May 7, 2008

Cornell Graduates Its Inaugural Class at Its Medical College in Qatar

By Katherine Mangan

Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar will graduate its inaugural class on Thursday, marking the first time a U.S.-based medical school has awarded degrees outside the United States.

The nine women and six men in that class come from Bosnia, India, Jordan, Nigeria, the Palestinian territories, Qatar, Syria, and the United States. The graduates, four of whom are from Qatar, will participate in a second commencement ceremony later this month in New York's Carnegie Hall, along

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