Biology professor Craig Tepper was awarded Cornell's first Ringer Distinguished Professorship in 2007. The three-year appointment came with funds that will allow Tepper to offer an annual Ringer Student Research Fellowship and also finance molecular supplies for student-faculty research. He also plans to travel to San Salvador, Bahamas, with colleague Bob Black to initiate coral transplantation experiments at their coral reef study site.

Our Faculty

Barbara Christie-Pope ’s research has helped advance theories on the causes of Parkinson’s disease. Mark Hunter has founded a theatre and directed more than 50 professional productions. Glenn Freeman’s work has been published in Poetry, Cimarron Review, and elsewhere.

The Cornell faculty are professionally active, nationally recognized scholars, artists, and musicians. They’ve earned degrees from Harvard, Princeton, Oxford, Columbia, and M.I.T.

But it’s teaching that fuels their passion. That’s why they chose Cornell, where they can teach one course—and one small group of intellectually ambitious students—at a time.

Here, teaching is more than a 45-minute lecture every other day. It is about give and take in the classroom, about personalized learning, team-based projects, individualized exploration, and close mentoring. It is collaborative learning at its best.

You’ll see your professors applauding your musical performances, cheering in the stands when you score your first soccer goal, and attending your senior art show. You’ll assist them in writing up the results of publishable research and accompany them to conferences to present jointly designed science posters.

Find out more: browse our faculty listing, alphabetically or by department.
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