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Raechele L. Pope
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.

Teachers learning in labs at UB.
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.

UB's Graduate School of Education lecture will examine relationships between schools of education and society
UB Graduate School of Education lecture examines relationship between schools of education and society
2/25/16

Sam Wineburg, an education professor at Stanford University, will discuss “The Role of a School of Education in a Public Research University” during a talk on Feb. 29 at UB.

a group of minority students in a classroom.
College Success Centers open the world of higher education to those who could be left behind
12/15/15

For UB education professor Nathan J. Daun-Barnett, hundreds of completed student financial aid applications that might never have been successfully filed are not enough.

School News

Open SUNY graphic
The benefits of open educational resources
8/7/18
Sam Abramovich, assistant professor from the Department of Learning and Instruction and the Department of Library and Information Studies, is the director of the Graduate School of Education’s Open Education Research Lab. The core mission of the lab is to actively engage and support the study of the State University of New York open education efforts.
Photo of a woman teacher reading a book to two young girls in her class.
Streamlining teacher pathway
7/30/18

GSE's new combined-degree program called UB teach will allow students to obtain their teacher certificate in five years.

Richard Lamb in the lab holding virtual reality goggles
Using VR to treat PTSD and anxiety disorder
7/24/18
Before Richard Lamb was a teacher, he was a soldier. In addition to spending eight months in Bosnia, Lamb served in Afghanistan for over a year, beginning September 22, 2001.
Dad coaching his sons on soccer field.
Helping dads become better parents to their children with ADHD
7/17/18
The belief that parents can shape positive behavior and experiences in their children, including those with behavioral challenges such as ADHD (attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder), is well known. Traditional positive parenting programs have typically been used for mothers, creating a need for a program that would lend itself more to fathers.