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Rockefeller University Awards 25 Ph.D.s and Two Honorary Degrees at 36th Commencement
The Rockefeller University today awarded twenty-five Ph.D. degrees to students at the University's 36th commencement ceremonies. Two honorary degrees were also given, one to Tsung-Dao (T.D.) Lee, a Nobel Prize-winning theoretical physicist whose studies have revolutionized scientific understandin...
Rockefeller University Awards 25 Ph.D.s and Two Honorary Degrees at 36th Commencement
The Rockefeller University today awarded twenty-five Ph.D. degrees to students at the University's 36th commencement ceremonies. Two honorary degrees were also given, one to Tsung-Dao (T.D.) Lee, a Nobel Prize-winning theoretical physicist whose studies have revolutionized scientific understandin...
Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center Affiliates with The Rockefeller University
The Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center for the City of New York, the largest private HIV/AIDS research center in the world, has affiliated with The Rockefeller University, a New York City-based graduate institution specializing in basic biomedical research. The university's board of trustees vote...
Rockefeller University Honors Brooke Astor, Presents Honorary Degrees to Sydney Brenner and Viktor Hamburger and Awards 25 Doctorates at Graduation Ceremonies
The Rockefeller University will honor civic leader and philanthropist Brooke Astor and award honorary doctorate degrees to scientists Sydney Brenner, D.Phil., a pioneer of modern molecular genetics, and Viktor Hamburger, Ph.D., a founder of developmental neurobiology, at the institution's 38th co...
Penny E. Cook Appointed Assistant Vice President, Corporate Secretary
The Rockefeller University has named Penny E. Cook assistant vice president for faculty and community affairs and as corporate secretary. As assistant vice president, Cook assists the university's president, Nobel laureate Torsten N. Wiesel, M.D., with issues of faculty governance and community r...
Koch and Massey Join Rockefeller University Board of Trustees
Philanthropist David H. Koch and Morehouse College President Walter E. Massey have been elected to the board of trustees of The Rockefeller University, a graduate institution specializing in biomedical research. "We are pleased that David Koch and Walter Massey join the board bringing scientific ...
John J. Harrigan Promoted to Vice President for Finance
The Rockefeller University has promoted John J. Harrigan, C.P.A., associate treasurer and controller, to vice president for finance and controller. Harrigan also serves as the chief financial officer of The Rockefeller University Hospital, a clinical research center, and as controller of the Rock...
Zachary and Elizabeth M. Fisher Center for Research on Alzheimer's Established at Rockefeller University
Dr. Torsten Wiesel, the Nobel Prize-winning neurobiologist who is president of The Rockefeller University, announced today the creation of the Zachary and Elizabeth M. Fisher Center for Research on Alzheimer's Disease. The $5 million Center is made possible by a gift of $2.5 million from the Fish...
Lewis Thomas Prize Honors Freeman Dyson
Award by The Rockefeller University recognizes scientists as poets Mathematical physicist and author Freeman Dyson will receive the 1996 Lewis Thomas Prize, which honors scientists for their artistic achievements, from The Rockefeller University. "The Lewis Thomas Prize recognizes the scientist w...
Bacteria Steal Genes, Spread Antibiotic Resistance
Multidrug-Resistant Streptococcus Switches Coat to Evade Immune System A strain of the bacterium Streptococcus pneumoniae, resistant to the six most frequently used antibiotics and spread worldwide including U.S. day care centers and hospitals, appears to disguise itself from the immune system by...
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