tied for 34th among public universities in its 2025 edition.《美国新闻》2025 年版将宾汉顿大学列为全美综合性大学并列第 73 位、公立大学并列第 34 位。
• In 2024 Forbes named Binghamton one of its twenty "New Ivies", and in 2001 it was called a Public Ivy by Howard and Matthew Greene.2024 年《福布斯》将宾汉顿列为二十所「新常春藤」之一；2001 年霍华德与马修·格林则称其为「公立常春藤」。
• OpenAlex records 38,107 scholarly works by Binghamton affiliated authors with 1,954,817 cumulative citations.OpenAlex 收录宾汉顿大学作者学术成果 38,107 篇，累计被引 1,954,817 次。
• M. Stanley Whittingham, a SUNY Distinguished Professor at Binghamton since 1988, shared the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the development of lithium-ion batteries.自 1988 年起任教于宾汉顿的纽约州立大学杰出教授 M·斯坦利·惠廷安，因锂离子电池的研发分享 2019 年诺贝尔化学奖。
• The university's School of Management was ranked second nationally for its accounting programme by BusinessWeek in 2010.2010 年《商业周刊》将宾汉顿大学管理学院的会计项目评为全美第二。
• Binghamton was ranked 18th among American public colleges by The Business Journals in 2015 and 10th by Business Insider in 2016.《商业期刊》2015 年将宾汉顿列为全美公立学院第 18 位，《商业内幕》2016 年则将其列为第 10 位。

Student life

• Binghamton University has no formal Latin motto, but its official alma mater song is "In the Rolling Hills of Binghamton", composed by David Engel of the class of 1986.宾汉顿大学没有正式的拉丁文校训，其官方校歌为《在宾汉顿起伏的山丘间》，由 1986 届的戴维·恩格尔作曲。
• More than 40 fraternity and sorority chapters operate under seven governing councils, including the Interfraternity Council and the Panhellenic Council.该校有 40 多个兄弟会与姐妹会分会，分属七个治理委员会，其中包括校际兄弟会理事会与泛姐妹会理事会。
• WHRW, the student radio station, was founded in 1961, and Pipe Dream, the student newspaper, dates from 1946 when it was known as The Colonial News.学生广播电台 WHRW 创于 1961 年；学生报纸《白日梦》始自 1946 年，原名《殖民新闻》。
• Harpur's Ferry Student Volunteer Ambulance Service, founded in 1973, has twice been recognised as the best collegiate emergency medical service agency in the nation.哈珀渡口学生志愿救护队成立于 1973 年，曾两度被评为全美最佳大学急救服务机构。
• The Student Association, first formed in 1978, represents more than 13,000 undergraduates and runs concerts, programming, bus transport and the annual Spring Fling festival.学生协会 1978 年首度组建，代表 13,000 多名本科生，负责演唱会、活动策划、巴士交通以及一年一度的「春之狂欢」节。
• Binghamton's 21 intercollegiate sports compete in NCAA Division I, most of them in the America East Conference, and its teams are known as the Bearcats.该校 21 支校际运动队参加 NCAA 第一级别联赛，多数隶属于美国东岸联盟，队伍绰号「熊狸队」（Bearcats）。
• Hinman College is credited with creating Co-Rec Football, a popular form of flag football played between teams within the residential communities.辛曼学院被公认为「男女混合橄榄球」的发源地，这是一种在各住宿社区球队间流行的腰旗橄榄球玩法。
• Students, faculty and staff may ride city buses for free and use the student-run OCC Transport bus system on campus and in nearby neighbourhoods.学生、教师与职员可免费乘坐市内公交，并使用由学生运营的 OCC Transport 服务于校园及邻近社区。
• The University Union houses student organisations, a food court, meeting spaces, classrooms and the campus bookstore, and in 2013 hosted a town hall with then-President Barack Obama.大学联盟楼内设学生组织、美食广场、会议空间、教室与校园书店；2013 年时任总统贝拉克·奥巴马曾在此举办市民大会。

Notable people

• Thomas J. Watson, founder and chairman of IBM, helped found the institution and donated its first campus land, and the Watson College of Engineering is named in his honour.IBM 创始人兼董事长托马斯·J·沃森参与创建该校并捐出首块校址土地，沃森工程学院即以他命名。
• Glenn Bartle, who began as dean of Triple Cities College, served as the first president of Harpur College.格伦·巴特尔曾任三城学院院长，后出任哈珀学院首任校长。
• Robert Harpur, a colonial-era teacher and pioneer who settled in the Binghamton area, gave his name to Harpur College.罗伯特·哈珀是殖民时期定居于宾汉顿地区的教师与拓荒者，哈珀学院以其命名。
• Clifford D. Clark, president from 1975 to 1990, transformed a four-year liberal arts college into a research university and founded the Watson School of Engineering.克利福德·D·克拉克 1975 至 1990 年任校长，将四年制文理学院打造为研究型大学，并创立沃森工程学院。
• Lois B. DeFleur, the fifth president from 1990 to 2010, expanded the campus by about twenty buildings and moved athletics to NCAA Division I.洛伊丝·B·德弗勒 1990 至 2010 年任第五任校长，将校园扩建约二十栋建筑，并把体育项目升入 NCAA 第一级别。
• C. Peter Magrath served as president from 1972 to 1974 before leaving to become president of the University of Minnesota.C·彼得·马格拉思 1972 至 1974 年任校长，其后离任出任明尼苏达大学校长。
• Harvey G. Stenger, Jr., president from 2012 to 2025, announced in October 2024 that he would step down at the end of the academic year.小哈维·G·斯滕格 2012 至 2025 年任校长，并于 2024 年 10 月宣布将在学年结束时卸任。
• Anne D'Alleva succeeded Stenger on 1 November 2025 as the eighth president, having previously been provost at the University of Connecticut.安妮·达莱瓦于 2025 年 11 月 1 日接替斯滕格出任第八任校长，此前任康涅狄格大学教务长。
• M. Stanley Whittingham, SUNY Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, shared the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his pioneering work on lithium-ion batteries.纽约州立大学化学杰出教授 M·斯坦利·惠廷安凭锂离子电池的开创性研究分享 2019 年诺贝尔化学奖。
• Immanuel Wallerstein, who taught at Binghamton from the 1970s, developed world-systems theory and founded the Fernand Braudel Center there.伊曼纽尔·沃勒斯坦自 1970 年代起在宾汉顿任教，提出世界体系理论并在此创办费尔南·布罗代尔中心。
• Tom Secunda, co-founder of Bloomberg L.P. and a Binghamton alumnus, led the 2026 gift that created the New York Center for AI Responsibility and Research.彭博有限合伙企业联合创始人、宾汉顿校友汤姆·塞孔达领衔 2026 年的捐赠，设立纽约人工智能责任与研究中心。
• John C. Liu, a 1988 graduate and former New York City Comptroller, was the first Asian American elected to citywide office in New York, and later served in the New York State Senate.1988 届毕业生、前纽约市审计长刘醇逸是首位当选纽约全市公职的亚裔美国人，其后出任纽约州参议员。