Rockefeller University : Ask Biography

University information

Name

The Rockefeller University

Motto

Scientia pro bono humani generis (Latin)

Motto in English

Knowledge for the good of humanity

Established

1901

Type

Private

Endowment

$1.53 billion

President

Marc Tessier-Lavigne

City

New York City

Website

Rockefeller.edu

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The Rockefeller University is a private university offering postgraduate and postdoctoral education. It can justifiably be referred to as the Mecca of biological sciences. It is also known for producing numerous Nobel laureates. The Rockefeller University is located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City, between 63rd and 68th Streets along York Avenue.

Marc Tessier-Lavigne-previously executive vice president of research and chief scientific officer at Genentech-is the university's tenth president.

The Rockefeller University Press publishes the Journal of Experimental Medicine, the Journal of Cell Biology, and The Journal of General Physiology.