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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.
Upgrading rural libraries to strengthen STEM learning
3/20/18
Dan Albertson, associate professor from the Department of Library and Information Studies, along with a colleague from the University of West Georgia, have a received a $386,569 federal grant to strengthen STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) learning in rural school libraries.
News Brief
12/13/17
Tuesday News Briefs feature the stories of the Graduate School of Education faculty, students and alumni who are engaged in their communities and making an impact through their hard work, dedication and research initiatives.
UB grad school programs again ranked among nation’s best by U.S. News & World Report
3/14/17
Several UB graduate and professional degree programs have been cited as among the nation’s best by U.S. News & World Report in its annual ranking of “America’s Best Graduate Schools.”
‘Awash in a sea of information and fake news,’ Americans need to develop new literacy skills, UB’s information studies chair says
1/27/17
Responsible and level-headed Americans must develop “digital literacy skills” to sort through the flood of “biased or false misinformation” in today’s information age.

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‘UndocuJoy’ for undocumented students
2/21/24
UB professor Stephen Santa-Ramirez explores how undocumented college students experience joy despite navigating barriers.
University at Buffalo experts available to discuss the solar eclipse
2/15/24
Experts can speak about the eclipse from an array of topics, including physics and science, education, its cultural significance and more.
UB researchers participated in panel on mental wellness in Buffalo’s Black community
2/13/24
Christina King, PhD, clinical assistant professor of literacy education in the University at Buffalo’s Graduate School of Education, served as an expert on a recent panel that took center stage in Buffalo. The event titled "Hope & Healing" focused on mental wellness in Buffalo’s Black community and was hosted by the Buffalo Federation of Neighborhood Centers in collaboration with Westminster Presbyterian Church.
UB doctoral student publishes guide to teaching Black history in K-3 classrooms
2/6/24
Before arriving at UB to pursue her PhD, Dawnavyn James taught elementary students in Missouri for seven years. Here, she learned that young students are a lot smarter–and a lot more ready to learn about Black history–than we give them credit for.
GSE student earns mental health counseling scholarship
1/30/24
Luiza Perez Ortiz, a first-year student in GSE’s mental health counseling master’s program, is the recipient of a scholarship created to support underrepresented students who are entering or enrolled in mental health degree programs at SUNY or CUNY campuses.

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10/23/24
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