Martha Pollack

More than 400 students celebrated a milestone on May 19: graduating from Weill Cornell Medical College and Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences. 

Building on a legacy of groundbreaking advances in medicine and science, Weill Cornell Medicine today launched an ambitious $1.5 billion campaign—with more than $750 million already raised—that will harness emerging biomedical innovations to bring exemplary care to patients and create enduring change in medicine.

Dr. Augustine M.K. Choi, the Stephen and Suzanne Weiss Dean of Weill Cornell Medicine and provost for medical affairs of Cornell University, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine.

Like more than half of Weill Cornell Medicine’s Class of 2020, Dr. Kevin Ackerman chose to graduate early to be of service to New York City’s healthcare system during the COVID-19 pandemic.

More than 50 doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals from Cayuga Health in Ithaca have joined their Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center counterparts to care for New Yorkers diagnosed with COVID-19.

A mentoring town hall, hosted by Dean Augustine M.K. Choi, capped the celebration of National Mentoring Month.

When Cornell President Martha E. Pollack talks about the experiences that shaped her career, she starts by talking about mentorship, and a pivotal conversation she had with Professor Hoyt Alverson at Dartmouth College.

A transformative new scholarship program established by Weill Cornell Medicine will eliminate medical education debt for all students who qualify for financial aid. 

More than 370 students celebrated a milestone on May 30: graduating from Weill Cornell Medical College, Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences and Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar. 

With their education behind them, the graduates will now embark on their residencies, postdocs, fellowships and other phases of their careers. But no matter where they go or what they do, Dr. Choi said, they need to remember what inspired them to pursue careers in medicine and science, and hold true to those ideals.

Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar welcomed 34 new doctors, including 13 Qatari nationals—a landmark for the institution—into the medical profession during commencement on May 2.

Mark Veich, an accomplished leader in institutional advancement, has been appointed vice provost for external affairs at Weill Cornell Medicine, effective Feb. 12.

Cornell’s tradition of scholarship, research and service in New York City exemplifies the university’s land-grant mission and transcends disciplines and geographic regions, said Cornell President Martha E. Pollack during a Sept. 14 reception in honor of her inauguration as the university’s 14th president.

Martha Pollack, PhD, Cornell’s 14th president, took office in April; she came from the University of Michigan, where she’d served for 17 years in several roles including dean of the School of Information and provost, a position that included overseeing the university’s medical school.