Future health care leaders celebrated at Weill Cornell Commencement

Expected graduates from Weill Cornell Medical College and Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences received their degrees during a digital commencement ceremony May 20.

Antibiotics don’t improve outcomes for rare lung disease

A phase 3 clinical trial of treatment for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, sponsored by Weill Cornell Medicine, could pave the way for cheaper studies that are easier to conduct.

Celebrated architect Art Gensler ’58 dies at 85

Arthur Gensler Jr., B.Arch. ’58, a global architect, entrepreneur and founder of a practice that became one of the largest, most successful firms in the industry, died May 10.

Grants to improve access to care for NYC blood cancer patients

A Weill Cornell Medicine research team will receive $1.3 million over five years to address socioeconomic and racial disparities and increase access to clinical trials for underserved patients with blood cancers living in Brooklyn and Queens.

Africana Library exhibit explores MLK’s labor activism

Exhibit features MLK's ties to labor movement 

Around Cornell

Hanson, Grafstein elected to arts and sciences academy

Maureen Hanson, professor of molecular biology and genetics, and Bernice Grafstein, professor of neuroscience at Weill Cornell Medicine, have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Vaccinated pregnant women pass antibodies to their babies

Women who receive COVID-19 mRNA vaccines produced by Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna while in their third trimester of pregnancy generate a strong immune response and pass protective antibodies to their babies.

Study reveals a cause of heart damage in COVID-19 patients

In the study, researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and their colleagues also identified new potential treatments for COVID-19 patients and described a model for drug screening.

Weill Cornell Medicine addresses vaccine hesitancy, access

Diversity leaders at Weill Cornell Medicine have launched ambitious community vaccination and education efforts, with the goal of improving uptake and helping those who are reluctant to get the vaccine.