Education

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

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  • UB Center to Co-Sponsor Student Cisco Networkers' Conference
    2/19/04
    The third annual Student Cisco Networkers' Conference for area high school students and adult learners will be held March 19 at the City Campus of Erie Community College. The day-long event will be co-sponsored by the University at Buffalo, the UB Center for Applied Technologies in Education (CATE) and Cisco Systems, Inc.
  • UB Center to Co-Sponsor Student Cisco Networkers' Conference
    2/18/04
    The third annual Student Cisco Networkers' Conference for area high school students and adult learners will be held March 19 at the City Campus of Erie Community College.
  • Researcher Finds that Race Is No Longer a Dominant Identity Marker for American Youth
    2/6/04
    In a study of how American high school students describe their social identities, an education professor at the University at Buffalo has found that a sizeable number of young people downplay conventional racial and ethnic labels and are constructing social identities unlike those of previous generations.
  • CCR and Verizon Bring Bioinformatics to High Schools
    2/5/04
    A strategy in Buffalo aimed at stimulating awareness of careers in the life sciences, particularly bioinformatics, has spurred local teachers and the Center for Computational Research at the University at Buffalo to develop several in-school programs to introduce bioinformatics to area high school students.
  • UB Graduate School of Education Professor and Wife Pledge $25,000 to Support Excellence in Teaching
    2/4/04
    J. Ronald Gentile, SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor in the University at Buffalo Graduate School of Education, and his wife, Kay Johnson-Gentile, a retired Buffalo State College professor, have pledged up to $25,000 in matching challenge funds to benefit UB's recently established Center for Teaching and Learning Resources (CTLR).
  • At New UB Center, Scientists Will Tailor Unique Biometric Systems for Homeland Security, Public Health
    11/11/03
    The University at Buffalo has established the Center for Unified Biometrics and Sensors, a new, cross-disciplinary center that takes a unique approach to developing technologies in biometrics, the science of identifying individuals based on their physical, chemical or behavioral characteristics.
  • SUNY Trustees Give Simpson Unanimous Approval to be 14th president of University at Buffalo
    10/28/03
    John B. Simpson, Ph.D., today received the unanimous approval of the State University of New York Board of Trustees to be the next president of the University at Buffalo.
  • UB Named "Environmentalist of the Year" by State Affiliate of the National Wildlife Federation
    10/24/03
    Environmental Advocates, the New York State affiliate of the National Wildlife Federation, has named the University at Buffalo its "Environmentalist of the Year" for initiating an effort to buy wind energy that has become so successful it has made the university the state's largest purchaser of wind power.
  • UB Program Receives $2.5 Million Federal Grant to Provide Continuing Education in Rehabilitation Counseling
    10/7/03
    The Region II Rehabilitation Continuing Education Program (RRCEP) in the University at Buffalo Graduate School of Education has received a $2.5 million, five-year grant from the U.S. Department of Education (DOE).
  • Program Will Offer Tuition-Free Grants to Doctoral Candidates in Special Education
    9/29/03
    The joint doctoral program in special education offered by the University at Buffalo Graduate School of Education and Buffalo State College has received a federal grant to fund five students as they work toward a doctorate in special education.