Come meet a representative from Rockefeller University in NYC and learn about summer fellowship opportunities and graduate programs in biology. A light lunch will be served. Today at noon, 68-181!<div><br><div class="gmail_quote">
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From: <b class="gmail_sendername">MacKenzie Outlund</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:moutlund@mit.edu" target="_blank">moutlund@mit.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 12:52 PM<br>Subject: Wednesday @ Noon: Rockefeller University Presentation<br>
To: <a href="mailto:bioundgrd@mit.edu" target="_blank">bioundgrd@mit.edu</a><br><br><br><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;border-collapse:collapse"><div style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:large;font-weight:bold"><span>Rockefeller</span> University to visit MIT</span></div>
<div style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:large"><b>December 8th 12:00 p.m.</b></span></div><div style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:large;font-weight:bold">Room 68-181 </span></div><div>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Light lunch provided</span></div><div style="font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-size:13px">The <span>Rockefeller</span> University, New York, New York </div><div style="font-size:13px">
Presentation by Dr. Emily Harms, Dean </div><div style="font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-size:13px">Ph.D. in Biological Science </div><div style="font-size:13px">M.D. -Ph.D.</div><div style="font-size:13px">SURF -Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships</div>
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The <span>Rockefeller</span> University is a world-renowned center for research and graduate education in </div><div style="font-size:13px">the biomedical sciences, chemistry and biophysics. The university’s Ph.D. program offers </div>
<div style="font-size:13px">rigorous training and close mentoring by faculty. The graduate program provides outstanding </div><div style="font-size:13px">opportunities for intellectual growth, is flexible and individualized based on the student’s </div>
<div style="font-size:13px">needs, and provides full financial support, and housing on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. </div><div style="font-size:13px"><span>Rockefeller</span> also offers one of the nation’s top M.D./Ph.D. programs with neighboring </div>
<div style="font-size:13px">Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and Weill Medical College of Cornell University. </div><div style="font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-size:13px">Founded by John D. <span>Rockefeller</span> in 1901 as the nation’s first institute for medical research, </div>
<div style="font-size:13px">the university has a laboratory-based structure that encourages interdisciplinary research. </div><div style="font-size:13px">This innovative, collaborative approach has been an unparalleled success, contributing to 23 </div>
<div style="font-size:13px">Nobel Prizes—including two prizes awarded to <span>Rockefeller</span> graduates, and eight to current </div><div style="font-size:13px">faculty including Professors Günter Blobel, 1999; Paul Greengard, 2000; Paul Nurse, 2001; </div>
<div style="font-size:13px">and Roderick MacKinnon, 2003. </div><div style="font-size:13px"><br></div></span>
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