News: BME

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!

Eurofins Viracor and Cornell University Sign Exclusive Licensing Agreement to Expand Access to Ground-Breaking Technologies for Assessing Organ and Tissue Damage in Transplant and COVID-19 Patients

March 17, 2022

The Cornell team, led by Meinig School professor Iwijn De Vlaminck, has developed an alternative to biopsy – a novel, noninvasive blood test to measure organ injury from COVID-19. The test uses circulating cell-free DNA (cfDNA) to gauge the damage that COVID-19 inflicts on cells, tissues and organs. Read more

Ave Kludze, a 2022 Kessler Fellow studying biomedical engineering at Cornell

2022 Kessler Fellows reflect diversity of disciplines

March 15, 2022

The Kessler Fellows program welcomes fifteen new student entrepreneurs from across Cornell's colleges for entrepreneurship training and startup internship experience. Read more

Cornell, partners seek to grow STEM recruiting program

March 15, 2022

A summit hosted at Cornell Tech on Feb. 28 brought together more than 50 principals, guidance counselors, students and leaders from community-based organizations to discuss how to grow Cornell’s Bridge Scholars program from a successful pilot initiative into a nation-wide collaborative. Read more

headshots of seven Cornell faculty who received AAAS award

Seven Cornell Faculty awarded prestigious AAAS Fellowship

March 9, 2022

Meinig School professor Chris Schaffer one of seven Cornell faculty to receive prestigious award. Read more

Jan Lammerding Elected to the 2022 Class of the AIMBE College of Fellows

February 18, 2022

Professor Lammerding recognized for outstanding contributions to the field of the mechanobiology of the cell nucleus and for commitment to graduate training. Read more

Lawrence Bonassar, Itai Cohen, Michell Delco, Lisa Fortier

Collaborative faculty win Vaughn Award for cartilage research

February 11, 2022

Four Cornell faculty members from three different colleges received the 2022 Kappa Delta Ann Doner Vaughn Award for their collaborative research on the mechanics and composition of articular cartilage and its relevance to disease. Read more

From left, Ari Broad, Rachael Skye, Beth Rhoades, Scarlett Lee, Kara Rode Webber and Kara Fikrig are all part of the Vaccination Conversations with Scientists group.

Volunteer scientists change opinions about vaccines

February 9, 2022

Vaccination Conversations with Scientists (VaCS), a group of more than 100 Cornell student, staff and faculty volunteers educating the public about the safety and effectiveness of vaccines, is reporting success in shifting unvaccinated people’s beliefs about the shots. Read more