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The Medical College organized a special panel discussion on Sept. 20 for Weill Cornell students to give them an opportunity to express their thoughts and questions about the many implications of the terrorist destruction of the World Trade Center....

Dr. Joseph Fins, associate professor of medicine and public health and director of medical ethics at NewYork Weill Cornell, wrote these poems reflecting his thoughts on the disaster. The inspiration for "Mosaics and Misery" was the expectant waiting of...

Some of the Finance Department staff who worked in temporary space in the Whitney Pavilion Research Laboratories while their offices at 100 Broadway, near "ground zero," remained closed: (from left) Kevin McGrath, Richard Weisenmuller, Marie Thompson, Edward Walsh, Lorenzo...

Dr. Roger Yurt, director of the Burn Center, talks to NBC Nightly News correspondent Bob Bazell, about the treatment of patients who suffered serious burns at the World Trade Center disaster. During the World Trade Center emergency, Weill Cornell...

Dr. Gabriele Barthlen (neurology) was interviewed about sleep disorders for the journal Economics of Neuroscience. Dr. Andrew Dannenberg (medicine) was interviewed by the Chronicle of Higher Education about the ability of natural substances to block the cancer-causing COX-2 gene....

Weill Cornell's newly renovated lobby entrance at 69th Street and York Avenue opened on Tuesday, Sept. 4, as faculty, students and staff returned from the Labor Day weekend. A new service in the lobby is an Information Desk adjacent...

Richard Kogan, pianist and clinical instructor in psychiatry. Weill Cornell's Humanities and Medicine Series (2001-2002) continues on Wednesday, Sept. 12, with a lecture/performance on "Music and Illness (Beethoven, Schumann and Gershwin)" by pianist (and Weill Cornell psychiatrist) Dr. Richard...

Dr. Kathleen Foley, keynote speaker at the White Coat Ceremony. The highlight of the White Coat Ceremony: faculty help the new first-year medical students put on their new white coats. At the fifth annual White Coat Ceremony, which preceded...

Dr. Alvin Mushlin, keynote speaker at Opening Day. At the Opening Day program held on Aug. 22, the new students heard welcoming remarks from Cornell University President Hunter Rawlings and Dr. Antonio Gotto, provost for Medical Affairs and dean...

Proteomics Expert Is Latest Recruit at Weill Cornell New York, NY (September 4, 2001) — The day will come when people will be screened for hundreds of diseases through a simple blood test if the vision of the newest faculty...

Dr. Ronald Crystal (medicine) was interviewed by Gannett News Service about the ethical parallels between the early days of stem-cell research and gene therapy research. He was also interviewed by Poz magazine about gene therapy approaches to treating HIV...

Dr. Richard Kogan, pianist and instructor in psychiatry at Weill Cornell. Weill Cornell's Humanities and Medicine Series (2001-2002) begins on Wednesday, Sept. 5, with a visit by journalist and political commentator Morton Kondracke, whose recently released book "Saving Milly"...

This year, Weill Cornell's Board of Overseers has welcomed four new members. Elected to the board as public members were Maurice Greenberg, chairman emeritus of the Board of Trustees of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, who has been a major benefactor of...

Dr. Peter Schlegel Dr. Peter Schlegel, associate professor and vice chairman of urology, has been named acting chairman of the department. He will also serve as acting urologist-in-chief at NewYork Weill Cornell Medical Center until a new chairman is...

Dr. H. Dirk Sostman Dr. H. Dirk Sostman, chairman of the Department of Radiology, has been named senior associate dean for clinical affairs, succeeding Dr. E. Darracott Vaughan. Dr. Sostman will serve as senior associate dean while continuing to...

Dr. E. Darracott Vaughan Is Installed as President of the American Urological Association Dr. E. Darracott Vaughan, who was recently installed as president of the American Urological Association (AUA), has stepped down as chairman of the Department of Urology...

Dr. Margaret Altemus (psychiatry) was interviewed by BBC radio about the brain chemical oxytocin. Dr. Nasser Altorki (cardiothoracic surgery) and Dr. Jeffrey Tepler (medicine) were mentioned in a People magazine feature about "Good Morning America" movie critic Joel Siegel,...

Weill Medical College's Continuing Medical Education (CME) Committee has approved the following educational activities for fall 2001. Rheumatology Board Review Course (23 CME credits): September 14–16 Sponsored by Weill Medical College and The Hospital for Special Surgery For information/registration,...