- Kellogg School of Science and Technology
Infobox University|name = Kellogg School of Science and Technology
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established =2002
type = Graduate School
dean =Jeffery W. Kelly
city = La Jolla
state =California
country = USA
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undergrad = None
postgrad = 170
faculty = 275
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website = [http://www.scripps.edu/phd/index_external.html www.scripps.edu/phd/]The Kellogg School of Science and Technology is the
graduate school ofThe Scripps Research Institute (TSRI).Established in 2002 and named in honor of
philanthropist s Janet R. Kellogg and W. Keith Kellogg II (the grandson ofWill Keith Kellogg ), the Kellogg School offers an interdisciplinary "Doctoral Program in Chemical and Biological Sciences." The nature of the program permits students to take curricular tracks inbiology ,biophysics ,chemical biology orchemistry , reflecting the research strengths of the Institute.The school is headquartered in
La Jolla, California , though also hosts students at Scripps Florida, a sister campus inPalm Beach County, Florida . In 2006, the Kellogg School was ranked among the top science graduate programs in the USA. According to "U.S. News & World Report ", the school is ranked 7th for biological sciences (tied with Cornell and Yale) and 6th for chemistry (though for specialty training inorganic chemistry , the school is ranked 2nd.) PDFlink| [http://www.scripps.edu/phd/usnewsranking/bestschools2007.pdf America's best graduate schools 2007] |94.8 KiB , "U.S. News & World Report", 2006. ]The student body is currently around 170, mentored by 275 scientific faculty, including Nobel Laureates
Gerald Edelman ,Kurt Wuthrich andK. Barry Sharpless , and over 800post-doctoral fellows. The President of the school (and TSRI) isRichard Lerner , andJeffery W. Kelly is the current Dean.In addition to its own doctoral program, The Kellogg School offers Skaggs Oxford Scholarships jointly with the
University of Oxford .See also
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Kellogg School of Management , a business school named after the same benefactors.References
External links
* [http://www.scripps.edu/phd/index_external.html Official site of the Kellogg School of Science and Technology]
* [http://www.scripps.edu/e_index.html Official site of The Scripps Research Institute]
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