Announcements

Events calendar goes electronic. Communications and Public Affairs (CPA) and Information Technology have launched the final phase of the Rockefeller University Calendar of Events overhaul. A weekly e-mail of featured events is sent each Monday morning to all members of the campus community. In addition to information on lectures, seminars, symposia and campus events, the new e-mail calendar also contains brief speaker bios for featured lectures. For more information, contact CPA at x7900.

Imagine Science Film Festival begins. Rockefeller University will be one of several New York City hosts for this 10-day festival of events around the subject of science and film that begins October 16. For more information on screenings, lectures and other events, visit www.imaginesciencefilms.
com.

HR offers new employee perks. Human Resources has added several new discounts with area businesses to the roster of employee perks, including: T-Mobile, AT&T, Sprint and Verizon phone service; Ming Dynasty restaurant; Chelsea Piers, Asphalt Green, Globalfit, East Side Tae Kwon Do and Some Like It Hot Yoga fitness centers; Worlds of Discovery amusement parks; BJ’s Wholesale Club; Brooks Brothers clothing; and subscription service for The New York Times. For more information on these and other perks, visit www.rockefeller.
edu/hr/perks.

First Insight Lecture is October 27. The sixth season of Rockefeller’s lecture series on science, policy and the humanities begins next month. The fall/winter schedule includes:

October 27

Peter Jerram, chief executive officer, Public Library of Science

December 3

Geoffrey Smith, managing partner, Ascent Biomedical Ventures

February 23

Tadataka Yamada, president, Global Health Program, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation