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Each year, the Alberti Center for Bullying Abuse Prevention holds a conference to address bullying, victimization and related issues that can be utilized in school and community settings. The Alberti Center was created through a gift from Jean M. Alberti, an alumna from the Department of Counseling, School and Educational Psychology. One of the main goals of the Alberti Center has always been to promote effective and research-driven methods to prevent bullying and help victims of violent behavior.

A growing body of research suggests that children’s socioemotional well-being is fundamentally important to their healthy and productive development. This finding implies that college, career and civic readiness is tied to better socioemotional skills and well-being.

Students in the Graduate School of Education held their annual research symposium to address research and practice that is contributing to the field of multiculturalism. This event is completely organized by students from the departments of Counseling, School and Educational Psychology (CSEP); Educational Leadership and Policy (ELP); Information Science; and Learning and Instruction (LAI). The title of this year’s symposium was “United We Stand, Divided We Fall: Centering Diversity and Social Justice in our Research Field and Practice.”  

This fall, cutting-edge research from the University at Buffalo will take center stage at one of the most prestigious global conferences in information science. Students, faculty and alumni from the Graduate School of Education’s Department of Information Science will have a strong presence at the 87th Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T), held in Calgary from Oct. 25-29. The conference, themed “Putting People First: Responsibility, Reciprocity, and Care in Information Research and Practice,” highlights groundbreaking research in the field.