Undergraduate Students in the News

  • 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.

  • Student-Scientists Showcase Summer Research Projects
    8/29/18

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

  • 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.