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Symposium highlights SNFiRU's transition from incubator to engine
Three years in, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Institute for Global Infectious Disease Research has matured into a working pipeline connecting basic science and emerging therapies.
New club helps early career scientists explore the challenges and rewards of becoming an entrepreneur
The Rockefeller University Biotech Club is offering a series of talks, bringing in startup founders and industry experts to share their experience of turning lab discoveries into companies.
Movie series debuts on campus
Grab some popcorn and soda in Carson Family Auditorium.
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.
Svetlana Mojsov is elected to the National Academy of Sciences
Mojsov is a research associate professor whose research led to the development of drugs for obesity and diabetes.
Svetlana Mojsov honored with 2025 Breakthrough Prize
Mojsov is recognized for her discovery of the peptide hormone GLP-1, research that led to a new class of safe and highly effective drugs for type 2 diabetes as well as the treatment of obesity.
Two Rockefeller researchers chosen for the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub New York Investigator Program 
Kivanç Birsoy and Ekaterina Vinogradova will head projects that aim to harness and bioengineer immune cells for the early detection, prevention, and treatment of disease.
Weill Cancer Hub East launched to unlock immunotherapy's full potential
This bold, multi-institutional collaboration will investigate how metabolism, diet, and gut microbes shape immune responses to cancer.
Neuroscientist Stanislas Dehaene to be awarded the 2025 Lewis Thomas Prize
The author of How We Learn will be presented with Rockefeller’s prestigious science writing award on March 17.
Wenbin Mei wins 2025 Weintraub Graduate Student Award
Mei, a graduate student in Sohail Tavazoie’s lab, is being honored for work showing that a commonly inherited mutation governs breast cancer metastasis and influences survival.
The art of tracking invisible patterns in animal behavior
An artist-in-residence collaborates with scientists in the Kronauer lab to reveal the unseen movements of ants.
Rockefeller exceeds NYC Carbon Challenge goals 5 years ahead of schedule
Achieving a 41% emissions reduction, the university sets a new sustainability benchmark.
Svetlana Mojsov receives Frontiers of Knowledge Award
She shares the award with three other scientists who together laid the groundwork for a new generation of drugs used to treat type 2 diabetes and obesity.
Rockefeller postdocs Paige Arnold and Jim Castellanos are named Hanna Gray Fellows by HHMI
The awards are worth up to $1.5 million each over the course of up to eight years, covering both postdoctoral training and the transition to the start of an independent laboratory as a faculty member.
Inna Piscitello, a member of Jeff Friedman’s lab, has died
Piscitello had been a Rockefeller-based HHMI employee since 2019. She passed away on November 22.
New center for ambitious neuroscience projects comes to campus
The Miller Brain Observatory, which boasts some of the most advanced imaging technology in the world, is now accepting research proposals. 
New faculty member studies how to leverage microbial forces to combat climate change
Avi Flamholz joins Rockefeller to investigate how microbes process nutrients and how that understanding can help develop tools to better anticipate and mitigate the effects of climate change.
Winrich Freiwald wins 2025 Rosenstiel Award
Freiwald is honored for his groundbreaking work revealing biological mechanisms of facial recognition.
Rockefeller community science festival draws hundreds for day of hands-on learning
Ten years after it first debuted, RockEDU’s annual festival for kids in kindergarten through grade eight, drew another excited and energized crowd.
Sebastian Klinge is racing to solve one of biology’s fundamental mysteries 
Ribosomes manufacture the proteins that underlie nearly every biological function. Understanding exactly how they are assembled would reveal fundamental principles about how life itself is maintained.
Rockefeller launches new introductory curriculum for graduate students
The new programming, which spans the full month of September, is designed to teach essential skills and ground students in different research opportunities before lab rotations begin.
Alexander Tomasz, a trailblazer in the study of multidrug-resistant microbes, has died
His work has been crucial for the development of new antibiotics, which are urgently needed in a world where multi-resistant superbugs are a major threat to public health.
Svetlana Mojsov wins the 2024 Lasker~DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
Mojsov’s discovery of GLP-1 and its critical role in the regulation of insulin secretion and blood glucose led to the development of a revolutionary new class of medicines.
Rockefeller University surpasses new federal safeguards for volunteers in clinical research
The Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs once again commended Rockefeller’s standards and practices.  
Peter Chin, a computer support specialist and authority on Apple technology, has died
A Rockefeller employee since 2001, Chin will be missed by many in the community who came to rely on his deep technical expertise and graceful approach to problem solving.
Many people with severe brain injuries are far more cognitively aware than they seem
Rockefeller University Hospital developed a model clinical infrastructure for the study, as well as helped conduct it.
How Rockefeller University Hospital became a leading facility for neuroscience research
An ambitious study inspired a transformational renovation.
New supportive community for first-year graduate students underway
Students in the BIOGROW program participate in professional development and community building events in collaboration with the university's Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
Postdoctoral Association Summer Seminar Series underway
Every summer, Rockefeller postdocs and students take to the stage to share their latest research.
Rockefeller celebrates inaugural DEI awards
Four community members—Sadye Paez, Elizabeth Campbell, Yuriria Vázquez, and Chad Morton—were recognized for their advocacy work both within the university and in the wider scientific community.
Campus-wide celebration marks President Emeritus Torsten N. Wiesel’s 100th Birthday
President Lifton hosted a community celebration of Wiesel, a Nobel laureate as well as former university president.
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