The Office of Undergraduate Biology named Beth Straight as Undergraduate Researcher of the Week: https://www.smore.com/cpejb
Beth’s work on the stem-cell-lineage basis for the material properties of bone was recently featured in a Cornell MSE student spotlight: https://www.mse.cornell.edu/spotlights/student-finds-passion-researching-disease-through-mse
Congratulations Beth!
Undergraduate researcher Kobby Adu was awarded an Engineering Learning Initiatives Research Award for his proposal, “Identifying the effects of sterilization methods on the properties of bone graft extracellular matrix”. Congratulations Kobby!
First year PhD student Quinton wright received honorable mention as a 2022 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow. Congratulations Quinton! More information about the awards and recipients can be found on the NSF student spotlights: https://www.mse.cornell.edu/spotlights/mse-students-win-nsf-graduate-research-fellowships
PhD student Heather Hunt was awarded a young investigator award at the International Conference on the Chemistry and Biology of Mineralized Tissues in Potsdam, Germany to present her abstract entitled, “Collagen matrix alterations lead to bone embrittlement in type 2 diabetic men.”
PhD student Pablo Palomino was awarded an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, and PhD student Erik Taylor received Honorable Mention. Congratulations Pablo and Erik!
Heather Hunt will present an invited talk entitled, “Mechanical and Biochemical Assessment of Bone Quality in Type 2 Diabetics” at the NSF-sponsored 6th Advanced Study Institute on Global Healthcare Challenges held June 22-26 2015 in Izmir, Turkey.
Prof. Donnelly presented a talk entitled, “Multiscale mechanical and compositional characterization of bone tissue in health and disease” at the Nanobruecken 2015 nanomechanics workshop at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces in Potsdam, Germany.
Xiangyun (Joyce) Xu was awarded an Engineering Learning Initiatives Undergraduate Research Award for her proposal entitled, “Characterization of tissue composition in Type II diabetic human bone.” The ELI grant provides support for living and research expenses for her research in the lab this summer. Congratulations Joyce!
Eve Donnelly was awarded a grant through the NSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program entitled “CAREER: Role of Variations in Tissue Material Properties in Bone Fracture Behavior.” This work is expected to identify and predict how the changes in bone tissue composition that occur in osteoporosis will affect bone fracture behavior. More information is available via Cornell and NSF.
Donnelly Research Lab 
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