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Awards, honors and achievements for the month of June.

Over the last two decades, the Weill Cornell Community Clinic has become a bedrock of care for uninsured New Yorkers while also evolving into a deeply embedded part of medical education at Weill Cornell Medical College. 

As the 2026 academic year wrapped up, 99 Cornell employees celebrated completing their degrees while balancing the demands of full-time work.

A recent paper examines the academic, economic and organizational forces jeopardizing a career as a physician-scientist and proposes a framework with the potential to both remedy and revitalize this unique workforce.

Dr. Gunisha Kaur has been appointed to the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, an independent, bipartisan legislative branch agency that globally monitors the universal right to freedom of religion or belief.

The eighth cohort of the Biomedical Innovation Challenge showcased its innovations and development plans during a lightning round of pitches and judges’ questions on June 4 in the Belfer Research Building.

An expected 136 new doctors and physician assistants celebrated the completion of their education May 14 during Weill Cornell Medical College’s annual Commencement ceremony.

Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences honored the 311 expected Class of 2026 graduates May 14 during the school’s first dedicated Commencement ceremony.

Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences celebrated students in the Class of 2026 for their academic achievements during its convocation ceremony on May 13.

Over 200 scientists, startup founders and partners in government and industry gathered at Uris Auditorium on April 23 for the 2026 BioInnovate Conference. 

Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar celebrated its largest ever graduating class, which also includes a record 22 Qatari nationals, during the institution’s commencement ceremony May 5.

Weill Cornell Medicine faculty members were honored with awards for their exemplary achievements in medical...

Awards, honors and achievements for the month of April.

Even as the national conversation around diversity, equity and inclusion is muted, Weill Cornell Medicine continues its work to make sure everyone has a seat at the table. That was the message relayed on April 23 by Dr. Linnie Golightly, provost and senior associate dean of academic affairs at CUNY School of Medicine. 

Dr. Boudker was among four Cornell faculty members to be elected into the academy this year.

On April 20, Weill Cornell Medicine awarded the Pioneers in Diversity Awards, recognizing commitment to diversity and inclusion through mentorship, service and advocacy.

Advancing health equity in medicine requires a clear-eyed understanding of history, a rejection of race-based clinical assumptions and a commitment to transform research into practice, said Dr. Joseph L. Wright, senior vice president and chief health equity officer of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), in his keynote address for Weill Cornell Medicine’s eighth annual Diversity Week. 

As executive director for women’s health, a role that complements her position leading obstetrics and gynecology, Dr. Riley will unify, coordinate and drive new paradigms for women’s health care across medical specialties.

Soon-to-graduate students of Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar have gained residency places at prestigious health care institutions in Qatar and the United States, marking another successful Match Day for the college. 

As states reassess Medicaid coverage following recent federal policy changes and the end of pandemic-era protections, researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine’s Department of Pediatrics, the Cornell Health Policy Center and Ariadne Labs are championing evidence-based health care policy reform and expanded Medicaid coverage for children.