Africa S. Hands won the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) Research Grant Program Competition, allowing her to continue her research on how library and information science graduate programs prepare students for the job market.
The Burnham-Nobles Digital Archive, a database documenting racially motivated violence targeting African Americans in the Jim Crow South, was recently established thanks in part to University at Buffalo Graduate School of Education alumna Gina Nortonsmith’s expertise, guidance and leadership.
The Graduate School of Education is launching the AI + Education Learning Community Series, a new effort to address and navigate artificial intelligence (AI) in education. In partnership with UB’s Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Data Science and Center for Information Integrity, as well as the National AI Institute for Exceptional Education at UB, the series aims to create a collaborative platform for professionals in K-12 and higher education to better understand AI in education.
Throughout 2023, the University at Buffalo Graduate School of Education was recognized as a premier source of expertise and innovation, leading the conversation on critical issues in education.
The American Library Association (ALA) recently granted continued accreditation status to the Master of Science in information and library science program in the Department of Information Science at the University at Buffalo’s Graduate School of Education. This accreditation status is a significant milestone for the program, reaffirming its commitment to excellence in education and preparing information professionals for the challenges of the digital age. The accreditation decision also encompasses the Master of Science in school librarianship program.
University at Buffalo Graduate School of Education alumna Ana Luisa Muñoz-García, PhD ’15, is leading research efforts to advance scholarship on policies on knowledge, gender and internationalization. She is the principal investigator on the project, “Mapping the construction of knowledge from a gender perspective,” funded by the Chilean National Agency of Research and Development (ANID).
A grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security will assist the Alberti Center for Bullying Abuse Prevention in continuing to build youth resiliency and implement bystander intervention training.
Africa S. Hands won the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) Research Grant Program Competition, allowing her to continue her research on how library and information science graduate programs prepare students for the job market.
GSE recognized that school districts across the state were seeking support implementing K-12 computer science coursework and in finding certified teachers, in response to public desire to see these skills formally taught, as well as a state mandate that schools offer computer science. New York State has also begun to mandate that teachers of computer science courses be certified in New York’s K-12 Computer Science.
The Burnham-Nobles Digital Archive, a database documenting racially motivated violence targeting African Americans in the Jim Crow South, was recently established thanks in part to University at Buffalo Graduate School of Education alumna Gina Nortonsmith’s expertise, guidance and leadership.
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