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In the labs at The Rockefeller University, scientists’ attention is turned to the microscale as they investigate the fundamental mechanisms of life and disease. At the Lewis Thomas Prize Lecture, held at Rockefeller this spring, astronomer Chris Impey asked the audience to turn our attention upward and outward to the vastness of the entire observable… Read more: Lewis Thomas Prize Lecture: Method and Marvel in Science

If you happened to peer down into the Collaborative Research Center basement on a chilly Thursday evening this past winter, you might have seen clusters of scientists hard at work at the tables. But instead of discussing posters or a symposium talk, they were participating in “Give Back Through Arts and Craft,” one of several… Read more: “Give Back Through Arts and Craft”: A Creative Community-Building Initiative

    Postdocs at Weill Cornell Medicine (WCM) are fighting to secure our first contract almost two years after voting overwhelmingly to form a union. In November 2023, postdocs voted by 99% to establish Weill Cornell Medicine Postdocs United-UAW (WCMPU-UAW) to address critical issues like salaries below NYC’s higher education standards, disadvantageous housing and childcare… Read more: Weill Cornell Medicine Postdocs Fight for a Fair Contract

“At this time last year, this orchestra was a three-person group chat,” announced Adrian Rogers, conductor of the Music & Medicine Orchestra. It was May 2025 at St. Bartholomew’s Church, and Rogers was speaking to an audience of over 500 people. Behind his podium was a full-sized orchestra of nearly eighty musicians. In a triumphant full-circle… Read more: The Music & Medicine Orchestra: A Resounding Revival

Those cherries on top of Grandma’s holiday treat may have been poisoned. Yes, those syrupy, gooey bursts of flavor are, in fact, toxic. The culprit is… red food dye. On January 15, 2025, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a statement prohibiting the use of Red No. 3 in food and ingested drugs.… Read more: Not With a Cherry on Top!

Pedagogy, the science of teaching and learning, explores the principles, practices, and methods that shape how knowledge is transmitted and retained. Over time, pedagogy underwent a fundamental shift from a traditional, teacher-centered methodology based on rote memorization to a more collaborative, student-centered approach that encourages exploration and questions. The ongoing evolution of pedagogy continues to… Read more: The Role of Pedagogy in STEM Education

Featured Image: The NIH’s drastic cuts to indirect research funding will strain the ability of the Tri-I to cover critical expenses like facilities, utilities, and financial administration. Overview of NIH funding changes In February 2025, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced a significant policy change, capping indirect cost reimbursements at 15% for all new… Read more: NIH Training Grant and Funding Updates: Implications for Tri-I Scientists

The allure of foundation models in medicine is undeniable. Foundation models are large-scale machine learning models trained on broad data at scale and designed to be adaptable to a wide range of downstream tasks. In natural language processing and computer vision, they’ve demonstrated remarkable capabilities. GPT-4, for instance, can generate human-like text responses, and models… Read more: Foundation Models in Medicine: Revolution or Hype?

Just before 7 p.m. on September 19, a small crowd of postdocs began gathering outside Founder’s Hall. A few sported stickers proclaiming “I Voted Union Yes!” The air was warm and the nervous excitement palpable as the group began to move toward the building, where the vote count for Rockefeller’s postdoc union election was about… Read more: Rockefeller Postdocs Vote to Unionize

    Have you ever experienced “butterflies in your stomach?” Maybe a “gut feeling” that just cannot be explained? Nerve cells can be found in even more places than the brain or the central nervous system: enter the enteric nervous system (ENS). The ENS, a unit of the peripheral nervous system, is a group of… Read more: Trust your Instincts: Gut-Brain Research at Tri-I

How does text-to-image AI work? Artificial Intelligence (AI) has seen tremendous growth in the last two decades such that it is now starting to permeate most workplaces, especially with the recent open-source models like DALL-E and chatGPT. Science is no different.  AI uses machine learning algorithms that refer to the ability of a computer to… Read more: AI-generated images for use in scientific communication

On November 15th, 2023, postdoctoral fellows at Weill Cornell Medicine voted to unionize by a 99% majority of 328 to 4. Forming the union gives postdocs the legal right to engage in collective bargaining with the institution. Postdocs aim to use this right to improve workplace conditions through increased salary minimums, improved housing and childcare… Read more: New Weill Cornell postdoc union begins collective bargaining

Across a wide variety of cancer types, the overexpression of EZH2 is a well-documented phenomenon. A type of histone methyltransferase, the EZH2 enzyme adds methyl groups onto  specific residues on histones, the core proteins of chromatin coils. By methylating a specific type of histone, EZH2 inhibits the transcription of tumor suppressor genes, ultimately causing cancer… Read more: Briefing on EZH2 Research in the Tri-I