After Scripps Research President Richard Lerner's welcoming remarks, Jeffery Kelly, vice president for academic affairs and dean of graduate studies, comments on the Kellogg School and what makes it special:

"In ways that the founders of this program had not anticipated, the graduate program has brought a spirit of vitality, inquisitiveness, and innovation to the institute," says Kelly.

U.S. News&World Report currently ranks the graduate program in the top 10 in the nation, in chemistry and biology.