It is often said that “necessity is the mother of invention” and in times of crises, accommodations must be made in order to adapt to uncertain situations. In the aftermath of World War I, Weill Cornell Medicine offered an elective course in military medicine in an attempt to prepare its medical students to enter into the military.
To fulfill its mission, the Samuel J. Wood Library must maintain a safe and comfortable environment that is conducive to study and the effective use of information resources. Library users are expected to show consideration for other users and staff members.
Please be advised that patrons are also expected to adhere to the library's rules concerning COVID-19 which can be found here.
The Collaboration Room is located on the main floor of the Library. It may be reserved for professional and educational activities by registered library users. Reservations should be made by completing the Library Collaboration Room Reservation Form. Priority is given to groups from the Medical College.
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For weeks New Yorkers have seen images of their city spaces being converted into triage sites and field hospitals to help with the overflow of suspected COVID-19 cases. The Javits Center and Columbia University’s Baker Field Athletic Complex, typically sites of conventions or football games, have been taken over by field hospitals. Paved spaces, usually packed with vehicles or people, are now covered in triage tents to screen low-risk patients outside of emergency rooms.
In response to the growing threat of COVID-19, medical schools throughout New York have provided fourth-year medical students with the option to graduate early. While this choice to accelerate commencement may appear unprecedented, it is not the first time Weill Cornell Medicine has needed to fast-track the education of students to serve the clinical needs of others! Throughout its history, Weill Cornell Medicine has been faced with major challenges that have forced not just the administration, but also the student body, to rise above and overcome significant obstacles.
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Musical and theatrical shows by students have a long tradition at Weill Cornell Medicine. Throughout the college’s history, medical and nursing students performed plays, skits, and musical numbers for the entertainment of their peers and professors. As an example of one type of performance, the first annual Christmas Review Show in 1958 featured funny skits and musical numbers. In the photograph depicted above, students from the class of 1976 practice singing for the Christmas Review Show in 1973. Today students still enjoy an annual show, which is now held in the spring!
John Galsworthy (1867-1933), recipient of the 1932 Nobel Prize for literature, was one of the best-selling authors of the twentieth century. While his name has become synonymous with The Forsyte Saga, the epic sequence of novels and “interludes” about the upper-middle-class Forsyte family, his literary reputation belies his humanitarianism during the Great War supporting British and American soldiers disabled in combat.
