http://blogs.admissions.buffalo.edu/news News and Announcements Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:25:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The University at Buffalo has enrolled the most academically talented freshman class in its history, based on the average SAT scores of the 3,150 new students who begin classes this week. The incoming class has an average SAT score of 1196, up four points from last year's average score, which at ... http://blogs.admissions.buffalo.edu/news/ub-enrolls-most-academically-accomplished-freshman-class-in-its-history/ Esther S. Takeuchi, Greatbatch Professor in Power Sources Research at the University at Buffalo, has been selected as a 2008 recipient of an Astellas USA Foundation Award, administered by the American Chemical Society. The award carries a $30,000 prize and an invitation to deliver an address as part of a ... http://blogs.admissions.buffalo.edu/news/takeuchi-wins-american-chemical-society-award/ David A. Gerber, Ph.D.,  professor and chair of the Department of History in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University at Buffalo, recently received the 2008 Moroney Senior Award from the United States Postal Service. In his critically acclaimed book, "Authors of Their Lives: The Personal Correspondence of ... http://blogs.admissions.buffalo.edu/news/history-professor-receives-us-postal-service-research-award/ Most recent college graduates would love to forget the experience of "cramming" before a big exam, but two University at Buffalo graduates who spent 96 hours last semester doing just that have received multiple awards in the international 2008 Mathematical Contest in Modeling, in which 1,162 teams competed from universities ... http://blogs.admissions.buffalo.edu/news/ub-team-wins-international-math-contest/ Four University at Buffalo faculty members were honored for their research and scholarship at the SUNY Research Foundation’s annual awards dinner held recently in Albany. The UB honorees are Robert J. Genco, SUNY Distinguished Professor in the departments of Oral Biology, and Microbiology; Andre Filiatrault, professor in the Department of ... http://blogs.admissions.buffalo.edu/news/4-faculty-members-receive-suny-research-awards/ A UB undergraduate was awarded a Morris K. Udall Scholarship for the third consecutive year, highlighting a string of UB students selected to receive prestigious national competitive fellowship and scholarship awards in recent weeks. Aaron Krolikowski, a junior double majoring in political science and social sciences interdisciplinary - environmental studies, was selected as a Udall Scholar based ... http://blogs.admissions.buffalo.edu/news/ub-students-awarded-prestigious-national-scholarships/ Three University at Buffalo faculty members have been named SUNY Distinguished Professors for having achieved national or international prominence and an established reputation in their fields of expertise. The appointments of Douglas H. Clements, professor of learning and instruction, Graduate School of Education; Vladimir V. Mitin, professor and chair of the ... http://blogs.admissions.buffalo.edu/news/three-ub-faculty-members-named-suny-distinguished-professors/ A new driving simulation laboratory is now open for business in the University at Buffalo School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. The state-of-the-art facility, housed in UB's New York State Center for Industrial Design and Innovation, will be available for use by students, faculty and industry to conduct research on automotive ... http://blogs.admissions.buffalo.edu/news/driving-simulator-opens-for-business-in-ub-engineering/ Kelly Miller, a senior from Pittsford, NY, studying environmental engineering, was recently awarded a Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation. The fellowship provides a stipend and tuition allowance for three years of graduate study. In 2007, she was also a winner of a Morris K. Udall Scholarship.    Since her freshman year at UB, Kelly has ... http://blogs.admissions.buffalo.edu/news/kelly-miller-2008-national-science-foundation-graduate-research-fellow/ Stacy Pustulka of West Seneca, NY, was awarded a 2008 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. The fellowship provides three years of support for graduate study leading to research-based master's or doctoral degrees in mathematical, physical, biological engineering, or behavioral and social sciences, including the history of science. Stacey graduated Summa Cum ... http://blogs.admissions.buffalo.edu/news/stacey-pustulka-2008-national-science-foundation-graduate-research-fellow/