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Extraordinary Gifts Launch $750 Million Capital Campaign; $332 Million — or 44% — Raised Toward Goal A Major Boost for New York City in the New Year; Mayor Michael Bloomberg Joins in Announcement New York, N.Y. (January 8, 2002) —...

Special Gala Raises Funds and Honors Weill Cornell's Dr. Warren Johnson New York, NY (January 2, 2002) — GHESKIO — a leading Haitian health facility dedicated since 1982 to research, services, and training in HIV/AIDS and other deadly infectious diseases...

Findings Suggest New Strategies for Diagnosis, Prediction, and Therapy Synthesizing a Drug Found in Japanese Deep-Sea Sponges New York, NY (January 2, 2002) — An article just published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation — by lead authors Drs. Noel...

Welcoming staff and employees to the Day of Unity program are (from left) Valerie Grubman, Weill Cornell Human Resources; Dr. Antonio Gotto, dean of Weill Medical College; Josephine Sanchez-Cooper, Weill Cornell Human Resources; and Myrna Manners, vice provost for...

Carolyn Reid, acting director of the Samuel J. Wood Library and the C.V. Starr Biomedical Information Center. Carolyn Reid, associate director of the Medical Library, has been appointed acting director for the Samuel J. Wood Library and the C.V....

Cutting the ribbon at the dedication of the Ambulatory Oncology Suite are (from left) Dr. Roy Silverstein, chief of the Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology; Dr. Ralph Nachman, chairman of the Department of Medicine; Dr. Mark Pasmantier, clinical...

Firefighters from Engine 44 were among many local firefighters and police officers whose heroic efforts were recognized at the "Honoring Our Community" reception. From left: Firefighter Edward Kennedy; Firefighter Richard Boeri; Lt. Kevin Rice; Dr. Lisa Staiano-Coico, senior associate...

Dr. George Alexopoulos (psychiatry) was interviewed by the Medical Herald for a feature on geriatric depression. Dr. Louis Aronne (medicine) was interviewed on ABC "Good Morning America" about fighting fat. Dr. Phyllis August (medicine) was interviewed by the San...

Weill Cornell hosted a luncheon on Nov. 19 to honor 242 faculty and staff who attained 5 and 10 years of service during 2001. The 10-year honorees included 79 faculty and staff; and 5-year honorees included 163 faculty and...

Stephen Weiss (second from right), 2001 Honorary Fellow of the Cornell University Weill Medical College Alumni Association, with (from left) Dr. Paul Miskovitz, president of the Alumni Association and clinical associate professor of medicine; Dr. Walter F. Riker Jr.,...

Nancy Wexler, Ph.D. Richard Powers (Photo by Madeleine Marchaterre.) Weill Cornell's Humanities and Medicine Program presents "To Know or Not To Know" with neuropsychologist Nancy Wexler, Ph.D., and noted author Richard Powers on Wednesday, Jan. 9, at 5 p.m....

Dr. Thomas Templeton shows graduate students a culture of human blood infected with malaria parasites. The graduate students are Jaggi Jaspreet, Nicole Draghi, Matthew Dunn, Leszek Lisowski and Lynn Kamen. Dr. Luis Quadri talks about his research on tuberculosis...

Award for Research May Lead to Drugs To Lengthen Human Life Span New York, NY (December 20, 2001) — Dr. Jochen Buck, an Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmacology at Weill Cornell Medical College, has been selected to receive...

Studies with Human Cell Lines Show That Activation of the H3-Receptor Limits the Release of Arrhythmia-Causing Noradrenaline New York, NY (December 20, 2001) —­ When a heart attack strikes, the nerve endings in the heart release excessive amounts of the...

Among First Researchers to Discover Such Genes in Mammals New York, NY (December 18, 2001) — Dr. Zhong Sheng Sun, an Assistant Professor of Biochemistry in Pediatrics at Weill Cornell Medical College, has won a prestigious Mallinckrodt Foundation research award...

New York, NY (December 17, 2001) — The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has pledged a $500,000 challenge grant over the next three years to help create a $1 million endowment for the Gateways to the Laboratory Program, a joint endeavor...

Jonathan Weinsaft and Jay Edelberg of Division of Cardiology Honored New York, NY (December 12, 2001) — Two young physician-scientists in the Division of Cardiology at Weill Cornell Medical College each won a highly competitive award presented at the recent...