Laina Bay-Cheng, Myung Mi Kim and Jinhui Xu are the recipients of the 2020-21 Excellence in Graduate Student Mentoring Award, given out by the Graduate School to recognize UB faculty for their support and development of graduate students through their mentoring activities.
The award, established in 2012, goes annually to members of the graduate faculty who have demonstrated “truly outstanding and sustained support and development of graduate students from course completion through research and subsequent career placement.”
Bay-Cheng, professor and associate dean in the School of Social Work, was nominated by Nancy J. Smyth, professor and dean of the School of Social Work. Kim, James H. McNulty Chair and Professor of English, was nominated for the award by her department chair, Rachel Ablow, professor of English. Xu, a professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, was nominated by his department chair, SUNY Distinguished Professor Chunming Qiao.