Binghamton University student receives Graduate Excellence Award

Geological Sciences and Environmental Studies

BINGHAMTON, NY (04/01/2014)(readMedia)-- Each year, Binghamton University honors the special achievements of those graduates who distinguish themselves in the areas of service to their department/academic program, school, and/or the University. The University also recognizes students who have made outstanding contributions through their efforts to reach out to the community by applying their skills, knowledge and experiences related to their graduate education.

Jason Johnson from Harpursville, NY has recently received a Graduate Student Excellence in Service and Outreach award from Binghamton University, State University of New York:

Jason Johnson has used his research skills to gather background data on surface and ground waters in the Southern Tier, in collaboration with the Susquehanna River Basin Commission and the Upper Susquehanna Coalition, whose mission is to protect and improve water quality and natural resources with the involvement of citizens and agencies. His work filled a critical gap in the SRBC's monitoring program and also enhanced its community education mission by making several award-winning presentations at the local, regional and national levels. In these presentations, he educated the public about how road salting and natural brine sources can influence water quality conditions and can have implications for potential future shale gas extraction. His nominator writes that he "managed to meld research on a controversial and environmentally important topic from an assessment perspective, and then informed the general public, community stakeholders, and watershed professionals about his findings through several presentation modes."

Binghamton University is one of the four university centers of the State University of New York. Known for the excellence of its students, faculty, staff and programs, Binghamton enrolls close to 15,000 students in programs leading to bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees. Its curriculum, founded in the liberal arts, has expanded to include selected professional and graduate programs.