Awards

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

Why do women develop cerebral aneurysms at a higher rate than men?
9/29/23
Rosalind Lai, MD, assistant professor of neurosurgery, has been awarded the CNS Foundation/CV Section Young Investigator Grant for her research on cerebral aneurysms.
What happens when an earthquake hits a building already damaged by coastal flooding?
9/19/23
With more buildings affected by sea level rise, NSF awards $2 million to UB researchers and partners to assess at-risk communities in Hawai’i, elsewhere.
UB names Beautiful Brains no. 1 business in Fast 46 competition
9/19/23
The Fast 46 competition is named in honor of UB’s founding in 1846; its mission is to recognize successful businesses led or owned by UB alumni or former students.
Media Advisory: Ceremony to celebrate growth in student entrepreneurship at UB
9/19/23
Blackstone LaunchPad will be rebranded and expand into new space in the Student Union.
13 WNY-based startups have ‘graduated’ from UB’s Cultivator, with more to come next week
9/12/23
The support program provides critical mentorship and funding for promising startups.
UB’s Destination Dental School receives second award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine
9/1/23
This marks the second year that the program has received this award.
Forbes ranks UB among top employers in New York State
8/28/23
UB is ranked 12th in the state; it's also No. 1 among public universities and one of the top university employers overall in the state.
UB professor, partners awarded $300,000 to boost women in STEM
8/23/23
Matilde Sánchez-Peña and partners will study why, despite 20 years of investment, woman make up only 20% of engineering students and tenure-track faculty.
NYS awards UB law clinic $100k to support community legal needs
8/21/23
The clinic focuses on unemployment benefits issues, protecting the civil rights of veterans, examining possible civil responses to racially motivated violence and more.
UB’s Dandona receives lifetime achievement award for research on low testosterone, diabetes and obesity
8/21/23
Dandona was recognized for his breadth of research on the connection between testosterone deficiency and the possible onset of Type 2 diabetes.