A $293,000 grant from the National Science Foundation will help a UB team of investigators lead an effort to create more inclusive college classrooms that recognize the neurodiversity of students by building micro-credential training courses for computer science faculty.
To help teachers determine if their pre-kindergarten students are ready for more formal schooling, a UB-led team of researchers will classroom-test a game-like tool that children play as it gauges their ability to pay attention, remember rules and control impulses.
UB’s new partnership and pilot program with Buffalo’s GiGi’s Playhouse Down Syndrome Achievement Center has developed into a new opportunity for UB students to learn and teach.
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.
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.
