Binghamton Neighborhood Project (BNP)

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BNP is a collaboration between Binghamton University and community partners to understand and improve the quality of life in our region.

The Binghamton Neighborhood Project (BNP) is a collaboration between Binghamton University and community partners to understand and improve the quality of life in our region. We are using the most recent social scientific theory and methods to measure and improve human welfare on a neighborhood-by-neighborhood basis. The Binghamton Neighborhood Project is associated with EvoS, Binghamton Universit

y’s campus-wide evolutionary studies program. EvoS provides a theoretical framework for understanding individuals in the context of their community and their environment, as well as a network of over 50 faculty spanning over 15 departments. Other academic units associated with the Binghamton Neighborhood Project include BU’s GIS Core Facility and the Center for Applied Community Research and Development (CACRD). Our quality of life depends largely upon our daily interactions; how we are treated by our family, neighbors, and associates at school or work. This fact might seem obvious and is captured by the famous proverb “It takes a village to raise a child.” Yet, most psychological and social scientific research focuses on individuals, usually college students, without any regard to their local social environment. Taking the “obvious” fact seriously requires studying people from all walks of life as they go about their daily lives. Moreover, this kind of research must be fully collaborative, with the “subjects” (members of the community) interacting with the “scientists” during all phases. The Binghamton Neighborhood Project is based on these principles. It is a whole-city, whole-university endeavor.

03/29/2022

Can we collectively evolve the future of Binghamton? Find out how with David Sloan Wilson and Sage Gibbons, Tuesday, 3/29 at 7 pm at the Lost Dog Cafe - join us!

05/31/2016

The Binghamton Neighborhood Project (BNP) is HIRING!

We are partnering with the United Way of Broome County to explore the impacts of poverty in communities across Broome County. We will be hiring six researchers to conduct door-to-door interviews with residents from neighborhoods in Binghamton, Johnson City and Endicott. Training will begin during the third week of June and data collection will commence shortly thereafter. Data collection will occur in four-hour shifts, with a minimum of four shifts/week being completed by each researcher. Researchers may also participate in non-participant objective data collection, literature searches and interpretation, archival data collection, and data input & analysis. Researchers will be hired as employees through the University Research Foundation, and will be expected to complete Group 4 of the CITI training through the Division of Research (IRB) prior to the starting date.

To schedule an interview, please submit a letter of interest along with your resume (highlighting research experience and community service activities) to Maggie Parker ([email protected]) by 12:00pm (noon) on Monday June 6.

09/10/2015

A third of Americans say they've never interacted with the people living next door.

07/20/2015

Happy belated birthday to David Sloan Wilson!

Happy Birthday to the President of The Evolution Institute and Editor in Chief of This View of Life Magazine, David Sloan Wilson!

06/23/2015

Alex, who took the Binghamton Microcosm course back in 2013, is creating a BNP/DYOP/BRSP section in the EvoS scrapbook. Thanks Alex!

06/18/2015

Economist Paul Romer explains why cities should compete with each other. Thoughts? Magazine

06/16/2015

Binghamton friends: take this parking survey. Remember that this is for *downtown* Binghamton and think about vibrant downtowns that you love and you hope that Binghamton can one day become.

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05/13/2015

The Neighborhood Project is currently being showcased at the Binghamton University Bookstore.

05/12/2015

Check out this great project tomorrow evening!

Interested in what community-based research looks like? Attend Stories from North of Main, where Public Administration and Anthropology students will share the stories they have been collecting from a Binghamton city neighborhood.

Wednesday, May 13 6:30-8:00pm (formal program 7:00-7:30)
Tabernacle United Methodist Church
83 Main Street, Binghamton
Refreshments will be served, all are welcome!

For more information or to contribute a story, contact [email protected] or 607-301-3801.

04/23/2015

Converge of last night's city council meeting where Prof. Sean Massey presented the BNP data.

Binghamton residents continue to push for legislation that would prevent racial profiling in the City of Binghamton. Wednesday night residents and members of the Human Rights Commission met with...

04/13/2015

EvoS at BU (Evolutionary Studies Program at Binghamton University) event tonight on sustainability.

Ma’ikwe Schaub Ludwig will be speaking at EvoS on Monday April 13th. Her talk is titled "Sustainable is Possible: creating low carbon, high quality lives… together." Free and open to the public!
Full info here: http://evolution.binghamton.edu/evos/seminars/spring-2015/maikwe-schaub-ludwig/

04/01/2015

FOX 40 News WICZ-TV news coverage of our event this past Saturday. We hosted friends from the Morris Justice Project. Thank you The Public Science Project and our many cosponsors and all who attended!

An organization is raising awareness about inequalities in the New York City police force. Saturday, the Morris Justice Project took to BU's Downtown Center to discuss a community study of New...

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