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  • Dr. Tjaden wins SUNY Chancellor’s Award
    5/11/26
    Kris Tjaden was awarded the SUNY Chancellor’s Award - Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities this year! This highly competitive award recognizes her impactful research, both from the perspective of basic and applied science. She has changed our field’s understanding of neurodegenerative diseases and their effects on speech production and has altered clinical practice to improve care for people living with these diseases. Equally important, her commitment to mentorship and service has significantly advanced the field of motor speech disorders.
  • Student receives CAPCSD Award
    12/8/25
    CDS AuD student Chanel Hudson has been selected as a recipient of CAPCSD’s Frances J. Laven Service Scholarship! For more information about CAPCSD, please visit https://www.capcsd.org/. 
  • New hearing loss test checks the eyes — not the ears
    12/8/25
    UB spinout Auspex Medix advances AI-powered hearing test to help older adults thwart cognitive decline, Alzheimer’s and more.
  • UB CDS Students at Parkinson's Foundation Moving Day
    5/5/26
    On September 20th, undergraduate and graduate students from the University at Buffalo Department of Communicative Disorders & Sciences proudly joined the Parkinson’s Foundation Moving Day Buffalo event!
  • CDS Graduate Applicant Virtual Open House - Oct 31
    5/5/26
    Learn more about our Doctorate of Audiology (AuD) and Master of Arts (MA) in Speech-Language Pathology programs. Meet faculty and students.
  • Medical SLP simulation at UB Jacobs School of Medicine
    5/5/26
    Graduate SLP students completed a high-fidelity clinical simulation experience at the Behling Human Simulation Center at Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. 
  • Remembering Dr. Katz
    5/5/26
    With sadness, we are sharing the passing of Dr. Jack Katz.
  • Parkinson's Voice Awardees
    5/5/26
    Congratulations to Laura Roberts, Dr. Kaila Stipancic, Ellie Schieltz, and Emma Fitch!
  • UB Student Organization Receives National Recognition
    5/5/26
    The National Student Speech Language Hearing Association (NSSLHA) Chapter at the University at Buffalo has been awarded Gold Chapter Honors for attaining a distinguished level of achievement in the areas of member recruitment and engagement, community outreach and service, legislative advocacy and fundraising during the 2024-25 academic year. The announcement was made today by the parent organization, National NSSLHA, whose members are studying communication sciences and disorders (CSD), speech-language pathology and audiology at the undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral levels at college and universities nationwide. 
  • Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology conference
    5/5/26
    Our very own Dr. Gail Seigel had a presentation at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology conference in Salt Lake City.