Hear from some of 2016 Affinito-Stewart grant recipients about their research, and how this funding has supported their work. Featured: Ilana Lauren Brito, biomedical engineering; Motoko Mukai, food science; Katja Nowack, physics; Heather Huson ’97, animal science; Elia Tait Wojno, Baker Institute for Animal Health; Ludmilla Aristilde '03, biological and environmental engineering; and Gerlinde Van de Walle, Baker Institute for Animal Health.
The Affinito-Stewart grant program, administered by the President’s Council of Cornell Women (PCCW), aims to increase the long-term retention of women on the Cornell faculty by supporting the completion of research that is important in the tenure process.
PCCW is a group of highly accomplished alumnae working to enhance the involvement of women students, faculty, staff, and alumnae as leaders within Cornell’s many communities.