Education

News about UB’s graduate education programs and our partnerships with local schools. (see all topics)

UB education school award promotes better classroom instruction and community school involvement
5/5/15
A team from the LoGuidice Education Center in Fredonia developed a plan that cut student suspensions, increased student attendance and reduced disciplinary referrals.
Hutch-Tech student wins regional financial literacy competition
4/24/15
A student from Buffalo’s Hutchinson-Central Technical High School edged out almost 800 competitors from across the region to win MoneySKILL® Mania.
What (and where) do you want to be when you grow up?
4/22/15
It’s a question that many teenagers dread: What do you want to be when you grow up?
UB panel to discuss expanding access to higher education
4/21/15
A group of UB experts and students will hold a panel discussion on ways to strengthen efforts to make the university more accessible to underrepresented communities, and will address topics including access to visiting the university; student expectations; counselor-to-student ratios; and the application and financial aid processes.
Media Advisory: UB to launch new Solar Strand app with 150 elementary school students on Earth Day
4/20/15
The app acts like traditional signs in museums and parks – only it’s more interactive.
GSE speaker: No silver bullet to promoting higher education success
3/26/15
Laura Perna, a nationally recognized authority on higher education achievement, will speak at UB on March 30.
Learning to think, talk and act like an engineer
3/25/15
Welcome to the Engineering Club at Sweet Home School District’s Heritage Heights Elementary. Joey and Anton are eager third-graders working on how they can attach the back wheels (CDs) to an axle (pencil) to a car body (foam core board) that will be powered by a rubber band.
Media Advisory: Come see 1,400 WNY high school students “love” Macbeth
3/18/15
You might expect teenagers to scoff at sitting through a 95-minute, no-intermission performance of Shakespeare’s grim and bloody Macbeth.
UB and Roswell Park to welcome 400 Buffalo Public Schools students to Genome Day
3/13/15
Part of Science Week, the event will promote genomic and bioinformatics literacy.
Skating, reading, extracting DNA – students engage in Science Week ’15
3/12/15
Buffalo Sabres and libraries join UB and partners in expanded STEM programs for K–12 students.

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