Announcements

Employee recognition events scheduled. Human Resources will honor employees who reach major milestones with two events in April. The employee recognition reception, to recognize employees who have worked at The Rockefeller University for 10 and 20 years, will be Thursday, April 3; the anniversary retirement dinner, which honors employees celebrating 25 or 45 years with the university as well as those recently retired, will be Thursday, April 17. Also this spring, the employee art show will be held Monday, March 31 to Friday, April 18, and “take your child to work day” will be Thursday, April 24. For more information, contact Human Resources at x8300.

Public lecture to feature Miles O’Brien and Susan Wood. A public event, “Science and Politics,” will be the first of a new series of lectures to focus on the intersection of science and culture, and is designed to appeal to a broad external audience. On Tuesday, April 29, President Paul Nurse will join panelists Miles O’Brien, CNN’s Emmy Award-winning chief technology and environment correspondent, and Susan Wood, former director of the Office of Women’s Health at the United States Federal Drug Administration, for a discussion on the difficult relationship between science and public policy. The event, to be moderated by WNYC radio host Leonard Lopate, will take place in Caspary Auditorium at 7 p.m., with refreshments at 6:15. If successful, the series, called “Conversations on Science,” will continue in the next academic year with three additional lectures, each with a panel of two to three high-profile experts. For more information, contact Arianne Dowdell-Marshall, x8073 or adowdell@rockefeller.edu.

Direct deposit available for flexible spending accounts. The new option is open to employees receiving reimbursements under either the health care or the dependent care flexible spending account. For more information, contact Human Resources at x7788.