Talk:Rockefeller University

message: Is there a reason that Max Theiler is not included in the list of Nobel Laureates?  He was the director of the Virus Laboratory at the Rockefeller Institute from 1930-1964.  He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1951.  Thesofine (talk) 24 June 2018  —Preceding undated comment added 08:34, 24 June 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Max Theiler

message: A tiny University wins a Nobel Prize every other year or so. Surely the top most University globally in biosciences and only Caltech in the quality of its faculty comes some what close to this unique institution globally. Rockefeller and Caltech are a class apart from all global Universities. The genuine number of Nobel Prizes received by the Rockefeller University (earlier Rockefeller institute) are 20 (including Max Theiler) while Caltech larger in size has 19: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/lists/nobel-laureates-and-research-affiliations/   — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2604:2000:A180:F700:C534:1AAD:AAC9:F435 (talk) 22:27, 18 October 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Comments

message: I removed big chunks of text tonight, including the long lists of faculty awards and faculty positions. Wikipedia is not a directory, so such information should be summarized when possible (e.g., "Rockefeller has had 23 Nobel prize winners, 167 genius grant winners, and x+3 members of the NAS."). Esrever (klaT) 05:32, 23 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: edits

message: We should really add Tomas Lindahl to this list.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.115.216.198 (talk) 00:59, 15 October 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: I disagree. While he did postdoctoral work at Rockefeller, he didn't go to school there and he wasn't a principle investigator there. What do other people think? RockyJennifer (talk) 14:06, 20 October 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tomas Lindahl----2015 Nobel Prize Medicine 

message: The sentence "It has the highest number of Nobel Prizes in relation to personnel involved in research in the world" is both unclear and uncited.  If there is a statistic that backs this up, it should be stated clearly and cited.  If not, this should be removed.Jazzlw (talk) 18:21, 17 March 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Most Nobel Prizes? 

message: I'm thinking about changing the list of nobel laureates from the current bulleted list format, which looks like this:
*2011 Ralph Steinman (Physiology or Medicine) (Faculty at time of award)
*2003 Roderick MacKinnon (Chemistry)  (Faculty at time of award)
*2001 Paul Nurse (Physiology or Medicine) (President after award and current faculty)
*2000 Paul Greengard (Physiology or Medicine)  (Faculty at time of award)
To a table format, which would look like this:
Year	Nobel Laureate    	Prize                   	Affiliation
2011	Ralph Steinman    	(Physiology or Medicine)	(Faculty at time of award)
2003	Roderick MacKinnon	(Chemistry)             	(Faculty at time of award)
2001	Paul Nurse        	(Physiology or Medicine)	(President after award and current faculty)
2000	Paul Greengard    	(Physiology or Medicine)	(Faculty at time of award)
My thought is that it might make reading the different parts of the list easier.  It could also be a sortable table if we wanted.
What do people think?  Opinions?  Other ideas? RockyJennifer do you have any thoughts?
thanks! Jazzlw (talk) 07:30, 28 March 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nobel Laureates as a table??? 

message: 64.134.99.170 (talk) 00:21, 19 August 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. jd22292 (Jalen D. Folf) (talk) 00:54, 19 August 2017 (UTC)

text: To be clear: Your lack of doubt about it isn't a reliable source that justifies saying so in the article. Largoplazo (talk) 02:00, 19 August 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 19 August 2017 

message: I've moved to this section the random comments that one or more unregistered editors have been leaving about Nobel prizes at the top of this Talk page. I encourage our unregistered colleague(s) to (a) cite some reliable sources, (b) stop edit warring, and (c) stop repeating the same thing in Talk and in the article. ElKevbo (talk) 15:21, 19 August 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: There are an awful lot of people here (or are you all one person?) saying over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over again that this is true. I'm sorry, but that's not how this gets decided. Neither is the use of CAPITAL LETTERS and boldface type. Find an independent and reliable source that says this and then cite it. Note that this is not the same as presenting a list of Nobel laureates and then drawing this conclusion from it on your own. That's synthesis, a form of original research, which Wikipedia doesn't allow. Largoplazo (talk) 16:34, 4 November 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Misplaced comments about Nobel prizes

message: Change Thomas Sakmar to Thomas Sakmar so as to link to his Wikipedia entry. SthlmSyndrome (talk) 17:09, 20 April 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Done WP:MINOR. —KuyaBriBriTalk 17:39, 20 April 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 20 April 2020 

message: Hi, I’m Katie, and I’ve worked at Rockefeller University for about 5 years. I’ve noticed this article has some missing info I feel is relevant and standard on other higher institution pages. To start, I propose adding a few facts to the infobox:
Founder= John D. Rockefeller Chernow R. Titan: The Life of John D Rockefeller Sr (New York: Vintage Books, 2004), pp 471–2.
Students= 232 
Academic staff= 79 
Campus size = 16 acres 
I welcome any feedback to this request, and thank you in advance! Since I am employed by the university and here in an official capacity, I will only post on designated talk pages and avoid direct edits of the Rockefeller University article or related articles where a conflict of interest might exist. Please do not hesitate to leave me a message if you have questions or feedback. Thank you! KFenzRockefeller (talk) 18:07, 15 July 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. GreaterPonce665 (TALK)  03:11, 17 July 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Update request for infobox 

message: User:GreaterPonce665, thanks for your help above. Next, I would like to propose adding a paragraph to the history section emphasizing Rockefeller's commitment to fighting infectious disease beginning with its founding and continuing through present-day efforts regarding SARS-CoV-2. Some of the content is duplicated in the existing Research section under Academics, but I intend to return with a subsequent request to improve this section as well. Facts to include:
* Rockefeller's founding was precipitated by John D. Rockefeller's loss of his first grandson to scarlet fever. 
* Infectious diseases battled by Rockefeller scientists include: streptococcal infections, bacterial and viral meningitis, polio, syphilis, yellow fever, malaria, influenza, pneumonia, HIV, hepatitis C, and SARS-CoV-2.
* Rockefeller scientists were among those who identified the pathogen responsible for the 1918 influenza pandemic. 
* Rockefeller's David Ho developed the combination antiretroviral therapy in the 1990s that proved effective in controlling HIV/AIDS.
* The recently developed cure for hepatitis C was made possible by work at Rockefeller to understand how the virus replicates. 
* In 2020, Rockefeller's work on the COVID-19 pandemic includes research by Michel Nussenzweig, Paul Bieniasz, and Charles Rice to develop monoclonal antibodies, isolated from the blood of COVID-19 survivors, that have strongly neutralizing activity against SARS-CoV-2 in culture. 
A paragraph incorporating these facts with sources could read:
An initial and ongoing focus of the institute, founded after the loss of John D. Rockefeller's first grandson to scarlet fever as a young child,The Infectious Microbe, William Firshein, Oxford University Press, Jan 2, 2014 (pp. 7)Hamen, S. E. (2011). John D. Rockefeller: Entrepreneur & Philanthropist. United States: ABDO Publishing Company. p 79 is infectious disease. These include streptococcal infections,Biographical Feature: Rebecca Lancefield, Ph.D.,” Journal of Clinical Microbiology, August 2019, Volume 57 Issue 8 e00728-19 bacterial and viral meningitis,Bacterial meningitis:
* Flexner: Swartz MN (October 2004). "Bacterial meningitis – a view of the past 90 years". The New England Journal of Medicine. 351 (18): 1826–28.
* “Vaccines against pneumonia and meningitis,” 1978 Albert Lasker Clinical Medical Research AwardThe Laboratory Mouse (Second Edition), 2012 polio,Peabody FW, Draper G, and Dochez AR. A Clinical Study of Acute Poliomyelitis. Monographs of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, 1912, no. 4. syphilis,“The cerebrospinal fluid in syphilis,” Arthur W. M. Ellis, M.B., and Homer F. Swift, M.D. Journal of Experimental Medicine. yellow fever,“From Hookworm to Yellow Fever: Rockefeller Foundation, 1919-1927,” The Wilbur A. Sawyer Papers, National Library of Medicine malaria,“Turning Yellow: Making the yellow fever vaccine fight other germs,” Christine Soares, Scientific American, April 10, 2006 influenza,Influenza:
* “New microbiological principles,” 1957 Albert Lasker Clinical Medical Research Award
* “Influenza: exposing the true killer,” Heather L. Van Epps, J Exp Med. 2006 Apr 17; 203(4): 803. J Exp Med. 1936 Apr 30; 63(5): 669–684.
* “The Incidence of Neutralizing Antibodies for Swine Influenza Virus in the Sera of Human Beings of Different Ages,” Richard E. Shope, J Exp Med. 1936 Apr 30; 63(5): 669–684. pneumonia, HIV/AIDS,Time, Person of the Year: 75th Anniversary Celebration, Special Collector's Edition, Time Books, 2002, p. 108. and hepatitis C.“Profile of Charles M. Rice,” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, May 24, 2011 In 1936, Rockefeller scientist Richard Shope identified the influenza virus that caused the pandemic of 1918, showing that people born before 1918 carried antibodies to still-existing influenza in swine. In the 1970s, university scientists developed vaccines against pneumococcal pneumonia and bacterial meningitis. Rockefeller's David Ho, during the 1990s, developed the combination antiretroviral therapy that has proved effective in controlling HIV/AIDS. More recently, Charles M. Rice devised a system to study the replication of the virus that causes hepatitis C, which allowed for the later development of a curative treatment for the infection. In 2020, Rockefeller's work on the COVID-19 pandemic included research by Michel C. Nussenzweig, Paul Bieniasz, and Charles Rice to develop monoclonal antibodies, isolated from the blood of COVID-19 survivors, that have strongly neutralizing activity against SARS-CoV-2 in culture.Robbiani, D.F., Gaebler, C., Muecksch, F. et al. Convergent antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2 in convalescent individuals. Nature (2020).“Finding Antibodies that Neutralize SARS-CoV-2,” NIH Director’s Blog, Francis Collins, June 30, 2020  
I welcome any feedback to this request and thank you in advance! Since I am employed by the university and here in an official capacity, I will only post on designated talk pages and avoid direct edits of the Rockefeller University article or related articles where a conflict of interest might exist. Please do not hesitate to leave me a message if you have questions or feedback. Thank you! KFenzRockefeller (talk) 17:57, 10 August 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Sorry, this reads a bit promotional. Also, I'm not comfortable including this in the history section; I don't think this belongs there. If some other editor wants to try, they should go for it. Thanks. GreaterPonce665 (TALK)  21:00, 10 August 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: agree as well--Ozzie10aaaa (talk) 00:42, 3 September 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: @: I've declined this as three uninvolved editors have now disagreed with the change. Please feel free to return with a proposal that addresses their concerns. –MJL ‐Talk‐☖ 03:32, 7 September 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Work on infectious diseases 

message: User:GreaterPonce665 and others, thanks for the valuable feedback. I appreciate your patience as I learn the ropes! Rather than reworking the paragraph on infectious diseases, perhaps a better place for me to start is adding basic information about the graduate program, which the current page lacks.
First, I'd like to purpose adding a section under Academics called Graduate program, such as the following:
===Graduate program===
Rockefeller University admitted its first graduate students in 1955. Today, approximately 250 graduate students are enrolled in the program, which offers doctoral degrees in in the biomedical sciences, chemistry, and biophysics. The university's organization on the basis of laboratories rather than a hierarchical departmental structureFrom Institute to University: A Brief History of The Rockefeller University, 1985 (pp. 13) extends to the graduate program, where laboratory research is the primary focus and students can meet degree requirements by participating in any combination of courses. In partnership with neighboring Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Weill Cornell Medicine, Rockefeller participates in the Tri-Institutional MD–PhD Program as well as a Tri-Institutional chemical biology Ph.D. program. 
If you agree with adding this information, the Student body section can be removed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by KFenzRockefeller (talk • contribs) 19:08, 27 October 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: I believe the "request edit" template above means someone monitoring a queue will review this proposed addition at some point, but I thought I'd ask if you'd like to weigh in here since you did above. To clarify, the "Nobel Prize update" below has been reviewed but this "Graduate program" request remains. Thanks! KFenzRockefeller (talk) 17:16, 5 November 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: I have  this one, clearing it from the Edit Request queue. The Nobel edit request, which should have been entered as a separate request, has been addressed already. — soupvector (talk) 17:35, 5 November 2020 (UTC)

text: I'm happy to create an independent page for the Nobel laureates affiliated with Rockefeller University, so that the Nobel information in this page can be moved to that page with a lot more details. It'd be done on a later date, though, due to my time constraint. Most of the top 20 universities in "List of Nobel laureates by university affiliation" have their own pages now, and I'm still working on the rest. Minimumbias (talk) 05:20, 28 October 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: User:Minimumbias, Thanks for your reply! I certainly have no problem with editors creating a separate list at some point, if that's what's being done for other universities as well. I'm more concerned about updating the existing text on this page, if you're available to fix in the meantime. Thanks again! KFenzRockefeller (talk) 14:42, 28 October 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: OK, done. Minimumbias (talk) 18:09, 28 October 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you, User:Minimumbias! KFenzRockefeller (talk) 18:15, 28 October 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Graduate program and Nobel update 

message: Rockefeller University admitted its first graduate students in 1955. Today, approximately 250 graduate students are enrolled in the program, which offers doctoral degrees in in the biomedical sciences, chemistry, and biophysics. The university's organization on the basis of laboratories rather than a hierarchical departmental structureFrom Institute to University: A Brief History of The Rockefeller University, 1985 (pp. 13) extends to the graduate program, where laboratory research is the primary focus and students can meet degree requirements by participating in any combination of courses. In partnership with neighboring Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Weill Cornell Medicine, Rockefeller participates in the Tri-Institutional MD–PhD Program as well as a Tri-Institutional chemical biology Ph.D. program. 
If you agree with adding this information, the Student body section can be removed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by KFenzRockefeller (talk • contribs) 19:08, 27 October 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: I believe the "request edit" template above means someone monitoring a queue will review this proposed addition at some point, but I thought I'd ask if you'd like to weigh in here since you did above. To clarify, the "Nobel Prize update" below has been reviewed but this "Graduate program" request remains. Thanks! KFenzRockefeller (talk) 17:16, 5 November 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: I have  this one, clearing it from the Edit Request queue. The Nobel edit request, which should have been entered as a separate request, has been addressed already. — soupvector (talk) 17:35, 5 November 2020 (UTC)

text: I'm happy to create an independent page for the Nobel laureates affiliated with Rockefeller University, so that the Nobel information in this page can be moved to that page with a lot more details. It'd be done on a later date, though, due to my time constraint. Most of the top 20 universities in "List of Nobel laureates by university affiliation" have their own pages now, and I'm still working on the rest. Minimumbias (talk) 05:20, 28 October 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: User:Minimumbias, Thanks for your reply! I certainly have no problem with editors creating a separate list at some point, if that's what's being done for other universities as well. I'm more concerned about updating the existing text on this page, if you're available to fix in the meantime. Thanks again! KFenzRockefeller (talk) 14:42, 28 October 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: OK, done. Minimumbias (talk) 18:09, 28 October 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you, User:Minimumbias! KFenzRockefeller (talk) 18:15, 28 October 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Graduate program

message: User: Soupvector thanks for your help on my previous request. I’d now like to request some changes to improve the Student life section. I’d suggest removing the sentence about David J. Anderson as it doesn’t seem appropriate for this page or section. The current page does not include information about the campus or student life as is typical on other university pages, so I’d like to request changing the Student life header to “Campus and student life” and adding the two paragraphs below: — Preceding unsigned comment added by KFenzRockefeller (talk • contribs) 16:47, 12 March 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Done   Caius G. (talk) 13:39, 16 March 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Campus and student life update 

message: Founder’s Hall was the first building on Rockefeller’s campus, built between 1903 and 1906 . It housed the nation's first major biomedical research laboratory and was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1974. Caspary Auditorium, a 40-foot-high, 90-foot round geodesic dome, was built in 1957 and hosts a variety of concert series and lectures. The completion of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation–David Rockefeller River Campus in 2019, built along the East River over FDR Drive, added two acres to Rockefeller’s footprint. Rockefeller’s campus houses a childcare center for researchers and other university employees.
Graduate students are offered subsidized housing on campus and receive an annual stipend. Student groups include People at Rockefeller Identifying as Sexual/Gender Minorities (PRISM), Women in Science at Rockefeller (WISeR), and the Science and Education Policy Association (SEPA). The student-run publication Natural Selections is produced monthly.
I welcome any feedback to these requests and thank you in advance! Since I am employed by the university and here in an official capacity, I will only post on designated talk pages and avoid direct edits of the Rockefeller University article or related articles where a conflict of interest might exist. Please do not hesitate to leave me a message if you have questions or feedback. Thank you! KFenzRockefeller (talk) 16:47, 12 March 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: Campus and student life