Institutional

On March 20, the Class of 2026 learned where they will be doing their internship and residency training—setting the stage for the next several years of their medical careers and lives.

More than 100 students from across Cornell campuses and 17 other universities gathered in New York City March 6–8 for the Cornell Health AI Hackathon.

As the conflict engulfing the Middle East complicates clinical instruction for medical students at Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar, medical education leadership in New York has rapidly launched telehealth electives to help students in Doha complete their education.

Fourteen members of Cornell’s faculty and staff are being recognized this year with Community-Engaged Practice and Innovation Awards from the David M. Einhorn Center for Community Engagement. 

Awards, honors and achievements for the month of February. 

The WCCHR provides survivors of persecution or torture seeking asylum in the U.S. with objective forensic evaluations, which are psychological and physical assessments, including gynecological exams, that can last up to three hours. Since its inception, the center has evaluated more than 1,100 people.

Encompassing a Dean’s Lecture Series and Dean’s Grant Program, the initiative aims to provide the institutional infrastructure and services needed to support AI use safely and effectively among faculty, staff and students.

Dr. Anca Dinu Askanase will serve as chief of the Division of Rheumatology at HSS as well as at Weill Cornell Medicine

Awards, honors and achievements for the month of January. 

Two Weill Cornell Medicine physician-scientists, Dr. Hooman Kamel and Dr. Robert Peck, have been elected members of the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI) for 2026.  

Dr. Longman will lead a world-class, multidisciplinary team of women’s health specialists who provide comprehensive health care services, spanning prenatal and postpartum services, gynecologic cancer screenings, treatment of reproductive disorders, family planning and preventative care.

On Dec. 10, first-year Weill Cornell Medical College students memorialized the 28 people who generously donated their bodies to the institution’s Gross Anatomy program.

Awards, honors and achievements for the month of December. 

Weill Cornell Medicine is poised to thrive in the coming years, with a planned expansion of its clinical enterprise serving as an engine for overall institutional growth, Dean Robert Harrington conveyed Dec. 16 during his biannual State of Weill Cornell Medicine address.

More than 75 employees were honored at the President’s Awards for Employee Excellence, representing Cornell’s Ithaca campus as well as Weill Cornell Medicine and Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar. This year marked the first time nominations were open to all three campuses.

Dr. Hazel Szeto's discovery of a first-in-class compound that had mitochondrial therapeutic potential is now a U.S. Food and Drug Administration-approved drug.

Weill Cornell Medicine’s Ninth Annual Dean’s Symposium on Innovation and Entrepreneurship celebrated and fostered the entrepreneurial spirit on Nov. 17 at Weill Cornell's Griffis Faculty Club.

Awards, honors and achievements for the month of November.

Dr. Robert A. Harrington detailed his path in academic medicine and research during a fireside chat for the Luminaries in Healthcare Leadership series.

Dr. Mocco will lead a large team of neurosurgeons and other experts who specialize in diseases that affect the blood vessels in the brain, known as cerebrovascular disease; brain and spinal tumors; movement disorders; and other diseases of the brain, spine and nerves that branch out from the brain and spinal cord.