Office of the Registrar
The Office of the Registrar is responsible for maintaining students’ permanent academic records, managing registration, verifying enrollment, and providing official credentials such as transcripts, diplomas, and licensure documentation. For detailed information on these services, please visit the Registrar's Office website.
Course Offerings
BCMB Allied Program
PhD in Population Health Sciences
Immunology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Neuroscience
Pharmacology
Physiology, Biophysics & Systems Biology
Clinical Epidemiology Program
Clinical and Translational Investigation
Master's in Population Health Sciences
Executive MBA/MS in Healthcare Leadership
Computational Biology
Biomedical Imaging
Genetic-Counseling
Additional Course Offerings
Degree-seeking students may have the opportunity to participate in courses at affiliate organizations. These include Weill Cornell Medicine, Cornell Tech, and more. These offerings are all subject to availability and require approval. For more information, please visit the Registrar.
Scientific Communications Offerings
WCGS offers courses and workshops to help students develop their scientific writing (research papers, grant proposals) and presentation skills. Listed below are courses and workshops available to graduate students.
- ACE preparation workshops: various WCGS programs offer workshops to students to prepare for the ACE. e.g., BCMB offers a 3-session series
- Introduction to Scientific Writing seminar by Dean Nathan, offered in November every year (IMP Program specific)
- Art of Written Scientific Communication course by Ushma Neill, MSK Vice President Scientific Education & Training and Teo Pulvirenti, Executive Editor of the Journal of Experimental Medicine. Anticipated 2 to 4 times per year.
- CTSC Skills Acquisition Workshops (Please check News section on the CTSC website)
1) Writing and publishing high-impact research manuscripts
2) Planning and writing successful grant proposals - Regular workshops for F31 and NSF predoctoral grants by Dr. Xiaoai Chen
Before each NIH F31 and NSF grant submission deadline the Graduate School offers a series of workshops to help students prepare competitive applications. As part of the workshop series, students can also avail of one-on-one external consultant services for scientific editing of their proposals.
See below for outline of the F31 workshop.
- Three Minute Thesis: each November, WCGS holds its annual 3MT competition, which is an opportunity for students to hone and demonstrate their ability to communicate their science to a non-specialist audience.