February 25, 2008 - 12:00am
By Adi Kochavi
This is the first in a series of articles examining Cornell’s involvement in global academic initiatives.
This May, the inaugural class of physicians at Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar will be the first class to graduate from an American university’s M.D. program outside of the U.S.
WCMC-Q, which was founded in 2001 through a partnership between Cornell and the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development, will graduate 16 students. Each year, the class sizes have been steadily increasing.