Spotlights

"The sense of community at Cornell is amazing. Individuals from every background are supported through clubs and organizations to make everyone feel welcome and equitably included." Read more

By Erin Philipson Shreyasvi Gowda ’22, a mechanical engineering major in the Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, was selected as a Brooke Owens Fellow. The fellowship is designed to... Read more

Most educators know that it is hard to engage students through a virtual format, but one professor in the Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering found a creative solution. Introductory... Read more

"Learning new content and skills in courses is important, but equally valuable is having the experience of applying it as a member of a team. The BME major places a huge emphasis on combining those two aspects for being a successful engineer." Read more

Maya Martirossyan has known something about herself since she was a small child: she is a person who always wants to be learning. When she was very young this desire made itself known by the constant... Read more

"I’m developing vaccines that better mimic pathogens and can activate the memory of the immune system as if it was the real thing, derived from harmless bacteria. These types of vaccines are very versatile, safe, and easy to produce. My particular project focuses on combining different immune activators on one molecule to enhance the immune response." Read more

By Erin Philipson The Mechatronics course in the Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering fulfills the circuits requirement for mechanical engineering majors and has been a student... Read more

Nate Cira has joined the faculty of Cornell Engineering as an assistant professor in the Nancy E. and Peter C. Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering. Cira comes to Cornell after three years as a... Read more

Ahmed El Alaoui had a math teacher in middle school who told him that he should just stop coming to her class and find something else to do, since math class seemed to be useless to him. His... Read more

By: Erin Philipson Intro to Oceanography is one of the largest and most popular classes at Cornell University, with almost 1100 students each semester. Students normally cram into Bailey Hall to hear... Read more