Moments

Summer 2023

Marking celebratory events in the lives of our students, including Match Day and Graduation.

Alumni Website

Thank you!

Thank you to all alumni who have given their time and energy to advance Weill Cornell Medicine’s alumni programs!

For information about how you can connect with our current students and your fellow alumni while making a difference for your alma mater, please:

Call the Office of Alumni Relations
646-962-9560

Email
alumni@med.cornell.edu

Or visit the alumni website
www.alumni.weill.cornell.edu.

Celebrating Match Day Success

  • Two smiling, fair-skinned young women hug.
  • A group of five young Black women celebrate together.

Congratulations to our 2023 Award of Distinction recipients!

Margaret “Peggy” J. Bia, M.D. ’72

Cheryl F. Dreyfus, Ph.D. ’76

To submit your nomination for the 2024 awards, visit this link or email alumni@med.cornell.edu.

  • A smiling middle aged Asian man in glasses, wearing a powder blue collared shirt, orange tie and dark blue suit jacket, stands in between two smiling young Black students who are each holding a paper which states the medical centers they’ve matched with for residency.
  • A group of five students celebrates their matches while holding their letters

Reunion 2024

September 20–21

  • Engaging guest speakers
  • Institutional highlights and campus tours
  • Sneak preview of the new student residence
  • Class gatherings and festive Reunion Dinner
  • Opportunities to connect with old and new friends

Celebrating milestone reunion class years ending in 3, 4, 8, and 9. All alumni are invited. For additional information, contact the Office of Alumni Relations at 646.962.9560 or alumni@med.cornell.edu

  • A young Asian man in a white dress shirt and dark blue blazer smiles and looks up as confetti showers over him
  • A young white woman smiles as she reaches for her Match Day letter.
    Photos above: Members of the Weill Cornell Medical College Class of 2023 learned on national Match Day where they will be doing their internship and residency training —  setting the stage for the next several years of their medical careers and lives. 

“No matter where your journey takes you, you will always be a part of the Weill Cornell Medicine family.”

Dr. Kathleen Foley (M.D. ’69),
President of the Weill Cornell Medical College Alumni Association

Commencement 2023

  • Medical college graduates seated in the audience facing a large stage, wearing red gowns and black caps during their commencement ceremony
  • Middle aged Asian man in glasses, wearing a red gown and black cap, stands at the podium to address students
  • Students, wearing their red gowns, recite the Hippocratic Oath, as they stand holding a booklet in their left hand with their right hand raised
    Photos above: Members of the Class of 2023 gathered at Carnegie Hall on May 18 to receive their degrees and swear the Hippocratic Oath. Dr. Francis Lee, interim dean of Weill Cornell Medicine, addressed the students. Photos by Nat Clymer

Qatar

  • Medical school students in Qatar seated in red gowns and black caps during their commencement
    Some 42 graduates of Weill Cornell Medicine–Qatar celebrated commencement on May 9.

Convocation

  • Two young Asian women, wearing red gowns and black caps, smile for a photo during a convocation ceremony
    Photos above: Ceremonies honored students for their achievements. Photos by Amelia Panico

Summer 2023 Front to Back

  • From the Dean

    Message from the Dean

    As Weill Cornell Medicine marks the 125th year since its founding, it is striking to reflect upon how our values have endured.
  • Features

    Window Into the Future

    An ambitious research program could hold clues to improving the health of women and their children across their lifespans.
  • Features

    Caught on Camera

    Recordings made in Dr. Simon Scheuring’s lab reveal how elusive molecules embedded in cell membranes get their jobs done — for good and ill.
  • Features

    Risks and Rewards

    Alumnus Dr. Anthony Fauci (M.D. ’66) joins Dr. Jay Varma in a candid conversation about the future of public health and more.
  • Notable

    Two Landmark Anniversaries

    Weill Cornell Medicine is celebrating more than a century of excellence in medical education, scientific discovery and patient care, commemorating 125 years since its founding.
  • Notable

    Honoring Diversity

    In a celebration of Weill Cornell Medicine’s commitment to fostering diversity, equity and inclusion in academic medicine, the institution honored nearly a dozen faculty, students and staff.
  • Notable

    Overheard

    Weill Cornell Medicine faculty members are leading the conversation about important health issues across the country and around the world.
  • Notable

    News Briefs

    Notable faculty appointments, honors, awards and more — from around campus and beyond.
  • Notable

    Dateline

    The Salzburg-Cornell Seminars, now part of the Open Medical Institute (OMI), celebrates 30 years of knowledge-sharing, having served more than 26,000 fellows from 130 countries.
  • Grand Rounds

    There Is Hope

    How immunotherapy offered a new lease on life
  • Grand Rounds

    Medical School, Minus the Debt

    Weill Cornell Medicine’s debt-reduction program.
  • Grand Rounds

    News Briefs

    The latest on teaching, learning and patient-centered care.
  • Discovery

    Filling a Critical Gap in the Gut

    An important discovery positions fungi as a missing part of research on how the gut biome influences health.
  • Discovery

    New Clues to Coma Recovery

    Delays in regaining consciousness may serve a purpose: protecting the brain from oxygen deprivation.
  • Discovery

    Findings

    The latest advances in faculty research, published in the world’s leading journals.
  • Alumni

    Profiles

    Forging critical connections to move research from the bench to the bedside, our alumni are making an impact.
  • Alumni

    Notes

    What’s new with you? Keep your classmates up to date on all your latest achievements with an Alumni Note.
  • Alumni

    In Memoriam

    Marking the passing of our faculty and alumni.
  • Alumni

    Moments

    Marking celebratory events in the lives of our students, including Match Day and Graduation.
  • Second Opinion

    Nurturing Well-Being

    How can the health-care workforce recover from pandemic burnout?
  • Exchange

    High-Risk, High-Reward

    Two enterprising scientists discuss how the ecosystem for innovation at Weill Cornell Medicine provides the support entrepreneurial faculty and students need to turn their promising research into commercially viable drugs and other treatments.
  • Muse

    In the Flow

    Dr. Navarro Millán is a rheumatologist, clinical investigator and multi-instrumentalist.
  • Spotlight

    Making Health Care Affordable and Equitable

    Dr. Cheryl Pegus (M.D. ’88) is a cardiologist working in health-care businesses on new products to meet consumer needs, enhance health equity and improve health outcomes.