Category: Campus Life

  • RU Art—Architecture Edition

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    by Carly Gelfond For years, every morning on my way to work, as I hurried along the white marble pathway leading from the driveway to the buildings on the North end of The Rockefeller University’s campus, I stared uncomprehendingly at the exterior of the long, low building, formally known as Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Hall. What…

  • New York State of Mind

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    This month Natural Selections interviews De’Veatrice Bryant (DeeDee) who works for Restaurant Associates at the CRC Café. She has a Culinary Arts Degree in Professional/Commercial Cooking from Star Career Academy and she is a New Yorker, born and raised.

  • PDA Corner

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    by Claudia Scheckel and Ismail Ismailoglu You are probably familiar with the academic responsibilities of the PDA, like organizing the postdoc retreat and the Tri-I seminar series. Similarly, our social events, like the holiday, summer or Super Bowl parties, are well-established and attended by many postdocs. But the PDA has one additional, less visible, role:…

  • PDA Corner

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    by Ismail Ismailoglu and Claudia Scheckel The last couple of months have been a time of change for the PDA. We would like to thank the departing members Linda Feigherty, Asma Hatoum, Nidhi Gangadhar, and Paul D’Agostino for their service, and welcome newcomers Dusan Bogunovic and Bryan Utter (as well as ourselves). The most significant…

  • Natural Selections interviews Jeanne Garbarino, Director of Science Outreach

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    by Christina Pyrgaki I met with Jeanne Garbarino, the newly appointed Director of Science Outreach, the day after the very successful RU holiday party, in her newly renovated office on the fourth floor of Nurse’s Residence. The space radiates science, with flasks decorating the shelves of the bookcases and images of cells scattered on Jeanne’s…

  • On the Importance Of Fun

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    by Dan Gareau Everyone likes to have a good time and “laughter is the best medicine,” but for scientists, having fun may serve a greater purpose. Science is a creative process, and that creativity can be seen in glimpses that make it into mainstream culture. Bad Project1 got 3,000,000 hits, but Gangnam Style got 200…

  • The Nosy Writer: A Conversation with Lanie Fleischer, Hospital Social Worker

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    by Carly Gelfond Lanie Fleischer sits behind a desk in her office wearing a blue sleeveless blouse with a green beaded necklace and blue dangly earrings. It’s her hair that you notice first: short, black, and curly, but with swathes of white here and there, like islands on a map.