Columbia University Holds Topping Out Ceremony For Irving Cancer Research Center

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Annie Bayne

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Columbia University

Holds “Topping Out” Ceremony

for Irving Cancer

Research Center

Celebration Marks

Structural Completion of 3rd Building in

Audubon Science

and Technology Park

WHAT:

A traditional “Topping Out” ceremony will mark the completion of the first

major

phase of construction for the new Irving Cancer Research Center, the third

building in the Columbia University Audubon Science and Technology Park.

The 13-story, approximately 300,000-square-foot facility is named for New

York City philanthropist and food distribution executive Herbert Irving.

The

building is designed by Davis Brody Bond and features nine floors of research

space, underground parking, and clinical facilities. A comprehensive breast

cancer screening facility and research laboratories will be located in

the new

building, funded by a $10 million gift from Avon Products Foundation to

Columbia University and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. Occupancy of the

building will begin in the spring of 2003.

WHEN:

Friday, February 22, 2002

8:30 a.m.

WHERE:

Irving Cancer Research Center construction site

St. Nicholas Avenue between 166th and 167th Streets

WHO:

Dr. Gerald Fischbach, executive vice president for health and biomedical

sciences and dean of the Faculty of Medicine at Columbia University; Dr.

George

Rupp, president of Columbia University; Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Irving;

Dr.

Herbert Pardes, president and CEO, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital;

elected

officials and invited guests.

WHY:

The creation of the Irving Cancer Research Center, a state-of-the-art building

bringing basic scientists and clinicians working on cancer, genetics and

cell biology

together in one site, will encourage collaborative efforts, building on

Columbia’s

important contributions in medical research and treatment.

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