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A flooded neighborhood.

Community, finances prevent migration by those in flood zones

An artist’s rendering of Atkinson Hall.

Atkinsons’ $30M gift to name multidisciplinary building

An architect making a note on a blue print.

Mellon grant boosts collaborative projects for equity, social justice

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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A bone cross-section labeled with fluorescent dyes to measure the dynamics of bone formation.

Researchers link breast cancer and bone growth

A Cornell-led collaboration has found that bones may grow in response to breast cancer tumors, which could point the way to future diagnostic tests and therapeutic treatments.

Researchers using a microscope.

$750K awarded to 10 studies for intercampus research

The Office of Academic Integration has awarded grants to a range of studies, funding cross-campus research across five colleges and schools and 18 departments and divisions.

Mario Herrero.

Global food systems expert joins Cornell to drive collaborations

Mario Herrero will join the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) and become the university’s second Cornell Atkinson Scholar, effective July 15.

A microscopic oregami bird.

Self-folding nanotech creates world’s smallest origami bird

An interdisciplinary team of Cornell researchers created what is potentially the world’s smallest self-folding origami bird, advancing robot technology at the microscopic level.

Radical Collaborators

Infection Biology

Immunologist Avery August focuses on immune cell responses to antigens, including potential treatments for asthma and other chronic conditions.

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Digital Agriculture

Rice geneticist Susan McCouch advances molecular breeding strategies, including the first published map of the rice genome.

Nanoscale Science

Physicist Paul McEuen focuses on the fabrication and study of nanostructures for use in electronics, optics and other fields.

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Genome Biology

Chemist Rick Cerione studies biological mechanisms involved in cell growth and differentiation, with particular emphasis on cancer progression.

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Critical Inquiry into Values, Imagination and Culture

Classicist Verity Platt examines the historiography of ancient cultures, including Greek and Roman civilizations.

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Radical Collaboration

faculty members working together

Radical collaboration: spanning disciplines and fueling new discoveries