Search by keywords: Connect with us Sloan Kettering @GSKGradSchool 522 News Items found Gerstner Sloan Kettering Student Awarded Melanoma Research Grant Friday, April 1, 2011 Fourth-year student Yvonne Gruber was awarded a $10,000 melanoma research grant by the Joanna M. Nicolay Melanoma Foundation. Memorial Sloan Kettering Researchers Show Brain Tumors Make Their Own Blood Vessels from Stem Cells Friday, April 1, 2011 Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center researchers have published new findings that may help explain why brain tumors called glioblastomas are so resistant to treatment. Second Year Student Wins National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Friday, April 1, 2011 Second-year student Justine Miller has received a 2011 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program Fellowship. Student Lecture Highlights Major Trends in Modern Cancer Research Friday, April 1, 2011 More than 500 high school students and their teachers filled the Rockefeller Research Laboratories to learn about recent discoveries. Study Elucidates How Antibiotics Can Increase Some Harmful Infections in Cancer Patients Friday, April 1, 2011 An interdisciplinary team from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center has shown how antibiotics can disrupt the normal, healthy balance of microorganisms in the gastrointestinal tract. Thomas Kelly Honored Friday, April 1, 2011 Sloan Kettering Institute Director Thomas J. Kelly is the co-recipient of the 2010 Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize from Columbia University. Treating Rare Cancers Friday, April 1, 2011 Memorial Sloan Kettering physicians have experience and specialized expertise in caring for people with uncommon cancers. Novel Immunotherapy Drug Receives FDA Approval for the Treatment of Metastatic Melanoma Friday, March 25, 2011 The US Food and Drug Administration announced today that the drug ipilimumab (brand name Yervoy) has been approved for the treatment of patients with metastatic melanoma. It is the first drug ever shown to improve overall survival for patients with advanced melanoma. First Gerstner Sloan Kettering Student Receives PhD Degree Tuesday, March 1, 2011 Dimiter Tassev, a member of Gerstner Sloan Kettering's inaugural class, has completed all his degree requirements and will receive his PhD in May. Memorial Sloan Kettering President Craig Thompson Welcomes Prospective Gerstner Sloan Kettering Students Tuesday, February 1, 2011 Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Gerstner Sloan Kettering President Craig Thompson and his wife opened their home for a reception for prospective Gerstner Sloan Kettering students invited for admissions interviews. Pagination Load More