Education

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  • Graduate School of Education Receives Grant to Train Special Education Faculty Members
    11/16/10
    Six University at Buffalo doctorate students in the University at Buffalo/Buffalo State College Joint Doctoral Program in Special Education will receive up to $40,000 a year apiece in tuition assistance and a modest stipend, thanks to a highly competitive four-year grant from the U.S. Department of Education designed to address a national and local shortage of highly skilled special-education teacher-educators.
  • University at Buffalo Expert Praises Federal Government's Anti-bullying Initiative
    10/26/10
    The Department of Education's recent nationwide letter urging educators to combat bullying in their schools is a strong and significant message that this abusive behavior will no longer be tolerated, according to a University at Buffalo education professor instrumental in the university's new center to prevent bullying and school violence.
  • UB President John B. Simpson to Retire
    8/30/10
    University at Buffalo President John B. Simpson announced today he plans to retire as UB's 14th president, effective Jan. 15, in order return to the West Coast with his wife, Katherine, and spend more time with family.
  • Never Mind the 'Freshman 15,' How Do You Prevent the 'Freshman $15,000'?
    8/26/10
    College freshmen nationwide are heading to campus armed with credit cards and ready to rack up debt. They know how to squeeze the trigger on purchases but often they don't have experience in handling the aftermath of debt. And many of them are making financial decisions for the first time.
  • Thousands of Hours of Community Service in Buffalo to be Completed by UB Honors Students; Weekend Tour to Kick-Off Course
    8/24/10
    Freshman honors scholars from the University at Buffalo will tour Buffalo on Aug. 29, sightseeing and visiting civic organizations to kick-off a semester-long colloquium during which they will complete nearly 10,000 hours of community service in the city.
  • Student 'Cephalover,' Blogs About Tentacled Species
    8/13/10
    Mike Lisieski, a University at Buffalo psychology major, plans to earn an MD/PhD in neuroscience but for now he appears to be the web's chief "cephalover," using his blog cephalove to carefully analyze research about octopuses and related animals and post stunning photographs of them.
  • Statement from UB President John B. Simpson Regarding the State Budget and Future of SUNY Empowerment Reforms
    8/4/10
    UB President John B. Simpson's statement regarding the New York Statte budget approved last night and the future of SUNY Empowerment Reforms.
  • For Expert Help Serving the State's School Districts, Call W-N-Y-E-S-C
    8/3/10
    When a school district needs help -- hiring a top administrator, facing consolidation, streamlining its transportation services, developing its big-picture plans or staring down most any of the highly charged decisions confronting the sometimes turbulent world of elementary and secondary education -- who are they going to call?
  • Family Chats Can Help Students Learn, Especially in Richer Countries, Study Shows
    7/21/10
    Taking the time to talk to your children about current events like the Gulf Oil spill -- and using mathematical terms to do so -- can help students develop better reasoning and math skills and perform better in school, according to a study by a University at Buffalo professor.
  • UB Center Receives $11 Million to Dramatically Boost Computational Research
    7/20/10
    As it passes its 10th year in operation, the University at Buffalo's Center for Computational Research has plenty to celebrate: in the past 12 months, it has received more than $11 million in new funding, including two major competitive federal grants for advancing computational science and a New York State grant to make supercomputing more environmentally friendly.