Awards

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

UB engineer awarded $300K National Science Foundation grant for protein research
9/10/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. – Thanks to efforts like the Human Genome Project, scientists are unraveling the role that genes play in the development of diseases such as cancer and Alzheimer’s.
Already among “Best National Universities,” UB cracks top 10 for least student debt, according to U.S. News rankings
9/10/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. – Students who want to attend an exceptional public university that doesn’t burden them with overwhelming debt should consider the University at Buffalo, according to U.S. News and World Report.
RIA’s Gerard Connors receives prestigious national award
8/29/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Gerard Connors, PhD, senior research scientist and former director of the University at Buffalo’s Research Institute on Addictions, was recently recognized for his exemplary mentorship of promising scientists with a national award from the American Psychological Association’s Society of Addiction Psychology (SoAP).
RIA awarded five NIH grants totaling more than $6 million
8/15/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The University at Buffalo’s Research Institute on Addictions (RIA) was recently awarded more than $6 million in grants from the National Institutes of Health to fund five innovative studies that will expand knowledge on societal ramifications of drug and alcohol use.
UB joins National Science Foundation biometrics research center
8/5/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. – University at Buffalo engineers are developing a lie detector that works by tracking eye movement. They’re also pioneering innovative ways to secure fingerprint templates.
The Chronicle cites UB as ‘great college to work for’
7/30/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. – The University at Buffalo again has been recognized as a great place to work, making The Chronicle of Higher Education’s annual list of “great colleges to work for” for the sixth straight year.
UB Neurosurgery Residents Achieve Among Highest Scores on National Board Exam
7/11/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Residents in the University at Buffalo’s neurosurgery program achieved among the 10 highest scores on the American Board of Neurological Surgery (ABNS) primary examination five times over the past 21 years, according to data compiled and released by the ABNS.
University at Buffalo Alumni Association elects first out-of-town president
6/28/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. – Carol Gloff of Natick, Mass., has been elected to serve a two-year term as president of the University at Buffalo Alumni Association (UBAA), a group that represents the interests of more than 230,000 graduates around the world.
UB Fulbright Scholar Named First Doctoral Fellow in Food Systems Planning
6/27/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Fulbright scholar and climate activist Subhashni Raj, who just completed her master of urban planning at the University at Buffalo, will start her PhD at UB this fall as the first recipient of the university’s Jerome L. Kaufman Doctoral Fellowship for the study of food systems planning.
Buffalo bee tower wins award from international design magazine
6/25/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Elevator B, a steel tower that University at Buffalo students designed and built to house a colony of bees along Buffalo’s waterfront, continues to receive recognition from the international architecture community.