Medical College Alumni News

Dr. Anthony Fauci: To Prepare for Future Pandemics, Don’t Skimp on Basic Science Research

Dr. Anthony Fauci giving a presentation at Weill Cornell Medicine

Barely noticed scientific advances in the decades before the COVID-19 pandemic proved crucial to rapidly producing vaccines that—despite disappointing national uptake—are estimated to have prevented an additional 3.25 million American deaths from the virus, Dr. Anthony Fauci M.D. ’66 said.

Deftly blending hope and skepticism from serving on the front lines of the pandemic, Dr. Fauci...

Celebrating Match Day Success at Weill Cornell Medicine

a group of students together celebrating during the annual Match Day

Video of Match Day 2023 at Weill Cornell Medicine

Chimsom Orakwue imagined life as a doctor for as long as she can remember. It is the thread that connected her childhood to high school to college and, four years ago, to Weill Cornell Medicine.

Now a graduating medical student, Orakwue on March 17 reached a milestone that brought her ever closer to attaining her goal: learning where she would...

Dr. Anthony Fauci M.D. ’66 Returns to Weill Cornell Medicine for Debut Screening of ‘American Masters’

students gathered around Dr. Anthony Fauci following his documentary screening at a medical institution

When Dr. Anthony Fauci, former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, recalls his college summers working construction jobs around New York City, one memory stands out crystal clear: It was the summer before the start of medical school and he was on the team that built the Samuel J. Wood Library at Weill Cornell Medicine.

While on his lunch break, Dr. Fauci entered the building, looked down from the top of the library stairs and said to himself, “Oh my...

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