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Albany, NY (December 6, 2019) – Just before Thanksgiving, New York State’s Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli convened his office’s first statewide roundtable on School Safety on the UAlbany campus. The roundtable brought together urban, suburban and rural teachers and leaders, higher education officials, educational organizations, school facilities experts, and members of law enforcement to have a practical discussion about how to make schools and colleges across New York safer.  

The Arthur Applebee Award for Excellence in Research on Literacy, a partnership between the School of Education and the Literacy Research Association (LRA), is the first international award offered by the University at Albany. The 2019 Award was presented at LRA's annual conference to Dr. Jon-Philip Imbrenda, University of Pittsburgh, for his article, “Developing academic literacy: Breakthroughs and barriers in a college-access intervention” published in Research in the Teaching of English.

Albany, NY (November 20, 2019) – Last month, doctoral students from the Division of Counseling Psychology hosted a packed house for their 26th annual Diversity Conference.  This year’s theme was Towards a More Integrated and Authentic Society.  The day’s agenda included a talk on education and liberation by Dr. Kyra Gaunt of UAlbany’s Department of Music and Theatre, panel discussion on the theme, roundtable session, and keynote by Dr. Chloe Wright on Privilege, Perception and Gender Diversity: What Impacts the Process of Creating Inclusive Spaces.

Albany, NY (November 20, 2019) - In October, the Capital Region welcomed 20 new New York State Master Teachers from 14 different local school districts, encompassing grades K-12, and including all areas of STEM education.

Albany, NY (October 22, 2019) - Lijun Ni received two grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF) totaling more than $1.5 million to build capacity in K-12 schools to ensure that all students have an opportunity to learn computer science while in school. Ni, a faculty member in the Department of Educational Theory and Practice, will focus on building and enhancing professional learning communities of middle school and high school teachers to identify and scale best practices in teaching computer science. 

The 5th annual School of Education Day brought together over 200 people—faculty, staff, and student researchers as well as local superintendents, educational leaders, and practitioners from the field.

More than a dozen superintendents from BOCES and school districts across the region gathered on UAlbany’s uptown campus, along with UAlbany’s President Havidán Rodríguez and Provost Carol Kim, to discuss how to build stronger partnerships between the University and the P-12 sector.

Join us at the 5th annual SOE Day! Friday, October 4, 2019 Campus Center Ballroom SOE Day is a celebration of our work and a time to welcome those from around the campus and the wider community to learn about and discuss issues of education and mental health. Sessions will run from 9am through 5pm. The event is free and open to the public—faculty, students, staff, and administrators from around campus as well as educators, partners, and other stakeholders from around the Capital Region.