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2025

Amherst High School Investigates AI Misuse - 05/09/25

How adults can help children navigate the ever-changing world of cyberbullying - 04/15/25

Daytime Buffalo: BAND Against Bullying performing arts competition - 04/07/25

BAND Against Bullying: Promoting Dignity Through Music & the Arts - 04/07/25

Instagram launched a new anti-bullying tool for schools. But will it actually work? - 03/27/25

AERA Selects 29 Exemplary Scholars as 2025 Fellows - 03/06/25

Dr. Stephanie Fredrick appointed to cybersmile advisory panel - 02/11/25

Random metal detector screenings in effect for Lancaster County schools: What to know - 01/17/25

Potential TikTok ban: Local users and creators flock to alternative platforms - 01/15/25

2024

GSE faculty honored at UB’s Celebration of Faculty and Staff Academic Excellence - 10/29/24

Ensuring school safety: UB expert speaks on New York State’s new school lockdown drills - 10/16/24

Buffalo Education Committee hosting bullying prevention conversation - 10/16/24

Bored Panda quotes Dr. Stephanie Fredrick in an article about bullying - 10/15/24

University at Buffalo hosts online forum on cell phone bans - 10/10/24

A focus on crisis intervention to curb school violence - 10/08/24

UB event to explore cell phone bans in schools, provide guidance for educators and parents - 10/03/24

Examining the difference between bullying and school threats - 10/02/24

Officials stress dangers of school threat hoaxes - 09/26/24

Navigating back-to-school anxiety: expert tips for students and parents to ease the transition - 09/18/24

School is back, and so are lockdown and active shooter drills. When are they too much for kids to handle? - 09/09/24

Red flags that a child is being potentially bullied at school - 08/29/24

Trump shooting shocks nation amid tumultuous presidential campaign - 07/16/24

Nine named SUNY Distinguished Professors - 05/03/24

Bullying Prevention and School Safety with Dr. Nickerson podcast - 04/29/24

Homeland security grant supports bystander intervention training - 03/21/24

University of North Carolina System Banning Apps Over Cyberbullying - 03/13/24

Lockdown Drills Help Children Feel Safer In School, Study Finds- 02/23/24

Bullying is linked to school shootings. What do schools need to know? - 01/10/24

2023

Are School Shooting Drills Safe for Today's Youth? - 12/14/23

2023 Unwrapped: GSE takes center stage through media, research and events - 12/7/23

Homeland security grant supports bystander intervention training - 12/7/23

Easy to conceal, harder to detect: Knives more prevalent than guns in schools - 11/28/23

Children in the U.S. are being bullied over the Israel-Hamas war: What can parents do? - 11/13/23

Doctors host forum on school shooting prevention, gun violence - 10/18/23

What Can We Do About Bullying - 10/08/23

Making a difference: Scholar recognized for research supporting bullying abuse prevention - 09/14/23

Webinar to Focus on Psychological Impact of Gun Violence - 09/14/23

UB posts most successful fundraising year in university history - 09/05/23

A sound mind for school safety: Expert insights from Amanda Nickerson - Learn Magazine: Spring 2023, Issue 6

In some schools, dread over the new year: 'We're scared to teach'- 08/26/23

Utah School District To Pay $2M Settlement To Family Of 10-Year-Old Black Girl Who Died Of Suicide - 08/09/23

Security theater: Experts see drawbacks to Augusta County's weapons detection system - 07/24/23

'No easy, quick solution': Bullying experts describe trends in schools following tragedy - 07/05/23

Local psychiatrists see an increase in adolescents with mental health concerns - 06/22/23

The Loud Chair podcast | Episode 14: Bullying in the Digital Age - 04/22/23

Wake schools reviewing communication to parents, students during lockdown at Ligon Middle - 03/31/23

A Tampa teen was racially harassed by her teacher. He’s bullied students for years - 03/12/23

Experts say cyberbullying has worsened - 02/21/23

N.J. teen's suicide highlights dangers of social media bullying - 02/14/23

2022

Helping schools prepare for and prevent the worst - 11/28/2022

Greece parish’s program probes pros, cons of social media - 11/14/2022

Alexa Moreno (MEX): Vaulting Over the Critics (podcast episode) - 11/09/2022

Doctoral student promotes research on podcast - GSE Learn Magazine, Fall 2022, Issue 5

In a single week in America, 4 communities confronted the aftermath of different school shootings. Then, shots rang out in another school - 10/30/2022

Bullying Prevention with Dr. Amanda Nickerson podcast - 10/26/2022

Fake and mock social media accounts are a problem for educators - 10/18/2022

How That Instant-Classic Taylor Swift Amsterdam Scene Was Made - 10/11/2022

Kids targeted by bullies need help from grownups; here's what to look for and how to help - 10/06/2022

UB professor assesses lockdown drills in new book - 10/05/2022

Bullying prevention experts lead community conversation in Marquette - 10/04/2022

Locks, lights and out-of-sight: UB professor assesses lockdown drills in new book - 10/04/2022

Video for story on the Impact of Bullying as a School Safety Issue - 09/27/2022

Ask a Researcher: How to Discuss School Anxiety, Violence, and Bullying With Kids - 09/14/2022

Professor shares resources and tips for bullying prevention - 09/08/2022

El Segundo Unified School District must pay $1M in bullying negligence case - 09/07/2022

Back to school: Assessing student mental health with enhanced safety measures - 08/29/2022

A mom ran her own shooting drill with her 5 year old and the video went viral - 08/21/2022

Study: Lockdown drills most effective way to prepare students during emergency - 08/16/2022

Lockdown Drills Debate: Do Lockdown Drills Help or Hurt our Kids? - 08/14/2022

The critics are wrong: School lockdown drills can help save lives (op-ed) - 08/09/2022

School shootings rose to highest number in 20 years, federal data says - 06/28/2022

Run, hide, fight: School shooter drills can be traumatic, but do they work? - 06/21/2022

UB and local school districts discuss how to talk to teens about tragedies - 06/07/2022

Online voice chat is often a sexist nightmare (but it doesn't have to be) - 06/06/2022

Teachers, students say they feel unsafe at school with continued mass shootings; here’s what some Massachusetts education officials are pushing for - 06/02/2022

The mental health toll of active shooter drills in schools - 05/25/2022

Spreading the word: GSE doctoral student promotes research on podcast, in presentations - 05/24/2022

UBAA to honor distinguished alumni June 2 - 05/12/2022

What 'The Girl From Plainville' Means for Texting and Teen Suicide- 04/15/2022

Averting targeted school violence focus of UB school safety seminar - 03/06/2022

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Averting targeted school violence the focus of upcoming school safety seminar - 03/03/2022

2021

Bullying in Private Schools Versus Public Schools - 12/13/2021

School Safety Today: Understanding the Role of Lockdown Drills - 12/02/2021

How to Stop Cyberbullying: Tools and resources for parents and kids in the digital age - 11/30/2021

WNY professional explains warning signs of bullying for parents - 11/17/2021

The new schoolyard: Understanding and preventing cyberbullying - Fall 2021, Issue 3

Brock prof receives Early Career Award for childhood bullying research - 11/05/2021

School safety seminar to focus on dangers of social media, technology - 11/04/2021

2021's States with the Biggest Bullying Problems - 10/11/2021

Bystander intervention will be focus of upcoming UB Alberti Center annual conference - 10/1/2021

Virtual UB conference to take on bullying - 09/28/2021

Bullying Prevention for Teachers and Parents - 09/28/2021

UB conference to address how bystanders can stand up to bullying, harassment and assault - 09/28/2021

These Virtual Learning Pranks Showcase Students' Tech Skills - 07/26/2021

Covid is taking its toll - academically, socially, emotionally - on kids - 06/15/2021

My child is being bullied, what should I do? - 06/06/2021

Suicide Among Black Girls Is a Mental Health Crisis Hiding in Plain Sight - 05/11/2021

SUNY Canton extends virtual law enforcement series to discuss cyberbullying - 04/29/2021

Mental health support at boarding schools helps male - but not female - students feel emotionally safe from bullying - 03/26/2021

Locks, Lights, Out of Sight: How Lockdown Drills Affect America's Children - 03/10/2021

Tough Talks: Families tackle current events with their children - 02/15/2021

2020

Safe and Sound Schools to host virtual national summit on school safety - 10/02/2020

My child is being bullied, what should I do? - 9/26/2020

Navigating cyberbullying more difficult amid COVID-19, but there are options - 8/05/2020

Answering tough kid questions and alleviating fears surrounding COVID-19 - 4/06/2020

Educators continue SEL support during coronavirus closures - 3/30/2020

New grant aims to fix what's missing in anti-bullying programs: Intervention training - 3/10/2020

Help spread the word for inclusion: National initiative raises awareness of need to include people with disabilities in all life activities, policy decisions - 2/27/20

Seventeenth annual Safe Schools Initiative Seminar set for March 18 - 2/25/2020

Schools should heed calls to do lockdown drills without traumatizing kids instead of abolishing them - 2/12/2020

Can dodgeball teach empathy? - 2/5/2020

2019

2018

2017

Viral anti-bullying video strikes local chord- 12/12/17
California School Shooting Lockdown Saved Lives, But Active Shooter Drills Aren't Universal. Why? - 11/16/17
In NY town, parents may do time if their child does crime - 10/13/17
This article appeared in over 200 news outlets around the world, including Yahoo News UK, England’s Daily Mail, Toronto’s Metro, CTV News, MSN in the Philippines and Singapore, Times of India, The Washington Post, ABC News, San Francisco Chronicle, Miami Herald, Houston Chronicle, Philadelphia Inquirer, Detroit News and St. Louis Post-Dispatch
State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli: School bullying law being ignored - 10/13/17
Bullying and technology subject of Alberti Center conference - 09/14/17
The Debate Around How to Make a Safer School - 07/17/17
Cyberbullying: A Relentless Cycle - 05/09/17
Experts discuss cyberbullying and how to tackle a 24/7 torment - 05/09/17
Nine local schools to compete in 'BAND Against Bullying' competition - 04/25/17
Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) Expert Dr. Amanda Nickerson leads Webinar on the Importance of Building SEL Strengths in Students - 04/05/17
UB to host 14th annual Safe Schools Initiative Seminar March 23 - 03/02/17
UB researchers to evaluate effectiveness of sex-abuse prevention program - 03/01/17
UB to lead $500,000 study on sexual abuse in schools - 03/01/17
The Stories of the Survivors - 02/28/17
Family Support May Protect Against Substance Use After Bullying - 01/31/17

2016

2015

Talking to kids about deadly events - 11/4/15
Queen of Heaven School race to help combat bullying - 10/7/15
UB Alberti Center for Bullying Abuse Prevention Hosting Annual Conference - 10/6/15
RIA partners with Alberti Bullying Center for $3.4 million grant on high-risk youth - 8/19/15
Free2Luv Teams Up with the Alberti Center - 8/6/15
Erie County Office for the Disabled helps 'Spread the Word to End the Word' - 3/6/15
Anti-bullying activist calls Richie Incognito signing 'slap in the face' - 2/12/15
Local anti-bullying activists wary of Bills adding Richie Incognito - 2/12/15
Richie Incognito insists he's not a racist - 2/12/15
Richie Incognito signing upsets Buffalo anti-bullying group - 2/12/15
'Football bully' coming to the Bills, expert weighs in - 2/11/15
N.Y. anti-bullying advocates aren't fans of Bills adding Richie Incognito - 2/11/15
Player's past called 'hard to ignore' - 2/11/15
Richie Incognito signing rankles Buffalo anti-bullying organization - 2/11/15
109 Schools in WNY Reported Zero Bullying Incidents - 2/1/15
Talk of Building a Bully Sends the Wrong Message - 1/21/15
Was Ryan's 'Build a Bully' the Right Message? - 1/20/15

2014

Children Exposure to Violence in the Media - 10/15/14
Cyberbullying: Is there an answer? - 8/15/14
Indiana State Police Active Shooter Training Videos Anger Parents - 7/24/14
Looking for Answers to Stop School Violence after Another Shooting - 6/10/14
School Shooting Drills Can Be More Terrifying Than Helpful - 4/16/14
The Harsh Dilemma of Preparing Kids for the Worst at School - 2/19/14
Ellicottville Central School addresses bullying through recent workshop - 2/11/14

2013

WNY remembers Sandy Hook one year later - 12/16/13
Nation's pain is renewed, and difficult questions are asked once more - 12/14/12
After Sandy Hook, a new wave of school security - 12/12/13
Bullies at work - 11/20/13
Being a bully linked to casual, risky sex - 11/12/13
Local experts discuss NFL bullying case - 11/9/13
Bystanders can make a difference, bullying expert says - 11/7/13
The NFL and adult bullies - 11/7/13
What does 'bullying' mean, anyway? - 11/7/13
Two films about bullying will be part of UB conference - 10/8/13
Caméras dans les écoles: pas un remède miracle - 9/29/13
High expectations for DASA - 9/23/13
Sibling bullying as detrimental as peer bullying, study claims - 6/17/13
'BAND Against Bullying' hits the stage - 5/14/13
Rocking out to stop bullying - 5/14/13
Bands to compete at UB in concert against bullying - 5/8/13
Battle of Bands has anti-bullying theme - 5/8/13
Safeguarding students: Vigilant strategy defines security - 4/13/13
School shooting simulations become more realistic after Sandy Hook - 4/11/13
Taking a stand against bullying - 5/4/13
Education.com reveals one third of parents uncertain how to handle bullying - 3/22/12
Crying over Chardon's children (with audio) - 2/29/12
How realistic should school shooting drills be? - 1/31/13

2012

Talking to children about CT shootings (with video) - 12/17/12
Better care for mentally ill won't be enough, experts say - 12/15/12
Stop Bullying Walk marches in the rain - 10/27/12
Cyberbullying responders tackle issue - 9/21/12
Day-long conference examined cyberbullying - 9/20/12
7 things you need to know before you start your day - 9/19/12
Cyberbullying focus of conference - 9/13/12
Alberti Center for Bullying Abuse Prevention to host cyberbullying conference - 8/28/12
2012 Alberti Center Annual Conference: Understanding and Addressing Cyberbullying - 8/24/12
Teaching tolerance - The bully antidote (podcast) - 7/17/12
Bullying of bus monitor goes viral - 6/22/12
Bus bullies: 86-year-old woman the target (with audio) - 6/22/12
People angry, sad over bus aide video (with video) - 6/20/12
Students mock bus aide until she weeps (with video) - 6/20/12
A higher standard: Freedman explains state's new anti-bullying law - 6/11/12
Quinn to open Bridge Lecture Series - 6/7/12
Psychologists say student communication key to school safety (with video) - 3/16/12
Good morning, Buffalo - 3/14/12
Despite the headlines, schools are safer than they used to be - 3/4/12
The duty to report suspicious behaviors - 3/1/12
Expert on school violence and crisis prevention can discuss tragedy at Chardon High School in Ohio - 2/29/12
Educating youth about the LGBT community (with audio) - 2/16/12
UB combats anti-gay sentiments, bullying - 2/16/12
The bullying effect: UB's new center tackles an abusive, and sometimes deadly issue - Spring 2012

2011

Bullied girl's suicide has ongoing impact - 12/28/11
Education reformer urges zero tolerance for failure - 12/17/11
Power of Education - Children First education summit and luncheon (with video)- 12/14/11
Panelists tell community about anti-bullying efforts - 12/7/11
Q&A: Amanda Nickerson - 11/17/11
American's 'silent, indifferent, complacent," activist Judy Shepard tells UB audience - 11/10/11
Experts discuss anti-bullying efforts, laws - 11/4/11
Bullying prevention topic of pre-DSS event - 11/3/11
Ostrov takes anti-bullying message to Sesame Street audience - 11/3/11
Fight against bullies getting lots of help - 10/31/11
Dignity for All - 10/26/11
High school student beaten in alleged hazing incident - 10/24/11
Bullying is focus of Character Council conference - 10/20/11
Bill sponsored to deter cyber bullying - 10/13/11
Fighting back against bullying: Empowered former victims find ways to deal with tormentors - 10/1/11
Student suspended in alleged bullying incident - 10/1/11
Want to help a bullied child? Be the one go-to adult - 9/29/11
Gaga’s anti-bullying stance can help - 9/26/11
Lady Gaga calls out bullying as a hate crime - 9/26/11
Forum on bullying short on answers: Expert notes difficulty in finding solutions - 9/24/11
An unnecessary loss: Adults must step in sooner to stop bullying - 9/23/11
No H8 - 9/23/11
An unnecessary loss: Adults must step in sooner to stop bullying - 9/23/11
Expert takes your bullying questions (with video) - 9/23/11
Momentum gaining for Jamey's Law (with video) - 9/22/11
Cyberbullying a factor in kids lives - 9/21/11
Experts answer questions on bullying - 9/21/11
WBEN Extra: Bullying in schools - 9/21/11
Agonizing over teen suicide - 9/20/11
Experts flooded with calls on bullying - 9/20/11
Bullying: From kindergarten cubby to workplace cubicle - 9/13/11
Don't walk alone: A bullying prevention primer - 9/1/11
Is your child being a bully? (with video) - 8/24/11
Nickerson to head bullying center - 6/16/11
Director named for UB's Prevention of Bullying and School Violence (with audio) - 6/15/11
Albany professor named director of bullying center - 6/14/11
Standing up to bullies - 4/21/11
Commentary: Bullying conference in Buffalo mirrors international concerns - 1/8/11

2010

Focus on research heightens GSE profile - 11/1/10
Center at UB is on a mission to prevent bullying in schools - 8/21/10
Gift establishes center to prevent bullying - 4/28/10
New UB center seeks to prevent bullying - 4/27/10
UB opens its new center for violence prevention with a symposium of experts - 4/27/10

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