Awards

News about awards and recognition earned by UB and members of our community. (see all topics)

Educational Opportunity Center awarded $100,000 for food pantry, additional services
12/3/25
The food pantry will address food insecurity among students, a major barrier to success.
De Jesús Báez earns Ovshinsky sustainable energy fellowship from APS
11/25/25
Assistant professor of chemistry developing materials for more efficient batteries, supercapacitors.
Amit Goyal elected Foreign Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, India
11/17/25
Established in 1930, the Academy is the oldest science academy of India.
UB professor elected to the American Pediatric Society
11/11/25
Lucy D. Mastrandrea, MD, PhD, professor of pediatrics in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, has been elected to membership in the American Pediatric Society.
UB-RIT-Wendel team wins national home design competition
11/5/25
‘California Rebuilds’ invited architects to showcase the power of passive house design in creating sustainable, fire-resilient communities.
Grants support $2.75 million effort to develop advanced recycling technologies
11/3/25
Projects include creating new uses for discarded tires, and establishing a testbed for advanced sorting technologies.
Engineering professor emphasizes importance of social and economic buy-in for renewable energy
10/17/25
Sayanti Mukherjee wins award from Department of Energy for project addressing challenges of switching from fossil fuels.
UB biophysicist to dive deeper into protein-RNA droplets with $2.1 million NIH grant
10/13/25
Award will allow Priya R. Banerjee to continue research on biomolecular condensates and their role in disease.
UB CoLab receives Outstanding Student Engagement and Leadership award
10/8/25
UB was one of 12 universities globally to be recognized by the Global Consortium for Entrepreneurship Centers.
UB pediatrics professor Steven Lipshultz named American Heart Association Distinguished Scientist
10/1/25
The designation honors members of the AHA and American Stroke Association who have made extraordinary contributions to cardiovascular, stroke and brain health research.