The following is a listing of UB faculty/staff who previously received SUNY and UB awards that are included in the Celebration of Academic Excellence ceremony.
In recognition of exceptional faculty merit, the State University of New York Board of Trustees designates leading State University faculty members as Distinguished Professors. This rank is accorded to faculty who have distinguished their campus and State University communities through outstanding academic contributions, including scholarly publications, national and international research presentations, research findings, and the training of students. The State University of New York Board of Trustees grant Distinguished Teaching Professorships to faculty members whose pedagogical accomplishments are extraordinary. The State University of New York Board of Trustees award Distinguished Service Professorships to those whose outstanding academic careers have included a particular focus on serving the university and its larger constituencies.
| Honoree | Award Date |
| Stelios Andreadis | 3-22-18 |
Giuseppe Andres | 8-19-91 |
Rajan Batta | 11-15-13 |
Charles Bernstein | 9-24-02 |
Guyora Binder | 05-10-11 |
Gregory Breit | 1968 |
Harvey Breverman | 03-23-99 |
Frank V. Bright | 11-18-08 |
| Michel Bruneau | 11-15-18 |
B. Richard Bugelski | 1969 |
| Anthony Campagnari | 3-20-19 |
John M. Canty, Jr. | 5-6-15 |
Douglas H. Clements | 03-11-08 |
Tony S. Conrad | 05-10-11 |
Michael C. Constantinou | 11-6-14 |
Joan K. Copjec | 3-24-09 |
Philip Coppens | 04-29-92 |
Robert Creeley | 4-24-89 |
Anne B. Curtis | 05-04-16 |
Paresh Dandona | 5-10-12 |
Jonathan S. Dewald | 5-3-17 |
Colin G. Drury | 03-20-07 |
Margarita L. Dubocovich | 5-7-14 |
Stephen L. Dyson | 05-04-16 |
John Eccles | 9-1-68 |
Isaac Ehrlich | 03-13-06 |
Leonard H. Epstein | 05-11-10 |
Marvin Farber | 1964 |
Leon Farhi | 2-22-89 |
Raymond Federman | 3-29-90 |
David C. Felder | 11-18-08 |
Irving Feldman | 10-12-89 |
Leslie A. Fiedler | 3-5-87 |
Francis Fincham | 9-24-02 |
Jeremy D. Finn | 11-15-13 |
| Steven J. Fliesler | 3-22-18 |
Jerold C. Frakes | 5-7-14 |
Joseph A. Gardella Jr. | 11-15-13 |
James A Gardner | 05-10-11 |
Rodolphe Gasche | 11-27-07 |
Francis M. Gasparini | 12-05-12 |
Robert J. Genco | 09-28-89 |
| Gary Giovino | 3-20-19 |
Rene Girard | 1971 |
Venugopal Govindaraju | 11-17-10 |
Jorge J. E. Gracia | 04-25-95 |
Bruce A. Holm | 11-18-08 |
Suk-ki Hong | 12-21-94 |
L. Nelson Hopkins III | 12-05-12 |
George Hourani | 1982 |
Susan Howe | 09-24-02 |
Georg G. Iggers | 11-28-78 |
Bruce H. Jackson | 02-01-90 |
Oliver Jones | 1966 |
William J. Jusko | 11-18-08 |
Paul R. Knight III | 05-07-13 |
David A. Kofke | 12-05-12 |
Daniel J. Kosman | 05-07-13 |
Eckhard Krotscheck | 11-15-13 |
George C. Lee | 03-20-07 |
Gerhard Levy | 1972 |
Philip LoVerde | 03-16-04 |
Claes E.G. Lundgren | 11-27-07 |
David M. Mark | 03-20-07 |
Bruce D. McCombe | 09-25-01 |
| Errol Meidinger | 11-15-18 |
Felix Milgrom | 04-22-81 |
Cristanne C. Miller | 05-10-11 |
Vladimir Mitin | 03-11-08 |
Marilyn E. Morris | 05-04-16 |
Gene D. Morse | 11-6-14 |
Timothy F. Murphy | 05-10-11 |
Makau W. Mutua | 03-20-07 |
George H. Nancollas | 09-28-89 |
Raoul Naroll | 1979 |
Mulchand S. Patel | 11-18-08 |
William E. Pelham Jr. | 11-18-08 |
Paras N. Prasad | 03-25-97 |
Chunming Qiao | 5-3-17 |
Dean Pruitt | 11-16-89 |
Hermann Rahn | 1972 |
| John Richard | 3-20-19 |
Peter A. Rogerson | 5-10-12 |
Eli Ruckenstein | 09-01-81 |
Stephen Rudin | 03-11-08 |
Frederick Sachs | 11-27-07 |
Richard Salvi | 11-22-11 |
Barry Smith | 03-16-04 |
Tsu-Teh Soong | 03-16-04 |
Sargur N. Srihari | 03-25-97 |
Edward H. Steinfeld | 5-10-12 |
Esther S. Takeuchi | 11-17-09 |
Dennis E. Tedlock | 09-24-02 |
John E. Tomaszewski | 5-3-17 |
Maurizio Trevisan | 11-27-07 |
David J. Triggle | 05-24-89 |
Jean Wactawski-Wende | 11-05-15 |
Lois M. Weis | 11-28-06 |
Leendert Westerink | 1974 |
| Andrew S. Whittaker | 3-22-18 |
| Zhen Yan | 3-22-18 |
Aidong Zhang | 5-7-14 |
| Honoree | Award Date |
Selig Adler | 1975 |
Sebastian G. Ciancio | 06-19-01 |
James Coover | 4-29-92 |
Alan Drinnan | 5-14-94 |
Saul Elkin | 04-24-96 |
David M. Engel | 04-20-04 |
Charles P. Ewing | 04-29-03 |
Newton Garver | 04-25-91 |
Peter H. Hare | 11-07-97 |
Thomas E. Headrick | 05-28-93 |
John T. Ho | 04-25-95 |
Kenneth Inada | 4-22-92 |
D. Bruce Johnstone | 04-12-05 |
Robert Ketter | 1988 |
Virginia Leary | 7-29-93 |
Mark J. Lema | 05-04-16 |
Murray Levine | 04-25-95 |
Oren R. Lyons | 05-28-06 |
Dennis Malone | 4-25-91 |
Lynn M. Mather | 05-07-13 |
Norman Mohl | 4-25-00 |
James P. Nolan | 04-24-96 |
Charles V. Paganelli | 11-07-97 |
John F. Quinan | 04-12-05 |
H. Raghavendra Rao | 05-11-10 |
Robert Rossberg | 7-19-90 |
Norman Solkoff | 1990 |
Claude E. Welch | 04-24-89 |
Wolfgang Wölck | 05-29-98 |
Henry Woodburn | 1972 |
| Ezra B.W. Zubrow | 11-15-17 |
| Honoree | Award Date |
James B. Atleson | 04-30-01 |
Jim D. Atwood | 11-15-13 |
Beverly P. Bishop | 04-29-92 |
Harold Brody | 04-25-95 |
Alexander C. Brownie | 05-28-93 |
Kay-Kyung Cho | 05-14-94 |
Diane R. Christian | 11-07-97 |
| Christopher S. Cohan | 3-22-18 |
Robert J. Daly | 05-01-90 |
Charles H. V. Ebert | 04-24-89 |
Murray J. Ettinger | 05-24-89 |
J. Ronald Gentile | 5-29-98 |
Reid R. Heffner Jr. | 5-4-16 |
Clyde F. Herreid | 09-01-88 |
Perry M. Hogan | 04-24-96 |
Ronald J. Huefner | 05-28-93 |
Kenneth F. Joyce | 04-24-96 |
Mark H. Karwan | 05-11-10 |
Carl R.F. Lund | 5-31-07 |
Roger W. Mayne | 04-30-01 |
James E. McConnell | 06-20-00 |
John A. Meacham | 04-27-99 |
Elizabeth B. Mensch | 04-20-04 |
Charles E. Mitchell | 04-20-04 |
Joseph C. Mollendorf | 05-04-16 |
Mirdza E. Neiders | 04-23-02 |
Jerry M. Newman | 04-27-99 |
Russell J. Nisengard | 04-25-91 |
Johannes M. Nitsche | 11-6-14 |
John J. Peradotto | 05-01-90 |
William J. Rae | 04-25-00 |
Gerald R. Rising | 10-16-86 |
Joyce E. Sirianni | 04-29-92 |
Kenneth J. Takeuchi | 5-13-08 |
Warren H. Thomas | 09-01-77 |
Joseph J. Zambon | 5-13-08 |
In 2002, the State University of New York announced the creation of the Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities, designed to recognize outstanding academic and creative achievements across a broad spectrum of scholarly and artistic fields. Recipients of the Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities are university faculty members who consistently go above and beyond their teaching and professional duties to make extraordinary contributions to their respective fields.
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The State University of New York announced the inauguration of the Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Faculty Service in 2004. This honor acknowledges faculty who have made sustained and wide-ranging service contributions to a broad array of university constituents. Recipients of the Award for Excellence in Faculty Service have distinguished themselves through exceptional service to the university and to their communities, as well as to their disciplinary, professional, and faculty governance organizations at the statewide, national, and international levels.
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Recipients of the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, instituted by State University of New York chancellor Ernest L. Boyer in 1973, have demonstrated outstanding teaching ability through superb classroom performance. They are scholars who bring to their classes broad academic interests, rigorous and innovative teaching methodology, and current, far-reaching knowledge. Their concern for students is evidenced by the individual attention they accord each student and by their commitment to helping students to enhance their scholarly and creative abilities and to attain academic excellence.
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The State University of New York announced the inauguration of the Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Adjunct Teaching in 2013. The Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Adjunct Teaching recognizes consistently superior teaching by adjunct faculty at the graduate, undergraduate, or professional level. Recipients of this award have demonstrated outstanding support for intellectual growth of individual students and the use of relevant contemporary data from their disciplines in their teaching. This recognition is a system-wide acknowledgment of the contributions and dedication to high quality education by adjunct teaching faculty.
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The Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Librarianship, first awarded in 1977, is presented to honor exceptional skill-both professional and scholarly-in librarianship. The Award in Librarianship pays tribute to noteworthy contributions to the library profession and extraordinary service to the university.
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Introduced in 1977, the Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Professional Service honors members of the professional staff whose extraordinary service contributions have significantly enriched the university. The Award in Professional Service is presented to professional staff members who serve energetically, innovatively, and knowledgeably in their fields.
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Established in 2008, the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Classified Service gives employees in the Classified Services system-wide recognition of exceptional achievements and superior performance of duties. The award in classified service honors those employees who continuously demonstrate outstanding achievement, commitment to excellence, and exemplary customer service.
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Created through an initiative of the State University of New York Office of International Programs in 2003, the Chancellor's Award for Internationalization recognizes and helps sponsor outstanding faculty and staff efforts that enable students to gain valuable academic experiences in parts of the world that are not commonly visited or studied. In supporting the development of unique overseas learning opportunities, the Award for Internationalization honors exceptional contributions to fostering international cultural and educational exchange.
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The Office of the Provost created the rank of UB Distinguished Professor to honor full professors who have achieved national or international recognition as experts in their fields of study. UB Distinguished Professors are members of the faculty who have been full professors for a minimum of five years with a demonstrated record of excellence in artistic or scholarly contributions.
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The Exceptional Scholar Award for Sustained Achievement was created by the University at Buffalo in 2002 to honor outstanding professional achievement that has been focused on a particular body of work over a number of years. This award was created to recognize an unprecedented accomplishment in a senior scholar's career, distinguishing a body of work of enduring importance that has gone beyond the norm in a particular field of study.
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Introduced in 2002, the University at Buffalo’s Exceptional Scholar Award for Young Investigators celebrates a recent superior achievement of a scholar in his/her field of study. Such an achievement will have distinguished the recipient as an up-and-coming scholar, as well as earned the individual acclaim for his/her work, which could be a published work or other scholastic or artistic endeavor.
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Established to honor exceptional educational pedagogy, UB’s Award for Teaching Innovation was created in 2003 to recognize faculty who have contributed significantly to engaging students with new methods and approaches to teaching. The award recognizes faculty members whose innovative teaching methods have a demonstrable effect on enhancing student learning-outcomes.
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The UB Distinguished Postdoc Mentoring Award was established in 2009 to recognize UB faculty members who excel in the mentoring of postdoctoral scholars, and to highlight the importance of effective and intentional mentoring of postdocs.
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The Excellence in Graduate Student Mentoring Award, established by UB's Graduate School in 2011, annually honors and publicly recognizes exceptional excellence in faculty mentoring of graduate students at UB. Award recipients are faculty members who have demonstrated outstanding and sustained support and development of graduate students from course completion through research and subsequent career placement. Nominees for the award must be current members of the UB Graduate Faculty and have held faculty appointment at UB for at least five years.
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This award, which was established in the spring of 2011, recognizes the outstanding faculty mentorship that currently exists at UB and seeks to encourage further faculty commitment to and participation in the undergraduate research and creative experience.
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