From its inception in 1898, Weill Cornell Medicine—known at the time as Cornell University Medical College—has been committed to educational innovation. Its first students included a large proportion of women at a time when most medical schools were single-sex and met some of the toughest admissions requirements in the country. Its educational philosophy has traditionally been academically rigorous, combining a strong foundation in the basic medical sciences with extensive clinical training in patient care and, today, with cutting-edge educational technologies.