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- EIN 13-1624158
- (212) 327-8000
- 1230 York Ave New York NY 10065-6307 USA
- www.rockefeller.edu
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Education, Universities
Mission: The rockefeller university (the university) is a world renowned center for research and graduate education in the biomedical sciences, chemistry, bioinformatics, and physics. The university's 82 laboratories conduct both clinical and basic research and study a diverse range of biological and biomedical problems with the mission of improving the understanding of life for the benefit of humanity. Laboratories are loosely clustered in nine research areas covering a wide spectrum of disciplines in the life sciences, including neuroscience, immunology, genetics, structural biology and bioinformatics. The university does not charge tuition. Its revenues are derived primarily from investment income, government grants and contracts, and private gifts and grants.
Programs: Research education - 96 laboratories (14 of which are emeriti) including 89 faculty members, 271 post-doctoral scholars, 193 graduate students and weill medical college of cornell university medical students.
hospital - consists of 40 beds and serves as a clinical research center for outpatients and inpatients. The rockefeller university hospital exists solely to conduct clinical research. The specialized personnel and other resources available at the hospital facilitate clinical research for both the investigator and the research participant.
library contains 134,417 volumes (of which 88,925 are on-line) and 6,251 on-line subscriptions and is maintained on an open stock policy. The library strives to advance knowledge by supporting our university's world class research community with technology, innovation, and collaboration in the field of science information and communication.
auxiliary enterprises-housing on campus for single and married students;off campus housing for faculty and other university personnel; food service consists of cafeteria dining facilities; press includes journals and subscriptions.