Honoring SUNY and UB Award Recipients
The Office of Faculty Affairs oversees the nomination of outstanding faculty for a host of SUNY and UB awards that recognize excellence in teaching, research, creative activity, and service.
Below we feature our most recent recipients, all of whom have brought distinction to the university and to their departments. We applaud these faculty and all UB faculty for their ongoing pursuit of excellence.
SUNY Award Recipients
SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Scholarship & Creative Activity (2024-25)
2025
Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Department of Communication
2024
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Department of Pathology and Anatomical Sciences
Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching (2024-25)
2025
Department of Biomedical Engineering
2024
Department of Mathematics
Department of Rehabilitation Science
SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Adjunct Teaching (2025)
Department of Architecture
Computational and Data-Enabled Science and Engineering
SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Faculty Service (2024-25)
2025
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
2024
Department of Biostatistics
SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Librarianship (2025)
Coordinator, Community Outreach Services for the Health Sciences Library
Associate Librarian and Liaison to the Departments of Music and Theatre and Dance
SUNY Chancellor's Horizon Award for Faculty Research and Scholarship Honorees (2025)
Department of Communication
UB Award Recipients
UB Distinguished Professor (2023-24)
2024
Department of Mathematics
Department of Ophthalmology
2023
Department of Physiology & Biophysics
Department of Neurosurgery
UB Teaching Innovation Award (2024-25)
2025
Department of Architecture
Department of Biochemistry
2024
Department of Architecture
Dalia Antonia Caraballo Muller
Department of Computer Science & Engineering
UB Exceptional Scholar - Young Investigator Award (2024-25)
2025
Department of Learning & Instruction
Department of Biostatistics
Department of Communication
Department of Earth Sciences
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Department of Pharmacy Practice
2024
Department of Communicative Disorders & Sciences
Department of Educational Leadership & Policy
Department of Learning & Instruction
Department of Electrical Engineering
UB Exceptional Scholar - Sustained Achievement Award (2024-25)
2025
Department of Biological Sciences
Department of Counseling, School & Educational Policy
Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology
Department of Epidemiology & Environmental Health
Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Department of Learning & Instruction
Department of Biomedical Engineering
2024
Department of Counselling, School & Educational Psychology / Educational Leadership & Policy
Department of Ophthalmology
Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology
Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Department of Electrical Engineering
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Celebration of Faculty & Staff Excellence
Each Fall, the UB community celebrates the achievements of our faculty and staff in the areas of research, teaching, and service. The Celebration of Faculty and Staff Excellence event includes a welcome by President Satish K. Tripathi, remarks by Provost A. Scott Weber, and an on-stage presentation recognizing awardees in the following categories:
- External awards designated as “prestigious” and “highly prestigious” by the National Research Council
- SUNY Distinguished Professor
- SUNY Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence
- UB Distinguished Professor
- 50 and 60 years of service
2024 Celebration of Faculty & Staff Academic Excellence
SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Faculty Service (2024)
12/3/24From Left to Right: President Satish K. Tripathi, Xuedong Hu, Rachael Hageman Blair, Jason Benedict, Provost A. Scott Weber
SUNY Chancellor's Award for Teaching (2024)
12/3/24From Left to Right: President Satish K. Tripathi, Janice Trigilio Tona, Bernard Badzioach, Provost A. Scott Weber
SUNY Chancellor's Award for Scholarship & Creative Activity (2024)
12/3/24From Left to Right: President Satish K. Tripathi, Michael Stachowiak, Tarunraj Singh, Chi Zhou, Provost A. Scott Webe
UB Distinguished Professors (2024)
12/3/24From Left to Right: President Satish K. Tripathi, Hanfeng Li, Erik R. Seeman, Xin Sarah Zhang, Provost A. Scott Weber
