The Rockefeller University
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Former names
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The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research |
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| Motto | Scientia pro bono humani generis (Latin) |
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Motto in English
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Science for the benefit of humanity |
| Type | Private |
| Established | 1901 |
| Endowment | $1.987 billion |
| President | Richard P. Lifton |
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New York City (Upper East Side, Manhattan), United States 40°45′45″N 73°57′20″W / 40.76250°N 73.95556°WCoordinates: 40°45′45″N 73°57′20″W / 40.76250°N 73.95556°W |
| Website | Rockefeller |
The Rockefeller University is a center for scientific research, primarily in the biological and medical sciences, providing doctoral and postdoctoral education. Rockefeller is one of the most prestigious institutes for biomedical research in the world, and it is the oldest such institute in the United States. Of a 78 person faculty (tenured and tenure-track, as of 2016), 38 are members of the National Academy of Sciences, 18 are members of the National Academy of Medicine, 8 are Lasker Award recipients, and 5 are Nobel laureates.
Rockefeller is located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, between 63rd and 68th Streets along York Avenue.
Richard P. Lifton—previously the executive director of the Center for Human Genetics and Genomics at Yale University—became the university's eleventh president on September 1, 2016.
The Rockefeller University Press publishes the Journal of Experimental Medicine, the Journal of Cell Biology, and The Journal of General Physiology.
The Rockefeller University was founded in June 1901 as The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research—often called simply The Rockefeller Institute—by John D. Rockefeller, who had founded the University of Chicago in 1889, upon advice by his adviser Frederick T. Gates and action taken in March 1901 by his son, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Greatly elevating the prestige of American science and medicine, it was America's first biomedical institute, like France's Pasteur Institute (1888) and Germany's Robert Koch Institute (1891).The Rockefeller Foundation, a philanthropic organization, founded in 1913, is a separate entity, but had close connections mediated by prominent figures holding dual positions.
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