Awards

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

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.
UB Libraries opens new poetry award to college students across WNY
4/26/18
The University at Buffalo Libraries and riverrun have established the riverrun Summer Research Program in the Poetry Collection, a new award that aims to advance the study of poetry in Western New York.
UB tops Mid-American Conference in green power usage
4/25/18
UB beat its conference rivals by using more than 219 million kilowatt-hours (kWh) of green power, representing 100 percent of the school’s annual electricity use.
UB pharmaceutical researcher receives $500,000 NSF CAREER award
4/24/18
Juliane Nguyen, University at Buffalo assistant professor of pharmaceutical sciences, received a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER award, the agency’s most prestigious honor for early-career faculty.
UB receives $1.1 million to improve study of Zika, dengue, HIV, hepatitis and other viruses in Jamaica
4/24/18
The University at Buffalo has received a $1.1 million award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Fogarty International Center to lead the training of 15 scientists from Jamaica and the Caribbean in viral infection research.
Open House will highlight UB students’ research in addiction sciences
4/17/18
The UB Research Institute on Addictions will host its third Student Research in Addiction Sciences Open House on April 25 to showcase the collaborative addictions research work conducted across many disciplines at UB.
From retrieving precious metals to improving MRIs, four UB projects land new R&D funding
4/16/18
The projects will receive a total of $134,000 from UB’s Bruce Holm Memorial Catalyst Fund.
Urban Affairs Association honors UB’s Taylor for scholarship that makes an impact
4/12/18
Henry Louis Taylor, Jr. has been named the recipient of the 2018 Marilyn J. Gittell Activist Scholar Award, which recognizes the work of activist urban scholars.