Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

The future of medicine

New residents pose together after receiving their white coats on June 26.

Welcome new physicians

The Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at UB welcomed 180 new residents at a “long white coat” ceremony on June 26. They will provide patient care under the supervision of Jacobs School faculty in Western New York’s hospitals and clinics. Photo: Douglas Levere

Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul addresses one of the first classes at the new Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.

Hochul urges students to stay

1/9/18

On the first day of classes in the new home of the Jacobs School, Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul had a message for medical students.

Ribbon-cutting ceremony at Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences during the Grand Opening on December 12, 2017.

Jacobs School’s new home officially opens

12/12/17

Sixty-four years after moving to the South Campus, the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences has returned to downtown Buffalo.

Boxes of office files roll through one of the new medical school's many glass-walled corridors.

Jacobs School begins move downtown

11/13/17

Instruction is the top priority for the “thoughtfully coordinated move.”

Close up detail of public art "Gut Flora" by Shasti O’Leary-Soudant

Public art with a biomedical twist

9/15/17

“Gut Flora,” a new public art installation, has taken up permanent residence in the Metro Rail station inside the new medical school building.

Realizing the vision

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First-year student Blake Kruger and Adam Siedlecki, a second-year student and orientation committee member, get ready to cut bamboo at the Kevin Guest House on Ellicott Street.

First-year student Mary O'Hehir cleans up in the raised tomato beds at the Pelion Community Garden on Best Street.

First-year students (from left) Alex Hollenberg, Allison Gardella and Amit Bhambhani cut bamboo at the Kevin Guest House.

First-year student Jenna Betz adds hangers to a closet at the Kevin Guest House.

First-year student Thomas Barbaccia mows the grass at the Fruit Belt Coalition on Mulberry Street.

From left: Second-year student Ilana Selli, a member of the orientation committee, and first-year student Neneyo Emmanuel Mate-Kole clean up and water at the Pelion Community Garden.

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Pitching in

Nearly half of the incoming class at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences took part in the annual Medical Student Day of Service last Saturday. The students performed a variety of tasks, including tending gardens, creating a play yard for children and transforming an empty lot in the neighborhood near the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus and in University Heights. Photos: Sandra Kicman

Published August 9, 2018

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South campus panoramic featuring Hayes Hall

South Campus remains a priority

9/12/17

While the spotlight has been on construction of the new medical school building, the plan to revitalize UB's historic campus is moving ahead.

The move downtown

9/12/17

With the new home of the UB medical school set to open this fall, Dean Michael Cain talks about the move and his goals for the school in the coming years.

Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Science building under construction, August 2017

In the home stretch

9/11/17

With faculty and staff preparing to move in later this fall, crews are focused on the final stretch of work on the new home of UB's medical school.

After being coated, the students recite the Oath of Medicine

UB welcomes largest med school class

8/15/17

The white coat ceremony marked an institutional milestone, as well as a personal milestone for the new students.

Brian Koyn grinds years of rust off the newly discovered lantern

Twin torches together again

4/24/17

A historic long-lost lantern will be reunited with its mate when the new building for the medical school opens its doors later this year.

Terra cotta facade for med school nod to history

Terra cotta façade a nod to history

11/18/16

The 28,006 terra cotta panels being installed on the new medical school building reflect Buffalo's architectural past.

Milestone for medical school

3/22/16

One of the final beams was hoisted on top of the downtown structure, signaling the end of the steel construction phase.

Historic gift

9/14/15

UB will name its medical school the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences in recognition of a $30 million gift to the school from Jeremy M. Jacobs, his wife Margaret and their family.

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