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Rockefeller University Honors Brooke Astor, Presents Honorary Degrees to Sydney Brenner and Viktor Hamburger and Awards 25 Doctorates at Graduation Ceremonies

The Rockefeller University will honor civic leader and philanthropist Brooke Astor and award honorary doctorate degrees to scientists Sydney Brenner, D.Phil., a pioneer of modern molecular genetics, and Viktor Hamburger, Ph.D., a founder of developmental neurobiology, at the institution's 38th co...
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Penny E. Cook Appointed Assistant Vice President, Corporate Secretary

The Rockefeller University has named Penny E. Cook assistant vice president for faculty and community affairs and as corporate secretary. As assistant vice president, Cook assists the university's president, Nobel laureate Torsten N. Wiesel, M.D., with issues of faculty governance and community r...
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Koch and Massey Join Rockefeller University Board of Trustees

Philanthropist David H. Koch and Morehouse College President Walter E. Massey have been elected to the board of trustees of The Rockefeller University, a graduate institution specializing in biomedical research. "We are pleased that David Koch and Walter Massey join the board bringing scientific ...
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John J. Harrigan Promoted to Vice President for Finance

The Rockefeller University has promoted John J. Harrigan, C.P.A., associate treasurer and controller, to vice president for finance and controller. Harrigan also serves as the chief financial officer of The Rockefeller University Hospital, a clinical research center, and as controller of the Rock...
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Zachary and Elizabeth M. Fisher Center for Research on Alzheimer's Established at Rockefeller University

Dr. Torsten Wiesel, the Nobel Prize-winning neurobiologist who is president of The Rockefeller University, announced today the creation of the Zachary and Elizabeth M. Fisher Center for Research on Alzheimer's Disease. The $5 million Center is made possible by a gift of $2.5 million from the Fish...
Awards and Honors

Lewis Thomas Prize Honors Freeman Dyson

Award by The Rockefeller University recognizes scientists as poets Mathematical physicist and author Freeman Dyson will receive the 1996 Lewis Thomas Prize, which honors scientists for their artistic achievements, from The Rockefeller University. "The Lewis Thomas Prize recognizes the scientist w...
Science News

Bacteria Steal Genes, Spread Antibiotic Resistance

Multidrug-Resistant Streptococcus Switches Coat to Evade Immune System A strain of the bacterium Streptococcus pneumoniae, resistant to the six most frequently used antibiotics and spread worldwide including U.S. day care centers and hospitals, appears to disguise itself from the immune system by...
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Messing With Your Head: Cocaine Found to Affect Endorphin Gene in Brain

The effects of the addictive drug cocaine result, in part, from altering the activity of a gene in the brain, report scientists from The Rockefeller University in the May Molecular Brain Research. "Our study is the first report that any drug of abuse, in this case cocaine, alters the expression o...
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Low Fat, High Sugar Diets Prompt Production of Saturated Fats

Eating a low-fat diet may not always be as healthy as people wish. Results from a study, reported in the May 1 The Journal of Clinical Investigation by scientists at The Rockefeller University and the University of California, Berkeley, show that people on weight-maintenance diets low in fat bu...
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Gene Involved in Brain Development Identified

Astrotactin is a Nerve's Ticket to Ride the Glial Highway Scientists from The Rockefeller University and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) have for the first time identified a gene involved in directing nerve cells to their destinations as the brain grows. Their work appears in the April...
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