[{"id":"332082","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2025\/12\/cornells-employee-excellence-awards-go-global","title":"Cornell\u2019s Employee Excellence Awards go global","content_text":"More than 75 employees were honored in this year\u2019s ceremony, representing Cornell\u2019s Ithaca campus as well as Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City and Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar.\u0026nbsp;","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2025-12\/2025_1442_lf_036.jpg?itok=SLdEf2Tf","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2025-12\/2025_1442_lf_036.jpg?itok=vRFCQQ55","date_published":"Thu, 04 Dec 2025 13:12:21 EST","byline":"","tags":["Chronicle","News \u0026 Events","Staff News","New York City","Inclusion and Belonging","College of Agriculture and Life Sciences","Cornell Duffield College of Engineering","College of Veterinary Medicine","Weill Cornell Medicine-NY","Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar","Doha","Ithaca","New York City","Intercampus","New York City"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2025-12\/2025_1442_lf_036.jpg?itok=Rol97CuL","image_alt":"ONE Cornell Award recipients on stage at the President\u2019s Awards for Employee Excellence in the Statler Ballroom, Dec. 3"},{"id":"331849","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2025\/11\/first-wcm-q-ai-hackathon-drives-health-care-tech-innovation","title":"First WCM-Q AI Hackathon drives health care tech innovation","content_text":"Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar hosted its first AI Hackathon \u2013 a collaborative,\u0026nbsp;interdisciplinary event that brought together medical and computer science students to develop AI-driven solutions for pressing clinical challenges.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2025-11\/1103_qatar.jpg?itok=B-hWA2bK","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2025-11\/1103_qatar.jpg?itok=Fj36U5wQ","date_published":"Mon, 03 Nov 2025 13:11:03 EST","byline":"","tags":["Chronicle","Computing \u0026 Information Sciences","Global Reach","Health, Nutrition \u0026 Medicine","News \u0026 Events","New York City","Cornell Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science","Cornell Tech","Weill Cornell Medicine-NY","Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar","Doha","Ithaca","New York City","Student Life","Economic Impact","Research Impact","New York City","International"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2025-11\/1103_qatar.jpg?itok=7pNQRt1s","image_alt":"Participants in the first AI Hackathon at Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar."},{"id":"331313","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2025\/08\/dr-daniel-alonso-inaugural-weill-cornell-medicine-qatar-dean-dies","title":"Dr. Daniel Alonso, inaugural Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar dean, dies","content_text":"Dr. Daniel R. Alonso, dean emeritus of Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar and professor emeritus of pathology and laboratory medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine, died July 31 in Norfolk, Va., at age 88.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2025-08\/alonso_gotto.jpg?h=269bf8cc\u0026itok=nbOMO8UP","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2025-08\/alonso_gotto.jpg?itok=9PFUmm0Y","date_published":"Mon, 11 Aug 2025 14:08:37 EDT","byline":"","tags":["Around Cornell","Health, Nutrition \u0026 Medicine","Around Cornell","Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar","Doha","International"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2025-08\/alonso_gotto.jpg?h=269bf8cc\u0026itok=tVU1pkXN","image_alt":"Dr. Daniel R. Alonso"},{"id":"330279","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2025\/02\/how-sars-cov-2-evolved-through-pandemic","title":"How SARS-CoV-2 evolved through the pandemic","content_text":"A new study from researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar reveals how the SARS-CoV-2 virus evolved from initially prioritizing increased transmissibility to enhanced immune evasion after the Omicron variant emerged.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2021-03\/0331_covid_tnd.jpg?itok=s3JNKsGQ","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2021-03\/0331_covid_tnd.jpg?itok=GeULh6uw","date_published":"Wed, 12 Feb 2025 09:02:00 EST","byline":"","tags":["Chronicle","Health, Nutrition \u0026 Medicine","Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar","Doha","Research Impact"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2021-03\/0331_covid_tnd.jpg?itok=ElbgY5XR"},{"id":"329333","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2024\/09\/molecular-map-contributes-understanding-disease-mechanisms","title":"\u2018Molecular map\u2019 contributes to understanding of disease mechanisms","content_text":"Scientists at Weill Cornell Medicine in Qatar have created an intricate molecular map of the human body and its complex physiological processes based on the analysis of thousands of molecules in blood, urine and saliva samples from 391 volunteers.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2024-09\/the_molecular_human_featured_image_tn.jpg?itok=FqeHpAyM","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2024-09\/the_molecular_human_featured_image_tn.jpg?itok=GAF2P-xN","date_published":"Fri, 13 Sep 2024 11:09:03 EDT","byline":"","tags":["Chronicle","Health, Nutrition \u0026 Medicine","Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar","Doha","Research Impact","International"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2024-09\/the_molecular_human_featured_image_tn.jpg?itok=mMAXrpaW","image_alt":"Human body illustration"},{"id":"328709","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2024\/05\/class-2024-celebrated-carnegie-hall-commencement","title":"Class of 2024 celebrated at Carnegie Hall Commencement","content_text":"More than 300 expected graduates in received their degrees from Weill Cornell Medicine during the institution\u2019s annual commencement ceremony May 16 at Carnegie Hall. ","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2024-05\/0517_wcm2_0.jpg?itok=E-U2wJ93","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2024-05\/0517_wcm2_0.jpg?itok=O_7ku1DE","date_published":"Fri, 17 May 2024 11:05:53 EDT","byline":"","tags":["Chronicle","Health, Nutrition \u0026 Medicine","News \u0026 Events","New York City","Weill Cornell Medicine-NY","Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar","Doha","New York City","Student Life","New York City","International"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2024-05\/0517_wcm2_0.jpg?itok=T0eOx1c3","image_alt":"Graduating medical students take the Hippocratic Oath at the ceremony."},{"id":"326553","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2023\/05\/its-20th-year-weill-cornell-medicine-qatar-graduates-42-doctors","title":"In its 20th year, Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar graduates 42 doctors","content_text":"Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar, which this year is celebrating its 20th anniversary, awarded Cornell University medical degrees to 42 new doctors on May 9 at the institution\u2019s annual commencement ceremony. ","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/0515_weill1_0.jpg?itok=WZ72JQSg","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/0515_weill1_0.jpg?itok=AjsMeDHY","date_published":"Mon, 15 May 2023 10:05:18 EDT","byline":"","tags":["Chronicle","Health, Nutrition \u0026 Medicine","News \u0026 Events","Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar","Doha","International"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/0515_weill1_0.jpg?itok=kyxsmvaB","image_alt":"Class of 2023 in Qatar"},{"id":"325559","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2022\/12\/20m-gift-boost-innovation-health-and-technology","title":"$20M gift to boost innovation in health and technology","content_text":"A $20 million gift from Andrew H. \u201971 and Ann R. Tisch will foster engagement and collaboration between Cornell Tech and Weill Cornell Medicine, catalyzing new discoveries at the intersection of health and technology. ","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/1208_tisch_0.jpg?itok=wTxd56aB","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/1208_tisch_0.jpg?itok=nitW2emD","date_published":"Thu, 08 Dec 2022 11:12:00 EST","byline":"David Nutt, Cornell Chronicle","tags":["Chronicle","Computing \u0026 Information Sciences","Health, Nutrition \u0026 Medicine","Cornell Tech","Weill Cornell Medicine-NY","Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar","Ithaca","New York City","Intercampus","NYS Impact","Radical Collaboration","Research Impact","New York City"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/1208_tisch_0.jpg?itok=d4KaeQ40","image_alt":"Andrew H. \u201971 and Ann R. Tisch"},{"id":"325471","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2022\/11\/unusual-antibody-type-shows-ultrapotent-activity-against-zika","title":"Unusual antibody type shows ultrapotent activity against Zika","content_text":"The discovery could lead to the development of therapies to protect babies from the potentially devastating effects of this disease.\u0026nbsp; ","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/1121_zika_tnd_0.jpg?itok=rVKbxIn-","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/1121_zika_tnd_0.jpg?itok=m4LVj-Sk","date_published":"Mon, 21 Nov 2022 10:11:31 EST","byline":"","tags":["Chronicle","Health, Nutrition \u0026 Medicine","New York City","Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar","New York City"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/1121_zika_tnd_0.jpg?itok=cPaysAsl","image_alt":"Mosquito"},{"id":"325394","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2022\/11\/grant-fund-global-study-covid-19-surveillance","title":"Grant to fund global study of COVID-19 surveillance","content_text":"With the six-month, $1 million grant, Weill Cornell Medicine researchers will assess how countries have been monitoring and reporting COVID-19 infections and outcomes. ","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2020-09\/09.28.20_coronavirusalert_tnd.jpg?itok=RiJ47zrp","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2020-09\/09.28.20_coronavirusalert_tnd.jpg?itok=tYVKZ2EC","date_published":"Tue, 08 Nov 2022 09:11:33 EST","byline":"","tags":["Chronicle","Coronavirus","Global Reach","Health, Nutrition \u0026 Medicine","New York City","Weill Cornell Medicine-NY","Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar","Doha","New York City","Research Impact","New York City","International"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2020-09\/09.28.20_coronavirusalert_tnd.jpg?itok=cYLvboFA","image_alt":"coronavirus alert"},{"id":"324491","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2022\/06\/qatar-omicron-wave-study-shows-slow-decline-natural-immunity","title":"Qatar Omicron-wave study shows slow decline of natural immunity","content_text":"Researchers analyzed the Omicron wave in Qatar last winter, comparing prior infections, vaccine immunity and combinations thereof among more than 100,000 Omicron-infected and non-infected individuals. ","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2021-03\/0331_covid_tnd.jpg?itok=s3JNKsGQ","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2021-03\/0331_covid_tnd.jpg?itok=GeULh6uw","date_published":"Thu, 16 Jun 2022 11:06:33 EDT","byline":"","tags":["Chronicle","Health, Nutrition \u0026 Medicine","Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar","Doha","International"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2021-03\/0331_covid_tnd.jpg?itok=ElbgY5XR"},{"id":"323923","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2022\/03\/boosters-highly-effective-against-covid-hospitalization-death","title":"Boosters highly effective against COVID hospitalization, death","content_text":"Booster doses of mRNA vaccines provided strong protection against hospitalization and death from COVID-19 in Qatar, according to a study by investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine \u2013 Qatar. ","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2021-01\/01212021-vaccine-thumb-ilr.jpg?itok=t2M0tP_U","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2021-01\/01212021-vaccine-thumb-ilr.jpg?itok=LQdFTJ2G","date_published":"Wed, 30 Mar 2022 10:03:56 EDT","byline":"Bridget Kuehn","tags":["Chronicle","Coronavirus","Health, Nutrition \u0026 Medicine","Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar","Doha","International"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2021-01\/01212021-vaccine-thumb-ilr.jpg?itok=Cqyes8eV","image_alt":"A patient receives a vaccination from a doctor"},{"id":"321753","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2021\/05\/future-health-care-leaders-celebrated-weill-cornell-commencement","title":"Future health care leaders celebrated at Weill Cornell Commencement","content_text":"Expected graduates from\u0026nbsp;Weill Cornell Medical College and Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences received\u0026nbsp;their degrees during a digital commencement ceremony May 20. ","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2021-05\/hanan-b.jpg?itok=z7ZSNSoo","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2021-05\/hanan-b.jpg?itok=J2_tgPyw","date_published":"Fri, 21 May 2021 15:05:00 EDT","byline":"Kathryn Inman, Elaine Meyer","tags":["Chronicle","Health, Nutrition \u0026 Medicine","News \u0026 Events","New York City","Weill Cornell Medicine-NY","Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar","Doha","New York City"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2021-05\/hanan-b.jpg?itok=tON1FydY","image_alt":"Dr. Hanan Baker"},{"id":"321753","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2021\/05\/future-health-care-leaders-celebrated-weill-cornell-commencement","title":"Future health care leaders celebrated at Weill Cornell Commencement","content_text":"Expected graduates from\u0026nbsp;Weill Cornell Medical College and Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences received\u0026nbsp;their degrees during a digital commencement ceremony May 20. 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Choi"},{"id":"315756","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2019\/11\/animal-physiologist-david-robertshaw-dies-85","title":"Animal physiologist David Robertshaw dies at 85","content_text":"David Robertshaw,\u0026nbsp;professor emeritus\u0026nbsp;of physiology and an expert on water metabolism and temperature regulation in desert-adapted mammals,\u0026nbsp;died Nov. 8 in Ithaca. He was 85. 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","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2019-05\/0531_wcm_main_0.jpg?itok=25_CkTZx","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2019-05\/0531_wcm_main_0.jpg?itok=acKIHFFC","date_published":"Fri, 31 May 2019 16:05:49 EDT","byline":"Kathryn Inman, Jamie Kass, Alyssa Sunkin-Strube","tags":["Chronicle","Health, Nutrition \u0026 Medicine","New York City","Graduate School","Johnson Graduate School of Management","Weill Cornell Medicine-NY","Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar","Doha","Ithaca","New York City","New York City","International"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2019-05\/0531_wcm_main_0.jpg?itok=bTSTO8X3","image_alt":"Weill grads"},{"id":"311556","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2019\/05\/weill-cornell-commencement-celebrates-new-leaders-medicine-science","title":"Weill Cornell commencement celebrates new leaders in medicine, science","content_text":"A total of 371 students received degrees from Weill Cornell Medicine during its Commencement ceremony May 30 at Carnegie Hall in New York. 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She was 50. 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She succeeds Dr. Carl Nathan, who is completing his planned two-year term. 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