Education

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  • When It Comes to Giving Children "Educational Toys," Education Expert Says Parents Should Leave No Child Behind
    12/10/04
    Parents considering purchase of "must-have" electronic educational toys for their children this holiday season are reminded to include an extra component that's much more important than batteries: themselves.
  • Surprise Energy Savings of $11,000 in One Day Prompts UB to Tell Students, Faculty and Staff to 'Turn It Off'
    9/29/04
    One hot summer's day in 2003, a couple of days after the big blackout, the University at Buffalo was quick to respond to an emergency request from the regional grid to cut back its electricity use. Maintenance personnel took steps to turn off equipment and lights that were not absolutely necessary. When the university got the bill, it found that those steps, taken in a single day, had saved UB a lot of money.
  • Kids Who Read Are More Likely to Succeed -- Eight Ways Parents Can Make Reading Palatable and Pleasurable
    9/7/04
    Anyone who knows children, knows that you can't "make" them do something they don't want to do, and that holds true when it comes to reading, although reading itself is a requirement for academic, economic, social and future parental success. Parents can, however, help make reading a palatable, pleasurable activity, one that children ultimately will pursue on their own, to their own tremendous benefit, says a faculty member in the University at Buffalo School of Informatics.
  • UB Education Professor Will Hold Distinguished Fulbright Chair at the National College of Ireland in 2004-05
    9/1/04
    Thomas J. Shuell, Ph.D., of Niagara Falls, professor in the Department of Counseling, School and Educational Psychology, University at Buffalo Graduate School of Education, has received a 2004-05 Fulbright Scholar Award from the J. William Fulbright Foundation.
  • Parents of ADHD Children Should Consider Behavioral Therapy before Medication, Says Leading Authority on ADHD Treatment
    8/31/04
    Teachers nationwide say about five percent of children in their classrooms have been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and they estimate another 5 percent have ADHD but are undiagnosed, according to a survey conducted by University at Buffalo researchers.
  • Applications More Than Double at UB's School of Pharmacy
    8/19/04
    Applications for the professional pharmacy degree program in the University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences for the upcoming academic year more than doubled over last year, reflecting a strong nationwide demand for pharmacists and the school's reputation as one of the country's top pharmacy schools.
  • In Buffalo, a "Children's Geography" Reveals How Significantly Kids Impact Their Inner-City Neighborhoods
    8/9/04
    For many school-age kids, geography consists mostly of maps of faraway places and the capitals of the 50 states. But some inner-city Buffalo children have been studying geography much closer to home and University at Buffalo researchers are paying attention.
  • Introductory Biology Course Features Labs that Students Attend Whenever, Wherever They Want
    7/29/04
    An introductory course in biological sciences at the University at Buffalo that introduces non-science majors to the scientific method makes the sometimes dreaded laboratory experience more palatable by allowing them to decide where and when they want to do their required labs.
  • Researchers to Study Alcohol-Related Victimization of Women During Their Four-Year College Experience
    7/22/04
    In conjunction with the arrival of a new crop of freshmen on college campuses across the U.S., researchers at the University at Buffalo's Research Institute on Addictions will begin a study of the alcohol-related victimization experienced by female college students.
  • Buffalo Schools Will Be the Laboratory as UB Researchers Attack Reading Problems with $1.5 Million Grant
    7/12/04
    James L. Collins, Ed.D., professor of learning and instruction in the University at Buffalo Graduate School of Education, has, over the course of his 35-year career, developed many writing strategies to help children who struggle with reading improve both their reading comprehension and writing skills. Over the next three years, Buffalo school children will help Collins put some new theories to the test.