All Posts in #School of Education
Juli Boeheim G’97 to Deliver 2021 School of Education Convocation Address
Juli Boeheim G’97 will deliver the convocation address to the 2021 graduates of the School of Education. The ceremony will be streamed virtually for graduates, families and friends over ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Commencement Weekend, May 22-23. Boeheim earned a master’s degree…
New York State Restores Pre-Pandemic Funding Levels for InclusiveU
InclusiveU, a program that helps students with intellectual and developmental disabilities attend ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ, will receive $100,000 in the 2021-2022 New York State budget. Earlier this month, State Senator John Mannion visited the School of Education’s Center on Disability and…
Intelligence++ Competition Winners Announced
Three interdisciplinary teams won the inaugural Intelligence++ design and entrepreneurship competition held at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Libraries’ Blackstone LaunchPad & Techstars (LaunchPad) on April 16. MeetCute won the $15,000 gold prize, HG Sensory won the $10,000 silver prize and Fundwurx won…
Stephen Kuusisto Receives 2021 Guggenheim Fellowship in Poetry
The John Simon Guggenheim Foundation has announced that Stephen Kuusisto, University Professor in the School of Education and director of interdisciplinary programs and outreach at the Burton Blatt Institute in the College of Law, has been awarded a 2021 Guggenheim…
New Accreditation for School of Education Ensures Excellence and Innovation
The process of teaching is, by its nature, subject to constant change. Educators, from preschool through higher education, must stay abreast of societal issues, new research and evolving technologies to provide their students with learning pathways to success. Now, a…
Curating the Bigger Picture: Evan Starling-Davis Approaches Literacy from Multiple Entry Points
Evan Starling-Davis is a narrative artist, curator and producer. More precisely, he names himself a digital-age “griot”—a term used for traveling poets, musicians and storytellers who maintain a tradition of oral history derived from the African diaspora’s culture and history….
Solvay-School of Education Partnership Not Derailed by Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced the education system to pivot and adapt. Every function of schools has been drastically affected, including special education and resource services, extra-curricular and enrichment activities, and community programming. Life during the pandemic has forced many…
Twelve Selected as 2021 ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Scholars
Twelve seniors have been named as the 2021 ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Scholars, the highest undergraduate honor that the University bestows. The ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Scholars Selection Committee, a Universitywide faculty committee, selected the 2021 scholars using criteria that included coursework and academic…
Inaugural Lender Faculty Symposium Highlights Social Justice #Hashtag Project
The inaugural Lender Center for Social Justice Faculty Symposium was held on Thursday, March 4, in a Zoom format. The symposium is the culmination of a two-year research project by the first Lender Faculty Fellow, Casarae Abdul-Ghani. Abdul-Ghani, who is…
James Haywood Rolling Jr. Appointed Co-Director of Lender Center for Social Justice
James Haywood Rolling Jr. walked into the Museum of Modern Art in New York City wearing faded jeans, old sneakers and a backpack, just like the rest of his classmates from Cooper Union, a private college in the city. Rolling,…