Three Meinig School Faculty inducted into AIMBE’s prestigious College of Fellows
Professors Butcher, Hernandez and Schaffer join Medical and Biological Engineering Elite Read more
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Meinig School undergraduate team PEARL awarded first place at J & J Engineering Showcase
Design of a wireless, wearable pulse oximeter for detecting drug overdose places first out of over 50 teams. Read more
Building Organoids to Combat Cancer
Fourth-year biomedical engineering PhD Student Shivem Shah first became interested in biomedical engineering because of the opportunity to create therapies for diseases with inadequate treatments. He is specifically drawn to immunoengineering for its potential to treat and possibly even cure diseases with poor prognosis, such as cancer. Read more
Cornell Engineering among best in U.S. News grad school rankings
Cornell Engineering ranks #14 among engineering colleges in the 2020 U.S. News & World Report Best Graduate Schools rankings released on March 12, 2019. Cornell also ranked highly in 11 specialty rankings: #12 Aerospace Engineering #03 Biological/Agricultural Engineering #14 Biomedical Engineering #18 Chemical Engineering #11 Civil Engineering #09 Computer Engineering #09 Electrical Engineering #10 Environmental Engineering #09 Industrial/Systems Engineering #08 Materials Engineering #08 Mechanical Engineering Schools are ranked according to their performance across a set of widely accepted... Read more
Tackling cancer biology research across colleges and campuses
Richard Cerione, the Goldwin Smith Professor of pharmacology and chemical biology, and Claudia Fischbach, professor of biomedical engineering, discuss their collaborative research on cancer biology – the metabolic changes required for cancer development and cancer cells' interactions with other cells. Read more
Grant: $2.5 Million from NIH for Aortic Valve Disease Research
Prof. Jonathan Butcher’s lab will improve precision in biological diagnostic or therapeutic strategies for aortic valve disease. Read more
Health care issues tackled at Weill Cornell Hackathon
The third annual NYC Health Hackathon, hosted Feb. 8-10 by Weill Cornell Medicine, brought teams together in an attempt to solve myriad medical challenges. Read more
A disadvantaged background doesn’t have to be a barrier to success
Nature careers feature highlights Meinig School alumna Liz Wayne. Read more
A Biomedical Approach to Treating Cancer: Lammerding Lab
Working in the Meinig School's Lammerding Lab, Cornell undergrad Connor McGuigan conducts research investigating the relationship between a cell’s ability to repair DNA, its deformability and how those two characteristics contribute to cancer. Read more
Grant: $2.9 Million from NIH for Vaccine Efficacy
Prof. David A. Putnam is determining how engaging the innate immune system can help guide the adaptive immune system to create pathogen-matched and protective immune responses against both viral and bacterial pathogens. Read more