Undergraduate Students in the News

  • Researchers Present Findings at Experimental Biology Event
    7/27/18

    Researchers and their mentors in the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology were honored for their in-depth studies presented at the 2018 Experimental Biology meeting and related forums.

  • Lung-on-a-Chip Technology Simulates Pulmonary Fibrosis
    7/20/18

    Research by Ruogang Zhao, PhD, assistant professor of biomedical engineering, could streamline the drug-testing process for treatment of pulmonary fibrosis.

  • UB Awards 235 Biomedical Science Degrees; 20 Earn PhDs
    5/25/18

    Twenty doctoral, 42 master’s and 173 baccalaureate candidates were eligible to receive degrees in biomedical science fields during the May commencement ceremony.

  • Students’ Addiction Sciences Research Presented at RIA
    5/24/18

    Eight students presented on their experience in laboratories from within the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences during UB’s Research Institute on Addiction’s (RIA) third annual Student Research in Addiction Sciences Open House.

  • SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence Bestowed
    5/2/18

    Three Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences students are among the 15 UB students who received the 2018 SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence.

  • Dubocovich Receives Inaugural ACNP Minority Mentoring Award
    1/10/18

    Margarita L. Dubocovich, PhD, SUNY Distinguished Professor of pharmacology and toxicology and senior associate dean for diversity and inclusion, has been awarded the inaugural Dolores Shockley Minority Mentoring Award from the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP).

  • Students Highlight Projects During 2017 Summer Research Day
    9/8/17

    Seventy-six student-scientists presented projects during the 2017 Buffalo Summer Research Day, an interdisciplinary forum marking the culmination of their summer research in Buffalo.

  • Hoste Recognized for Research Involving Antidepressant Drugs
    9/1/17

    Allen Hoste, working under the guidance of mentor Tracey A. Ignatowski, PhD, assistant professor of pathology and anatomical sciences, tied for first place in the undergraduate poster award at the New York Pharmacology Society (NYPS) sixth annual scientific meeting.

  • Academic Excellence Ceremony Recognizes Students’ Achievements
    8/28/17

    Thirteen students in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences were honored for outstanding achievements at the University at Buffalo’s 2017 Celebration of Student Academic Excellence.

  • 38 PhDs Among 249 Biomedical Science Graduates
    6/5/17

    Thirty-eight doctoral, 28 master’s and 183 baccalaureate candidates were eligible to receive degrees in biomedical science fields during the May commencement ceremony.

  • Research Shows Role of Mechanical Signaling in Myelination
    7/6/16

    UB researchers led by M. Laura Feltri, MD, professor of biochemistry and neurology, have discovered that mechanical forces play a critical role in the formation of myelin.

  • Students’ Achievements Recognized at Academic Excellence Ceremony
    6/14/16

    Three students in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences were honored for outstanding achievements at the University at Buffalo’s 2016 Celebration of Student Academic Excellence.

  • UB Awards 225 Biomedical Science Degrees; 25 Earn PhDs
    5/31/16

    Twenty-five doctoral, 22 master’s and 178 baccalaureate candidates were eligible to receive degrees in biomedical science fields during the May commencement ceremony.

  • NIH Funds Popescu Study of NMDA Receptor Filter Modulation
    5/12/16

    Gabriela K. Popescu, PhD, professor of biochemistry, has been awarded a four-year, $1.37 million grant by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study modulation mechanisms in fast neurotransmitter brain receptors.