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Rockefeller gets a new, more efficient boiler
With the aid of a mobile crane and a crew of around 20, a fully assembled Cleaver Brooks Fire Tube boiler was delivered into the university’s Power House. This winter, after months of work to plumb, wire, and test the machine, it was lit for the first time and began providing heat to Rockefeller ...
The Tri-Institutional Therapeutics Discovery Institute renews partnerships with Takeda and Bridge Medicines
The renewal allows Rockefeller faculty to continue transforming their discoveries into new medicines.
New BSL-3 lab to advance research on pathogens
Rockefeller researchers studying the tuberculosis bacterium now have access to a state-of-the-art biosafety level 3 laboratory on campus. The new facility is one of only a small handful in New York City.
Kivanç Birsoy receives 2020 Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise
Birsoy is honored for his research examining how metabolic pathways regulate biological processes and contribute to disease.
Rockefeller joins tri-institutional Ph.D. program in computational biology
Data analysis is becoming increasingly important in all fields of science. In joining the program, Rockefeller will connect with a stream of talented students focused on computational problems.
Erich D. Jarvis speaks with high-school students about the evolution of speech and diversity in science
On a recent Saturday, over 400 teens crowded into Caspary Auditorium to hear Jarvis’s 2020 Talking science seminar, “Singing in the Brain: A Personal Science Journey.”
Leslie B. Vosshall to receive Pradel Research Award
The National Academy of Sciences announced that Vosshall will receive the honor for her research on how mosquitoes seek out and bite human hosts.
Neuroscientist Bruce McEwen, who studied the impact of stress on the brain, has died
A pioneer in neuroendocrinology, McEwen’s work on how the brain changes throughout life has profound implications for public health. He died on January 2, at age 81.
Collaborative Research Center installation bridges past and present scientists
A new digital display, the Scientist Explorer, is a portal into the cumulative accomplishments of researchers with labs in Flexner and Smith Halls.
Five-year strategic plan is approved by Board of Trustees
Here are the main priorities of the new plan, intended to maximize the university’s scientific impact through 2024.
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