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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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School News

UB GSE launches gifted education advanced certificate program
3/14/23
The program prepares teachers to meet the unique intellectual, emotional and social needs of gifted learners.
GSE researcher examines challenges of family-school liaison at bilingual school
3/7/23
Jasmine Alvarado presents issues of race, class and power in publication, allowing readers to understand schools as racialized institutions.
GSE student receives prestigious language education award for cultural exchange program
2/28/23
The award recognized “Global Reach,” a unique language exchange program that Guo developed in collaboration with Ying Zhao, director of the foreign language education program at Capital Normal University (CNU) in Beijing.
GSE researcher to lead education and workforce development efforts on $20 million NSF grant awarded to UB
2/16/23
X. Christine Wang, PhD, will lead education and workforce development efforts on a highly competitive grant that was awarded to UB by the National Science Foundation.
UB GSE research uncovers need for higher ed practitioners to alleviate student burdens
2/14/23
According to a recent University at Buffalo Graduate School of Education-led study, higher education practitioners should develop scholarships and peer-mentoring groups to advocate and alleviate burdens for first-generation Latinx undocumented and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (undocu/DACAmented) students.

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11/28/22
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10/23/24
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