Jerome L. Greene Science Center

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Renderings released by Renzo Piano Workshop in 2011
Initial rendering of the center, published in Spec
Broadway view of the center

The Jerome L. Greene Science Center will be a new research teaching facility that will serve as the home for the Zuckerman Mind, Brain and Behavior Institute. It will be led by neurobiologist Dr. Thomas Jessell, and Nobel laureates Dr. Richard Axel and Dr. Eric Kandel. It will be the first new structure built in the Manhattanville campus, and is funded by a $200 million gift from the Jerome Greene Foundation, the largest gift in Columbia history at the time.[1][2] In 2012, publisher and real estate developer Mortimer Zuckerman pledged $200 million to endow the Institute that will reside within the Center.[3]

The new facility was designed by Renzo Piano as part of his master design for the Manhattanville campus.

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References

  1. "Columbia to Launch New Neuroscience Center in New York City with the Largest Gift in University History", Columbia News, 20 March 2006.
  2. It has since been surpassed by John Kluge's $400 million donation for financial aid in the spring of 2007.
  3. With $200 Million Gift, Mortimer B. Zuckerman Endows Mind Brain Behavior Institute at Columbia, Columbia News, 17 December 2012; Mortimer B. Zuckerman gives $200M for brain-science institute, Columbia Magazine, Winter 2012-2013.