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!
Thurston Hall to Expand, House Biomedical Engineering
$40M expansion and renovation of Thurston Hall will become the new home of the Meinig School and other departments such as Material Sciences and Engineering. Read more
Undergrad publishes theory on immune dysfunction in space
Rocky An ’23 proposes a theory that could solve the decades-old mystery of why astronauts’ immune systems become suppressed in space. Read more
Best designed by doing: radical hybrid thinking across disciplines
A pilot studio between the College of Architecture, Art, and Planning (AAP) and Cornell Tech was created to focus on intersections of design and technology in 2019. Read more
$61M grant funds translational science at Weill Cornell Medicine
Weill Cornell Medicine was awarded a $61.9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) to continue funding its Clinical and Translational Science Center (CTSC) until 2027. Read more
van der Meulen elected fellow of ICORS
Congratulations to our director, Marjolein van der Meulen, elected a 2022 Fellow of the International Combined Orthopaedic Research Societies (ICORS), to be inducted this week at #2022ICORS in Scotland! Read more
Lammerding elected fellow of BMES, ASCB
Congratulations to Jan Lammerding, professor in the Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering, who has been elected a 2022 Fellow of both the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) and the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB)! BMES Fellow is a distinction reserved for only a few select members who demonstrate exceptional achievements and experience in the field of biomedical engineering, and a record of membership and participation in the Society. The 2022 ASCB Fellows are individuals who have contributed broadly and significantly to the cell biology community and to the Society. Jan... Read more
Van Vliet named vice president for research and innovation
Krystyn J. Van Vliet, currently associate provost and associate vice president for research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will join Cornell in 2023 as vice president for research and innovation. Read more
Kwan named a 2022 Rising Star of Mental Health Research
Meinig School associate professor Alex Kwan a recipient of One Mind's 2022 Rising Star Awards for pursuing innovative research to benefit people living with mental health conditions. Read more
Alumna Dr. Tiffany St. Bernard on 5 Things I Wish Someone Told Me Before I Became a CEO
Authority Magazine interview with BME Ph.D. alumna Tiffany St. Bernard about her role as co-founder and CEO of HairDays, a hair artificial intelligence company revolutionizing hair health care. Read more