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Friday lectures under way
This year’s program, which began September 7, brings 30 speakers from some of the world’s top universities and institutions to Rockefeller for the university’s weekly lecture series. October 5  Allan C. Spradling director, department of embryology, Carnegie Institution of Washington William ...
On the wing
Butterfly gardens planted this spring have led to sightings of several different species across the Rockefeller campus. Photos taken by Anne Nurse, wife of President Paul Nurse, show, clockwise from top left, eastern tiger swallowtail, monarch, cabbage white and black swallowtail butterflies in ...
Milestones
Awarded: C. David Allis, the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Merck Award, for contributions to the field of chromatin biology. The award will be presented at the Experimental Biology 2008 meeting in April in San Diego, California. Nina V. Fedoroff (alumna), the 2006 Nation...
Construction begins on new Collaborative Research Center
After nearly two years of planning, construction is under way on The Rockefeller University’s new Collaborative Research Center, a building and renovation project that will transform two historic limestone and masonry buildings into modern open-plan laboratories connected by a dramatic six-story ...
Announcements
The next generation In September, twenty new scientist-hopefuls will fill the gap left by this year’s graduates. Of an initial pool of 590 applicants, 12.5 percent were accepted, a number whittled down over the winter months by a screening committee overseen by the Dean’s Office and including S...
Convocation 2007
For Rockefeller University’s newest class of scientists, the pomp and circumstance of June 21 was infused with a strong dose of high spirits. Rock­efeller’s 49th Convocation began with a Moroccan-inspired reception on June 20, followed the next day by a formal luncheon, gowning and a procession...
Bloomberg, Wilson receive honorary degrees
by TALLEY HENNING BROWN This year’s honorary doctorate recipients are from very disparate fields. One, an entrepreneur and politician, made his name with a technology that is now ubiquitous in the financial industry. The other, a scientist and author, made his leading the vanguard in the cause of...
Pellegrino awarded 2007 David Rockefeller Fellowship
by TALLEY HENNING BROWN For Maurizio Pellegrino, appreciation of the sciences has always come hand-in-hand with appreciation of the arts, and he developed his passion for both in high school. “I had the kind of teacher you could listen to for hours; there was a constant sparkle in her eyes when s...
University's David Rockefeller Award goes to Ted Terry
by TALLEY HENNING BROWN Among the accolades for scholar-scientists, this year’s Convocation honored a man with a quieter but no less significant role — a volunteer. Frederick A. (“Ted”) Terry Jr., longtime trustee and chair of Rockefeller University’s Committee on Trust and Estate Gift Pl...
Teaching awards honor de Lange and McKinney
by TALLEY HENNING BROWN Among the sonorous festivities celebrating Rockefeller’s 28 newest alumni, the university honored two professors for their contributions to scientific education. At the Convocation Luncheon on June 20, President Paul Nurse bestowed the third annual Rockefeller University D...
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