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Music curriculum aims to nurture preschoolers' language skills
7/29/14
BUFFALO, N.Y. – The transforming “magic” of music continues to occupy the spotlight at the Graduate School of Education, thanks to the ongoing research and commitment of two faculty members making careers of finding new ways to nurture better preschool readers.
UB honors Arthur Eve by naming signature Educational Opportunity Center building after him
6/30/14
The University at Buffalo dedicated its new Educational Opportunity Center facility in the name of former New York State Assembly Deputy Speaker Arthur O. Eve on June 30 at the center in downtown Buffalo.
UB’s Graduate School of Education provides a new tool for implementing Common Core learning standards
6/19/14
The University at Buffalo’s Graduate School of Education will take a leading role helping teachers prepare for Common Core Learning Standards, adding to the coalition of educators in support of new college and career readiness standards for all students, the dean of the school said today.
UB President Satish K. Tripathi joins coalition of higher ed leaders in support of strengthening K-12 curricula
6/10/14
University at Buffalo President Satish K. Tripathi today joined more than 200 college and university leaders from 30 states in a new coalition, Higher Ed for Higher Standards, to mobilize in support of strengthening K-12 standards and curricula in our nation’s schools.
UB’s Buffalo Partnership Project changing the lives of refugee students
5/30/14
Buffalo Public School social studies teacher Lisa Spaulding has heard the background stories of the refugee students at Lafayette High School, particularly the ones told by the girls. “Absolutely hair-raising,” Spaulding says. “Frightening. All absolutely heart-breaking."
Community partnerships invigorate East High School
4/17/14
BUFFALO, N.Y. — DNA analysis. Holiday get-togethers. Vocational training.
UB literacy learning specialist chosen for prestigious mid-career award
4/14/14
Mary McVee, whose work in the University at Buffalo’s Center for Literacy and Reading Instruction (CLaRI) has earned praise and publicity from educational experts as well as mainstream media, has received the Division K Mid-Career Award from the American Educational Research Association (AERA), a national honor recognizing an outstanding researcher in the intermediate stage of her career.
New education lecture series will bring prominent speakers to UB
3/18/14
BUFFALO, N.Y. – Robert Horner, PhD, nationally recognized for his work in special education, will deliver the inaugural lecture in the University at Buffalo Graduate School of Education’s (GSE) new Dean’s Distinguished Lecture Series on April 28 at 4 p.m. in the Student Union Theater on the UB North Campus.
Media Advisory: Perennial favorite frozen banana, STDs that ‘keep on giving’ and other ‘Cool Science’ attractions return to UB
3/17/14
BUFFALO, N.Y. – Science Exploration Day, the University at Buffalo’s annual kid-friendly, offbeat, science-education bash designed to catch the eyes and imaginations of the most promising high school science minds in the area, returns to the North (Amherst) Campus
Media advisory: Aquaponics, acid reflux demos and more! Summit to feature student science projects
3/14/14
Students from 12 Buffalo schools will show off how much they’ve learned about science at a summit planned by partners including UB, the Buffalo Public Schools and district parents.