Education

UB President John B. Simpson will hold a news conference at 11 a.m. on Monday, March 29. He will discuss threats to the UB 2020 plan in the wake of current and projected budget cuts, and their impact on UB and all of Western New York.

A University at Buffalo professor who specializes in science education will bring his message of technology and student engagement to the nation's largest group of science educators gathered for the National Science Teachers Association meeting on March 18 in Philadelphia, Pa.

Ask anyone familiar with the public drama: School boards provoke as much passion among their constituents as Congress. And it's easy to understand why, says Thomas Ramming, clinical assistant professor of educational leadership and policy in the University at Buffalo's Graduate School of Education.

Gov. David A. Paterson announced today that he will include in his 2010 Executive Budget significant reforms that would give SUNY -- and the University at Buffalo -- the financial flexibility to position the system and university to play a major role in the state's economic resurgence and support UB 2020 as a basis for economic transformation in Western New York.

Seven University at Buffalo undergraduates interested in learning more about student leadership in other cultures are studying in the Far East through Jan. 8 as part of UB's SLIDE (Student Leadership International Dialogue and Exchange) Program.

William R. Greiner, who spent 42 years at the University at Buffalo as president, provost and longtime Law School faculty member, died surrounded by family members in the Cleveland Clinic on Saturday (Dec. 19) due to complications from heart surgery. He was 75.

Kid Corridor zones, student safety education and detailed maps of safe walking and bicycling routes are among the recommendations made by University at Buffalo graduate students in the Department of Urban and Regional planning to encourage students in the Williamsville Central School District (WCSD) to get out of cars and off buses and ride and walk to school instead.

Parents looking for a meaningful gift to give their high school senior should check out an online study guide by a University at Buffalo professor who first created it as a going-away-to-college guide for his stepdaughter.

As a research-intensive institution, the University at Buffalo is committed to providing rewarding opportunities for research discovery, even to undergraduate students, a group not traditionally provided many opportunities to work with faculty engaged in research.

The University at Buffalo Graduate School of Education (GSE) is offering two new online programs to make it easier for professionals to pursue additional education in gifted education and library science.