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Dean's Messages

May 15, 2020
May 2020 Dean's Letter

Our faculty, staff, and students have been resilient and flexible throughout these extraordinary times.  Our healthcare workers on the front lines of care have inspired us with their courage, and we’ve tried to support them in any way we can, even by simply staying at home and cheering them in the evenings.
March 5, 2020
March 2020 Dean's Letter

To meet the healthcare challenges of the future, Weill Cornell Medicine needs to be daring and inventive, leveraging its unique resources and partnerships to propel medicine forward.
December 9, 2019
December Dean's Letter

As 2019 draws to a close, I am extremely grateful for all that we have accomplished.  By all measures, Weill Cornell Medicine has had an outstanding year. 
October 8, 2019
October Dean's Letter

I may be biased – but Weill Cornell Medicine’s students are among the best.  They enter medical or graduate school with an array of accomplishments already under their belts, then they train with world-class physicians and scientists at an institution ranked in the top ten by U.S. News & World Report.
September 16, 2019
Elimination of Medical Education Debt for All Qualifying Students

I am thrilled to announce a transformative new scholarship program that will eliminate medical education debt for all students who qualify for financial aid. The game-changing new financial aid program expands Weill Cornell Medicine’s scholarship offerings to provide debt-free education to all medical students with demonstrated financial need beginning with the 2019-2020 academic year and then every year thereafter.
May 15, 2019
Dean's Letter - May 2019

At Weill Cornell Medicine, we work together to provide our patients with the most comprehensive, evidence-based care and to train the next generation of physicians and scientists to be leaders in healthcare and biomedical investigation.  We are always striving toward a fundamental goal: to improve health.
March 7, 2019
Dean's Letter - March 2019

Weill Cornell Medicine is a global institution with many partnerships in New York and around the world.  Through a variety of programs and initiatives, it extends its mission to care, discover, and teach on an international scale.  Students, trainees, and faculty foster positive change by exchanging knowledge and skills across cultures and by helping to build capacity in emerging and resource-poor countries.
December 11, 2018
Dean's Letter - December 2018

At a meeting of our Board of Overseers on September 26, followed by a community Town Hall meeting on October 1, I was pleased to present the working plan for our institutional vision for the next decade.  This working plan articulates key goals and objectives for Weill Cornell Medicine over the next five to ten years and encompasses our entire mission as an academic medical institution. 
September 27, 2018
Dean's Letter - September 2018

With the 2018-19 academic year off to a great start, I’d like to welcome all the medical and graduate students who recently began their studies here at Weill Cornell Medicine. 
August 20, 2018
Medical School Debt Reduction

Medical schools around the country, including Weill Cornell Medicine, are concerned about the rising costs of medical education and have implemented a variety of measures over the years aimed at reducing or eliminating debt.  The goal of these initiatives is keep medical education accessible to a talented and diverse body of students, while ensuring that young physicians are able to pursue productive and fulfilling careers, across a range of specialties, without undue financial strain.

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