Philanthropy

The gift comes from late UB faculty member, Carl V. Granger, who was a successful entrepreneur.

UB received a gift as part of the Boldly Buffalo campaign from alumna Margie Hempling McGlynn to create the Margaret Hempling McGlynn Endowed Chair in Clinical Pharmacy.

Sunstar Group has donated $1 million to establish a new endowed fund in honor of longtime professor and prolific researcher Robert Genco.

Joseph P. Balthasar has been named the first David and Jane Chu Endowed Chair in Drug Discovery and Development in the UB School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences.

From analyzing the avocado genome to designing a stingray-inspired space exploration vehicle, here are some highlights from a year of discovery.

The customized Lincoln MKZ will help boost the university’s research enterprise in connected and autonomous vehicles.

The $1.5 million award will create the Kenneth W. Colwell Chair in Accounting and Law.

Gary Jastrzab, a Buffalo native, earned bachelor’s degrees in environmental design and sociology while attending UB.

Western New York BloodCare has awarded the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences a second grant aimed at addressing a shortage of physicians in the region who specialize in treating non-malignant blood disorders.

The award is given annually to individuals who demonstrate leadership in advancement programs, furtherance of the philanthropic tradition, and public articulation of needs, goals, and issues in education.