Students Earn Awards for Academic Excellence

The awardees were among students from disciplines across the university who were awarded — or nominated for — national, State University of New York (SUNY) and UB awards.

This year, the ceremony was conducted virtually.

Benjamin Rein, a doctoral student of physiology and biophysics in the neuroscience program, was honored with three awards.

Rein took first place for both the UB Three Minute Thesis Award and the UB Sigma Xi “Companions in Zealous Research” Award.

He also captured a UB Excellence in Research, Scholarship and Creativity Award in the graduate division.

Other awards were:

• Daniela R. Falcone, biochemistry
• Arsh Issany, biomedical sciences
• Jillian P. O’Shaughnessy, biotechnology
• Alyssa Reese, biomedical sciences

• Jacqueline Hannan, biomedical engineering (nominee)

• Hailey Kilian, biomedical engineering (nominee)

• Liz-Audrey Djomnang Kounatse, biomedical engineering (nominee)
• Molly Martin, pharmacology and toxicology, neuroscience program (nominee)
  
• Briana Santo, computational cell biology, anatomy and pathology (nominee)

• Ronique Fletcher, biomedical sciences
• Nabeel Rahman, biomedical sciences

• Gursimran Sood, biomedical sciences

Due to COVID-19, this year’s celebration was conducted virtually.

“Your commitment to excel, even now, in the face of challenging circumstances, inspires all of us in your UB family. While these circumstances require us to celebrate you in a manner different than we had anticipated, please know that throughout this time of flux, my pride in you remains constant,” said UB President Satish K. Tripathi.

“I’m so gratified to know that you are pushing the boundaries of scholarly research, making new discoveries, and ultimately accomplishing what you set out to do through dedication and hard work,” Tripathi added.