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2024

April

Lead Story: UB researcher receives grant to study oral histories of Black world language teachers

March Highlights:  Tasha Austin. AERA Conference. Noemi Waight. Bobinski Lecture. 

March

Lead Story: Homeland security grant supports bystander intervention training

March Highlights:  Bystander training. We're GSE students. Wil Green on WBFO. Student Research Symposium.

February

Lead Story: GSE scholar examines hardships of student-mothers during COVID

February Highlights:  Student mothers. AI consortium. Brittany Jones in Education Week. Johnstone Lecture Series.

2023

December

Lead Story: GSE faculty featured in the media for expertise, events and research

December Highlights:  Faculty in the media. Feeling thankful. Brittany Jones in Education Week. “Beyond February.”

OCTOBER

Lead Story: GSE researcher's new book empowers scholar-practitioners

October Highlights: GSE researcher’s new book. Teach-In. Paris Wicker in the Chronicle of Higher Education. Dean's Lecture.

September

Lead Story: GSE scholar tapped by UN Women to review report on gender equality, climate justice

September Highlights: UN Women review. Ice Cream Social. Stephen Santa-Ramirez on KCBS Radio: On-Demand. Alberti Conference.

August

Lead Story: Two GSE students awarded Western New York Prosperity Fellowships

August Highlights: Prosperity Fellowships. LaGarrett King in the Guardian. Julie Gorlewski in USA Today. Addressing Teaching Shortages Webinar. 

July

Lead Story: GSE’s STEMcyclists camp transforms STEM learning

July Highlights: Transformative STEM learning. Africa Hands in Library Journal. Xiufeng Liu, SUNY Distinguished Professor. Teaching Black History Conference. 

June

Lead Story: GSE Student Research Symposium celebrates 30 years of innovative student scholarship

June Highlights: Innovative student research. Teaching Black History Conference. Commencement wishes. Fulbright scholars.   

May

Lead Story: From theory to practice: GSE doctoral student affirms Black women through research, mentorship

May Highlights: Graduating PhD student Dina Skeffrey. Celebrating excellence in doctoral research. Highlighting the best commencement photo ops.

April

Lead Story: A tireless commitment to research: GSE scholar leads, provides expertise on seven UB grants

April Highlights: Racial literacy and mental health lecture. Dissertation celebration. Historic UB hiring push.

March

Lead Story: GSE alumna Heather Jenkins secures $10 million gift for nonprofit from Mackenzie Scott.

March Highlights: Impactful literacy instruction. Bobinski Lecture Series. Geese on campus. Black history for kindergarteners.

February

Lead Story: GSE researcher X. Christine Wang to lead community engagement, workforce development efforts on $20 million NSF grant awarded to UB.

February Highlights: Celebrating school counselors. Welcoming new faculty. Teaching Black history. Cultivating school safety.