Education

At a time when many U.S. universities are just beginning to navigate China's complex political environment and establish new ventures there, the University at Buffalo is marking the 25th anniversary of its successful, and historic, partnerships in China that were the first such agreements with any U.S. university following the normalization of relations between the U.S. and the Peoples Republic of China.

The University at Buffalo announced today that it is joining a strategic alliance to support and expand the Kids Voting Western New York program.

What is widely regarded as one of the most beautiful, thoughtful and functional "green" projects in the world is taking shape in the ancient kingdom of Ladakh, a remote region high in the Indian Himalayas, west of Tibet.

This fall, teachers in Ohio won't have to drive across state lines in order to earn a master's degree in education from the University at Buffalo. The UB Graduate School of Education's 33-credit online program, which has been offered to New York State teachers for more than five years, will be available to Ohio educators starting with the fall 2006 semester.

The University at Buffalo School of Management and all of its undergraduate, master's and doctoral business programs have been reaccredited by AACSB International -- The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business.

The University at Buffalo Graduate School of Education will commemorate the 30th anniversary of Edwin E. Gordon's acclaimed research defining music learning theory, published while he was director of music education at UB in the 1970s, from 5-8 p.m. July 30 in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.

An innovative accelerated bachelor's-degree program in the University at Buffalo School of Nursing designed to address the chronic nursing shortage will expand and focus on meeting the needs of underserved urban and rural areas under a three-year, $1.36 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Doesn't anyone want to be a school superintendent anymore? Not according to several experts who will speak on July 14 at a program on "The Changing Face of School Leadership: Implications for Preparation and Practice" sponsored by the Graduate School of Education at the University at Buffalo.

The applications don't say "Santa's Helpers Wanted," but students who participate in this summer's Fisher-Price Cyber-Engineering High School Workshop at the University at Buffalo will be designing toys as they learn state-of-the-art engineering design techniques.

The Western New York community has a new user-friendly way to learn about the University at Buffalo's local impact and to access the university's services and programs with the new "Your UB" Web site.