Rockefeller University

United States of America

Rockefeller University History

Rockefeller University is a private university located in New York City. The main action of the university is that its focuses on primarily on the biological medical research institute in the United States. It was established in the year 1901 as the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research by John D. Rockefeller.

Rockefeller University Programs, Courses, and Schools

Rockefeller University, offers a Graduate Program in Bioscience, Clinical Scholars program, summer undergraduate research fellowship program and RockEDU Science Outreach program. There is research center. The University has more than 1,327 academic staff including 200 graduate students and Ph.D. students.

Rockefeller University Campuses

Rockefeller University, the main campus is located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, between 63rd and 68th streets on New York Avenue. In University there are Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and New York-Presbyterian Hospital/ Weill Cornell Medicine on campus. There is nine research center on campus.

Rockefeller University Achievements

Rockefeller University, C. David Allis, Ph.D. (Laboratory of Chromatin Biology and Epigenetics) was awarded Albert Lasker Award in 2018. Michael W. Young was honored Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2017. MacKinnon’s was awarded Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2003 for discoveries offered insight into a variety of disorders caused by abnormalities in ion channel function, including epilepsy, ataxia, migraines and other electrical signaling diseases.

Rockefeller University USP

Rockefeller University was ranked #44 by National University Rankings for Best College in Nation in 2018-19. It also ranked #76 by World University Rankings in 2018-19 and #15 by World University Rankings for Quality of Education Rank in 2018-19.

Rockefeller University has always been emphasis to its motto of “Science for the benefit of humanity”.

Rockefeller University Notable Alumni

Bruce McEwen (American neuroendocrinologist), David Baltimore (American biologist), Jeffrey V. Ravetch (Professor), Jeffrey M. Friedman (Molecular geneticist), Anthony Cerami (American medical research scientist).