Overheard
Notable
“Obesity actually causes an inflammatory, cell-damaging response in a lot of patients, and it’s these damaged cells that can eventually become cancers.”
“It’s the symptoms that matter — not what this test shows.”
“There’s a lot of psychological stress as a result of a cancer diagnosis, which can lower the pain threshold.”
“Fluids like that can be super-heated such that when you touch them, there’s almost like a mini-explosion.”
Summer 2024 Front to Back
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Features
Science Over Stigma
By probing the physical cause of obesity, researchers have repudiated harmful misconceptions, leading to new, highly effective medications. -
Features
The Sounds of Science
How insights from ornithology, coupled with advances in AI, could enable doctors to screen for disease using the human voice. -
Features
Bones’ Secret Cells
Research led by Dr. Matthew Greenblatt and his lab is revealing connections between bone stem cells and a surprising array of conditions — including cancer. -
Notable
Expansion in Midtown
A 216,000 square-foot expansion of clinical and research programs at 575 Lexington Ave. will provide state-of-the-art clinical care at the Midtown Manhattan location. -
Notable
A Dramatic Growth in Research
In the decade since the Belfer Research Building’s opening, Weill Cornell Medicine’s sponsored research funding has more than doubled. -
Notable
Dateline
Heart disease presents differently in resource-poor countries like Haiti. Dr. Molly McNairy and colleagues are working to identify underlying causes and prevention. -
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. -
Grand Rounds
Living With Endometriosis: A 12-Year Journey
How the right treatment reduced the pain of endometriosis -
Grand Rounds
Taking Action Against Lung Cancer
Monitoring by Weill Cornell Medicine’s Incidental Lung Nodule Surveillance Program can lead to early cancer detection. -
Grand Rounds
News Briefs
The latest on teaching, learning and patient-centered care. -
Discovery
Gut Check
New evidence shows that a bacterium found in the gut of livestock could be a trigger of multiple sclerosis in humans. -
Discovery
Researchers Chart the Contents of Human Bone Marrow
A new method for mapping the location and spatial features of blood-forming cells within human bone marrow provide a powerful new means to study diseases that affect it. -
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 the White Coat Ceremony and receptions for new students. -
Second Opinion
Equal Risk
Does race have a role in calculations of health risks? -
Exchange
Health Equity
Two faculty members discuss the importance of community-engaged research in their work to help combat cancer disparities fueled by persistent poverty. -
Muse
Finding Strength in Art
Surin Lee is a Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar medical student, Class of 2026, and a visual artist. -
Spotlight
Partners in Solving Surgical Challenges
Dr. Darren Orbach (M.D. ’98, Ph.D.) and Dr. Peter Weinstock (M.D. ’98, Ph.D.) are pioneering the use of practice simulations to ensure successful complex surgeries.