Announcements

Convocation is June 16. Twenty-three students will receive Ph.D.s at this year’s Convocation. In addition, honorary degrees will be awarded to Richard Axel of Columbia University and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and Linda Buck of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. The schedule of events is as follows: 2:30 p.m. Academic Processional from Weiss Lobby to Caspary Auditorium. All are welcome to gather along the route. 3 p.m. Convocation, Caspary Auditorium. Tickets are required. 5 p.m. Reception, Peggy Rockefeller Plaza. All are welcome.

Quantitative biology symposium to occur May 18. The Joshua Lederberg–John von Neumann Symposium: Towards Quantitative Biology, hosted by The Rockefeller University and The Simons Center for Systems Biology at the Institute for Advanced Study, will be held in Caspary Auditorium from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. To register or find further information, please visit www.rockefeller.edu/Lederberg-vonNeumannSymposium.

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 28. Children between the ages of 8 and 12 who are accompanied by an adult are welcome. The registration deadline is Friday, April 8. Contact HR at x8300 or hr@rockefeller.edu.

Campus becomes smoke-free. Due to established health risks associated with secondhand smoke, smoking is no longer permitted on campus, including the previously designated outdoor areas by the Faculty and Students Club and the patio above the parking lot on 68th Street. Private residences owned by the university including the Graduate Students Residence and Sophie Fricke Hall are exempt from the policy, but public areas of these buildings are also designated non-smoking.