The Power and the Promise
Medicines tailored to your genetic makeup. Rice and maize that not only resist disease and drought, but supply better nutrition to the world's most vulnerable people. Molecule-sized machines that transport cancer drugs directly to diseased cells. Biodegradable plastics made from plants and waste products. The importance of the life sciences could not be greater, nor the promise brighter.
At Cornell, solutions like these are emerging—made possible by partnerships among biologists, physicists, computer scientists, engineers, and social scientists. Cornell's founding legacy of collaboration is building a new era of discovery.
To harness this power, Cornell established the New Life Sciences Initiative: a $650 million investment in research and program support, faculty and graduate student recruitment, and facility enhancement. The initiative is a central fundraising priority of Far Above…The Campaign for Cornell, and a central academic priority for the university's top leaders.
Features |
|
The Weill Institute solves fundamental problems in cell biology
Fulfilling the Promise: Weill Hall interviews
