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Rockefeller University Appoints Thomas P. Sakmar Acting President
NEW YORK, NY — The Board of Trustees of The Rockefeller University today named Thomas P. Sakmar, M.D., to serve as acting president of the university. Sakmar replaces Arnold J. Levine, Ph.D., who announced his intention to resign yesterday. A biochemist and physician whose research contributions ...
Rockefeller Heart Disease Study Seeks Patients
Researchers test a fatty acid found in fish on at-risk population A new study at The Rockefeller University Hospital will assess the potential of a fatty acid found in fish to reduce heart attack risk. The researchers are testing the hypothesis that a daily dose of the omega-3 fatty acid known as...
Rockefeller University Professor Emeritus, Dr. Abraham Pais, Dies at 82
Professor Emeritus, Dr. Abraham Pais, died Friday evening in Copenhagen. A theoretical physicist of international renown, Dr. Pais became a member of the faculty in 1963, when the university was still known as The Rockefeller Institute.
Three Leading New York Institutions Announce $160 Million Joint Investment in Biological Research
NEW YORK, June 27 — Three of New York's leading research institutions announced the creation of a $160 million collaborative program in basic biological research sparked by a private donor who will contribute half the total investment. The collaboration among Cornell University, its Weill Medical...
Rockefeller University Dedicates Peggy Rockefeller Plaza
The Rockefeller University community dedicated Peggy Rockefeller Plaza at the south end of its campus today in a ceremony that included music from a brass band, remarks from donors Anne and Robert Bass, and a surprise announcement. The name of the plaza was revealed for the first time at the cere...
Science Outreach H.S. student in top 10 of Intel Science Talent Search
Science Outreach student Eugene Simuni was awarded a $25,000 scholarship for his fifth-place win in the Intel Science Talent Search. A senior at Midwood High School, Simuni was mentored by Ethan Marin, of the Sakmar lab. His project explored protein transmission of visual signals to the brain. Si...
Bard College And Rockefeller University Establish New Collaborative Programs In Science Education
ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. - Bard College and The Rockefeller University have established a new, ongoing collaborative program in science education, Rockefeller President Arnold Levine and Bard President Leon Botstein announced today. The new Bard Rockefeller Program, which starts this year, bring...
Ten Science Outreach students reach semifinals of Intel Science Talent Search
Ten out of the 60 high school students who participated in RU's Science Outreach Programhave been named semifinalists in the Intel Science Talent Search (formerly the Westinghouse Science Talent Search). This program, now in its 59th year, is one of the most prestigious science awards for high sc...
Upcoming Symposium on Modeling Life Processes on Tuesday, January 11
DATE: Tuesday, January 11, 2000 TIME: 12:55-5:00 p.m. PLACE: The Rockefeller University Caspary Auditorium York Avenue at East 66th Street New York City 12:55 p.m. Introductory Remarks Arnold J. Levine, President, The Rockefeller University Phillip A. Griffiths, Director, Institute for Advanc...
Nobel Laureate Blobel to Give First Medicine Prize Lecture Live Online
The first live Webcasts of the Nobel Prize lectures will take place on Wed., Dec. 8, 1999. This year's laureate in Physiology or Medicine, Günter Blobel, M.D., Ph.D., of The Rockefeller University, will present his lecture, "Protein Targeting." DATE: Wed., Dec. 8, 1999 TIME: 8:50 a.m. EST (2:50 p...
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