TINY cancer detection device proves effective in Uganda testing
A Cornell-built hand-held device for detecting a form of cancer common in sub-Saharan Africa was successful in initial testing in Uganda. Read more
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!
In historic shift, women comprise half of engineering undergrads
Particular gains have been made in computer science, where female students once comprised a fraction of the department. In 2017-18, women accounted for 38 percent of computer science majors, who come from both the College of Engineering and the College of Arts and Sciences. Among this year’s incoming engineering class, 55 percent of students indicating an interest in the field are women. Women are not only enrolling in engineering at Cornell, they’re succeeding. In the Class of 2018, men and women had average GPAs of 3.4, and the five-year graduation rate for both female and male... Read more
Training ‘immuno-engineers’ is goal of NIH grant
A new Cornell program will train graduate students interested in specializing in “immuno-engineering,” an emerging hybrid field that combines engineering and immunology. Read more
De Micheli wins Best Poster at FASEB Satellite Cell Conference
Andrea De Micheli, a BME Ph.D. student in Ben Cosgrove’s lab, won the “Best Poster Presentation” award at the 2018 FASEB Conference on Skeletal Muscle Satellite Cells and Regeneration, which was held July 8-13 in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. De Micheli won for his poster titled, "Unbiased reconstruction of a cellular atlas in muscle regeneration through single-cell RNA-sequencing”. The research he presented was about “a transcriptomic atlas of muscle cell diversity during muscle tissue regeneration”. Read more
Levitsky, Putnam, Quake elected professors-at-large
Political scientist Steven Levitsky, the Sundance Institute’s Keri Putnam and biomedical engineer Stephen Quake have joined the ranks of leading scholars and public intellectuals at Cornell as Andrew Dickson White Professors-at-Large. Read more
Cell-free DNA may be key to monitoring urinary tract infections
A new method for testing urinary tract infections yields more information than what conventional methods can offer, according to new research. Read more
Shuler Symposium Media
On June 22, 2018 scientists from around the world gathered at Cornell to honor the career of Professor Michael Shuler, whose work in modeling biological systems continues to revolutionize the field of bioengineering and change the way pharmaceutical drugs are developed and tested. Attendees and interested individuals can now relive the celebration by accessing the following media: Photography and Video by Thomas Hoebbel (Opening and keynote; Shuler remarks) News: Symposium honors bioengineering pioneer Mike Shuler. Symposium website Read more
Awards promote life sciences research and industry partnerships in NY
Nine projects were awarded Center for Advanced Technology grants in 2018-2019. The grants are given to faculty members in life sciences fields who partner with a New York state industry for research and development. Read more
Symposium honors bioengineering pioneer Mike Shuler
Scientists from around the world gathered June 22 to honor the career of Professor Michael Shuler, whose work in modeling biological systems continues to revolutionize the field of bioengineering and change the way pharmaceutical drugs are developed. Read more
Career Explorations puts future in 4-H'ers hands
More than 500 middle and high school students from across New York gathered at Cornell’s Ithaca campus June 26-28 to participate in workshops taught by Cornell faculty, staff and graduate students during the annual 4-H Career Explorations conference. Read more