Student Clubs and Initiatives

The Bench to Bedside Initiative (formerly, Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital Club at Weill Cornell) was founded as a club in 2010 and has resulted in the creation of several seed-funded biotech startups. We unite members of the tri-institutional community and professionals in NYC interested in entrepreneurship and/or venture capital in the life sciences. Our mission is to help scientists and clinicians in our community translate their ideas into products that can help patients.

The purpose of the club is to engage young minds with science. We believe that STEM outreach must start early!Our tasks are developing exciting lesson plans for elementary school students and running the program in NYC elementary schools and at on/off campus events. We aim for at least half of our events to be held in schools located in inner-city urban communities, aiming to inspire traditionally underrepresented youth to learn about STEM careers and that science can be fun. Most importantly, we want to make the kids excited about learning, tinkering, asking questions, guessing and testing their guesses without fear of being wrong.

The softball club is an athletic/social club open to all Weill Cornell graduate students (no softball experience necessary!). We play in a league on Randall's Island that runs from June-Early August, with games starting at 6:45 PM during the week. We also occasionally do some social events/practices a few weeks before the season starts or after games (in the case of social events).

The Weill Cornell Graduate School (WCGS) promotes public awareness and understanding of science through science outreach initiatives. By contributing to science education and mentorship in the broader community, the WCGS students, faculty and staff help to spread enthusiasm for the STEM fields among youth in the New York City area. Over 100 student and postdoctoral volunteers are coordinated through the Tri-Institutional Outreach Committee (TOrC) to conduct science outreach in the Tri-Institutional community and beyond.

The Book Club meets once every 2-3 months to discuss a book, eat homemade dinner and be merry. At each meeting, a couple of attendees get to nominate the next book, which is voted on by the group. Books are not limited by type or genre, so it's a great opportunity to read an interesting variety, and of course a great opportunity to read for fun, a rare concept sometimes in grad school!

The softball club is an athletic/social club open to all Weill Cornell graduate students (no softball experience necessary!). We play in a league on Randall's Island that runs from June-Early August, with games starting at 6:45 PM during the week. We also occasionally do some social events/practices a few weeks before the season starts or after games (in the case of social events).