2025 Achievements

David Heppner, Jere Solo Assistant Professor of Medicinal Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry, has been named an associate editor of the American Chemical Society’s (ACS) Journal of Medicinal Chemistry – regarded as the flagship journal for drug discovery research worldwide.

Assistant professor Sama Waham’s newest hybrid documentary, Ki~Bé ~ Giš, will have its world premiere this September at the Camden International Film Festival, bringing themes of identity, displacement, and justice to one of the nation’s top stages for experimental cinema.

History professor Sarah Handley-Cousins helps bring The Nursing Clio Reader to life — a new collection of feminist essays connecting the past to today’s debates on health, gender and sexuality.

Two UB faculty members contribute to a special issue of The Romanic Review marking the centennial of James Joyce’s Ulysses, exploring the novel’s global influence across exile, language, and Spanish literature.

UB researchers are testing virtual reality headsets as a new way to measure how hard people work to listen in noisy environments — a breakthrough that could transform clinical support for millions struggling with hidden hearing challenges.

The Dictionary Society of North America brought its biennial conference to Buffalo, where scholars explored the evolving role of dictionaries and language — highlighted by a rare-book exhibit curated by UB’s Walt Hakala.

Violinist and UB professor Melissa White has been named the new artistic director of Clarion Concerts, where she aims to honor tradition while championing inclusivity and new voices in chamber music.

In recognition that academic integrity is the foundational value of all teaching, learning and research efforts, the Office of Academic Integrity recognizes individuals who help to elevate this important value at our institution. While all members of our UB community are expected to uphold integrity standards, this recognition is reserved for those who set an example for others in their commitment to integrity.

A new program-length realization of Stockhausen’s “Plus Minus” by Birge Cary Professor Ming Tsao, titled “Plus or Minus,” will have its world premiere at the Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik Festival on May 3, 2025, in Witten, Germany.

Professor Andreas Daum has been selected to receive the DAAD Alumni Association’s Excellence Award for International Exchange, recognizing his outstanding contributions to transatlantic academic collaboration, teaching, mentoring, and research.

Eero Laine, associate professor and chair of the Department of Theatre and Dance, along with fourteen co-authors from around the world, began writing a book together when the Performance Studies International Conference was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. "Mourning the Ends: Collaborative Writing and Performance" was recently published by Punctum Books as part of the Advanced Methodologies: New Research Ontologies series.

The Gionfriddo Research Group’s newly featured "Analytica Chimica Acta" article presents innovative, solvent-free methods to detect volatile PFAS—advancing environmental monitoring and earning a spot on the journal’s cover.

Kaila Stipancic has received ASHA’s prestigious Early Career Contributions in Research Award, recognizing her outstanding promise and impactful work in the field of speech-language-hearing sciences.

UB Choro wowed a packed crowd at Silo City with a lively Brazilian music set, marking its rise as a vibrant student-faculty ensemble bridging UB and Buffalo’s music scene.

Sarah Handley-Cousins, associate teaching professor in the Department of History co-wrote a book with three other doctoral UB alumni. "Spiritualism's Place: Reformers, Seekers, and Seances in Lily Dale," is a history of Lily Dale, NY, the spiritualist intentional community located near Fredonia.