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Eighth-grade students from Enterprise Charter’s Junior Frontiers of the Mohawk Valley program pose together on the steps of the Center for the Arts on UB's North Campus. Photo: Nancy J. Parisi
Students from Enterprise Charter School get up-close-and-personal tour of UB
4/16/19
Twenty-seven students from Enterprise Charter’s Junior Frontiers of the Mohawk Valley program visited the UB North Campus to learn about diversity, intercultural experiences and the importance of going to college. Part of the tour was organized and sponsored by multiple faculty in the Graduate School of Education.
Amherst high school students on mission in Costa Rica
GSE alumnus leads international mission trip
4/9/19
Chris Banas, a GSE alumnus (EdM ’12, Spanish Education), brought 27 Amherst High School students on a mission trip to Costa Rica to engage his students interculturally, as well as improve their Spanish proficiency. Banas has been a Spanish teacher in Amherst High School since 2016. Previously, he worked at Health Sciences Charter School for four years where he did two service learning trips to Puerto Rico.  
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GSE receives grant to improve engineering education
4/2/19
Randy Yerrick, professor from the Department of Learning and Instruction, and Andrew Olewnik, an adjunct assistant professor from the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, have received a two-year grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to help engineering students become better problem solvers. The grant also helps students connect their coursework and their professional preparation, and GSE will measure whether the project has lasting effects.
Two female high school students studying items in test tubes.
Science Exploration Day at UB promotes STEM learning
3/26/19
Science Exploration Day welcomed hundreds of Western New York’s most promising STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) high school students to UB on March 20, 2019.  Rodney Doran, professor emeritus from the Department of Learning and Instruction, has served on the event’s planning committee for 33 years.
PhD student Denise Grandits works with her students in class.
UB doctoral student uses social media apps to improve classroom learning
3/19/19
Denise Grandits, a current doctoral student from the Department of Learning and Instruction, has earned national recognition for her work implementing new media and literacies into her seventh- and eighth-grade literature class at St. Amelia School in Buffalo. Grandits was aware that students were using social media to read and write, so she applied social media platforms in her classroom and worked with one platform each week, such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat.  
Glass of pop with straw.
Link found between temperament of high-risk infants and obesity
3/18/19

Introducing sugary beverages to soothe distress may contribute to childhood obesity onset.

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International Women’s Day celebration
3/12/19
Amherst Central High School and GSE teamed up for what may be the first-ever celebration in a Western New York school of International Women’s Day on March 9, 2019, featuring school-wide events and “learn-in/tech-in” sessions to raise awareness of women’s issues among students.
Aerial view of University at Buffalo south campus.
U.S. News ranks UB graduate programs among nation’s best
3/12/19

Graduate programs across the University at Buffalo have been named among the nation’s best by U.S. News & World Report in its 2020 Best Graduate Schools rankings released Tuesday.

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UB medical school establishes an institute for educators
3/11/19

The Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences has established the Medical Education and Educational Research Institute (MEERI), a comprehensive and innovative institute for advancing medical education at UB.