Undergraduate Students in the News

  • Cohan Named 2022 SUNY Online Teaching Ambassador
    2/16/22

    Christopher S. Cohan, PhD, SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor of pathology and anatomical sciences, has been named a SUNY Online Teaching Ambassador for 2022.

  • Highest Honor for Undergrad Mentoring at UB Goes to Clark
    2/13/22

    Stewart Clark, PhD, has been named one of two awardees of the 2021-22 President Emeritus and Mrs. Meyerson Award for Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching and Mentoring.

  • Dubocovich to Receive ASPET’s Julius Axelrod Award
    1/13/22

    The American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET) has announced that Margarita L. Dubocovich, PhD, SUNY Distinguished Professor of pharmacology and toxicology, is the recipient of the 2022 Julius Axelrod Award in Pharmacology.

  • Incoming Undergraduate Biomedical Students Embraced
    9/29/21

    More than 200 freshman and transfer students in the undergraduate biomedical education program were welcomed to campus as part of the first-ever Undergraduate Academic Spotlight Day Aug. 27 on UB’s South Campus.

  • Students Present Their Summer Research Projects
    9/13/21

    Forty-three student-scientists presented projects during the 10th Annual Buffalo Summer Research Conference, an interdisciplinary forum marking the culmination of their summer research in Buffalo.

  • Medical Students, Community Benefit From Day of Service
    8/12/21

    Incoming first-year medical students at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences enjoyed the opportunity to make improvements to the community and get to know their classmates during the seventh annual UB Medical Student Day of Service.

  • UB Awards 278 Biomedical Science Degrees; 33 Earn PhDs
    6/7/21

    Thirty-three doctoral, 61 master’s and 184 baccalaureate candidates were eligible to receive degrees in biomedical science fields during the May commencement ceremony.

  • Neuroscience Research Day Features 48 Presentations
    5/17/21

    Forty-eight oral and poster presentations were showcased at the 14th annual Buffalo Neuroscience Research Day of the neuroscience program and the Buffalo Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience (SfN).

  • Jacobs School Students Chosen for LaunchPad Fellowships
    4/14/21

    The honors continue for Limitless Medical Technologies (LMT), a University at Buffalo startup which produces a leak-sensing film that works with an app to monitor patients who have had intestinal repairs.

  • Study Grasps How Certain Brain Diseases Arise
    1/28/21

    Research by Gabriela K. Popescu, PhD, professor of biochemistry, has revealed that the absence of a single interaction within a brain receptor reduces its activity. The discovery advances the understanding of how certain brain diseases arise, and could lead to developing precision medicines for treating them.

  • Magazine Recognizes UB’s Biosciences Diversity Program
    10/28/20

    CLIMB, an innovative and comprehensive diversity program at the University at Buffalo that provides intensive mentoring experiences for biosciences students from undergraduate through postdoctoral levels, has received an award from INSIGHT into Diversity magazine.

  • Plesur, Accessibility Awards Go to Jacobs School Faculty
    9/14/20

    Three Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences faculty members have been recognized by the University at Buffalo undergraduate Student Association for their commitment and dedication to students.

  • Students Earn Awards for Academic Excellence
    8/24/20

    Thirteen students in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences were honored for outstanding achievements at the University at Buffalo’s 2020 Celebration of Student Academic Excellence.

  • UB Awards 277 Biomedical Science Degrees
    5/21/20

    Twenty-seven doctoral, 58 master’s and 192 baccalaureate candidates were eligible to receive degrees in biomedical science fields during the May 17 virtual commencement ceremony.