Camille Anna Paglia (born April 2, 1947 in Endicott, New York) is an American social critic, intellectual, author and teacher. She is a professor of humanities and media studies at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Paglia completed her undergraduate studies at Binghamton University and later, her graduate studies at Yale.

Paul Reiser (born March 30, 1957) is an American actor, author and stand-up comedian, best known for his role in "Mad About You".

Deborah Frances Tannen (born June 7, 1945) is an American professor of sociolinguistics at Georgetown University. Although she has lectured worldwide in her field, and written or edited numerous academic publications on linguistics and interpersonal communication, she is best known for her general-audience books on interpersonal communication and public discourse.

Bruce Benderson is an American author who lives in New York. He was a contemporary of Camille Paglia at William Nottingham High School (1964) in Syracuse, New York and then Binghamton University (1968). He is today a novelist and essayist, widely published in France, less so in the United States. His book-length essay, "Toward the New Degeneracy" (1997), looks at New York’s Times Square, where rich and poor once mixed in a lively atmosphere of drugs, sex, …

Anthony Irwin Kornheiser (born July 13, 1948) is an American sportswriter and columnist for "The Washington Post", as well as a radio and television talk show host. Kornheiser has hosted "The Tony Kornheiser Show" on radio in various forms since 1992; co-hosted "Pardon the Interruption" on ESPN since 2001; and served as an analyst for ESPN's "Monday Night Football" since 2006. He is well known for his savage wit and sarcastic humor in print, …

Norman G. Finkelstein (born December 8 1953) is an American professor of political science and author. A graduate of Binghamton University, he received his Ph.D in Political Science from Princeton University. He has held faculty positions at Brooklyn College, Rutgers University, Hunter College, New York University, and most recently, DePaul University, where he is an assistant professor since 2001. Finkelstein was denied tenure at DePaul in June 2007, …

Sean Egan is the project leader of Pidgin, a popular instant messaging client. He is also a software engineer at Google, where he has worked on Google Talk.

Dava Sobel (born 1947) is a writer of popular expositions of scientific topics. She graduated from the Bronx High School of Science and Binghamton University. Her works include: * "Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time" (1995) - the genius in question was John Harrison, …

William 'Billy' Baldwin (born February 21, 1963) is an American actor, known for his starring roles in such films as "Backdraft" (1991) and "Flatliners" (1990).

Karl Ravech (born January 19, 1965), is an American journalist who has worked for ESPN since 1993. A graduate of Ithaca College and Binghamton University, he previously was affiliated with local stations WHTM in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and WBNG in Binghamton, New York. Ravech appears primarily on "SportsCenter" and "Baseball Tonight". Like other ESPN anchors, Ravech has developed a series of personal catch phrases, particularly for describing home runs, …

John Liu is a New York City elected official, currently serving on the New York City Council representing District 20. He was elected in 2001 to represent northeast Queens (Flushing, Queensboro Hill, Mitchell Gardens, Kissena Park, Harding Heights, Auburndale, part of Whitestone) and was re-elected in 2005.

Michele R. Titus is a member of the New York Assembly representing District 28, which is comprised of Far Rockaway, Rosedale, Laurelton, Springfield Gardens and South Ozone Park. Chosen in a special election in 2002, she is currently a member of several standing committees, including Children and Families, Codes, Judiciary, Small Business and Local Governments, among others. Prior to her election Titus served as the Chief of Staff to recently defeated Senator Ada Smith, …

Art Spiegelman (born February 15, 1948) is an American comics artist, editor, and advocate for the medium of comics, best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning comic memoir, "Maus."

Matt Ouimet is president, Hotel Group, for Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. He oversees global operations for more than 850 hotels in 95 countries and reports to CEO Steven J. Heyer as a member of the company's senior leadership team. Previously, Ouimet spent 17 years with The Walt Disney Company, including stints as executive general manager of Disney Vacation Club, president of Disney Cruise Line and president of the Disneyland Resort, …

Samuel Issacharoff is an American law professor, whose scholarly work focuses on voting rights and civil procedure. He is currently the Bonnie and Richard Reiss Professor of Constitutional Law at New York University School of Law. Prior to joining NYU Law's faculty, he taught at Columbia Law School and The University of Texas School of Law. His wife, Cynthia Estlund, is an accomplished labor and employment-law professor, also at New York University School of Law.

Ruben Santiago-Hudson (born November 24 1956) is a Tony Award-winning American actor and playwright. Santiago-Hudson was born in Lackawanna, New York to Alean Hudson and Ruben Santiago, a railroadworker; his father was Puerto Rican and his mother was African American. He graduated from Binghamton University. He wrote "Lackawanna Blues", an autobiographical play in which he portrayed himself and some twenty different characters from his past, …

Ingrid Michaelson is a New York-Based Singer/Songwriter. Her music has been featured on numerous television shows. Most notably, Ingrid's songs have been selected as soundtracks for emotional scenes on Grey's Anatomy and One Tree Hill. She is a graduate of Staten Island Technical High School and Binghamton University.

Steven Wayne Koren is an American screenwriters. He was one of the writers of the movies "Bruce Almighty", "Click", "SuperStar", and "A Night at the Roxbury", and wrote for "Saturday Night Live" and "Seinfeld". Koren grew up in Queens, New York and went to college at the Binghamton University. After college, he began his career as an NBC page. Among his duties as a page was working for "Saturday Night Live".

Andrew Bergman is an American screenwriter, film director, and novelist. Born in 1945, Bergman graduated from Binghamton University. He wrote the original screenplay for Mel Brooks's classic "Blazing Saddles", and was among the co-writers who adapted it into its final state. Since then, he has written or co-written the cult classics "The In-Laws", "Fletch", and "Soapdish", written and directed "The Freshman", …

Thomas Secunda (b. 1955) is an American businessman and technologist, best known as a co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of Bloomberg L.P. Prior to founding Bloomberg, Secunda worked in programming at Salomon Brothers. He is an alumnus of Binghamton University

Lee M. Ranaldo (born February 3 1956) is an American singer, guitarist, writer and record producer, best known as a co-founder of the rock band Sonic Youth. Ranaldo was born in Glen Cove, Long Island, New York, and graduated from Binghamton University. He has three sons, Cody Linn Ranaldo, Sage Ranaldo and Frey Ranaldo and is married to the experimental artist Leah Singer, with whom he has performed many live installation pieces with improvised music.

Cathy N. Davidson received her B.A. from Elmhurst College and her M.A. and Ph.D. from the State University of New York at Binghamton. She also has done postdoctoral studies at the University of Chicago and was presented with Honorary Doctorates from Elmhurst College and Northwestern University. She has served as the Ruth F. DeVarney Professor of English at Duke University since 1996, …

Michael J. Garcia is the current United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York. Garcia attended Valley Stream Central High School in New York. Secretary Garcia is a graduate of the State University of New York at Binghamton. He received his Master of Arts degree from the College of William and Mary and his Juris Doctor from Albany Law School, Union University.

Patricia Wallace Ingraham is Distinguished Professor of Public Administration at the Maxwell School, Syracuse University. She received her B.A. from Macalester College, an M.A. from Michigan State University, and her Ph.D. from Binghamton University. In 2001, she received ASPA’s Dwight Waldo Award. In 2004, she received the American Political Science Association's John Gaus Award.

Anita Diamant (born June 27, 1951) is an American author of fiction and non-fiction books. She is perhaps best known for her novel "The Red Tent" which was a best-seller. She has also written several guides for Jewish people including "The New Jewish Wedding" and "Living a Jewish Life".

Steven Fulop (born on February 28, 1977) is the Ward E Councilman in Jersey City, New Jersey.

Patricia Kennealy-Morrison (b. Patricia Kennely March 4, 1946, Brooklyn) is an American author of rock criticism, nonfiction books and science fiction/fantasy novels. Most of her books are part of her series, "The Keltiad". She has also published in anthologies and periodicals. As first a writer and then the editor-in-chief of "Jazz and Pop" magazine in the late sixties, she was one of the first woman rock critics.

Joseph A. McCartin (May 12, 1959) is a professor of history at Georgetown University whose research focuses on labor unions in the United States.