Here you will find recent and archived news about the Meinig School and our affiliates and partners. For more stories, don't forget to browse our spotlights and annual BME newsletters as well!
Applying a pretreatment of a parathyroid hormone, commonly used to increase bone mass to combat osteoporosis, can help improve cartilage health and slow the development of osteoarthritis, Cornell researchers have found. Read more
Claudia Fischbach-Teschl will be the next director of the Nancy E. and Peter C. Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering, effective July 1. Read more
Award recognizes contributions to biomedical engineering curriculum development and commitment to students. Read more
Meinig School Assistant Professor receives $600K from the Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, and Transport Systems. Read more
By discovering how a type of smooth muscle forms in the gut, scientists have opened doors to making artificial muscle, repairing muscle following gut surgeries and treating inflammatory bowel disease and obesity. Read more
Undergraduate student Nuri Hong recognized for excellence in optics and photonics research toward brain imaging. Read more
Nozomi Nishimura, associate professor of biomedical engineering, was inducted into the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering College of Fellows. Read more
A consortium of 50 university researchers, including from Cornell Engineering, has established five grand challenges in biomedical engineering, which it said will lay the foundation for a concerted effort to achieve technological and medical breakthroughs. Read more
Eight projects have been selected from the Fall 2023 application cycle to receive Ignite Innovation Acceleration grants. The grants are designed to help project teams pursue licensing, form startups, and forge industry collaborations. Read more
James McCormick ’69, M.Eng. ’70, an influential business leader, philanthropist and longtime supporter of education initiatives at Cornell and nationally, received the Cornell Engineering Distinguished Alumni Award during a celebration event on March 7 in Duffield Hall. Read more
