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April 21, 2025

Weill Cornell Medicine’s Celebration of Diversity honored leaders who go beyond their official roles, dedicating time, energy and empathy to build inclusive environments. The ceremony, part of the institution’s seventh annual Diversity Week, was held April 7 in Griffis Faculty Club.

“This is one of the most important evenings of the year at Weill Cornell Medicine,” said  Dr. Robert A. Harrington, the Stephen and Suzanne Weiss Dean of Weill Cornell Medicine in opening remarks. “We are here to recognize the people who tirelessly throughout the year make sure that we are a community...

April 21, 2025

Diversity is a tool for truth, not political agendas, said Vincent D. Rougeau,  president of the College of the Holy Cross, in his keynote address April 7 for Weill Cornell Medicine’s seventh annual Diversity Week. 

Rougeau delivered the Elizabeth A. Wilson-Anstey, EdD Lecture, “Why Commitment to Diversity Still Matters,” in Uris Auditorium as part of the annual celebration of Weill Cornell Medicine’s commitment to greater equity, diversity and inclusion in academic medicine and health care.    

“We’re living in a moment in...

January 24, 2025

The Office of Diversity and Inclusion will host its 7th Annual Diversity Week event that will take place during week of April 7th to April 11th, 2025.  An array of events will take place throughout the week featuring two Keynote Lectures. Diversity Grand Round talks from experts in their fields, health disparity and mentoring in medicine symposiums, paneled events centered around work-life balance, women in science, and LGBT issues in medicine, among others will be presented during the week long event. In addition, winners Pioneers in Diversity Awards, and the ...

November 19, 2024

Weill Cornell Medicine has been awarded the Health Professions Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award by INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, for the seventh consecutive year.

The HEED award recognizes institutions that show an outstanding commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion across campus programs and constituencies. Weill Cornell Medicine will be featured in the November/December 2024 issue of the magazine.

“Diversity is not just something we do to meet a metric or pursue only when it is popular; it’s a long-term, abiding commitment to make sure that...

October 10, 2024

On Aug. 13, the 106 first-year medical students in Weill Cornell Medical College's Class of 2028 received their short white coats during the annual White Coat Ceremony, officially marking the beginning of their medical education.

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April 26, 2024

Despite decades of halting progress, women’s cardiovascular disease diagnosis, treatment and outcomes continue to lag behind men’s, said Dr. C. Noel Bairey Merz, the Irwin and Sheila Allen Chair in Women’s Heart Research in the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai, in her keynote address on April 16 for Weill Cornell Medicine’s sixth annual Diversity Week.        

“Females with no obstructive coronary arteries account for about a third of ischemic heart disease acute coronary syndromes. But when your arteries look like a guy, you get treated, and...

April 26, 2024

To imagine a society without racial disparities in health care, we must consider the real reasons inequities exist, said Dr. Thomas LaVeist, Dean and Weatherhead Presidential Chair in Health Equity at the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, in his keynote address on April 15 for Weill Cornell Medicine’s sixth annual Diversity Week.

Dr. LaVeist delivered the Elizabeth A. Wilson-Anstey, EdD Lecture, “My Journey to Discover Why African Americans Live Sicker and Die Younger,” as part of the annual celebration of Weill Cornell Medicine’s commitment to greater...

April 26, 2024

Dr. Andrea Card, assistant professor of medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine, has always embraced diversity, equity and inclusion, starting in the 1990s when she was a medical student—long before it became a priority across the country. This year, Dr. Card received the Bruce Laine Ballard Award at Weill Cornell Medicine’s Celebration of Diversity, part of the institution’s sixth annual Diversity Week, held April 15 in Griffis Faculty Club.

She has used her skills as an internist, public health expert and mentor to reach communities, as she puts it, “regardless...

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