Announcements

Bring your child to work. In celebration of national “Take Your Child to Work Day,” Human Resources is hosting activities from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Thursday, April 26. Children between the ages of 8 and 12 who are accompanied by an adult are welcome. The registration deadline is Friday, April 13. For information or to register, contact HR at x8300 or hr@rockefeller.edu.

Convocation is June 14. 41 students will receive Ph.Ds at this year’s Convocation. In addition honorary degrees will be awarded to James E. Darnell Jr., Vincent Astor Professor Emeritus and head of the Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology at Rockefeller, and Joan Steitz, Sterling Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry and Yale School of Medicine and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator. The processional will be at 2:20 p.m.; the ceremony is at 2:30 p.m. in Caspary Auditorium. The campus reception will be on the Peggy Rockefeller Plaza following the ceremony. For more information, please contact Arianne Dowdell at x8073 or adowdell@rockefeller.edu.

A Scientific Symposium in Memory of Ralph M. Steinman will be held on May 14 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. in Caspary Auditorium. Current and former members of the Steinman lab will discuss Dr. Steinman’s research. The program will be divided into four sessions: The Journal of Experimental Medicine and Early Days Chair: Michel Nussenzweig Dendritic Cell Development Chair: Kayo Inaba Dendritic Cell Physiology Chair: Ira Mellman Into the Clinic Chairs: Jacques Banchereau and Sarah Schlesinger Additional details can be found at rockefeller.edu/ steinmansymposium.