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Dr. Jack Barchas (psychiatry) was quoted about an art show fund-raising event to highlight Mental Health Awareness Month in the Cornell Chronicle. Dr. Sandra Belmont (ophthalmology) was interviewed about new innovations in laser surgery for vision correction by New...

Dr. David V. Becker, professor of radiology, presented "Chernobyl-Associated Childhood Thyroid Cancer: Status 15 Years After the Accident," at the 10th international conference on Health and the Environment: Global Partners for Global Solutions, held at U.N. headquarters from April...

Among the retirement gifts Dr. Chan received from his colleagues in the Department of Pharmacology were this Steuben Crystal Star presented by Dr. Arleen Rifkind, professor of pharmacology, and a Cornell University chair. Almost ready for Broadway are Dr....

The renovation work will include a canopy covering the entrance steps on York Avenue that will look like this. Starting Monday, May 28, the Medical College entrance at 69th Street and York Avenue will close for about 12 weeks...

Dr. Daniel Alonso (dean, Weill Medical College in Qatar) was interviewed about the new Medical College in Qatar for American Medical News, the newsletter of the American Medical Association. Dr. Phyllis August (medicine) was interviewed about the relationship between...

Nobel laureate Dr. Gerald Edelman (right), keynote speaker at the Vincent du Vigneaud Memorial Research Symposum, is introduced by graduate student Robert Debellis. The 21st annual Vincent du Vigneaud Memorial Research Symposium was presented by students of the Weill...

Medical students with poster exhibits of their international projects: (above) Mark Travassos, class of 2003, discusses his project in Kenya with Fran Poole; (below) Sarah Snelgrove, class of 2001, talks about her project in Nepal with Collette Kean and...

Pam Bennett-Santoro, '77 (left), president of the School of Nursing Alumni Association; Doris Glick, '66 (center), vice president for patient services and chief nursing officer for NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital; and Linda Saal, vice president of the Alumni Association and program...

First-year medical student Rene Rivera helps his mother Fredeswinda Ferrer in a demonstration of problem-based learning. The Medical College hosted its annual "Family Day" on May 4, welcoming medical students' parents, brothers, sisters and significant others for an afternoon...

Dr. Stephen Katz, director of the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases. Dr. Stephen Katz, director of the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, will be the guest of the Department of Dermatology...

Dr. Antonio Gotto, the Stephen and Suzanne Weiss Dean of Weill Medical College, will present a report on the "State of the Medical College and Graduate School of Medical Sciences" on Monday, May 21, at 5 p.m. in Uris...

Dr. D. Jackson Coleman and Jane Coleman (center) with Greenberg Award co-chairs Bernadette Castro Guida and Dr. Peter Guida (left) and Myra and Arthur Mahon (right). At a gala award celebration held at The Plaza on May 2, Dr....

Advances & Controversies in the Management of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms: An Update on Endovascular Repair and New Medical Treatments May 10, 6–8:30 p.m., Griffis Faculty Club For more information, call Deborah Carson at (212) 746-5007. Valves in the Heart...

Dr. Selina Chen-Kiang (pathology) will be profiled on WNBC-TV for the station's Asian Heritage Month. Dr. Bassem El-Masri (medicine) was interviewed by the New York Post for a feature on clinical trials. Dr. Mitchell Gaynor (medicine) was interviewed for...

Third-year medical students Natasha Herron (left) and Quanjing Liu use the Library's new Macintosh iBooks to work on a project. The Medical College Library has acquired 10 Macintosh iBooks to supplement the 24 networked computers provided for Library users....