August Cultural Events

Image: students holding a welcome sign in one of the residential communities
students holding a welcome sign in one of the residential communities
DEI welcomes all new and returning students back to campus.

August is an exciting time at Binghamton University as we onboard new faculty and staff, move in new and returning students and begin fall classes. We also kick off the fall semester with B-Welcome Week!

B-Welcome Week runs from Aug. 16–28 and celebrates the beginning of the new academic year with engaging activities, events and open houses to welcome all our students to campus.

Throughout August and the beginning of September the Multicultural Resource Center, Q Center and UDiversity Educational Institute join with other campus departments and all cultural and LGBTQ+ student organizations to host B-Welcome and Intercultural Welcome events.

We look forward to seeing you!

Below is a selection of DEI's upcoming events.

  • Thurs., Aug 18 | 7-8 p.m. | Common Read: Tent Talks w/ Mountainview College hosted by Richie Sebuharara, MRC assistant director
  • Mon., Aug 22 | 10:30 a.m.-noon | New Grad Student Tabling in collaboration with The Graduate School
  • Weds., Aug 24 | 2-4 p.m. | Fall MRC Open House
  • Weds., Aug 24 | 2-4 p.m. | Fall QC Open House
  • Weds., Aug 24 | 7-9 p.m. | Rainbow Welcome
  • Mon., Aug 29 | 3-4 p.m | B-Successful Academic Program
  • Thurs., Sept 1 | 1-2:30 p.m. | Fall New Student of Color Networking Event
  • Fri., Sept 16 | 9-10:30 a.m. | Inclusive Pedagogy for New Faculty
  • Sun., Sept 18 | 11 a.m.-1 p.m. | Diversity Leadership Reception
  • Sun., Sept 18 | 11 a.m.-1 p.m. | Building Bridges to Culural Competency Peer Tutors  ( 8/28 and 8/29 )
  • Sun., Sept 18 | 11 a.m.-1 p.m. | Building Bridges to Culural Competency Part 1 & 2

For more information on the events check out the B-Welcome Calendar and our diversity events calendar. #bwelcome

in the spotlight

COMMON READ

BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY IS EXCITED TO CONTINUE THE COMMON READ EXPERIENCE FOR ALL INCOMING FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS.

Image: Weapons of Math Destruction by Cathy O'Neil
Weapons of Math Destruction by Cathy O'Neil

For this year’s selection the Book Selection Committee, comprised of Binghamton University faculty and staff, reviewed all of the available options from Penguin Random House around the topic of Big Data and selected Weapons of Math Destruction by Cathy O’Neil. 

In Weapons of Math Destruction, data scientist Cathy O’Neil explores how the algorithms that regulate our lives in ever-increasing ways are often flawed and discriminatory. 

It’s a timely and engaging book in which the award-winning author Cathy O’Neil draws on her expertise as a mathematician and data analyst to illuminate the ways in which Big Data is misused to the peril of our civic freedoms, educational and professional opportunities, careers and finances. 

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