Faculty profiles, fall 2019

From food waste reduction to secrets found in medical imaging data, Elena Belavina, Charles Danko, Leslie Lok and Mert Sabuncu bring their expertise to Cornell.

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Bailee Hopkins-Hensley is connecting people to plants

Bailee Hopkins-Hensley ’18, MPS ’19, is passionate about exploring the connections that humans have to plants – especially the connections that indigenous communities have to the species that sustain them.

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Action figures in classical literature

Action figures in classical literature.

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Educational verve: New approaches to teaching revolutionize the classroom

How new approaches to teaching and learning at Cornell are revolutionizing the classroom and transforming students’ experiences.

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Trustee Ezra Cornell ’70 marks 50 years of board service

Ezra Cornell ’70, the great-great-great grandson of founder Ezra Cornell and the university’s current life trustee, was honored Oct. 18 for 50 years of service on the board of trustees.

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Two McGovern Center startups graduate from incubator

With a pinch of pomp and circumstance, Cornell’s McGovern Center life sciences business incubator recently graduated two companies – Bactana Corp. and Conamix.

Discovery opens door for novel thermoelectric materials

A Cornell-led team of engineers has discovered a crystalline material with ultralow thermal conductivity – thus, the ability to turn heat into electricity.

CS classes can break down cultural barriers, study shows

Computational education can break down and expose cultural barriers in unexpected ways, a new study from Cornell researchers has found.

Entrepreneurship faculty win grants for course help

Eight faculty members are recipients of 2019 Louis H. Zalaznick Teaching Assistantships, receiving funds of $1,500 to $3,000 to help develop or expand courses and add teaching assistants.