Education

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

  • Media Advisory: Children to Learn about Renewable Energy and Art at UB's Solar Strand
    7/17/12
    About 15 children will learn about renewable energy, art and sustainability at the University at Buffalo's Solar Strand from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Wednesday
  • UB Researchers 'Measure the Magic' at Cradle Beach
    7/16/12
    For Tim Boling, July is an important time of year. For the next five weeks, he will have 800 schoolchildren on his hands, a thought that would cause the average adult to become wide-eyed and hyperventilate into a brown paper bag. Boling, though, is not anxious; in fact, he is looking forward to it. For these few weeks every summer, he is among the privileged few with the opportunity to witness something remarkable. Boling is the CEO of Cradle Beach, a nonprofit organization located along the shore of Lake Erie.
  • Buffalo Teachers Look to Reshape Science Education Through Hands-On Learning
    6/29/12
    Fifty-eight teachers in Buffalo Public Schools have been selected to take part in the Interdisciplinary Science and Education Partnership (ISEP), a professional development program that encourages hands-on laboratory and field work in science classes. The program is coordinated by UB John and Frances Larkin Professor of Chemistry Joseph Gardella.
  • Summer Science Camps and Research Opportunities Available for Students at 12 Buffalo Schools
    6/26/12
    A number of exciting summer science and technology camps and research opportunities are still available for students in 12 Buffalo schools through the University at Buffalo and Buffalo Public Schools' Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Partnership (ISEP).
  • Minority High School Students Preview Accounting Careers
    6/25/12
    The University at Buffalo School of Management and the Foundation for Accounting Education of the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants (NYSSCPA) are collaborating to introduce minority high school students to career opportunities in the accounting profession during a five-day program.
  • UB's Oscars of Digital Student Videos -- 'City Voices, City Visions' Makes a Return Engagement
    6/6/12
    The University at Buffalo's "City Voices, City Visions" student film festival will present its "Academy Awards" to the winning high school digital cinematographers 4:30 p.m. Thursday, June 7, 2012, at the Market Arcade Film and Arts Centre, 639 Main St., in downtown Buffalo.
  • Talking Works: UB Professor Develops Method to Analyze Creative Problem Solving
    5/24/12
    Talk -- if it's the right kind -- can increase creativity, leading students to create useful, new ideas that solve problems, a University at Buffalo professor has found by using a statistical tool that he invented.
  • Media Advisory: High School Students to Compete in Alternative Energy Contest May 19 at UB
    5/17/12
    Dozens of Western New York high school students are expected to compete against each other during an engineering contest Saturday, May 19, at the University at Buffalo.
  • UB's Graduate School of Education to Honor Robert Gioia, Brenda McDuffie at Its Commencement
    5/10/12
    The University at Buffalo's Graduate School of Education will confer degrees for graduates, and honor two community leaders and a prominent faculty member at this year's commencement, to be held at 9 a.m. Friday, May 11, at the Center for the Arts on UB's North Campus.
  • Alberti Center for the Prevention of Bullying Appoints Advisory Council
    5/1/12
    The University at Buffalo's Jean M. Alberti Center for the Prevention of Bullying Abuse and School Violence has appointed an advisory council to guide the activities and research of the center.