Newsletter 2026

An international collaboration led by Cornell researchers used a combination of psilocybin and the rabies virus to map how – and where – the psychedelic compound rewires the connections in the brain.

Kanvas Biosciences announced a $48 million Series A funding round, which will support a clinical trial later this year for the company’s lead cancer immunotherapy treatment. 

At a daylong event designed to promote academic-industry collaboration, Cornell’s Center for Advanced Technology in Life Science Enterprise cast itself as both a funder of early-stage research and catalyst accelerating connections that move discoveries foward.

A $1.2 million gift from Michael J. Kelly ’92 and Kristin Miljus Kelly will accelerate Menopause Health Engineering, an emerging research effort led by the Cornell Duffield College of Engineering.

A new Duffield Engineering biomedical engineering course will challenge students to investigate real-world failures in women’s health technologies and identify opportunities for better design.

The Cornell Duffield College of Engineering will accelerate its Engineering Innovations in Medicine initiative, which aims to revolutionize how biomedical data is acquired, computed, and translated into impact.

Inspired by the hands-on experiences that shaped their own careers, Beckie Robertson ’82 and Neil Robertson ’82 have endowed the Michael Shuler Clinical Immersion Program in Biomedical Engineering, ensuring future Cornell students gain firsthand exposure to patient care and clinical problem-solving.

Cornell Engineering is rapidly becoming a leader in engineering education research, a field dedicated to designing effective education systems and learning experiences for students. The insights emerging from this work have the potential to redefine engineering education on campus and far outside it.

A new National Science Foundation grant awarded to the Cornell Duffield College of Engineering aims to develop a more systematic approach to teaching teamwork by helping instructors identify what they want students to learn from team experiences.

Student teams presented solutions spanning medical devices, digital health, biotechnology, and women’s health while connecting with industry leaders and alumni at the Meinig School’s annual Industry Engagement Day and Project Showcase.

Undergraduate senior Marcus Gamboa is developing innovative surgical training technology that brings real-time feedback and measurable outcomes to improve how future clinicians learn and practice.

Nearly a dozen doctoral students practiced their research communication skills this spring through legislative opportunities in Washington, D.C.

Cornell students in the Top Gun Surgical program are developing interactive, game-like surgical training tools that introduce laparoscopic skills early and have been shown to boost STEM interest, performance, and learning outcomes.

Cornell Engineering faculty and students gathered Dec. 18 in Upson Hall to celebrate the first participants to complete Radical Humanity in Research, a new program designed to strengthen the human foundations of high-impact research.

More than 130 Girl Scouts visited Cornell this fall for a day of hands-on experiments and engineering exploration, hosted by the Graduate Chapter of the Biomedical Engineering Society.

Ithaca High School junior Imri Wolf attended the biomedical engineering society’s annual conference in San Diego, California to present a poster on research performed in an internship at Cornell biomedical engineering this past summer.

Doctoral student Cátia Dombaxe is bringing badly needed practical science education to impoverished areas of Angola through the STEAMpact Foundation, a nonprofit she founded in 2024.

M.Eng. student Maddie Slavett blends mechanical engineering, clinical insight, and human-centered design at Cornell to develop realistic anatomical training models that aim to improve surgical education and patient care.

Undergraduate Emma Weiss’s passion for biomechanics, award-winning medical device design, and dedicated leadership in the biomedical community are all driven by a commitment to improving patient mobility and care.

Ph.D. student Jeremiah James explains how discovering new ways to engineer polymer particle shapes is paving the way for more precise, scalable healthcare solutions.