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Woman running in a race

Meghan Newcomer, MS ’16, took a week off last January to fly around the world, but it wasn’t what you’d call a vacation. The Weill Cornell Medicine-trained physician assistant ran the 2018 World Marathon Challenge: seven 26.2-mile races in seven days on seven continents. And she came in second among the field of a dozen women—even winning one of the races, the South American leg in Cartagena, Colombia. “It was definitely a...

Dr. Barbara Hempstead Appointed Dean of the Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences

Barbara Hempstead

New York (January 10, 2019)—Dr. Barbara Hempstead, a preeminent physician-scientist, educator and academic leader, has been appointed dean of the ...

Dr. Barbara Hempstead Appointed Dean of the Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences

Dr. Barbara Hempstead

New York (January 10, 2019)—Dr. Barbara Hempstead, a preeminent physician-scientist, educator and academic leader, has been appointed dean of the Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences, effective Jan. 14. She succeeds Dr. Carl Nathan, who led the graduate school since 2017 and...

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