University at Buffalo Graduate School of Education master’s student Jules Orcutt thought that they would become an attorney while studying for their bachelor’s at SUNY Geneseo. Their experience as an undergraduate student had been difficult as the COVID-19 pandemic hit full swing during the spring semester of their freshman year, but they had pressed on with plenty of credits and they were set to graduate early in the spring of 2021.
Tasha Austin was awarded a prestigious Spencer Foundation Small Research Grant in the amount of $47,124. Beginning in February 2024, the two-year project will allow Austin to continue researching the intersection of Blackness and bi/multilingualism for professionals who have become world language (WL) teachers.
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.
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.
Fifty college-age South Koreans will visit UB this summer as part of a “youth ladder” program with Gyeonggi Province, the largest province in South Korea.
More than 50 faculty, staff and student scholars from across the Graduate School of Education will present their research at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association.
UB’s Department of Information Science recently launched two new combined degree programs. Through the new programs, students can simultaneously earn a Bachelor of Arts in English with either a Master of Science in information and library science or a Master of Science in school librarianship.
Wilbert Green has been named director of community outreach, engagement at the UB's Graduate School of Education and plans to make an authentic connection to the community.
Billionaire philanthropist Mackenzie Scott recently made a $10 million gift to the nonprofit organization, The Literacy Lab, where UB GSE alumna Heather Jenkins, PhD ’11, serves as chief executive officer.