Cornell faculty are reaching across disciplines to tackle society’s most complex challenges and to make breakthrough discoveries. These radical collaborations—collisions of thoughts and perspectives from vastly different fields—lead to unexpected and unconventional solutions and deepen our thinking.
A RICH ENVIRONMENT FOR RADICAL COLLABORATION
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$1.45BIn research expenditures (FY23)
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226Interdisciplinary Centers, Institutes, Programs and Laboratories
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#13National Rankings by Research Expenditure (NSF data FY23)
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#1State Ranking by Research Expenditures (NSF data FY22)
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221Patents Issued in 2023
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15New Startup Companies
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Radical Collaborators
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Dr. Saurabh Mehta uses generative AI to support health care systems such as dashboards for professionals and chatbots for patients.
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DESIGN + TECHNOLOGY
Wendy Ju works on interactive wearable devices and automated vehicle interfaces to seamlessly engage and communicate with people.
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GENOME BIOLOGY
Corrie Moreau studies the diversification and symbiosis of species to better understand broad evolutionary patterns of life.
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INFECTION BIOLOGY
Ilana Brito’s lab pioneers methods to examine microorganisms within humans and learn how infectious diseases gain antibiotic resistance.
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DATA SCIENCE
Dr. Jyotishman Pathak is an expert of population health sciences and studies how complex digital health records impact patient outcomes.
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Radical collaboration: spanning disciplines and fueling new discoveries