Tunde Szecsi of Cheektowaga, a doctoral candidate in early childhood education in the University at Buffalo Graduate School of Education, has been named recipient of an Elizabeth Breathwaite Student Leadership Award from the Association for Childhood Education International (ACEI).
Claudine Sikorski, a master of social work candidate at the University at Buffalo, has been selected as one of two recipients of the Student of the Year award presented by the New York State Social Work Education Association.
Twenty-four University at Buffalo faculty members were named on 19 patents awarded to the Research Foundation of the State University of New York (SUNY) in 2002.
Eight University at Buffalo students recently were recognized as among the most outstanding students in the State University of New York system when they received the Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence.
Harvey Breverman, SUNY Distinguished Professor in the Department of Art in the University at Buffalo's College of Arts and Sciences, has received the College Art Association's 2003 Distinguished Teaching of Art Award, presented at the association's annual meeting.
Medtronic has made a gift-in-kind of five ICB dual-chamber implantable defibrillator systems, with a total value of $150,000, to the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences for the groundbreaking cardiovascular research of John M. Canty, Jr.
The Johnson Foundation of Jamestown has given a $10,000 grant to WBFO 88.7 FM, the National Public Radio affiliate operated by UB, to be used in the digitization of its studios.
Four students at the University at Buffalo have received J. Scott Fleming Merit Awards for leadership and volunteer efforts that promote student involvement and the student experience.
James N. Jensen of East Amherst, associate professor in the Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering at the University at Buffalo, has been named director of the Center for Teaching and Learning Resources at the university.
Sebastian Ciancio, SUNY Distinguished Service Professor in the University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine, has received the 2003 Pharmacology, Therapeutics & Toxicology Research Award from the International Association for Dental Research (IADR).
