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Outstanding Students Celebrated at Convocation

May 30, 2019

On the eve of their commencement, students from Weill Cornell Medical College and Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences were recognized for their outstanding achievements.

Some 75 medical and graduate students received special awards, prizes, certificates and the Weill Cornell seal during three ceremonies on May 29 in Uris Auditorium and Griffis Faculty Club. The awards acknowledge the students' exceptional academic achievement, scholarship, research, teaching and service....

Becoming a Doctor – and a Mom

May 23, 2019

Video of Becoming a Doctor – and a Mom | Ngozi Monu | Weill Cornell Medicine

For Ngozi Monu, the key to success is balance. By the time she entered medical school, she was a two-time Olympian with a doctorate. She then discovered new challenges as she became a mother of two while earning her medical degree. Now Monu is working to balance her home life with her future career as an...

Generation Gap

May 22, 2019

One morning last fall, a group of second-year medical students watched an uncomfortable situation unfold. Having recently experienced some chest pain, a woman in her 80s had come to see a geriatrician, accompanied by her daughter. In a misguided attempt to help, the daughter kept interrupting and talking over her mother, who was becoming visibly anxious. After an initial assessment, the doctor asked to speak to the patient alone—and only then did he discover a...