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Amol Paranjape ’21, top, a mechanical engineering major, presents his research to graduate student judges on May 7 during the finals of the CURB Spring Symposium. Undergrad research on display at CURB symposium
May 11, 2021
What could be more rewarding academically than helping to answer a previously unanswered question, or making a new discovery for the benefit of humankind?
For Stephie Lux ’21, not much.
“Undergraduate research has probably been the most impactful extracurricular for me in college,” said Lux, one of 15 finalists in the Cornell Undergraduate Research Board (CURB) Spring Symposium, held virtually May 4-7.
“When you find the right lab that matches your interests and personality, you can gain incredible mentors, as I have been fortunate to have, who will help you not only with research but with all areas of your life,” said Lux, who’s majoring in biomedical engineering in the College of Engineering. �
March 10, 2021
The W.E. Cornell program, which aims to improve gender representation in entrepreneurship, is launching its spring cohort as industries reckon with the inequities exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
“In our third year, we have trained over 100 STEM women to expose them to entrepreneurship to build the next generation of transformations that can impact society,” said program director and Cornell Engineering lecturer, Andrea Ippolito ’06, M.Eng. ’07.
“Women represent 50% of society and we need to do a better job of engaging half of our population to fuel and propel the economy forward,” she said. “We know from data that the greatest job growth in the U.S. is occurring from startups and small businesses, so this program helps drive economic growth.”