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CAMPUS NEWS |
 After nearly five years of construction, the final piece of the north
campus modernization process is now complete and opens to the campus
this month. The Welch Hall refurbishment, which began in January 2011,
has finished on time and on budget and will link the north and south
parts of the Rockefeller campus together with a twenty-first century
library outfitted with grand study spaces and state-of-the-art meeting
rooms. Read full story »
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FACULTY PROMOTIONS |
 Howard Hang, a chemist who works to develop new tools for the study of
host-pathogen interactions, has been promoted to associate professor.
The promotion was approved by the university’s Board of Trustees at its
recent meeting and is effective as of January 1. Dr. Hang is Richard E.
Salomon Family Associate Professor and head of the Laboratory of
Chemical Biology and Microbial Pathogenesis. Read full story »
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CAMPUS NEWS |
New training for guards, additional shifts at 66th Street, community outreach initiatives and more restrictive access controls are among improvements being made to campus security with an eye toward preventing an “active shooter” incident like those that have caused mass casualties in Newtown, Connecticut and Aurora, Colorado and at Virginia Tech in recent years. Theft of networking equipment is caught on video
A moving company employee working on campus in November is suspected of stealing over $25,000 worth of fiber optic networking equipment from a locked closet in Smith Hall. He was arrested on January 18 after Security personnel presented NYPD detectives from the 19th Precinct with video evidence and card-reader logs showing he accessed the closet as many as nine times over a few days, and removed items from it.
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CAMPUS NEWS |
 When Hurricane Sandy hit New York City, Susan Zolla-Pazner thought her
lab would be fine. On the 18th floor of the Veterans Affairs Hospital at
First Avenue and 23rd Street, the lab wasn’t in danger of flooding. But
when millions of gallons of water surged over the banks of the East
River and into the basements of First Avenue buildings, power outages
shut down the whole block. And the 18 flights of elevation that had
protected Dr. Zolla-Pazner’s delicate equipment and specimens became a
test of willpower as she and her lab members were forced to haul
50-pound blocks of dry ice up each grueling step. Read full story »
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CAMPUS NEWS |
For the first time since 1958, there’s a new auditorium in town. The CRC
auditorium, the last piece of the Collaborative Research Center to be
finished, opened January 25, and has been named the Carson Family
Auditorium in honor of Russ Carson, chair of the university’s Board of
Trustees, and his family. Read full story »
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CAMPUS NEWS |
 You don’t always know you’re making history when it’s happening. But
it’s a good idea to hang on to all the evidence, just in case. That’s
exactly what Merrill W. Chase did when he began collecting instruments
invented at Rockefeller throughout the twentieth century. And it’s what
led the university to preserve a piece of Flexner Hall when the latest
renovations started in 2010. Read full story »
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Promotions, Awards and Personnel News |
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Bring your child to work. In celebration of national Take Your Child to Work Day, Human Resources will host activities for 8- to 12-year-olds from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on April 25. Children must be registered by April 19 and must be accompanied by an adult to attend. Space is limited. For more information, call x8300 or e-mail Brittany Regis at bregis@rockefeller.edu.
Lewis Thomas Prize ceremony on June 5. Kay Redfield Jamison, Dalio Family Professor in Mood Disorders at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, is the recipient of the 2012 Lewis Thomas Prize for Writing about Science. Her award lecture, “Touched with Fire: Mood Disorders and Creativity,” will be held in Caspary Auditorium at 6:30 p.m., and will be preceded by a reception in Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Lounge at 5:30 p.m. For more information, contact Lindsey Cole at x8183 or lcole@rockefeller.edu.
Convocation is June 13. Eighteen students will receive Ph.D.s at this year’s Convocation. In addition, four honorary degrees will be awarded, to Rockefeller professors Günter Blobel and Paul Greengard and university benefactors James and Marilyn Simons. Events include:
2:30 p.m. Academic Procession from Weiss to Caspary Auditorium; all are encouraged to gather along the route.
3 p.m. Convocation, Caspary Auditorium.
5 p.m. Reception, Peggy Rockefeller Plaza; all are welcome.
For more information, contact Lindsey Cole at x8183 or lcole@rockefeller.edu.
Take advantage of new perks. Human Resources has added a number of new items to their list of employee perks: Big Bear Ziplines, Central Park Sightseeing, Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture and Asphalt Green are among the organizations offering discounts of 10 to 50 percent. For a complete list, visit inside.rockefeller.edu/hr.
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