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Share your stories of engagement in Collaboratory 

What is Collaboratory?

Collaboratory is a publicly visible and searchable database of community engagement and service activities involving Binghamton University faculty, staff, students and their community partners. Collaboratory goes beyond just numbers and allows us to showcase and explore what is actually happening in, with and for our communities. 

With this tool, we can tell Binghamton University's story of engagement and better understand the extent to which we are accomplishing our institutional commitment to community engagement.

Binghamton University faculty, staff and students can help us expand this database and ensure their work is represented in Collaboratory! For more information on how to get your activities added, visit the Getting Started page. 

Questions about Collaboratory can be directed to Renae at rebarber@binghamton.edu. If you would like to chat about Collaboratory or invite us in to speak to your office/department, you can schedule a meeting using Renae’s calendly. 

Collaboratory Highlights

Collaboratory is home to a wide variety of activities representing the community-engaged teaching, learning and research that Binghamton University faculty, staff and students are doing in partnership with community, as well as public service and outreach. Featured below are some of the activities highlighted in Collaboratory. To learn more about an activity, click on it to view it in Collaboratory and explore who was involved and partnered, and to what end! 

Ross Park Zoo Wayfinding Students in Alessandro Segalini's Graphic Design II course collaborated with the Ross Park Zoo to create proposals for a comprehensive, coherent design program to assist visitors in finding their way around the zoo’s facilities and its many exhibits.	Annual Balance Evaluations Students, faculty, and staff collaborate with the Broome County Office for Aging to provide older adults with a comprehensive wellness checkup that can identify deficiencies which might be indicative of fall risk.
A Classic Fairytale Comes to Life Binghamton University students in Dave Toulson's Opera Workshop Class are producing and performing Hansel & Gretel, while connecting with local schools to conduct special workshops the week before the PK-6 students will attend the performance.	Three Sisters On-Campus Garden Space Binghamton University, in partnership with the Onondaga Nation, has created its own Three Sisters Garden that will honor the Indigenous peoples who call this land their ancestral home.
B-College Bound The B-College Bound program is a partnership between the Multicultural Resource Center (MRC) and Upward Bound (UB). The B-College Bound Mentor Program was implemented to expand the services and support provided to Upward Bound students to ensure their success in college attendance and enhance connections between Binghamton University and the local community.	Youth Initiative: Windsor School District Through the Youth Initiative, students intern or volunteer with local school districts. Youth Initiative students in the Windsor School District are involved in many projects, including mentoring, the Makerspace, the Pen Pal Program and more!