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UB signs on to SUNY’s enhanced Open SUNY+ online services
10/27/14
The playing field of online courses available to University at Buffalo students just expanded, thanks to Open SUNY+, a SUNY-wide online initiative that adds 56 degree and certificate programs from 17 campuses across the state.
‘Collaborations’ key to UB’s STEM education success
10/21/14
Educators in the Niagara Falls City School District knew they could build the perfect state-of-the-art lab space with flashy, high-tech devices and a STEM curriculum resembling traditional teaching methods. That alone would have been enough to be a showpiece in their district.
Bling, bling! UB chemist hosts national crystal-growing contest
10/20/14
Judges will be looking for qualities familiar to people who have shopped for a diamond ring: Size, clarity and shape all matter.
Middle school students to become cybersleuths for a day
10/10/14
A piece of a cybersecurity display has gone missing and it’s up to a group of 50 students in grades five through eight grade to track it down using digital clues.
UB’s Gifted Math Program accepting applications for another class of future achievers
10/10/14
Anyone looking for evidence the University at Buffalo’s Gifted Math Program pays off in a big way need look no further than two of its graduates: One recently commanded a nuclear-powered fast-attack submarine; the other has the nickname “the closer” for his success in closing the deals his fellow software colleagues have started.
UB’s FAFSA Project opening doors to educational futures
9/30/14
When your team of financial aid specialists can raise the percent of Buffalo high school students successfully completing the all-important financial aid application by 61 percent in a few months, you do the reasonable thing: You try to reach more students.
The effects of media violence on children is topic of UB’s latest Bullying Abuse Prevention conference
9/24/14
The effects of media violence on children and what parents and teachers can do about it is the focus at this year’s Alberti Center for Bullying Abuse Prevention annual conference to be held from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 2, at the Millennium Hotel, 2040 Walden Ave., Cheektowaga.
UB education lecture series addresses access to higher education for all students
9/19/14
Preparing young students for success throughout their education careers takes a front seat during a lecture series this fall sponsored and organized by the University at Buffalo Graduate School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy.
UB school supply drive sets record
9/18/14
The University at Buffalo community gets an A+ for generosity, donating more than 24,000 items in this year’s school supply drive sponsored by the Office of Community Relations. In all, 24,469 items were collected, making this year’s drive the most successful one yet.
UB education student and ‘regular English teacher’ chosen for national media literacy award
8/25/14
University at Buffalo Graduate School of Education doctoral student Denise Grandits, a middle school literature teacher in St. Amelia School in Tonawanda, is the latest recipient of the Media Literacy Award from the National Council of Teachers of English.