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Convocation Recognizes Graduate Students’ Achievements

Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences celebrated students in the Class of 2026 for their academic achievements during its May 13 convocation ceremony.

The ceremony, hosted by Dr. Barbara Hempstead, dean of Weill Cornell Graduate School, honored students who are graduating with their master’s and doctorate degrees, as well as those who earned special awards and prizes for their accomplishments in research, scholarship and service. The ceremony also recognized exemplary...

Graduate Students Shine in School's First Dedicated Commencement

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When Dr. Louisa Schilling was 15 years old, she read a book called “The Brain that Changes Itself,” by Norman Doidge. Her father, who has a doctorate in microbiology and immunology, received it at a conference and it ended up in his daughter’s hands. Her immediate reaction: “I want to study the brain.”

“The...

A New Kind of Cold Sensor

All life forms need to continuously adapt to temperature changes to survive. Now, Weill Cornell Medicine investigators studying a bacterial protein have identified a new mechanism of sensing cold temperatures. The finding points to the possibility that this same type of mechanism exists in other organisms, including humans, and may have relevance for disorders involving faulty temperature regulation.

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Carl Nathan, M.D. Lectureship: "HIV Origins and the Path to an AIDS Vaccine" - Dr. Beatrice Hahn

May 19, 2026 - 11:00am

The Carl Nathan, M.D. Lectureship was created to recognize Dr. Carl Nathan’s extraordinary accomplishments and unwavering dedication to the Department of Microbiology and Immunology over the past 27 years. We are excited to welcome you to May's lecture, delivered by Beatrice Hahn, M.D. entitled "HIV Origins and the Path to an AIDS Vaccine". Dr. Beatrice Hahn is a Professor of Medicine and Professor of Microbiology at the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania. We are grateful to our generous donors for their support.

Biochemistry and Biophysics Spring Seminar Series

May 28, 2026 - 1:00pm

Tobias Walther, Ph.D. Member and Chair, Cell Biology Program; MSKCC, Enid A. Haupt Chair in Cell Biology Professor, Gerstner Sloan-Kettering Graduate School, Professor of Molecular biology; WCM Investigator; HHMI

Work in Progress Seminar

May 29, 2026 - 1:00pm

"The Role of Cell-Type-Specific Senescence in the Development of Parkinson’s Disease" Markus Riessland, PhD, Assistant Professor, SUNY Empire Innovation Program (EIP), Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Stony Brook University

Advancing Biomedical Discovery Through Multimodal Deep Learning and Trial Emulation

Date: Monday, May 18, 2026 - 11:00am

Suraj Rajendran
Tri-Institutional PhD Program in Computational Biology and Medicine (CBM)

Chairperson: Dr. Nikolaus Schultz
Major Sponsors: Dr. Iman Hajirasouliha and Dr. Fei Wang
Minor Sponsors: Dr. Ekta Khurana and Dr. Niki Schultz

Tracing Metastatic Progression: Dissemination Routes, Phenotypic Trajectories, and Clinical Outcomes

Date: Friday, May 22, 2026 - 2:00pm

Divya Koyyalagunta
Tri-Institutional PhD Program in Computational Biology and Medicine (CBM)

Chairperson: Dr. Karuna Ganesh
Major Sponsor: Dr. Quaid Morris
Minor Sponsors: Dr. Iman Hajirasouliha and Dr. Christina Leslie

Integrated Molecular Mechanisms of MYB Dysregulation in Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Date: Tuesday, May 26, 2026 - 1:00pm

Shuyuan Cheng
Cell and Developmental Biology

Chairperson: Dr. Ping Chi
Major Sponsor: Dr. Alex Kentsis
Minor Sponsors: Dr. Michael Kharas and Dr. Ross Levine

2026 NSF GRFP Awardees and Honorable Mentions

Weill Cornell Graduate School congratulates the graduate students who received award offers and honorable mention recognition in the 2026 National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship Program.

2026 NIH Parent F31 Program Awardees

Weill Cornell Graduate School congratulates the graduate students who received award offers in the 2026 National Institutes of Health Individual Predoctoral Fellowship (Parent F31) program.

2025 NIH Parent F31 Program Awardees

Weill Cornell Graduate School congratulates the graduate students who received award offers in the 2025 National Institutes of Health Individual Predoctoral Fellowship (Parent F31) program.

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