Graduate School of Medical Sciences
A partnership with the Sloan Kettering Institute

Graduate Students Share Cutting-Edge Research in Three-Minute Talks

Three minutes and one projected slide–that’s all each graduate student had to present a big-picture research goal to a non-specialist audience in a way they could understand and appreciate.

BCMB Program Retreat 2024

The BCMB community gathered for an extraordinary experience at the BCMB program retreat. After trying something new we were super excited to reconnect at our favorite retreat location. This year we returned to the beloved Mohonk Mountain house for our annual retreat. The energy was unlike any other, faculty and students where filled with joy and interactions were soaring.

Weill Cornell Medicine Announces New Residence for Graduate and Medical Students, Expanding Scope of Upper East Side Campus

Video of New Student Residence at Weill Cornell Medicine

NEW YORK (Oct. 17, 2023)—Weill Cornell Medicine is constructing a modern new student residence that, when it opens in 2025, will expand the scope of the institution’s Upper East Side campus and nearly double the existing student residential living space.

Weill Cornell Medicine Receives Sixth Consecutive HEED Award for Diversity and Inclusion

For the sixth consecutive year, Weill Cornell Medicine has been awarded the Health Professions Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award by INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, which recognizes the institution’s exceptional commitment to diversity and inclusion.

Scientists Shed Light on How Stressed Cells Sequester Protein-Forming mRNAs

Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine have illuminated one of the important ways that cells respond to stress. The findings could also be relevant to Alzheimer’s, ALS and other diseases in which this mechanism may be abnormally active.

NIH Center Grant Bolsters Male Contraceptive Research

Weill Cornell Medicine has received a three-year, nearly $6 million grant to lead one of three national contraceptive research centers. The grant from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, part of the National Institutes of Health, will fund the Weill Cornell Medicine Contraception Development Research Center. Led by Drs.