Month: July 2014

Geek of the Week: Friedrich Wöhler

Geek of the Week: Friedrich Wöhler

By Joe Luna IN THE BEGINNING, there was Jons Jacob Berzelius. Discoverer of silicon, scribe of the Law of Constant Proportions, coiner of the word “protein”, we need not add to the tomes outlining his greatness as a father of modern chemistry (plus he was […]

Our First High School Workshop at Rockefeller University

This post is mirrored from Software Carpentry. By Daniel Chen Camille Avestruz, Ivan Gonzalez, Timothy Cerino, and Daniel Chen all had the great opportunity to teach Software Carpentry’s first zero-entry workshop to high school students. We were able to teach at Rockefeller thanks to the […]

The Future of the Library

The Future of the Library

By John Borghi I work in an academic library, the Rita and Frits Markus Library at Rockefeller University, but I am not a librarian. I attend weekly lab meets, keep track of the latest developments in research methodology, and read academic journals; I am a […]