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Students from Stuyvesant High School and Midwood High School Win Science Fair, Off to International Competition in May
Aaron Wong and Ting Luo, seniors at Stuyvesant High School, captured the first and second place awards, respectively, at the New York City regional competition of the International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) held Friday and Saturday, March 15 and 16, at The Rockefeller University. Saif A...
Human Genetics Center Created at Rockefeller University
$5 Million Grant from The Starr Foundation Allows for Studies of Hundreds of Families The Rockefeller University has established The Starr Center for Human Genetics, one of the largest U.S. centers for the study of diseases linked to heredity. The Starr Foundation provided a $5 million grant to e...
Flu Vaccines, Cell Growth, DNA and Psoriasis: A Day of Virology and Cell Biology
What: Flu Vaccines, Cell Growth, DNA and Psoriasis: A Day of Virology and Cell Biology Who: Experts from around the world When: Thursday, Nov. 30, 9:15 a.m. to 5 p.m. Where: Caspary Auditorium at The Rockefeller University 1230 York Ave., New York City What kind of flu vaccine does a better job t...
Lecture: How Many People Can the Earth Support?
What: Lecture on How Many People Can the Earth Support? Who: Joel E. Cohen, M.P.H., Ph.D., Dr.P.H., professor and director of the Laboratory of Populations at The Rockefeller University When: Friday, Oct. 27, at 3:45 p.m. Where: Caspary Auditorium at The Rockefeller University 1230 York Ave., N...
Neuroscientist A. James Hudspeth Joins Rockefeller Faculty
An expert in the neurobiology and biophysics of hearing, A. James Hudspeth, Ph.D., M.D., joins the faculty at The Rockefeller University as the F.M. Kirby Professor. The chair is made possible by a gift of $2 million from the F.M. Kirby Foundation, Inc., which supports health, educational, cultur...
David Rockefeller Honored, 20 Doctorates Awarded at Rockefeller University Graduation
The Rockefeller University will dedicate its 37th commencement exercises, Thursday, June 15, 1995, to David Rockefeller for his extraordinary 55 years of service on the institution's board of trustees, from which he is retiring. At graduation 20 students from eight countries will receive doctoral...
Rockefeller University Celebrates 50th Anniversary of Discovery That Genes Are Made of DNA
Week-long series of events commemorates "single most important finding in biology of the 20th century" Fifty years to the day of the publication of the historic paper that showed that genes are made of DNA--considered by many to be the single most important scientific finding in biology of the 20...
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