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 professors Ilana Brito, Iwijn De Vlaminck and Krystyn Van Vliet were inducted into the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering College of Fellows Class of 2025 for contributions to engineering and medicine research. Read more
Renowned astronomer and engineer Jill Tarter '65 delivered the keynote address at a two-day symposium celebrating 140 years of women in engineering at Cornell, which also featured panel discussions and remarks from women leaders. Read more
Cornell biomedical engineers will use the grant to investigate how osteocytes – specialized cells that respond to and regulate forces within bones – interact with and are impacted by the part of the nervous system that controls rest related involuntary functions such as digestion and heart rate. Read more
Researchers have identified exactly what happens when a microbe receives an electron from a quantum dot: The charge can either follow a direct pathway or be transferred indirectly via the microbe’s shuttle molecules. Read more
Yansong (Harry) Peng, a biomedical engineering Ph.D. candidate, was selected for an International Foundation for Ethical Research Graduate Fellowship for Alternatives to the Use of Animals in Science. Read more
A tiny eukaryotic organism provided inspiration for modeling “traveling networks” – connected systems that move by rearranging their structure. Understanding these networks may help explain the behavior of certain biological systems and human organizations. Read more
Anne Meinig Smalling ’87, a third-generation Cornellian with deep ties to the university, was elected the 18th chair of the Cornell Board of Trustees during a special meeting on Feb. 4. She will begin a three-year term as chair on July 1, succeeding Kraig H. Kayser, MBA ’84. Read more
The first-of-its-kind material not only expands and contracts like blood vessels but is also biodegradable; new vascular cells to grow around the graft as the body absorbs it. Read more
The Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need program, or GAANN, funds and trains graduate students to teach engineering concepts as a lead instructor in the classroom. Read more
Pioneering advances in quantum computing, sustainable biotechnology, advanced manufacturing and biomedical innovation have earned six faculty members Research Excellence Awards, the highest research honor given annually by Cornell Engineering. Read more
