Undergraduate Students in the News

  • 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.

  • 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.