Awards

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

Lee Foundation grants aim to train, retain UB psychology and psychiatry students in Western New York
6/1/18
The awards will benefit Western New York, where there is a lack of mental health professionals and treatment resources.
UB, Sacred Heart students partner to win national health innovation competition
5/30/18
Students from the 蜜桃传媒 School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Buffalo Academy of the Sacred Heart’s STEM Honors Cohort were awarded first place in the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy’s (AACP) 2018 Pharm4Me Innovation Challenge.
Students awarded Fulbrights, will travel to Brazil, Finland and Singapore
5/29/18
Other study abroad scholarship recipients to focus on foreign language, cultural exploration.
UB, Roswell and Rochester to lead $47 million effort to advance drug discovery in Upstate New York
5/24/18
The Empire Discovery Institute will support commercialization of drug candidates discovered at the three institutions.
Buffalo science education initiative a winner in national STEM Coalition Challenge
5/18/18
The Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Partnership will receive a share of the competition’s $1 million award.
The Medical Society of the State of New York has awarded Nancy Nielsen its highest honor
5/18/18
The Medical Society of the State of New York has awarded Nancy Nielsen its highest honor
UB faculty member to receive award from New York chapter of the ACP
5/16/18
John Fudyma, division chief of general internal medicine and associate professor of medicine, will receive the Laureate Award of the New York Chapter of the American College of Physicians.
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences building wins public architecture award
5/16/18
The $375 million, 628,000-square-foot building officially opened in December.
UB cancer drug spinoff For-Robin marks major milestone on road to clinical trials
5/7/18
The company has been selected to join the National Cancer Institute’s NExT Program, which will partner with For-Robin to advance the firm’s novel cancer therapy.
Graduate School of Education earns Cullen Grant to cultivate better teachers
5/3/18
The grant will support a UB program to cultivate a “racially, ethnically, linguistically diverse teaching force” in the city’s schools.