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Department News

Seven tips to help college students not lose their financial aid

5/2/19

How to keep your grants and loans in good standing, according to UB’s resident expert on college access and financial aid.

From locked doors to armed guards: UB’s Finn organizes national school security conference

10/8/18

The effects and effectiveness of school security measures will be the topic of a national conference organized by Jeremy Finn, professor in the UB Graduate School of Education.

Teacher strike shows power of statewide unions

3/8/18

An Associated Press article about the strike by West Virginia teacher unions interviews UB researcher Tom Ramming, who attributed much of West Virginia’s impact to its statewide scope.

Pope receives prestigious ‘Contribution to Knowledge’ award from national educators association

4/19/17

UB's Raechele L. Pope has received the Contribution to Knowledge Award presented by the ACPA - College Student Educators International, one of the organization’s highest honors.

UB-led STEM partnership gets $1.2 million grant to extend GIS program in Buffalo Public Schools

1/25/17

The grant also funds research centers in geographic information and in education innovation at UB.

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School News

Alumna builds a school from the ground up

2/18/20

Joelle Formato, EdM ’15, planned on an accounting career until curiosity inspired her to sign up for two years teaching math in a public school outside Washington, D.C. She was interested in service to others. It seemed like the right opportunity. “Five days into teaching I knew I had found my life’s work,” said Formato.

Dean’s Lecture Series nears the end of its third year with insight, collaboration and welcomes.

2/11/20

Jessica Jones chatted in the hallway reception with a fellow teacher resident and pondered the consequences of disjointed lessons about how to make an argument. Different disciplines take different approaches. This could confuse students. How could teaching be improved? That was a message from Okhee Lee, a visiting NYU scholar who came to campus last month to give the penultimate talk in the Dean’s Lecture Series.

Galapagos or bust: Sailing off to classroom research

2/4/20

Associate Professor Alexa Schindel started planning this semester’s ocean sabbatical work when she applied to join the S.V. TravelEdge sailboat a year ago — as soon as she got the email notice about “eXXpedition Round the World” research journey. She wrote an essay, did a video interview and won a spot on the nine-member team of volunteers who joined the crew on the women-only TravelEdge.

Making libraries work for all

1/28/20

Valerie Nesset’s innovative approach to help people with different backgrounds collaborate led her to win a $451,667 grant to address a current problem at libraries and leave an enduring legacy: Help retirees create library programming they want. And, train librarians and their patrons to get good results together.