Binghamton University student Sara Muftic, 20, says she plans to stay in the region after graduation.

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Hostin earned her bachelor's degree from Binghamton University and her law degree from the University of Notre Dame School of Law.

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To combat the population loss and anchor an economic revival, Binghamton leaders are banking on small businesses and, increasingly, the 15, 000-student Binghamton University.

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S. in Accounting from Binghamton University in 1989 and an M.

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Binghamton University along with the city of Binghamton and Broome County are also teaming to build a business-incubator space on a two-acre site in the city's downtown.

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The city wants to capitalize on its connection to higher education institutions such as Binghamton University, the region's largest employer, to fuel new job and population gains.

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Harvey Stenger, president of Binghamton University, then plans to recruit faculty to sharpen the school's expertise in pharmaceutical sciences and alternative energy, which he argues has the best chance to succeed as new, local industries.

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David Sloan Wilson, of Binghamton University, in New York state, agrees with that point, but reckons the actual moral sense an individual acquires is not arbitrary, as a language is, but is functionally adapted to circumstances.

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A. in 1976 from the State University of New York at Binghamton.

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