Dean's Messages

November 24, 2025

I want to thank our entire community for pulling together through a difficult time – a challenging year for science and academic medicine.

November 14, 2025

Dean Bob Harrington imparts his style of leadership, prioritization of clinical research, and vision for children’s health to the community. On his mind are WCM’s remarkable students plus how civic engagement can influence the future of medicine.

October 10, 2025

Dean Bob Harrington discusses real estate news, offers career advice, explains the value of reproducible research and shares his concerns about the federal government shutdown.

September 2, 2025

Our missions to care, to discover, and to teach have always been about making the uncertain more certain.

June 27, 2025

“This has been, in some ways an exhilarating year and in some ways a really difficult year as we've asked people to change the way of doing a lot of things. And people have really stepped up to the moment, and that's been fantastic.”

June 24, 2025

An update from President Kotlikoff and Dean Harrington on operations at the Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar campus.

March 7, 2025

Dean Bob Harrington shares his thoughts and answers questions from the WCM community about changes in Washington, the value of academic medicine, experiences in NYC, and more.

January 24, 2025

This month, Dean Harrington shares his thoughts on the year ahead, faculty recruitment and promotion, the value of evidence-based medicine, pushing scientific boundaries, his latest book recommendations, and more.

November 25, 2024

Thanksgiving has always been one of my family’s favorite holidays. That’s not only because we share food with family and friends, but because the kindness we demonstrate and gratitude we express make our lives better. As we enter this celebratory week, I want to take a moment to share what I’m grateful for.

September 4, 2024

I am eager to forge ahead in this new academic year where there is much on the horizon.

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