Awards

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

UB, Roswell and Rochester to lead $47 million effort to advance drug discovery in Upstate New York
5/24/18
The Empire Discovery Institute will support commercialization of drug candidates discovered at the three institutions.
Buffalo science education initiative a winner in national STEM Coalition Challenge
5/18/18
The Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Partnership will receive a share of the competition’s $1 million award.
The Medical Society of the State of New York has awarded Nancy Nielsen its highest honor
5/18/18
The Medical Society of the State of New York has awarded Nancy Nielsen its highest honor
UB faculty member to receive award from New York chapter of the ACP
5/16/18
John Fudyma, division chief of general internal medicine and associate professor of medicine, will receive the Laureate Award of the New York Chapter of the American College of Physicians.
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences building wins public architecture award
5/16/18
The $375 million, 628,000-square-foot building officially opened in December.
UB cancer drug spinoff For-Robin marks major milestone on road to clinical trials
5/7/18
The company has been selected to join the National Cancer Institute’s NExT Program, which will partner with For-Robin to advance the firm’s novel cancer therapy.
Graduate School of Education earns Cullen Grant to cultivate better teachers
5/3/18
The grant will support a UB program to cultivate a “racially, ethnically, linguistically diverse teaching force” in the city’s schools.
Neuroscientists receive grant to study shuttling proteins
5/2/18
Two researchers in UB's Research Institute on Addictions will expand on their work exploring the brain’s endocannabinoid system as a result of a two-year, $427,000 grant award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
Three engineers receive coveted NSF CAREER awards
5/1/18
The grants bring UB’s total to five this year, a sign the university is recruiting top-flight early-career faculty.
UB announces $650 million Boldly Buffalo campaign
4/30/18
The University at Buffalo today launches a fundraising campaign that is the largest in university history and the largest in the history of the State University of New York system.