The Rockefeller University is a private biomedical research and graduate-only university in New York City, in the United States. It was founded in June 1901 by John D. Rockefeller as the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research and is described as the oldest biomedical research institute in the United States. It focuses mainly on the biological and medical sciences and provides doctoral and postdoctoral education; it is classified as a Special Focus research institution. Its campus lies on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, between 63rd and 68th Streets on York Avenue, and the Rockefeller Hospital opened there in 1910 as the first American facility for clinical research. As of March 2022 a total of 26 Nobel laureates had been affiliated with it. The writer and social critic Barbara Ehrenreich received her doctorate in cellular immunology there.
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is a private biomedical research and graduate-only university in New York City, United States
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is a private biomedical research and graduate-only university in New York City, United States
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received her Ph.D at Rockefeller University
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