Jeffrey M. Friedman to receive 2020 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences
Friedman's discovery of the hormone leptin has transformed our understanding of obesity.
Recent donations establish centers for computational science and for metabolism, and renew resources for faculty recruitment
The university’s Campaign for Transforming Biomedicine—which raised $1.17 billion over eight years—closed this summer with a bang: three significant capstone gifts, made in the campaign’s final months, to directly support Rockefeller science.
David Rockefeller Fellowships awarded to graduate students Stephanie Marcus and Zachary Mirman
The fellowships recognize their research and leadership within the student community.
Sebastian Klinge promoted to associate professor
Klinge studies the mechanisms by which ribosomes—the intricate machines that manufacture every cell’s proteins—are assembled.
Celebrating and remembering Mitchell Feigenbaum, physicist who pioneered chaos theory
A mathematical physicist, Feigenbaum's groundbreaking work on deterministic chaos influenced fields ranging from cardiology to cartography. He died on June 30, at age 74.
The River Campus is open for business
After four years of construction, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation–David Rockefeller River Campus has opened its doors to the community, with several labs already installed in its new research building.
Rockefeller tops global ranking of research excellence
An extensive international ranking of research institutions by U-Multirank gave Rockefeller top scores in several categories related to scientific impact and knowledge transfer.
An accreditation renewal, and the campus-wide endeavor to ensure continued safeguarding of research participants
Rockefeller's reaccreditation from the Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs marks the end of an extensive application process. The AAHRPP sets the gold standard in safeguarding volunteers participating in clinical research.
A new sculpture, donated by Torsten N. Wiesel, is perched in front of Flexner Hall
The cast-iron parrot is an architectural ornament from the late 19th or early 20th century.
Jue Chen and Luciano Marraffini elected to National Academy of Sciences
Election to the National Academy of Sciences is one of the most prestigious honors a scientist can receive; including Chen and Marraffini, the number of current Rockefeller scientists who are members of the elite organization stands at 38, or nearly half the faculty.
