Awards

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

  • Center for the Arts Video Production Group Nominated for 2012 New York Emmy Award
    3/5/12
    The Center for the Arts Video Production Group at the University at Buffalo has been nominated for a 2012 New York Emmy Award. The honor recognizes a promotional video on the Buffalo Philharmonic Youth Concert Series produced by the Center for the Arts Video Production Group and UB's Division of Student Affairs.
  • UB's Ann McElroy Receives Major Award from Society for Applied Anthropology
    3/1/12
    Ann McElroy, PhD, associate professor of anthropology at the University at Buffalo, will receive the Society for Applied Anthropology's 2012 Sol Tax Distinguished Service Award in recognition of "long term and truly distinguished service to the Society."
  • UB's Steegmann to Receive 2012 Franz Boas Award from Human Biology Association
    2/29/12
    The Human Biology Association (HBA) has announced that A. Theodore Steegmann Jr., PhD, professor emeritus of anthropology at the University at Buffalo, is the recipient of its 2012 Franz Boas Distinguished Achievement Award.
  • Second-Year MBAs Capture Top Spot in Case Competition
    2/28/12
    A team of four MBA students in the University at Buffalo School of Management will share a $2,000 prize as winners of the 16th annual UB MBA Case Competition.
  • UB Professor Played Key Role in Developing Evidence-Based Guidelines for Preventing and Treating Blood Clots
    2/24/12
    A University at Buffalo faculty member has played an important role in the development of new, national guidelines for the prevention and treatment of blood clots (deep vein thromboses and pulmonary embolisms) that have been published by the American College of Chest Physicians.
  • UB Architects Win International Competition With Plan to Give Old Strip Malls Back To the People
    2/23/12
    Two faculty members in the University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning have won an international design competition with their proposal that the public be given free rein to take over derelict strip mall sites like Buffalo's Central Park Plaza and design and build their own urban communities in a manner that would be, they say, "not unlike the settling of the American frontier."
  • Work By Award-winning UB Architect to Be Featured at International Garden Festival
    2/22/12
    "Buoyant," a garden installation designed by Laura Garofalo, assistant professor of architecture in the University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning, has been selected by an international jury to be featured at the 13th International Garden Festival of Les Jardin de Metis (also known as Redford Gardens), in Quebec, Canada, June 23 to Sept. 30.
  • On Being A Black Lawyer (OBABL) Names Makau Mutua One of the Most Influential Black Attorneys in the U.S.
    2/21/12
    On Being a Black Lawyer (OBABL) recently selected the 100 most influential black attorneys in the United States. The University at Buffalo Law School is very pleased to announce that Dean Makau Mutua has been named to this exceptional group.
  • Quiet Carpets and Fiberglass Formation: UB Students Solve Engineering Problems to Win Knovel University Challenge
    2/14/12
    Two University at Buffalo students know all about why your footfalls echo more loudly on bare floors than on those that are carpeted. They also know the melting point of nylon 6, the density of high-volume fly ash concrete, and the uses for methyl ethyl ketone peroxide. Correct answers to questions about these topics (and more like them) helped the two UB students place very highly in the 2011 Knovel University Challenge.
  • UB's Beth Tauke Takes Top Housing Industry Prize for Home for Baby Boomers
    2/10/12
    A concept home designed with the help of Beth Tauke, associate professor of architecture in the University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning, has received a coveted 2012 Best of 50+ Housing Award from the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Housing Council for a home that meets the physical needs and lifestyle of baby boomers.