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3D Calc Plotter, a digital resource that can help calculus students visualize mathematical relationships in three dimensions.
UB Graduate School of Education grant helps students visualize complex calculus concepts
7/29/15

When students begin to study calculus, equations and their graphs are mostly drawn on a “flat” plane. It’s when students proceed to advanced calculus that they find paper and pencil inadequate.

UB doctoral student Maryam Sadat Sharifian
Education student receives scholarships to ‘make a difference in the world’
6/24/15

Maryam Sadat Sharifian, a UB doctoral student in the Graduate School of Education, has received three awards to encourage her “to make a difference in the world.”

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UB’s Graduate School of Education launches first online PhD program
6/19/15

The Department of Learning and Instruction has launched two new online programs, adding to a growing list of online offerings by the UB Graduate School of Education.

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Media Advisory: Hawk Creek animals and Guiding Eyes pet join the legendary ‘frozen banana’ as ‘Cool Science’ returns to UB
3/16/15

Newcomers including animal ambassadors from Hawk Creek Wildlife Center and tales of the return of wolves in Yellowstone National Park join the ever-popular “cryogenic banana” at this year’s Science Exploration Day, the University at Buffalo’s “Cool Science” festival.

School News

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.
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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.