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Last Thursday, the Women & Science Initiative of The Rockefeller University held their annual Women & Science Lecture and Luncheon in the Caspary Auditorium on the campus, attended by a record crowd. The subject of the lecture was "Understanding Addictions; Genes, Molecular Neurobiology, Behavior, and New Treatment Insights." Mary Jeanne Kreek, Patrick E. and Beatrice M. Haggerty Professor Laboratory of the Biology of Addictive Diseases, was interviewed by Laura Landro, Assistant Managing Editor and columnist of the Wall Street Journal. Dr. Kreek spoke about her trailblazing career in medicine and some of her latest findings in addiction research.
Chairmen of the event were Judith Roth Berkowitz, Beth Kojima, Samantha Boardman Rosen, MD, Patricia Rosenwald and Lulu C. Wang. Founding Chairs of the lecture and luncheon are Lydia A. Forbes, Isabel P. Furlaud, Nancy M. Kissinger, and Sydney R. Shuman.
On May 8th at the Plaza Hotel, the French-American Aid For Children (FAAFC) held its 74th annual Bal des Berceaux. The Bal des Berceaux is an annual fundraiser that raises money for seven children charities in the US and France. FAAFC honored Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club for its 100th Anniversary, a charity directed by Daniel Quintero, that FAAFC has been supporting since 1983. About 40 talented children from this after-school center as well as Gérard Chambre, a renowned French singer and comedian and ardent supporter of work that helps underprivileged children worldwide, performed at the Bal. The Master of Ceremonies was Mark Ellwood, Television broadcast journalist and author.
All funds raised from the event will be dispersed to charities in the US and France. The US charities include:
• Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club: an after-school activity center in the Bronx where teens and youngsters learn to recognize and develop their potentials;
• Storefront Academy Harlem: a private, tuition-free school in Harlem with programs from pre-school to 8th grade;
• The Children's Village: a residential care and treatment center for neglected, battered and abused children in judicial care, reeducating families to reintegrate their children back into a safe home life.