Dedication Of Irving Cancer Research Center On Thurs., 5/5, 3-5pm

Supported by Columbia Univ. Medical Center’s Most Generous Benefactors, Herbert & Florence Irving

National Cancer Institute Director Heralds New Facility as Example of “Team Science”

Columbia University Medical Center will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the new 300,000 sq. ft. facility, which doubles Columbia’s laboratory space for cancer research.

WHO: Speakers: Columbia University President Lee C. Bollinger Executive Vice President Gerald D. Fischbach, M.D. Dr. Fischbach is also dean of the faculty of medicine at Columbia’s College of Physicians and Surgeons Riccardo Dalla-Favera, M.D., the recently appointed director of the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center Herbert and Florence Irving Assemblyman Herman “Denny” Farrell Jr.

Keynote Speaker: National Cancer Institute Director Andrew von Eschenbach, M.D. – cancer survivor

WHERE: Irving Cancer Research Center Columbia University Medical Center 1130 St. Nicholas Avenue (at 166th St.; east of Broadway), New York, NY

WHEN: Thursday, May 5, 2005 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

***Photo opportunities and media interviews available with speakers*** ***Please RSVP for tours of the new facility***

WHY: The first new cancer research facility in Manhattan in more than 15 years The new building represents a major economic boost to Washington Heights and NYC The commemoration of nearly a century of cancer research at Columbia Herbert and Florence Irving are the most generous benefactors in the history of Columbia Univ. Medical Center, having committed nearly $100 million to the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center at Columbia.