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Richard J. Quigg Jr., MD, was installed as the inaugural Arthur M. Morris Professor and Chief of the Division of Nephrology during a March 7 ceremony.

Thanks to a donation of land from First Niagara, UB will acquire the last piece of real estate needed for its new downtown medical school.

Fifty percent more graduates of the University at Buffalo’s medical school chose a UB residency program this year than last.

Sixteen faculty members with diverse backgrounds and expertise have joined the school’s faculty during the past several months.

Twenty-one faculty members joined the medical school in the latter half of 2012.

UB recently acquired land at 960 Washington St., a step forward in the first phase of the $375 million plan to move the medical school to the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus.

Esteemed nephrologist Richard J. Quigg Jr., MD, has been named the inaugural Arthur M. Morris Chair in Nephrology and chief of the Division of Nephrology.

The UB School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences held the Sept. 20 grand opening of its Clinical and Translational Science Institute in the joint UB-Kaleida Health building on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus.

Eight new faculty members have joined the departments of medicine, family medicine, ophthalmology, gynecology-obstetrics and pediatrics.