Binghamton University, NY

The university's main campus spans 930 acres in the suburb of Vestal. As of fall 2025, the university enrolled 18,652 students in its six constituent schools, which offer a comprehensive range of over 130 academic programs of study. Founded in 1946 as a branch college of Syracuse University, the school joined the State University of New York in 1950 to become the system's elite liberal arts college. The science complex includes five instructional and office buildings, as well as a four-climate teaching greenhouse and the Science Library.

Buildings are named sequentially as Science 1 through 5. Binghamton is one of four university centers of the State University of New York system and is governed by its board of trustees. Taken together, these details give a newcomer a usable picture of Binghamton University, where its history, geography, and current gathering places meet. For Binghamton University, the memorable detail is the way older history and current gathering places share one local map.