Social Work faculty members Kelly Patterson and Thomas Nochajski are the recipients of the Collaboration Award from the Homeless Alliance of Western New York for their research on the needs of chronically homeless women.
Stephen R. Besch, a longtime employee of the SUNY Research Foundation at UB, died Dec. 16 in his Buffalo home after a battle with brain cancer. He was 64.
The UBIT Help Center in Lockwood’s second-floor cybrary has been revamped to make UB faculty and staff’s experience with IT help faster and more efficient.
UB staff, alumni and domestic students are being recruited to serve as cultural partners for newly arrived international students during the spring 2016 semester. Participants in the International Student Mentoring Program need not know about other cultures, speak other languages or have traveled overseas.
Chunming Qiao, professor and chair of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, received the 2015 Distinguished Technical Achievement Award from the IEEE Communications Society’s Communications Switching and Routing Technical Committee.
Deborah Raines, associate professor in the School of Nursing, recently received the 2016 Elsevier Leading Stars in Education (ELSIE) Award for Excellence in Clinical Education from Elsevier.
The UB Women’s Club will hold its annual wine tasting to raise money for the Grace Capen Scholarship on Feb. 5 at the Ramada Hotel & Conference Center, 2404 North Forest Road, Getzville.
William Rapaport, associate professor emeritus, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, is the recipient of the 2015 Barwise Prize from the American Philosophical Association (APA).
Neil Dengler, director of the Office of Gift Planning in UB’s Division of Philanthropy and Alumni Engagement, has been elected president of the WNY Planned Giving Consortium for 2016.
The Department of Music is running a special ticket promotion on Jan. 29, with patrons who buy tickets for any department-sponsored concert during the spring semester receiving one complimentary ticket for every ticket purchased at full price.
Jui Hsin Wang, a biochemical researcher and Einstein Professor of Science Emeritus in the Department of Chemistry, died Jan. 17 in Canterbury Woods, Amherst, after a long illness. He was 94.
The Department of Music’s first Brown Bag Concert of the spring semester will take place at noon on Feb. 2 in Lippes Concert Hall in Slee Hall, North Campus.
“Medicaid and Estate Planning: Be Prepared,” a free series of lunchtime talks for UB employees, retirees and their families, will open on Feb. 2 with a session on basic Medicaid.
