December 3, 2002
At an awards presentation on Oct. 16, Weill Cornell honored 128 staff and faculty who have reached milestones of service for 50, 40, 35, 30, 25, 20 and 15 years.
Her mother attended medical school for several years, but dreams of becoming a physician were abandoned after marriage. Dr. Lila Wallis, known by many as "the godmother of the Women's Health Movement," would embrace a different path than her mom, pursuing a career once deemed appropriate for males only.
At an awards presentation on Oct. 30, Weill Cornell honored 229 staff and faculty who have reached milestones of service for 10 and 5 years.
United States Congressman Jerrold Nadler of New York's 8th congressional district, one of the most demographically diverse districts in New York, was the featured speaker at Weill Cornell's David Rogers Health Policy Colloquium, held in Whitney-117 on Nov. 6. Rep. Nadler, a Democrat who represents an electoral district that runs from Manhattan's Upper West Side to Coney Island, Brooklyn, spoke on "The Future of Politics and Health on the Day After (the Elections)."