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36 students receive Ph.D.s at Rockefeller’s 68th convocation
Joseph L. Goldstein received the David Rockefeller Award for Extraordinary Service and honorary degrees were bestowed upon Carolyn Bertozzi and Francis S. Collins.

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The event highlights the chemistry, biology, and neuroscience of food through tastings and sensory experiments. (Credit: Lori Chertoff)
Interactive Kitchen Lab will showcase the art and science of cooking
Led by a professional chef, the event highlights the chemistry, biology, and neuroscience of food through tastings and sensory experiments.
Gabriel D. Victora and Ashni Vora are turning germinal centers into a living laboratory for investigating one of biology's oldest questions: how much of evolution is shaped by chance? (Credit: Lori Chertoff)
Why studying how the immune system evolves could teach us much about evolution itself
Gabriel D. Victora's team has turned germinal centers into a living laboratory for one of biology's oldest questions: how much of evolution is shaped by chance?
Side-by-side images of germinal centers before and after photoactivation. Researchers used a novel technique to study in fine detail the evolution of high affinity B cells. (Credit: Tatsuya Araki, Victora Lab) 
How the body creates reliable antibodies out of biological chaos
A new study reveals how germinal centers produce powerful antibodies through noisy rounds of mutation and selection, offering new insight into vaccine design—and larger themes in evolution.
A close-up structural model of a common rifampicin-resistance mutation discovered to create vulnerabilities that could be targeted by future combination therapies. (Credit: Liz Campbell)
Researchers discover how to turn one germ's drug resistance into an Achilles' heel
One of the most common drug resistance mutations in tuberculosis creates subtle metabolic weaknesses that could be exploited with future combination therapies.

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For musically inclined scientists, similarities between music and science yield benefits for both
Rockefeller musicians find joy in performing, but also community and inspiration in the creative practice.
Rockefeller Outreach shares insights on how to keep young students in science
More than a decade of data from the university’s RockEDU programs shows that persistence in STEM is driven by the systems that support students.
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.

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Leslie Vosshall elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
April 22, 2026
Jeffrey Friedman is included in the Forbes 250 America’s Greatest Innovators List
February 11, 2026

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