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Cornell University

Helbling Research Group

aquatic science and technology

Core Values

Cornell University was founded to be a place where “…any person can find instruction in any study.” In alignment with that founding principle, the Helbling Research Group strives to be a welcoming, caring, and equitable research team.

As environmental engineers, our research aims to make the world a better place; we imagine a sustainable future where people live happy and healthy lives while using less of the Earth’s natural resources. We also imagine a future where any person can find opportunities to participate and succeed in their chosen life’s work regardless of race, gender, sexuality, disability, neurodiversity, nationality, religion, or class.

In acknowledgement of this vision, the Helbling Research Group aspires to be inclusive and welcoming to all undergraduate students, graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and other academic visitors. We aspire to create a lab culture where all research group members are free to discuss, listen, learn, and reflect on the experiences of all members of the research group and our broader academic community. We aspire to adopt policies and behaviors that contribute to the dismantling of systems of inequality both inside and outside of academia. We are certain that a commitment to these aspirations will allow us all to become better environmental engineers, better scientists, and better people.

Poster text reads: In this lab, we believe: science is real (microscope image), love is love (rainbow anatomical heart), black lives matter (brown raised fist), feminism is for everyone (female symbol), water is cool (image of water drop), immigrants are welcome (statue of liberty).
Poster adapted from: Sammy Katta: Lab Posters