Cornell Graduates Class of 2006

Cornell University's Weill Medical College awarded 101 students with their M.D. degrees on May 18.

87 per cent of Weill's Class of 2006 have won places in postgraduate training programs at teaching hospitals. A Cornell press release says that these graduates "will do residency training or research in 19 different specialties at some of the most prestigious institutions across the country."

Members of the Class of 2006 combined their medical studies with a range of other interests. Almost 40 per cent of the students took part in one of the international programs that Weill sponsors in countries including Australia, Ecuador, Tanzania, Cambodia, India, Honduras, Nigeria, and Italy. 16 per cent took a year's leave from medical school to pursue research and other complementary career interests. Class members also took part in a wide range of community service projects including the Weill Cornell Community Clinic, a health-care service that the College provides for uninsured residents of New York City.

Source: "Internationally Minded and Socially Committed Class Receives Degree at Weill Cornell Medical College Commencement" - press release, Cornell University (New York City), May 18, 2006