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Grade Appeal Process

Grade Appeal Process

If a student believes that there is a credible basis to assert that a course evaluation, including examination and narrative assessment, rotation or annual committee report, or grade awarded does not reflect the student’s objective course/laboratory performance, the student must first seek the guidance of the course director or program director, respectively. This must be done within 30 days of the posting of the grade or submission of the report to the student’s file.

Board Games Club

The Board Games Club seeks to promote student welfare and foster inclusiveness among the Tri-I community. The organization achieves this by creating a platform for students of different programs to interact over a common interest in board games, thereby providing regular entertainment to the diverse Tri-I student population.

Health Hackathon Invites Diverse Talent Pool to Put AI and Machine Learning to Work for Patients

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Everyone agrees: When it comes to healthcare, it's important for patients and their caretakers to have access to medical records, but that's often easier said than done. Medical information can be fragmented across healthcare providers, making it challenging for patients and their families to have a comprehensive view of their healthcare needs. Six students from Weill Cornell Medicine, Cornell University, Columbia University and City Tech thought there should be a tool to help, and banded together during Weill Cornell Medicine’s Health Hackathon to invent it. 

Weill Cornell Graduate School Panels

On February 26th, Weill Cornell Graduate School hosted a panel of 6 current senior graduate students, hosted by GSEC Interview Host and current student Ben Allwein. The students talked about their life and experience at Weill Cornell and why Weill Cornell was the right fit for them.

Renowned Clinician-Scientist Dr. Barbara Hempstead Awarded Joan and Sanford I. Weill Exemplary Achievement Award

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Video of Weill Cornell Medicine Honors Dr. Barbara Hempstead

Dr. Barbara Hempstead, dean of the Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences, has been awarded Weill Cornell Medicine’s Joan and Sanford I. Weill Exemplary Achievement Award.

Real-World Problems: Dr. Adrian Jinich Aims to Spur Health in Developing Countries

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Dr. Adrian Jinich came to Weill Cornell Medicine in 2018 as a new postdoc—with the goal, he says, of doing cutting edge research “while making the world a better, healthier and more just place.” He was already on that path: he’d previously co-founded a series of free STEM workshops for high school and college students in his home country of Mexico and elsewhere, as a way to improve access to high-quality science education for the underserved. At Weill Cornell Medicine, Dr.

Real-World Problems: Winner of a Prestigious Fellowship for Postdocs, Dr. Adrian Jinich Aims to Spur Health in Developing Countries—and Inspire the Next Generation of STEM Students

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Dr. Adrian Jinich came to Weill Cornell Medicine in 2018 as a new postdoc—with the goal, he says, of doing cutting edge research “while making the world a better, healthier and more just place.” He was already on that path: he’d previously co-founded a series of free STEM workshops for high school and college students in his home country of Mexico and elsewhere, as a way to improve access to high-quality science education for the underserved. At Weill Cornell Medicine, Dr.

Abundance of Infectious Bacteria in the Gut May Predict Risk of Urinary Tract Infection

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Urinary tract infections (UTIs) in kidney transplant patients may be caused by bacteria that originate in the digestive tract, according to investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine, Cornell University and NewYork-Presbyterian.

New Technique Allows Genome Editing of Gut Bacteria

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Scientists at Weill Cornell Medicine, Stanford University and the University of California, San Francisco have adapted genome editing tools to function in a common species of intestinal bacteria. With this technological advance, they can now precisely alter the human gut microbes’ production of small molecule metabolites that can affect their host’s metabolism, immune system and nervous system. The technique has revealed a new regulator of mucosal immune function, which operates at the externally facing surfaces that line organs such as the gut and the lungs.