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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!

Engineering, Weill Cornell Medicine pilot M.D.-M.Eng. degree

As part of a new cross-college initiative designed to accelerate engineering innovations in medicine, Cornell Engineering is piloting an M.D.-M.Eng. program that allows medical students at Weill Cornell Medicine to earn a one-year professional Master of Engineering degree. Read more

Celebration honors student, alumni entrepreneurs

Meinig School student team of Molly Eron ’23, Danielle Frye ’23, Katie McGarty ’23, Veronica Vila ’23 and Chenglin Zhu ’23 won a $2,500 Ronald ’57 and Frederick ’86 Fichtl Innovation Award for My IUD, their smart contraceptive device, which alerts users to movement or issues with their intrauterine device. Read more