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UB research to assess connecting ADHD student’s special ed goals with daily classroom work
1/10/19

UB faculty member Gregory Fabiano is continuing his nationally recognized work with ADHD children with a new study that will test how best to meet the special education goals of these children.

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In JAMA Pediatrics, UB professors praise obesity study that finds “genes are not destiny”
10/2/18

They noted the study found that healthier homes can help offset the genetic risk for obesity.

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Recognizing and intervening with ‘microaggressions’ at the UB Alberti Center’s annual conference
9/4/18

UB’s Alberti Center for Bullying Abuse Prevention takes on the increasingly prevalent and timely issue of “microaggressions” at its annual conference being held Oct. 2.

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Students need help before catastrophes occur, UB expert says
2/15/18

A Washington Post article about the need for more health professionals to help students before catastrophes occur interviews Amanda Nickerson, director of UB’s Alberti Center for Bullying Abuse Prevention.

School News

Teachers from the CA-BOCES region celebrate at the Third Southern Tier Annual Film Festival.
CA-BOCES region celebrates the Third Southern Tier Annual Film Festival
6/11/19
Students, parents and administrators gathered at the Allegany–Limestone High School on May 9 for the Third Southern Tier Annual Film Festival. The festival highlighted grades 9–12 student work completed in academic coursework during the 2018–19 school year. The festival submission categories were video poems, video themes and narratives.
Portrait of Monica Ridgeway, Science Education '16.
UB alumna strives to add diversity in STEM education
5/28/19
After earning her PhD in curriculum, instruction and the science of learning from UB in 2016, Monica Ridgeway (Science Education ’16) wanted to focus on the educational disparities that create barriers to minorities. Ridgeway first noticed the obstacles minorities encountered when she was teaching middle school science. “The school I was teaching in was very ethically and richly diverse,” Ridgeway said. “However, the classes were not as the classes were being sorted out based on how well the students were performing on their English language and arts, and math assessments.”
Douglas Hoston, a PhD student from the Department of Learning and Instruction teaches a class in an urban school.
Doctoral student receives award for research in urban education
5/21/19
Douglas Hoston, a PhD student from the Department of Learning and Instruction (LAI), received a scholarship award from his international fraternity, Omega Psi Phi, for his research evaluating how stress affects underrepresented students. Hoston is collaborating with Richard Lamb, associate professor from LAI, regarding the impact of John Henryism, a belief that low socioeconomic groups may not have the resources to successively cope with psychological stressors.
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UB launches new center to study ingestive behavior
5/16/19

Many health problems are related to food choice, yet diet selection is a complex process that is not entirely understood. To coordinate, promote and foster research in an area so critical to maintaining proper health, UB has launched the Center for Ingestive Behavior Research.