Watson School of Biological Sciences receives top marks from the National Research Council 9/30/2010 CSHL ranks first in citations among 120 doctoral programs in Biology/Integrated Biology/Integrated Biomedical Sciences. Read the story »
New twists in double helix discovery story are uncovered 9/29/2010 Two Watson School professors uncover new information in unread correspondence of Francis Crick. Read the story »
Graduate student from CSHL’s Watson School receives prestigious Weintraub Award 3/10/2010 He has developed a novel method that harnesses the power of next-generation DNA sequencing to analyze tens of thousands of DNA samples. Read the story »
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory surpasses capital campaign goal 7/15/2009 Over $340 million raised for research and education Read the story »
Watson School of Biological Sciences celebrates 10th anniversary and confers Ph.D.s on its 6th graduating class 4/30/2009 Alfred Goldberg, David Micklos, Jeffrey Miller and Winship Herr are awarded honorary degrees Read the story »
Watson School of Biological Sciences culminates commencement weekend conferring degrees on its fifth graduating class 4/21/2008 Oliver Sacks, Eric Kandel and Paul G. Allen also receive honorary degrees Read the story »
Oliver Sacks, Eric Kandel, and Paul G. Allen to receive honorary degrees at Watson School of Biological Sciences’ commencement 4/11/2008 Dr. Sacks to deliver commencement address Read the story »
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory announces new Dean 6/25/2007 Leemor Joshua-Tor, Ph.D. has been named Dean of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory's Watson School of Biological Sciences. Read the story »
Watson School of Biological Sciences commencement scheduled for April 30, 2006 4/12/2006 Four more students join the growing group of alumni to receive their Ph.D.s from the Watson School of Biological Sciences. Read the story »
Zachary Lippman, 2005 Watson School graduate, lives a “larger-than” life 4/17/2005 Exceptional student earns Ph.D. and starts a family within four years. Read the story »
Second Watson School of Biological Sciences class graduates on April 17, 2005 4/5/2005 Michelle Lynn Frances Cilia, Ahmet M. Denli, Elena S. Ezhkova, Zachary Bela Lippman, Masafumi Muratani, and Ji-Joon Song will become the second class Read the story »
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center announces Harold M. Weintraub awardees 3/22/2005 WSBS Graduate Zachary B. Lippman receives 2005 Harold M. Weintraub Graduate Student Award. Read the story »
Founding Dean of Watson School of Biological Sciences resigns to pursue research 7/1/2004 Dr. Winship Herr will step down as Dean of the Watson School of Biological Sciences at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory on July 1, 2004 . Read the story »
New appointments at Watson School of Biological Sciences mark second generation of leadership 7/1/2004 Dr. Lilian Gann joins the Watson as the Dean, with Dr. William Tansey as Director of Graduate Studies and Lita Annenberg Hazen Professor. Read the story »
First Watson School students to graduate on April 25, 2004 4/15/2004 The first class of the Watson School of Biological Sciences graduated, on the 51st anniversary of the Watson and Crick paper. Read the story »