Health & Medical Book Club: "Why We Sleep" by Matthew Walker, PhD

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Please join us for an engaging conversation on Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams by Matthew Walker, PhD. This event will take place in-person at the Myra Mahon Patient Resource Center at 1305 York Avenue (at 70th Street) on the 2nd floor, New York, NY 10021. Email mmprc@med.cornell.edu or call (646) 962-5303 to RSVP.

Date: Thursday, April 4

Time: 5:00pm to 6:00pm

Location: The Myra Mahon Patient Resource Center

1305 York Avenue/70th street, 2nd floor

Visiting Research Scholars

2025

Samuel Suh, BA

Master’s Student, Department of History of Science and Medicine, Yale University 

Flexner’s modus vivendi in the state of New York: the transformation of Cornell’s medical education through partnership with Bellevue Hospital from 1900-1950

9th Annual SMARTFest

Join us for our 9th Annual SMARTFest on Feb. 1, 2024! SMARTFest is an annual event organized by ITS and the Wood Library that promotes emerging tech and helpful services for WCM faculty, staff, and students.

See the 9th Annual SMARTFest event page for more information.

Date and Location:

Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024
10:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Samuel J. Wood Library & Griffis Faculty Club
1300 York Avenue
New York, NY

Library Access - Additional Affiliations

The following institutions are part of the Devloping Academic Health Sciences Libraries (DAHSL) collaboration. Members of these instutions can visit WCM as long as they present their ID when visiting but do not have borrowing privileges.

Albany Medical College
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Columbia University Medical Center
Hofstra North Shore LIJ School of Medicine at Hofstra University
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
New York Academy of Medicine
New York Medical College
New York University Langone Medical Center

Columbia University

For members of the Weill Cornell Medical College Community looking to visit Columbia University Medical Center

Both WCMC and Columbia libraries are members of the Research Library Group (RLG) which grants reciprocal access to faculty, housestaff and research fellows. However, the directors of both institutions are also members of the Directors of Academic Health Sciences Libraries (DAHSL), and have mutually agreed to exclude medical students from this arrangement.

For members of the Weill Cornell Medical College Community looking to visit Columbia University

Both WCMC and Columbia libraries are members of the Research Library Group (RLG) which grants reciprocal access to faculty, housestaff and research fellows. However, the directors of both institutions are also members of the Directors of Academic Health Sciences Libraries (DAHSL), and have mutually agreed to exclude medical students from this arrangement.

For members of the Columbia University Medical Center Community looking to visit WCM

CUMC faculty can take advantage of walk-in reference consultation services, and attend on-site library workshops. Visitors will need their current, valid institutional ID card for access and all other services.

For members of the Columbia University Community looking to visit WCM

Members of Columbia University do not have any privileges at the WCM Library.