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  • UB's Summer Programs Combine Fun with Education
    5/1/12
    The University at Buffalo once again steps up with opportunities for fun and intellectual excitement by offering summer programs to entice and inspire children, seniors and everyone in-between.
  • UB Groups Host 'Bully' Screening at Dipson Theater
    4/20/12
    University at Buffalo groups -- including the Jean Alberti Center for the Prevention of Bullying Abuse and School Violence -- will host a screening of the documentary "Bully" on Sunday, April 22.
  • To Teach Kids Math, Researcher Devises 'Brain Games'
    4/11/12
    The world often breaks down into numbers and regular patterns that form predictable cycles. And the sooner children can inherently grasp these patterns, the more confident and comfortable they will be with the world of math. That's the discerning approach of University at Buffalo Graduate School of Education professor Ming Ming Chiu, and it's based on decades of teaching teachers and watching how students learn.
  • Human Resource Assistant Certificate Program to Launch Online
    4/6/12
    A certificate program unique to the University at Buffalo's Millard Fillmore College (MFC) that prepares individuals for a supporting role in human resources is going global. The Human Resource Assistant Certificate Program debuts this month as an online course accessible 24/7.
  • 'Bully' Movie Triggers a Valuable Dialogue, but Shows the Need for More Training, says UB Expert
    4/3/12
    The new documentary "Bully" starts a valuable conversation about bullying, but illustrates how many schools lack adequate training to cope with this all-too-common problem, according to the director of the University at Buffalo's Jean M. Alberti Center for the Prevention of Bullying Abuse and School Violence.
  • UB Launches New Online Mental Health Counseling Certificate
    3/23/12
    The University at Buffalo Graduate School of Education (GSE) has established a new bridge online certificate program in Mental Health Counseling.
  • Annual Tech Savvy Conference for Buffalo Girls to Explore Science/Tech Careers
    3/16/12
    Tamara Brown knows if she says the word "polymer" to the average teenage girl, she's likely to be met with a blank stare. She also knows she'll get a much more enthusiastic reception to the word "gumdrop."
  • Media Advisory: 'Cool Science' Returns: UB Holds 26th Science Exploration Day on March 14
    3/13/12
    Science Exploration Day, the University at Buffalo's annual, kid-friendly, science-education bash, makes a return engagement to UB's North Campus Wed., March 14, attracting some of the top science minds in the area, ages 14 and up.
  • March Fundraiser Aims Spotlight on UB's Ambitious Tanzania Project
    2/27/12
    BUFFALO, N.Y. -- A cooperative effort spearheaded by the University at Buffalo community to improve educational and economic opportunities and health services for girls in Tanzania's remote Mara region continues Friday, March 2, with the Buffalo Tanzania Education Project's second annual fundraiser.
  • UB to Host Ninth Annual Safe Schools Initiative Seminar March 14
    2/23/12
    The University at Buffalo will host the ninth annual Safe Schools Initiative Seminar on Wednesday, March 14, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., in the Center for the Arts on the UB North Campus.