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Watson School of Biological Sciences celebrates 15th year, confers Ph.D.s on 11th graduating class

May 7, 2014

Watson School celebrates its 15th classes graduation, and Dr. Richard Burgess is awarded an honorary degree

Watson School of Biological Sciences graduates 10th class on 60th anniversary of double helix

April 29, 2013

The Watson School of Biological Sciences at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory celebrated its 10th commencement

Letters shed new light on Nobel prizes for discovery of DNA’s double helix structure

April 24, 2013

Two historians of science are shedding new light on the nominations leading up to the 1962 Nobel prize for the DNA discovery.

New and departing deans of Watson School of Biological Sciences praised by CSHL President Stillman

June 15, 2012

CSHL President Bruce Stillman today issued a statement praising the new and outgoing deans of the Watson School of Biological Sciences.

Watson School of Biological Sciences commencement recognizes Long Islanders making global impact

May 4, 2011

Philanthropist Jim Simons and geneticist Jim Lupski receive honorary degrees from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory's graduate school

Watson School of Biological Sciences Prof. Gregory Hannon honored with major mentoring award

April 14, 2011

Greg Hannon was honored on April 15 with the 2011 North East Association of Graduate School Geoffrey Marshall Mentoring Award.

2010 highlights of CSHL awards and honors

December 17, 2010

A roundup of CSHL awards and honors for 2010.

Watson School of Biological Sciences receives top marks from the National Research Council

September 30, 2010

CSHL ranks first in citations among 120 doctoral programs in Biology/Integrated Biology/Integrated Biomedical Sciences.

New twists in double helix discovery story are uncovered

September 29, 2010

Two Watson School professors uncover new information in unread correspondence of Francis Crick.

Graduate student from CSHL’s Watson School receives prestigious Weintraub Award

March 10, 2010

He has developed a novel method that harnesses the power of next-generation DNA sequencing to analyze tens of thousands of DNA samples.