Awards

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

  • UB's Bruneau Wins 2012 T.R. Higgins Award from the American Institute of Steel Construction
    2/10/12
    Michel Bruneau, PhD, professor of civil, structural and environmental engineering in the University at Buffalo's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, is the 2012 recipient of the prestigious American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) T.R. Higgins Lectureship Award.
  • UB Ranked Among 'Best Values for 2012' By Princeton Review
    2/7/12
    The University at Buffalo is among the nation's top 75 "best value" public colleges and universities, according to The Princeton Review's annual national survey of American colleges and universities.
  • An Invitation to Lose Your 21st Century Western Mind
    1/10/12
    The University at Buffalo Intermedia Performance Studio, in collaboration with Buffalo's Subversive Theatre Collective, will present several free public events this weekend designed to help members of the audience not only understand, but actually experience, three very different theories of how the mind works.
  • National Institute Director Ranks UB Researcher's Work In Top Five Findings of 2011
    1/10/12
    Thomas R. Insel, MD, director of the National Institute for Mental Health of the National Institutes of Health, has selected research by a University at Buffalo professor as one of the top five most important findings of 2011. In his Director's blog on the "NIMH's Top Ten Research Advances of 2011," Insel includes at number five "Epigenomics: How Experience Alters Behavior" and references research by David Dietz, PhD, assistant professor of pharmacology and toxicology in the UB School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.
  • White House to Honor UB Alumna, Founder of Popular 'Tech-Savvy' Program for Girls at UB
    12/9/11
    When chemical engineer Tamara E. Brown launched the Tech Savvy program in Buffalo in 2004, her goal was to convince middle-school girls that they, too, could enjoy being in a science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM) field. Since then, Tech Savvy -- a program hosted at the University at Buffalo and presented by the American Association of University Women (AAUW) -- has inspired thousands of girls. As a result, Brown is headed to Washington, D.C., today (Friday, Dec. 9) where she will be honored for her efforts.
  • UB Chemistry Alumna Wins Gold Award for Dissertation Research on Nanomaterial
    12/7/11
    University at Buffalo PhD graduate Luisa Whittaker has won the Materials Research Society's (MRS) Graduate Student Gold Award, which recognizes excellence in academic achievements and materials research.
  • UB Once Again Among Top 20 U.S. Campuses in International Enrollment
    11/16/11
    The University at Buffalo is once again among the top 20 U.S. campuses with the largest enrollment of international students, according to data published by the Institute of International Education (IIE).
  • UB Executive MBA Ranked in Bloomberg Businessweek
    11/15/11
    Bloomberg Businessweek has ranked the University at Buffalo School of Management as one of the nation's best business schools in its biennial ranking of Executive MBA (EMBA) programs.
  • Financial Times Ranks UB School of Management's Executive MBA Program as One of World's Best
    10/28/11
    The University at Buffalo School of Management's Executive MBA (EMBA) program has been ranked as one of best in the world by the Financial Times.
  • UB to Celebrate International Education Week with Lectures, Performances, Films
    10/28/11
    Journalist David Bornstein, an internationally acclaimed specialist in social innovation, will be the keynote speaker for the University of Buffalo's annual celebration of International Education Week Nov. 14-18.