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Rockefeller expands professional development training
The university’s HR department launches a new feature on its centralized platform, which brings together digital tools, leadership training, and in-person learning.
Astronomer Chris Impey to receive 2026 Lewis Thomas Prize
The annual Lewis Thomas Prize for Writing about Science was established by Rockefeller’s trustees in 1993. On March 9, Impey will be honored for his exploration of life’s origins, exoplanets, and humanity’s place in the universe in a ceremony on campus.
Theodora Hatziioannou promoted to research professor
In recognition of her outstanding contributions to the understanding and treatment of infections caused by the HIV-1 and SARS CoV-2 viruses, Theodora Hatziioannou has been promoted to research professor.
Two Rockefeller students are named Weintraub Award winners
Gabriella Chua, who did her Ph.D. research in Shixin Liu’s Laboratory of Nanoscale Biophysics, and Andrea Terceros, who did her Ph.D. research in Priya Rajasethupathy’s Skoler Horbach Family Laboratory of Neural Dynamics and Cognition, have been honored with a prize considered to be one of the mo...
Even during one of the city's coldest winters, our science never takes a snow day
As New York endured severe snowstorms and its coldest winter in decades, the Plant Operations team kept science moving at Rockefeller's historic campus.
The publishing rules for NIH-supported research have changed. Here’s what to know
What is a scientist who wants to stay in the good graces of both federal funders and private publishers to do?
Physicist Konstantin Goulianos, professor emeritus, has died
Goulianos, a member of the Rockefeller community since 1971, was a renowned particle physicist who contributed to the discovery of fundamental building blocks of matter. He died Jan 2.
The value of publishing negative data
Scientific publishing has a bias against negative results and that hurts science, says Tim Fessenden, editor of Life Science Alliance, a publication of Rockefeller University Press. Here’s how journal editors can help.
Hess Center for Research on Women’s Health and Biomedicine holds its inaugural symposium
Covering topics from osteoarthritis to neurodevelopment, the inaugural symposium of the Marlene Hess Center showcased research that illuminates how biological sex shapes health and disease.
Faculty members Kivanç Birsoy and Jun Cao receive promotions
Birsoy has been promoted to professor with tenure and Cao has been promoted to associate professor. In addition, Birsoy has been named the Joseph L. Goldstein Professor.
Rockefeller tops an international ranking of research impact
According to the 2025 CWTS Leiden Ranking Open edition of over 2,800 universities from 120 countries, Rockefeller has the highest percentage of most frequently cited scientific publications.
Jeffrey M. Friedman is awarded the 2025 Albany Medical Center Prize
Friedman is recognized for his discovery of the hormone leptin, establishing a biological basis for obesity.
Rockefeller University Press returns to campus
After decades operating off campus, the university’s scientific publishing arm has a sunny new office on the top floor of Weiss. 
Breaking bread and building bonds
Rockefeller’s new Community Connections Lunch Series invites colleagues to take a break, meet new people, and share in a sense of belonging.
Pickleball mania comes to Rockefeller
There are a variety of ways to participate in the wildly popular sport on campus.
Nearly a thousand kids and their families attend Rockefeller’s annual science festival
RockEDU’s annual festival for kids in kindergarten through grade eight, drew another excited and energized crowd.
Peggy Rockefeller concert series kicks off new season
The popular chamber music series, featuring acclaimed artists performing in Caspary Auditorium, returns on September 30.
Six postdocs from around the world share their experience at Rockefeller
In celebration of National Postdoc Week, we spoke with several young scientists around campus about life at Rockefeller.
Developmental biologist Maria Jasin wins the 2025 Pearl Meister Greengard Prize
Jasin's fundamental research on repair of damaged DNA in cells has transformed our understanding of cancers linked to inherited gene mutations. She will be presented with the award on September 16.
David Baltimore, Rockefeller's sixth president, has passed away
An extraordinary scientist, Baltimore’s discovery of reverse transcriptase—the copying of RNA into DNA that could be inserted into the genome—had profound implications in biology.
Campus club discusses milestone discoveries with the Rockefeller researchers who made them
The monthly lunch series offers attendees the chance to break bread with prominent scientists on campus.
A. James Hudspeth, neuroscientist who unlocked secrets of hearing, has died
Hudspeth, a Rockefeller neuroscientist who discovered how sound waves are converted into electrical signals in the ear’s cochlea, was 79.
Researchers gather to investigate the building blocks of social behavior
From mosquito courtship to primate memory, a recent symposium hosted by the Rockefeller’s Price Family Center and the Zuckerman Institute at Columbia University highlighted ongoing research into how social behaviors emerge.
Symposium highlights growing synergy in infectious disease research
The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Institute fosters cross-disciplinary collaborations that are leading to more breakthroughs, faster.
Rockefeller to expand residential composting program
With support from students and city policy, the university’s popular residential composting program is helping turn food waste into community benefit
A community health hub that tends to body and mind
University Health and Wellness does everything from flu shots to biosafety level 3 testing.
43 students receive Ph.D.s at Rockefeller’s 67th convocation
Scientists Quarraisha Abdool Karim and Salim S. Abdool Karim, philanthropist Marlene Hess, and Nobel-prize winner Michael W. Young were also given honorary degrees.
Rockefeller’s Rising Scholars Workshop opens doors to science
An immersive program helps undergraduates from minority-serving institutions envision futures in research
Building a more sustainable Rockefeller
How a modest task force grew into a campuswide commitment to greener science and smarter operations
Rockefeller honors decades of dedication
On Wednesday, April 30, The Rockefeller University honored members of its community who reached service milestones ranging from 10 to 45 years.
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