Research

• Researchers Lead National Study to Improve Science and Math Instruction Through Technology
  Carla Meskill and Alan Oliveira, Educational Theory and Practice, received $1.8 million from the U.S. Department of Education, Office of English Language Acquisition: National Professional Development Grant Program.

• Computer Science Tackles Sustained Knowledge-Building Through NSF Grant
  Jianwei Zhang (PI), Educational Theory and Practice, and Mei-Hwa Chen (Co-PI), Computer Science, received $550,000 from the National Science Foundation for the project entitled Fostering Collective Progress in Online Discourse for Sustained Knowledge Building.
  

Faculty

• Education Researcher Receives 2012 SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence
  Kecskes became full professor in the Department of Educational Theory and Practice in 1999.  Since that time, he has developed international renown in the field of pragmatics, how speakers convey meaning in specific contexts, standing among the principal leaders in this field. 

• Counseling Center Director Honored at White House as "Champion of Change"
  Dr. M. Dolores Cimini, adjunct clinical professor in Counseling Psychology and Assistant Director at the UAlbany Counseling Center, was honored at the White House as a 'Champion of Change.'
  

Student Experience

• Doctoral Candidate Wins Inaugural Levine Fellowship in Educational Administration and Policy
  School of Education, and University at Albany faculty and staff gathered on December 8, 2011 with Mrs. Margaret Levine, Dr. D. Bruce Johnstone, and friends to celebrate the announcement of the first Sanford H. Levine Fellow, doctoral candidate Mary Beth Collier.
• Student Earns National Dissertation Award to Advance K-12 Education
  Marc Nachowitz, a doctoral student in Educational Theory and Practice, was selected to receive a State Farm Companies Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Award.