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France Cordova at the podium in the buffalo room with a Critical Conversation slide to her rear
NSF program aims to speed discovery
4/4/19

Director France Córdova briefed a UB audience on the new Convergence Accelerator in a Critical Conversations keynote address.

Students working on a project in the research lab space in Bonner Hall.
Helping engineers to become better problem-solvers
1/24/19

UB researchers will use an NSF grant to develop a multidisciplinary strategy for problem-solving — and then assess that approach.

Close up of female hand holding open book.
Engineering Education kicks into high gear
11/12/18

The new department in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences aims to help transform how engineering students are taught.

Steph Phillips teaching class.
Love of comics opens avenues for teaching
11/7/18

Stephanie Phillips, a faculty member in the new Department of Engineering Education, finds similarities between technical writing and writing for comics.

Presentacion Rivera portrait photo
Rivera Reyes receives best paper award from IEEE Education Society
10/9/18

Presentacion Rivera Reyes, an assistant teaching professor in the newly established Department of Engineering Education, received the Theodore E. Batchman Best Paper Award at the 2018 Frontiers in Education Conference.

UB students took part in UB’s new Inclusive Launch program.
Developing students' startup ideas
5/16/18

The Inclusive Launch program helps female students and students with diverse backgrounds embrace the idea of entrepreneurship.