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1950

In 1950, it split from Syracuse and became incorporated into the public State University of New York (SUNY) system as Harpur College, named in honor of Robert Harpur, a colonial teacher and pioneer who settled in the Binghamton area.

1952

When Champlain closed in 1952 to make way for the Plattsburgh Air Force Base, the records and some students and faculty were transferred to Harpur College in Binghamton.

1955

In 1955, Harpur began to plan its current location in Vestal, a town next to Binghamton.

1961

In 1961, the campus was moved across the Susquehanna River to Vestal.

A site large enough to anticipate future growth was purchased, with the school's move to its new 387-acre (1.57 km) campus being completed by 1961.

1965

And in 1965, the campus was formally designated the State University of New York at Binghamton.

In 1965, Harpur College was selected to join New York state schools at Stony Brook University, Albany, and Buffalo as one of the four new SUNY university centers.

1974

He was asked to take on the job of acting president in the fall of 1974, when Magrath left for Minnesota.

1990

Lois B. DeFleur became the university's fifth president upon Clark's retirement in 1990.

1992

The university adopted Binghamton University as its informal name, in 1992.

2010

DeFleur retired in 2010 and on July 1, Magrath returned as president on an interim basis.

2011

Stenger had been interim provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at the University at Buffalo since April 2011.

2022

The Art History Department at Binghamton University invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position in Pre-Modern (pre-1750) Art History to begin Fall 2022.

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