Graduate Student Awardees

Congratulations to our graduate student awardees, some of which are featured on this page.

Spotlight

  • Alexander Bivolcic, UB Math Graduate Student, Wins Excellence in Teaching Award
    5/2/25
    The Department of Mathematics is pleased to announce that Alexander Bivolcic has been awarded the University at Buffalo's 2025 Excellence in Teaching Award for Graduate Student Teaching Assistants.
  • Hakan Doga and Dustin Deutsch win the 2021 UB Mathematics Graduate Student Teaching Award
    4/27/21
    The University Department of Mathematics is pleased to announce that  Dustin Deutsch and Hakan Doga are the winners of our 2021 Graduate Student Teaching Award. The honor recognizes outstanding performance in teaching by the graduate student recipient.
  • Linda Alegria, UB Math Graduate Student, wins Excellence in Teaching Award
    4/25/22
    The Department of Mathematics is pleased to announce that Linda Alegria has been awarded the University at Buffalo's 2022 Excellence in Teaching Award for Graduate Student Teaching Assistants. The award was presented at a luncheon in April, with Satish Tripathi, UB President, and Robin Schulze, CAS Dean, in attendance.
  • Destiny Diaz wins NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Award
    9/8/25
    The University at Buffalo Department of Mathematics is pleased to announce that Destiny Diaz has won the National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship Award. The prestigious award is one of the most competitive and respected scientific fellowships in the U.S.  Diaz is completing a BS in mathematics with a minor in Spanish. Diaz received 2019 SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence. A Buffalo native, she is a member of the University Honors College and a Prosperity Fellow. The NSF Graduate Research Fellowship will support her pursuit of graduate study in biostatistics at UB. The award provides three years of financial support within a five-year fellowship period, which amounts to a $34,000 annual stipend and $12,000 cost-of-education allowance to the graduate institution.