Project Outcomes
Improving access to education and career/technical education for justice impacted New Yorkers
Dr. Matt Saleh
Adirondack Community College
2024
Type of GrantIITG Tier Three
Amount of Award:$66,628.00
Restorative Record is a digital solution that aims to reduce the negative impact of criminal background checks on admissions, job training, and employment; the tool aims to help the SUNY system transform its admissions and hiring processes by enabling justice-impacted job candidates to create non-traditional candidate profiles that highlight their core competencies, rehabilitative efforts, and micro-credentials, increasing access to educational offerings statewide.
Innovations in Learning: A SUNY Teaching Journal
Dr. Jessica Kruger
University at Buffalo
2024
Type of GrantIITG Tier Three
Amount of Award:$28,000.00
"Innovations in Learning: A SUNY Focused Teaching Journal” is a dynamic platform unifying State University of New York (SUNY) educators, providing a central hub for the exchange of innovative teaching practices, fostering a culture of collaboration, and enriching the teaching and learning experiences across the diverse SUNY system.
Interdisciplinary learning community on AI literacy and AI adaptation in learning, teaching, tutoring, research, and assessment across the curriculum
Dr. Babette Faehmel
Schenectady County Community College
2024
Type of GrantIITG Tier Three
Amount of Award:$29,467.00
A cross-disciplinary learning community aiming to equip community college faculty and staff with high degree of student-facing responsibilities with AI literacy, AI use skill competencies, and the ability to train others in new technological tools in ethical, responsible, and empowering ways.
Planning an Open-Source Application for Bootstrapping Experiential Learning Opportunities in SUNY
Dr. Robert Kukta
Stony Brook University
2024
Type of GrantIITG Tier Three
Amount of Award:$30,000.00
This effort will establish a pilot framework and build a community to develop and support open-source applications for Vertically Integrated Projects Programs within SUNY, across New York State, and beyond.
Promoting culturally competent communication in Spanish across healthcare professions: A mobile application utilizing AI conversational tools
Dr. Melissa McCarron
University at Buffalo
2024
Type of GrantIITG Tier Three
Amount of Award:$55,151.00
Development of a mobile device application that features AI-driven conversation support to promote culturally competent communication between healthcare providers and Spanish-speaking patients with Limited English Proficiency (LEP), offering new solutions to pervasive communication challenges across the health professions and innovative pedagogical approaches to language learning in specific professional domains.