Announcements

Kids welcome. In celebration of national Take Your Child to Work Day, Human Resources will host activities for 8- to 12-year-olds from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on April 23. Children must be registered by April 17 and must be accompanied by an adult to attend. Space is limited. For more information, call x8300.

New perks and health lectures unveiled. Rockefeller students and employees can now take advantage of discounts at the Equinox Sports Club at 61st Street, and with the ride-sharing service Via, and can see new deals on ski tickets via Plum Benefits and on computers via Dell. For more information on perks, visit inside.rockefeller.edu/hr/perks. Human Resources also offers a busy calendar of health and wellness lectures, including talks on healthy diets, navigating healthcare, arthritis and stroke. Check the university calendar for dates and times.

Rockefeller passwords acquire more power. Thanks to a new identity management service, which the university joined this winter, existing Rockefeller login info — the same username and password used to access e-mail and other campus services — can now unlock other commonly used academic websites participating in the InCommon program. Sites accepting Rockefeller logins include NCBI, eRA Commons, Research.gov and FileSender, a service which allows users to transfer huge files — up to nine terabytes in size — over the internet. For additional details, visit it.rockefeller.edu/incommon.

Convocation set for June 11. The annual presentation of degrees will take place in Caspary Auditorium, with other events occurring throughout campus. Look for more details in an upcoming issue of BenchMarks.