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Mariellen Gallagher Joins Rockefeller University as Vice President for Communications and Public Affairs

Mariellen Gallagher, who has handled external affairs for three major universities, has been appointed vice president for communications and public affairs at The Rockefeller University. The announcement was made jointly by Arnold Levine, Ph.D., the president-elect of The Rockefeller University, ...
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Arnold J. Levine Named President of Rockefeller University

Noted Cancer Researcher Chosen to Succeed Torsten Wiesel as RU's Eighth Leader Dr. Arnold J. Levine, the Harry C. Wiess Professor in the Life Sciences at Princeton University and a world-renowned cancer biologist, has been elected the eighth president of The Rockefeller University. Dr. Levine was...
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Rockefeller University Creates Center for Immune Disease Research

$5 million gift from university trustee launches new initiative The Rockefeller University will launch the Christopher H. Browne Center for Immunology and Immune Diseases with a $5 million gift from university Trustee Christopher H. Browne, managing director of the investment firm Tweedy Browne C...
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Rockefeller University Honors William O. Baker, Presents Honorary Degrees to Irene Diamond and Christian de Duve and Awards 21 Doctorates at Graduation Ceremonies

The Rockefeller University will honor William O. Baker, Ph.D., former chairman of the board of AT&T Bell Laboratories, Inc., and award honorary doctoral degrees to philanthropist Irene Diamond and Nobel Prize winner Christian de Duve, Ph.D., M.D., at the institution's 39th commencement exercises,...
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Behavior and the Brain: A New View of the Nature-Nurture Debate

Rockefeller University hosts series of three public lectures in 1996 Nature and nurture affect behavior by influencing the structure and function of the nervous system. How genes, environment and experiences interact to tailor a person's behavior is the focus of many exciting investigations, whic...
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Behavior and the Brain: A New View of the Nature-Nurture Debate

Rockefeller University hosts series of three public lectures in 1996 Nature and nurture affect behavior by influencing the structure and function of the nervous system. How genes, environment and experiences interact to tailor a person's behavior is the focus of many exciting investigations, whic...
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Neuroscientist Peter Mombaerts Joins Rockefeller Faculty

An expert in the biology of detecting smell, Peter Mombaerts, M.D., Ph.D., joins the faculty at The Rockefeller University to direct the Laboratory of Vertebrate Developmental Neurogenetics. He will be an assistant professor. In his research, Mombaerts explores how the nose detects thousands of o...
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Amy Wilkerson Promoted Director of Laboratory Safety and Environmental Health

The Rockefeller University has promoted Amy Wilkerson to director of laboratory safety and environmental health. Wilkerson will be responsible for developing policies and procedures regarding biological infectious agents, chemical and radiation safety programming and waste management. She also ma...
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Carol B. Einiger Appointed Vice President for Investments

The Rockefeller University has appointed Carol B. Einiger as vice president for investments. In her new position, Einiger will work with the university board of trustees' finance committee and have responsibility for overseeing and implementing the investment strategy for the university's endowme...
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Brian T. Chait Named Dreyfus Professor, Albert J. Libchaber Appointed Bronk Professor, Ralph Steinman Selected Kunkel Professor

The Rockefeller University has appointed three faculty members to named professorships: mass spectrometrist Brian T. Chait, D. Phil., is the new Camille and Henry Dreyfus Professor, physicist Albert J. Libchaber, M.D., Ph.D., is the new Detlev W. Bronk Professor and immunologist Ralph Steinman, M...
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