Education

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  • UB's Anti-Bullying Center Presents Program in Support of Gay and Transgendered Youth
    2/13/12
    The University at Buffalo's Jean M. Alberti Center for the Prevention of Bullying Abuse and School Violence will sponsor a colloquium in support of gay and transgendered youth at 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 16, in 120 Clemens Hall on UB's North Campus.
  • Teens to Test Financial Savvy in 'Money Bee'
    1/20/12
    The University at Buffalo School of Management and M&T Bank will host more than 100 students from 20 public, private and charter schools in the fifth annual "MoneySKILL Mania," a financial literacy competition for high school students.
  • UB's Millard Fillmore College Returns to Downtown Buffalo
    1/9/12
    The administrative offices of the University at Buffalo's Millard Fillmore College (MFC) have moved to the UB Downtown Gateway, formerly the M. Wile & Co. building, at 77 Goodell St. in Buffalo.
  • Suspension Bridges, a Home for Snakes, 3-D Window Shades
    1/6/12
    With the assistance of Buffalo-area professional architects, their teachers and University at Buffalo architecture and planning students, elementary school children in several City of Buffalo schools have worked all semester to come up with a treat for you.
  • Media Advisory: Elementary Students Solve Architectural Problems, Demonstrate Design, Construction, Testing of Bridges as Part of Buffalo Architecture + Education Program
    12/14/11
    On Friday, Dec. 16, members of the media are invited to view two in-school projects conducted this semester through the 10-year-old Buffalo Architecture Foundation's Architecture + Education program.
  • Students in More Economically Equal Countries Score Higher in Math, Says UB Education Professor
    11/17/11
    American students score lower on international mathematics tests than students from countries that are poorer but with more equal distributions of family income, such as Finland, according to a University at Buffalo professor who has found links among income equality within countries, school equality and higher mathematics achievement in 41 countries.
  • Social Workers in Cyberspace: School of Social Work Pursues a Vision for the Profession's Digital Future
    11/8/11
    From text messages to making appointments online to the mysterious avatar alter egos in Second Life, Nancy Smyth would like to see social workers comfortable with all the tools in cyberspace in order to do their real work -- making a difference in people's lives -- in a digital age.
  • Ostrov Brings Research-based Advice on Bullying to Preschoolers and Big Bird
    10/31/11
    University at Buffalo Associate Professor of Psychology Jamie M. Ostrov's work on understanding the development of bullying behavior in pre-school children has won him some influential admirers and boosters: Big Bird and his furry friends.
  • Making Science Exciting: $9.8 Million Program Aims to Change How Science is Taught in Buffalo Schools
    10/12/11
    A coalition of regional partners has received $9.8 million from the National Science Foundation to expand a promising, teacher-focused initiative that aims to change how science is taught in Buffalo Public Schools. The five-year program, led by the University at Buffalo, Buffalo Public Schools, Buffalo State College and the Buffalo Museum of Science, is called the Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Partnership (ISEP).
  • News Conference: $9.8 Million Program Aims to Improve Science Education in Buffalo Public Schools
    10/10/11
    Buffalo Public Schools will join university and community partners at a news conference to announce a new $9.8 million national grant to support a community-wide effort to improve middle and high school science education.