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Buffalo, NY is well-known for their chicken wings and the geological wonder of Niagara Falls, but what else is there to learn about in the community? To answer this question, Noemi Waight and Sarah Robert, associate professors from the Department of Learning and Instruction are collaborating on a project, “Preservice Teachers Biking to 'uncover' Science and Social Studies in their Buffalo Communities.”

How can caterpillars help preschoolers develop coding skills and computational thinking? Fisher-Price and the Fisher-Price Endowed Early Childhood Research Center (ECRC) in the Graduate School of Education are working together to answer this question in preschool classrooms and children’s homes.

Sam Abramovich, assistant professor from the Department of Learning and Instruction and the Department of Library and Information Studies, in collaboration with the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library, has been awarded a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services to develop reliable and valid ways to measure the learning and associated benefits of Makerspaces in libraries.

The Graduate School of Education, in collaboration with Buffalo Public Schools, will launch the UB Teacher Residency Program in summer 2019. The program has three goals for the initial urban teaching cohort: (1) increase the number of learner-ready teachers in the city of Buffalo; (2) diversify the pool of teachers in the city of Buffalo; and (3) increase the number of teachers who stay in the teaching profession in Western New York urban schools. The UB Teacher Residency Program was launched with the support of a Cullen Foundation grant and has since been awarded additional funding through a federal Teacher Quality Partnership grant.

The Graduate School of Education is launching the AI + Education Learning Community Series, a new effort to address and navigate artificial intelligence (AI) in education. In partnership with UB’s Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Data Science and Center for Information Integrity, as well as the National AI Institute for Exceptional Education at UB, the series aims to create a collaborative platform for professionals in K-12 and higher education to better understand AI in education.

Integrity Partners for Behavioral Health IPA (IPBH), an organization spearheaded by University at Buffalo Graduate School of Education alumnus Steven Harvey, PhD ’97, was recently honored with the 2023 Excellence in Research Community Level Award from UB’s School of Social Work.