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Old spaces give way to new laboratories
As demolition work on the north campus kicks into full gear, several relocated laboratories are settling into newly renovated digs further south. Plant Operations personnel, in conjunction with Planning and Construction, spent months refitting several spaces with new fixtures to accommodate speci...
Calling all personnel
Rockefeller University expands its electronic alert notification system to include all members of the campus community by TALLEY HENNING BROWN Send Word Now, an emergency alert system first implemented in 2005 to quickly communicate with “first responders” on campus during a disaster, has been ...
Life Trustee Brooke Astor dies at 105
by TALLEY HENNING BROWN Brooke Russell Astor was known as a great conversationalist, but her philosophy regarding her life’s work was something she described succinctly: “Power is the ability to do good things for others.” The beloved grande dame of New York philanthropy circles and a trustee ...
Milestones
Awarded: Dirk Albrecht, Maria Neimark Geffen and Jan Skotheim, 2008 Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Awards at the Scientific Interface. The grants, which come with $500,000 each over five years, are designed to foster the early career advancement of researchers with backgrounds in the physical and...
Pilot study to probe link between kidney disease and heart disease
Kidney disease isn’t just about kidneys: Research has shown that people with kidney abnormalities have a dramatically increased risk of heart disease. But by studying blood samples from patients with early-stage kidney disease, researchers at The Rockefeller University Hospital hope to better def...
Announcements
Visiting Scholars Program seminars begin next week. During their stay, Rockefeller’s visiting scholars, Peter Goodfellow and Philip Campbell, will give special seminars, together and separately. The schedule, along with their campus contact information, is below. Peter Goodfellow: Monday, October...
Pharma exec, editor to be university's first visiting scholars
by TALLEY HENNING BROWN For a few weeks this fall, talk on campus will step beyond basic science. Former pharmaceutical executive Peter Goodfellow and Nature editor in chief Philip Campbell will join The Rockefeller University this month as its first visiting scholars. The Visiting Scholars Progr...
Why visiting scholars?
One of the strategic aims identified in the plan for the university is to foster interactions among scientists at all levels. Over the past few years we have introduced a number of vehicles to encourage greater intellectual exchange. These include the Monday Lecture Series, now entering its third...
Princeton physicist joins Rockefeller as part-time visiting professor
by TALLEY HENNING BROWN There’s more than one way to visit. While Peter Goodfellow and Philip Campbell will each spend a few weeks here as visiting scholars, William Bialek has committed to a longer-term stay as a part-time visiting professor. A theoretical physicist and professor at Princeton U...
Milestones
Awarded: Sean Brady, a 2007 Beckman Young Investigator Award, for his work in the discovery and study of naturally occurring small molecules and their therapeutic potential. The award, which comes with a grant of approximately $300,000, was established in 1991 by the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foun...
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