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In conjunction with the University's Centennial Celebration in 2000-2001, the president, faculty, and trustees developed a Centennial Academic Plan to ensure the University's continued scientific leadership among the world's biomedical research institutes. A six-year Centennial Campaign has been initiated to provide the resources needed to make the plan a reality. The funding priorities of the Centennial Campaign are outlined below.
Ensuring the Discoveries of the Future:
Funding for New Faculty Recruits
The University is recruiting 15 to 25 new laboratory heads in fields primed for breakthroughs in the near future. Areas of special emphasis include medical sciences and human genetics, cancer biology, infectious diseases and immunology, neurobiology, biological chemistry, bioinformatics and computational genomics, and cell and developmental biology.
A Modern Molecular Medicine Institute:
RenovatingThe Rockefeller University Hospital
The Rockefeller University Hospital is dedicated exclusively to clinical or patient-based research and has been the site of historic discoveries since its founding early in the 20th century. A major renovation will transform this unique, 90-year-old resource into a state-of-the-art research center for the age of molecular medicine. The appointment of a Physician-in-Chief to head the Hospital's research efforts, the recruitment of additional medical geneticists for the Hospital's programs in human genetics, expansion of the technical infrastructure that supports this program, and the enhancement of the Clinical Scholars Program are all part of this plan.
Developing and Acquiring New Technologies
Rapid progress in genome sequencing and other areas of biomedical inquiry is creating unparalleled opportunities for advances in biomedicine. To take advantage of these opportunities, Rockefeller must invest heavily in the acquisition of new technologies and the creation of facilities for shared use. The University must also provide its scientists with the means to develop and refine new technical tools to meet the particular needs of their laboratories.
Preparing the Scientists
of Tomorrow: Educational Programs
A strategic enhancement of The Rockefeller University Graduate Program
will increase enrollment. Special efforts are being made to attract a diverse group of the most gifted undergraduates in biology, chemistry, physics and computer science under the direction of a newly appointed Dean and Vice President for Educational Affairs.
Addressing the Needs of Young Scientists
Campus demographics are shifting toward a younger faculty. Furthermore, the University seeks to attract the very best graduate students and postdoctoral investigators. In order to do so, Rockefeller must make renewed efforts to ensure quality of life for the younger scientists and their families.
The University has expanded and improved its existing residential and childcare facilities, and it is taking additional measures to make housing and childcare affordable.
Campaign Update
CONTACT
For additional information about Centennial priorities, or to discuss the various ways in which your support can advance the work of The Rockefeller University, please contact:
Ms. Maren E. Imhoff
Vice President for Development
The Rockefeller University
1230 York Avenue, Box 164
New York, NY 10021
Telephone: (212) 327-7170
E-mail: giving@mail.rockefeller.edu
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