5.14.2025
Congratulations to Junye for being awarded to Shang-Lin Chung Student Award and Mary Lou and S. David Farr Scholarship in the LAI Award Ceremony and the End of Year party in 2025. We are glad Junye joined our team in Spring 2025!

5.14.2025
Congratulations to Grace for being awarded to LAI Research Excellence Award in the LAI Award Ceremony and the End of Year party in 2025.

5.15.2025
Congratulations to Joy for being awarded to LAI Leadership Excellence Award in the LAI Award Ceremony and the End of Year party in 2025.

4.29.2025
Dr. Wang will be receiving the UB President’s Medal at GSE commencement on May 16.  The President’s Medal, first presented in 1990, recognizes “outstanding scholarly or artistic achievements, humanitarian acts, contributions of time or treasure, exemplary leadership or any other major contribution to the development of the University at Buffalo and the quality of life in the UB community.” Read more…

4.29.2025
Welcome to the Hong Kong team visiting Buffalo! We hosted the CATGPT 2025 Buffalo Mini Conference: The Future of AI, Brain, and Child, and presented our recent work together!

4.27.2025
Joy presented our lab co-authored paper about From Piaget to Posthumanism: Conceptualization of AI in Early Childhood Education at the AERA Symposium chaired by Dr. Wang, named Fostering AI Literacy in Early Childhood: Emerging Theoretical and Empirical Insights.

4.27.2025
Dr. X. Christine Wang chaired and presented in the symposium Fostering AI Literacy in Early Childhood: Emerging Theoretical and Empirical Insights, submitted to AERA 2025 under the SIG “Early Education and Child Development.”

4.26.2025
Grace presented her co-authored paper with Alice about Integrating Computational Thinking in Early Childhood Classrooms: Insights from Teacher-Researchers’ Action Research at the AERA Symposium, named Exploring Teacher- and Family- Perpective on Computational Thinking

4.25.2025
Dr. X. Christine Wang presented our paper about Caring Thinking with Robots: Teacher-Guided Exploration with Robots in Preschool Classrooms at the AERA Symposium named Empowering Young Learners: Enhancing Child Agency through Educator-Facilitated Digital Exploration.

4.24.2025
Grace presented her paper about Engagement in Computational Thinking at the AERA Symposium named Exploring Computational Thinking and STEM Education in Early Childhood: Collaborative Partnerships with Diverse Stakeholders

4.09.2025
CELaRAI made a notable impression at the SUNY AI Symposium exhibit, highlighting its growing influence in the field of artificial intelligence and learning sciences.

4.09.2025
Dr. X. Christine Wang, was also featured in the panel “Research Bytes: Meet AI Experts from Across SUNY,” representing AI>Education. Read more

4.08.2025

Joy presented her work “Preservice Teachers’ Perspectives on the Integration of AI in Early Childhood Education: Understanding, Attitudes, and Imagined Futures” in the GSE Symposium

3.11.2025
Dr. Wang and ECRC Associate Director, Keely Benson, presented “AI and Early Childhood Education at University at Buffalo” at Fisher-Price on the 11th. Their presentation showcased the ECRC, CELaRAI, and PlayfulAI Learning & Design Lab, highlighting innovative approaches and the potential of AI in early childhood education!

3.11.2025
Congratulations! The long paper “Embodied Improvisation: Exploring How Teachers Support Young Children’s Engagement with Intelligent Agents” by Xing, G., Wang, X. C., Yamamoto, Y., Cai, Z., Sadeghi, S., & Dantu, K. has been accepted for the the International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS) 2025!

See you in Finland!

3.11.2025
Congratulations! The long paper “Engagement in Computational Thinking: The Role of Mother, Father with Daughters in After-school Learning” by Xing, G has been accepted for the International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS) 2025!

See you in Finland!

3.11.2025

Congratulations! The long paper “Exploring Preschoolers’ Engagement with Intelligent Agents (IA) Mediated by IA Features and Teacher Scaffolding” by Cai, Z., Tu, X., Wang, X. C., Sadeghi, S., & Dantu, K. has been accepted for the International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS) 2025!

See you in Finland!

1.29.2025
Wishing everyone a Happy Chinese New Year!

1.14.2025
Dr. Wang was featured in a video presented during Governor Kathy Hochul’s 2025 State of the State address. The video highlights how the Governor’s policies are making a meaningful difference for New Yorkers while showcasing the impactful work of UB’s innovative research. 

12.18.2024
At the first joint meeting of four IES-funded R&D U-GAIN centers, Dr. Wang presented Center for Early Literacy and Responsible AI‘s work, and discussed its unique contributions and opportunities for collaboration with other U-GAIN centers. 

12.17.2024
As the semester came to a close, we gathered to celebrate the holiday season together. Wishing everyone a joyful and happy holiday!

12.17.2024
Dr. Wang, Joy, and Grace were invited to present a talk titled “Responsible AI in PreK-12 Education” as part of the AI + Education Learning Community Series hosted by the Graduate School of Education at the University at Buffalo.

11.28.2024
Dr. Wang gave a keynote presentation at the inaugural conference of the Global Alliance of Educational Leaders and Department Heads (GAELDH) in Hong Kong. Read more…

11.22.2024
Our lab is featured in the cover story of the Fall 2024 issue of Learn, a biannual magazine of the UB Graduate School of Education! Check it out!

11.13.2024
Our team’s five conference abstracts are accepted by AERA 2025! Congratulations to everyone involved! See you in Denver!

10.13.2024
The University at Buffalo’s Institute for Learning Sciences recently hosted a Speaker Series event featuring Dr. Xintian Tu.  To watch her full talk, click here.

10.12.2024
Grace presented her work for the AI Institute at the Student Workshop, covering her current progress and future plans for the project.