BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute (HWI) will be joining the University at Buffalo in hopes of strengthening their missions of advancing medical science research and education in Western New York and beyond.
At the institutions' meetings in June, the HWI's board of directors and the Hauptman Society are expected to approve this agreement, and will result in HWI being called the University at Buffalo Hauptman-Woodward Institute (UB-HWI) from then on.
The original location of HWI (700 Ellicott St., on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus) will be gifted to the university pending it's approvals.
UB President Satish K. Tripathi said that “with UB’s and HWI’s shared mission of research, education and community engagement, the university is very excited to welcome the members of the HWI community into the UB community.”
“This is an exciting time for HWI and UB, signaling a full-circle journey started by doctors and scientists affiliated with UB in 1956 who were doing leading-edge research as the Medical Foundation of Buffalo to the HWI scientists of today once again affiliating with the University at Buffalo,” said Connie Constantine, emeritus HWI board chair and granddaughter of Helen Woodward Rivas. “On behalf of the four generations in our family that have committed to the partnership between science and philanthropy, we look forward to advancing the joint missions of HWI and UB to ensure discovery and education continue to drive worldwide innovation.”
Helen Woodward Rivas and George Koepf founded HWI in 1956 and for over 40 years, Herbert Hauptman led HWI while also serving as a UB faculty member.
HWI Board Chairman Sam Russo said, “Honoring the initial philanthropy of Helen Woodward Rivas, continued by the Constantine family, as well as the many incredible scientific achievements of Dr. Herbert Hauptman and the many talented researchers that followed, past and present, is of paramount importance to our board of directors."
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