The faculty members listed below will be celebrated at a Faculty Recognition Reception in November 2026.

The President Emeritus and Mrs. Meyerson Award for Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching and Mentoring (the Meyerson Award) was established through a generous gift by the late UB President Emeritus Martin Meyerson and his wife, Margy Ellen, to recognize exceptional teaching and mentoring at the university. It is the highest university award given specifically for undergraduate mentoring.

Faculty members who provide the guidance and support needed to help undergraduate students develop the skills necessary for research, creativity, critical thinking and innovation are eligible to be nominated for the award.

Like the Meyersons, we believe that the best undergraduate creative experiences are collaborative, encourage student autonomy and responsibility, and create strong mentoring relationships with faculty.

Only tenure track or tenured faculty are eligible to be nominated. Clinical faculty are not eligible.

The Excellence in Graduate Student Mentoring Award (EGSMA) is given on an annual basis, to a member of the UB Graduate Faculty.

Excellence may be demonstrated by advising and mentoring that encourages the best possible performance from students; assisting unlikely or superficially unpromising students through to successful degree completion and subsequent career placement; supporting students in publishing their research and scholarships; and exemplary efforts and success with student placements. These criteria are not meant to be exhaustive, but instead to suggest activities that might be demonstrated in a nomination package.

To be eligible, nominees should be members of the UB Graduate Faculty and have held faculty appointment at UB for at least five years.

The recipient of this award will be nominated by the Graduate School for the “Geoffrey Marshall Mentoring Award,” administered by the Northeastern Association of Graduate Schools.

The Distinguished Postdoc Mentor Award is awarded on an annual basis to faculty members who excel in the mentoring of postdoctoral scholars. A good mentor teaches their mentees and serves as an advocate, advisor, and positive role model during direct training and most often, in the following years.

Nominations must be made by a postdoctoral scholar at UB or Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center and are limited to one nomination per postdoc, per year.  

The Distinguished Postdoc Mentor Award recognizes mentors who excel in mentoring postdoctoral scholars through support, encouragement,
and promotion of your research training, professional and personal development, and career goals