May

Two UB students and two alumni have won the National Science Foundation’s prestigious Graduate Research Fellowship awards. Four other UB students received honorable mention.

Department of History professor Andreas Daum has been awarded the Humboldt Research Prize in recognition of his achievements and impact on historical scholarship.

Diana Aga, a professor in the Department of Chemistry, examines how sewage treatment systems help — or don’t help — to eliminate antimicrobial drugs and their remnants, called residues, from wastewater before it’s discharged into rivers and lakes.

Ndubueze Mbah, assistant professor of history, has been named a 2019 American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) Centennial Fellow in the Dynamics of Place.

A UB study of 46 mammal species explores the evolutionary history of amylase, a compound that breaks down carbs.

College of Arts and Sciences sophomore Hannah Seppala, a physics and math major whose self-proclaimed strength is to problem-solve from multiple directions, is one of two UB students to win a Barry Goldwater Scholarship this year.

“WTF (Where’s the Forest),” a solo exhibition of new work by College of Arts and Sciences faculty member Reinhard Reitzenstein, opens May 24 in Buffalo Arts Studio in the Tri-Main Center and will be on view through June 29.