Undergraduate Students in the News

  • 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.

  • Jacobs School Class of 2023 Includes 6 City Honors Alumni
    12/11/19

    They spent their middle school and high school years with a firsthand view of the development of the burgeoning Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus, including the sparkling new downtown building that houses the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.

  • Dietz’s Research Offers Insight Into Cocaine, Heroin Relapse
    11/27/19

    David Dietz, PhD, associate professor and chair of pharmacology and toxicology, is senior author on a pair of papers dealing with the study of drug relapse.

  • Neuroscience Research Day Hosts 67 Presentations
    11/15/19

    Sixty-seven oral and poster presentations were showcased at the 13th annual Neuroscience Research Day of the neuroscience program and the Buffalo Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience (SfN).

  • Program Provides Directions on Path to Medical School
    11/5/19

    The importance of self-confidence was a key point stressed throughout the annual “Rx for Success: Preparing for Medical School” program held at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.

  • Undergraduate Neuroscience Major Now Available at UB
    10/31/19

    The new program, leading to a Bachelor of Science degree, was developed as a collaboration between the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and the College of Arts and Sciences.

  • Summer Research Projects Presented at Annual Event
    9/17/19

    Eighty-four student-scientists presented projects during the Ninth Annual Buffalo Summer Research Conference, an interdisciplinary forum marking the culmination of their summer research in Buffalo.

  • Jacobs School Students Lauded for Academic Excellence
    8/1/19

    Ten students in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences were honored for outstanding achievements during the University at Buffalo’s 2019 Celebration of Student Academic Excellence.

  • Rawat’s Incubator Device Replicates ‘Kangaroo Care’
    7/24/19

    Drawing on her own experience as the mother of a premature baby, Munmun Rawat, MD, research assistant professor of pediatrics in the Division of Neonatology, has developed a new incubator device that could replicate “kangaroo care” for the tiniest patients.

  • UB Awards 219 Biomedical Science Degrees; 29 Earn PhDs
    6/5/19

    Twenty-nine doctoral, 36 master’s and 154 baccalaureate candidates were eligible to receive degrees in biomedical science fields during the May commencement ceremony.

  • Jacobs Faculty Members Earn SUNY Chancellor’s Awards
    5/6/19

    Four Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences faculty members have been selected as recipients of 2019 SUNY Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence.

  • Jacobs School Establishes Medical Education Academy
    3/13/19

    The Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences has established the Medical Education and Educational Research Institute (MEERI), a comprehensive and innovative institute for advancing medical education at the University at Buffalo.