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Amy Wilkerson Promoted Director of Laboratory Safety and Environmental Health
The Rockefeller University has promoted Amy Wilkerson to director of laboratory safety and environmental health. Wilkerson will be responsible for developing policies and procedures regarding biological infectious agents, chemical and radiation safety programming and waste management. She also ma...
Carol B. Einiger Appointed Vice President for Investments
The Rockefeller University has appointed Carol B. Einiger as vice president for investments. In her new position, Einiger will work with the university board of trustees' finance committee and have responsibility for overseeing and implementing the investment strategy for the university's endowme...
Brian T. Chait Named Dreyfus Professor, Albert J. Libchaber Appointed Bronk Professor, Ralph Steinman Selected Kunkel Professor
The Rockefeller University has appointed three faculty members to named professorships: mass spectrometrist Brian T. Chait, D. Phil., is the new Camille and Henry Dreyfus Professor, physicist Albert J. Libchaber, M.D., Ph.D., is the new Detlev W. Bronk Professor and immunologist Ralph Steinman, M...
International Conference Focuses on Form and Function in Biology
What does a molecule's shape have to do with its function? How can this information be used to fight disease? Scientists from around the world will gather at Rockefeller University to share new information about the architecture, design and function of biological molecules. The conference, Stere...
Four NY Medical Institutions Join in Electronic Database Sharing Project
The libraries of four medical institutions in New York City will collaborate in a computer venture that provides more than 9,000 researchers and health care professionals with greater and faster access to biomedical databases. Librarians from Cornell University Medical College, Hospital for Speci...
Rockefeller University Honors Brooke Astor, Presents Honorary Degrees to Sydney Brenner and Viktor Hamburger and Awards 25 Doctorates at Graduation Ceremonies
The Rockefeller University will honor civic leader and philanthropist Brooke Astor and award honorary doctorate degrees to scientists Sydney Brenner, D.Phil., a pioneer of modern molecular genetics, and Viktor Hamburger, Ph.D., a founder of developmental neurobiology, at the institution's 38th co...
Penny E. Cook Appointed Assistant Vice President, Corporate Secretary
The Rockefeller University has named Penny E. Cook assistant vice president for faculty and community affairs and as corporate secretary. As assistant vice president, Cook assists the university's president, Nobel laureate Torsten N. Wiesel, M.D., with issues of faculty governance and community r...
Koch and Massey Join Rockefeller University Board of Trustees
Philanthropist David H. Koch and Morehouse College President Walter E. Massey have been elected to the board of trustees of The Rockefeller University, a graduate institution specializing in biomedical research. "We are pleased that David Koch and Walter Massey join the board bringing scientific ...
John J. Harrigan Promoted to Vice President for Finance
The Rockefeller University has promoted John J. Harrigan, C.P.A., associate treasurer and controller, to vice president for finance and controller. Harrigan also serves as the chief financial officer of The Rockefeller University Hospital, a clinical research center, and as controller of the Rock...
Zachary and Elizabeth M. Fisher Center for Research on Alzheimer's Established at Rockefeller University
Dr. Torsten Wiesel, the Nobel Prize-winning neurobiologist who is president of The Rockefeller University, announced today the creation of the Zachary and Elizabeth M. Fisher Center for Research on Alzheimer's Disease. The $5 million Center is made possible by a gift of $2.5 million from the Fish...
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