The Austin Hooey Graduate Research Excellence Recognition Award is the highest award given to a graduate student. It recognizes outstanding contributions to scholarship, service, and research toward a Ph.D. Established in 2005 in honor of the late Austin O. Hooey (1922–2004); her father, William C. Hooey, earned his degree in chemical engineering in 1912. Both, father and daughter, deeply valued higher education and Cornell University.
The Spring 2022 winner Alicia Aquino of the DeLisa Group.
Assistant professor Rong Yang will research a novel approach to ear infection treatment as the recipient of a 2023 Hartwell Individual Biomedical Research Award. Read more about Yang receives Hartwell award to research ear infection treatment
CBE student Aditi Seshadri won the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow - Prestigious honors from the fellowship program that identifies doctoral students likely to achieve a high... Read more about CBE Student Wins NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Cornell engineers say that pairing crypto mining – notable for consuming carbon-based fuel – with green hydrogen could provide for wider deployment of renewable energy, such as solar and wind power. Read more about Crypto, green hydrogen form ‘dynamic duo’ to thwart climate change
